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Washington Post Best Books of 2005

Here is a list of the Washington Post's best books of the year 2005. How many of these have you read?
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102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers
102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers
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1776 (David McCullough)
1776
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David McCullough
72 Hour Hold (Bebe Moore Campbell)
72 Hour Hold
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Bebe Moore Campbell
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin)
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
America's Consitution a Biography (Akhil Reed Amar)
America's Consitution a Biography
5
Akhil Reed Amar
Anansi Boys (Neil Gaiman)
Anansi Boys
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Neil Gaiman
And the Money Kept Rolling in (And Out) (Paul Blustein)
And the Money Kept Rolling in (And Out)
7
Paul Blustein
The Angel of Forgetfulness (Steve Stern)
The Angel of Forgetfulness
8
Steve Stern
The Argumentative Indian (Amartya Sen)
The Argumentative Indian
9
Amartya Sen
The Assassin's Gate: America in Iraq (George Packer)
The Assassin's Gate: America in Iraq
10
George Packer
Astro Turf: The Private Life of Rocket Science (M.G. Lord)
Astro Turf: The Private Life of Rocket Science
11
M.G. Lord
Becoming Justice Blackmun (Linda Greenhouse)
Becoming Justice Blackmun
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Linda Greenhouse
Beyond Glory (David Margolick)
Beyond Glory
13
David Margolick
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
14
Borges and the Eternal Orangutans
Borges and the Eternal Orangutans
15
Bound for Canaan (Fergus M. Bordewich)
Bound for Canaan
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Fergus M. Bordewich
Brotherhood of Heroes: The Marines at Peleliu, 1944 (Bill Sloan)
Brotherhood of Heroes: The Marines at Peleliu, 1944
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Bill Sloan
Bury the Chains: The British Struggle to Abolish Slavery (Adam Hochschild)
Bury the Chains: The British Struggle to Abolish Slavery
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Adam Hochschild
Canaan's Tongue (John Wray)
Canaan's Tongue
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John Wray
Cape Perdido (Marcia Muller)
Cape Perdido
20
Marcia Muller
The Chosen (Jerome Karabel)
The Chosen
21
Jerome Karabel
Citizen Vince (Jess Walker)
Citizen Vince
22
Jess Walker
Classic Feynman: All the Adventures of a Curious Character (Richard P. Feynman)
Classic Feynman: All the Adventures of a Curious Character
23
Richard P. Feynman
Collapse (Jared Diamond)
Collapse
24
Jared Diamond
Collected Stories (Carol Shields)
Collected Stories
25
Carol Shields
Conspiracy of Fools
Conspiracy of Fools
26
Copeland's Cure (Natalie Robins)
Copeland's Cure
27
Natalie Robins
Cotton (Christopher Wilson)
Cotton
28
Christopher Wilson
A Court Divided: The Rehnquist Court and the Future of Constitutional Law (Mark Tushnet)
A Court Divided: The Rehnquist Court and the Future of Constitutional Law
29
Mark Tushnet
Cruel World: The Children of Europe in the Nazi Web (Lynn H. Nicholas)
Cruel World: The Children of Europe in the Nazi Web
30
Lynn H. Nicholas
The Days of Awe (Hugh Nissenson)
The Days of Awe
31
Hugh Nissenson
Disneywar (James B. Stewart)
Disneywar
32
James B. Stewart
Divided by God (Noah Feldman)
Divided by God
33
Noah Feldman
The Diviners (Rick Moody)
The Diviners
34
Rick Moody
The Dominion of War: Empire and Liberty in North America, 1500-2000 (Fred Anderson)
The Dominion of War: Empire and Liberty in North America, 1500-2000
35
Fred Anderson
Drive (James Sallis)
Drive
36
James Sallis
Europe Central (William T. Vollmann)
Europe Central
37
William T. Vollmann
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
38
Jonathan Safran Foer
A Factory of Cunning (Phillipa Stockley)
A Factory of Cunning
39
Phillipa Stockley
Faith at War (Yaroslav Trofimov)
Faith at War
40
Yaroslav Trofimov
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