Best Fiction of Late 2004 & 2005

This list was originally “compiled by the subscribers of the Fiction_L mailing list.” It has been modified to reflect only those titles owned by Monroe Country Public Library . These are the top titles in the list.

Allende, Isabel - Zorro
Atkinson, Kate - Case Histories
Bank, Melissa - The Wonder Spot
Brooks, Geraldine - March
Brewer, Sonny - The Poet of Tolstoy Park
Butcher, Jim - Dead Beat
Butler, Octavia - Fledgling
Child, Lee - One Shot
Connelly, Michael - The Lincoln Lawyer
Fforde, Jasper - The Big Over Easy
Flock, Elizabeth - Me and Emma
Foer, Jonathan Safran - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Gaiman, Neil - Anansi Boys
Haigh, Jennifer - Baker Towers
Hornby, Nick - A Long Way Down
Ishiguro, Kazuo - Never Let Me Go
Kidd, Sue Monk - The Mermaid Chair
King, David - The Ha-Ha
King, Laurie R. - Locked Rooms
Kostova, Elizabeth - The Historian
Krauss, Nicole - The History of Love
Krum, Sharon - The Thing about Jane Spring
Maine, David - Fallen
Mehran, Marsha - Pomegrante Soup
Murakami, Haruki - Kafka on the Shore
Palwick, Susan - The Necessary Beggar
Picoult, Jodi - Vanishing Acts
Pratchett, Terry - Thud!
Robb, J. D. - Origin in Death
Robinson, Marilynne - Gilead
Russell, Mary Doria - A Thread of Grace
Sanderson, Brandon - Elantris
Saunders, Kate - Bachelor Boys
See, Lisa - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Sittenfeld, Curtis - Prep
Strause, Brian - Maybe a Miracle
Vantrease, Brenda - The Illuminator