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2005 Bestsellers

  1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince -- J. K. Rowling
  2. Bad Cat -- Jim Edgar
  3. Wishful Sinful -- Tracy Dunham
  4. The Good Girl's Guide to Murder -- Susan McBride
  5. Burglar on the Prowl -- Lawrence Block
  6. The Belles of Solace Glen -- Susan S. James
  7. Dragonology -- Ernest Drake
  8. Better Off Wed -- Laura Durham
  9. It's a Mod, Mod, Mod, Mod Murder -- Rosemary Martin
  10. Killer Hair -- Ellen Byerrum
  11. Entombed -- Linda Fairstein
  12. Torpedo Juice -- Tim Dorsey
  13. The Rising -- Brian Keene
  14. Swing -- Rupert Holmes
  15. Designer Knockoff -- Ellen Byerrum
  16. Dragons: A Book of Designs -- Marty Noble
  17. The Dragonology Handbook -- Ernest Drake
  18. Blue Blood -- Susan McBride
  19. Inheritance #1: Eragon -- Christopher Paolini
  20. Song of Ice and Fire #4: A Feast for Crows -- George R. R. Martin
  21. Owl's Well That Ends Well -- Donna Andrews
  22. Inheritance #2: Eldest -- Christopher Paolini
  23. Yes, the River Knows -- Tracy Dunham
  24. Terminal -- Brian Keene
  25. The Flaming Luau of Death -- Jerrilyn Farmer
  26. Shadows Over Baker Street -- Michael Reaves & John Pelan, eds.
  27. Ashes -- H. R. Howland
  28. Wizardology -- Master Merlin
  29. City of the Dead -- Brian Keene
  30. Good Omens -- Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
  31. The Bright Spot -- Robert Sydney
  32. Bad Dog -- R. D. Rosen, et al
  33. Echoes of the Lost Order -- John J. Lamb
  34. A Stroke of Midnight -- Laurell K. Hamilton
  35. Thud! -- Terry Pratchett
  36. Wicked -- Gregory Maguire
  37. Dead As a Doornail -- Charlaine Harris
  38. You Slay Me -- Katie MacAlister
  39. The Big Over Easy -- Jasper Fforde
  40. Billibub Baddings and the Case of the Singing Sword -- Tee Morris