Nov 11, 2005The Historian - Anna KostovaJanuary 2006 Suggested By: Phil Summary: A historian-turned-diplomat tells his daughter the creepy story of his obsession with finding...
Oct 14, 2005The Spell - Alan HollinghurstNovember 2005 Suggested By: Tim Summary: A middle-aged civil servant's life is transformed when his new, young lover introduces him to...
Sep 9, 2005Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran FoerOctober 2005 Suggested By: Dawn Summary: An American Jew arrives in the Ukraine to track down the woman who saved his grandfather from...
Aug 12, 2005Elizabeth Costello - JM CoetzeeSeptember 2005 Suggested By: Mary Summary: Book based around eight lectures delivered by an aging, fictional Australian novelist. After...
Jul 8, 2005Incendiary - Chris CleveAugust 2005 Suggested By: Paul Summary: A grieving East End woman writes to Osama Bin Laden after losing her family in a terrorist attack...
Jun 10, 2005Great Apes - Will SelfJuly 2005 Suggested By: Rebecca Summary: When artist Simon Dykes wakes after a late night of routine debauchery, he discovers that his...
May 13, 2005Geek Love - Katherine DunnJune 2005 Suggested By: Fiona Summary: Perhaps we're a little sick and twisted, but we lapped up Dunn's cult tale of a family of...
Apr 8, 2005253 - Geoff RymanMay 2005 Suggested By: Kate Summary: This book -- which originally gained fame as a website -- devotes a page to each of the 253 people...
Mar 11, 2005The Girl In a Swing - Richard AdamsApril 2005 Suggested By: Mary Summary: An English porcelain dealer finds what appears to be a perfect wife on a trip to Copenhagen but is...
Feb 11, 2005Small Island - Andrea LevyMarch 2005 Suggested By: Rebecca Rating: 6.0 out of 10 Summary: Gilbert Joseph is one of several thousand Jamaican RAF pilots who fought...
Jan 14, 2005The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins GilmanFebruary 2005 Suggested By: Dawn Summary: A nameless woman is driven mad by enforced confinement after the birth of her child. Written in...
Nov 12, 2004Oryx and Crake - Margaret AtwoodJanuary 2005 Suggested By: Tim Summary: How will humanity adapt to a warming planet, powerful multinationals, society schisms and science...