2005 booklist

1. Last Orders by Graham Swift


2. Hyperspace : A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimension by Michio Kaku


3. Microserfs by Douglas Coupland


4. One Earth by Kenneth Brower


5. Guns, Germs & Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond


6. Asleep by Banana Yoshimoto


7. Japanese for Busy People by the Japanese Association for Language Teachers


8. The Netherlands (Lonely Planet Guide), 2nd ed. by Jeremy Gray and Reuben Acciano


9. A Little Taste of ... Japan by Jane Lawson and Charlotte Anderson


10. Wanderlust: Real-Life Tales of Adventure and Romance, edited by Don George at Salon.com


11. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank


12. The Hobbit; or, There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien


13. Puppies for Dummies by Sarah Hodgson and Dog Training for Dummies by Jack and Wendy Volhard


14. A History of Western Science by Anthony Alioto


15. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl


16. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells


17. Buddhism by Kulananda


18. Art History by Marilyn Stokstad


19. Learned Friends: A Tribute to Fifty Remarkable Ontario Advocates, 1950-2000 by Jack Batten


20. Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien


21. Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll


22. Fodor's Exploring Japan, 3rd ed.


23. Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman


24. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell


25. The Art of Twentieth-Century Zen by Audrey Yoshiko Seo


26. How to Look at Japanese Art by Stephen Addiss


27. Art, Life and Nature in Japan by Masaharu Anesaki


28. Wabi Sabi: The Japanese Art of Impermanence by Andrew Juniper


29. No Time: Stress and the Crisis of Modern Life by Heather Menzies