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Staff Picks Archives
Staff Pick Archives 2005

October/November
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
Murders in the Rue Morgue and Other Stories by Edgar Allan Poe
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Quintaglio Ascension #1: Far-Seer by Robert J. Sawyer
Invitation to Murder by Elizabeth Bright
Magic Time: Ghostlands by Mark Scott Zicree and Robert Charles Wilson
Flamingo Fatale by Jimmie Ruth Evans
How to Murder a Millionaire by Nancy Martin
The Bright Spot by Robert Sydney
Glitz by Elmore Leonard
I Am Alive and You Are Dead: A Journey Into the Mind of Philip K. Dick by Emmanuel Carrere
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
August/September
Slaying Is Such Sweet Sorrow by Patricia Harwin
Sprayed Stiff by Laura Bradley
Better Off Wed by Laura Durham
Killer Blonde by Laura Levine
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
City of the Dead by Brian Keene
King Suckerman by George P. Pelecanos
Lost Boy Lost Girl by Peter Straub
Black Echo by Michael Connelly
Shadows Over Baker Street edited by Michael Reaves and John Pelan
Tishomingo Blues by Elmore Leonard
The Reaper by Peter Lovesey
Foxmask by Juliet Marillier
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
The Baritone Wore Chiffon by Mark Schweizer
June/July
Deep South by Nevada Barr
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Hell to Pay by George Pelecanos
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Radio Activity by Bill Fitzhugh
A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane
Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen
The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre by H.P. Lovecraft
Blood On the Moon by James Ellroy
It's a Mod, Mod, Mod, Mod Murder by Rosemary Martin
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
Just Murdered by Elaine Viets
Monster Goose by Judy Sierra
Meg: Primal Waters by Steve Alten
April/May
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Queen's Man by Sharon Kay Penman
Blue Ridge by T.R. Pearson
The Dream of Scipio by Iain Pears Sailing to Byzantium by Robert Silverberg
You Slay Me by Katie MacAlister
On the Beach by Nevil Shute
Over My Dead Body by Rex Stout
Legend in Green Velvet by Elizabeth Peters
Aliens of Transylvania County by Patrick Bone
The Gunslinger (Revised and Expanded Edition) by Stephen King
Bandits by Elmore Leonard
The Big Bounce by Elmore Leonard
Hard Revolution by George Pelecanos
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
March
The Forgotten Man by Robert Crais
Final Solution by Michael Chabon
The Road to the Dark Tower: Exploring Stephen King's Magnum Opus by Bev Vincent
Destination: Morgue by James Ellroy
Be Cool by Elmore Leonard
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Far Beyond the Stars by Steve Barnes
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Strip Tease by Carl Hiaasen
Foul Matter by Martha Grimes
The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
Too Many Crooks Spoil the Broth by Tamar Myers
Death of a Damn Yankee by Toni L. P. Kelner
The Dragon Chronicles: The Lost Journals of the Great Wizard, Septimus Agorius by Malcolm Saunders
Relic by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart
February
Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
Endless Night by Richard Laymon
City of Bones by Michael Connelly
Dr. Death by Jonathan Kellerman
Tricky Business by Dave Barry
The Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Susan McBride
Stinger by Robert R. McCammon
The Alto Wore Tweed by Mark Schweizer
Pick Your Poison by Leann Sweeney
Murder Makes a Pilgrimage by Sister Carol Anne O'Marie
Fleshmarket Alley by Ian Rankin
Eternity Road by Jack McDevitt
Death in Holy Orders by P. D. James
Casual Rex by Eric Garcia
The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay


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