"Books Alive Great Read Guide 2005"

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  1. The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho
  2. All the Pretty Horses, Cormac Mccarthy
  3. Almost French, Sarah Turnbull
  4. Battleaxe, Sara Douglas
  5. Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood
  6. Bridget Jones Diary, Helen Fielding
  7. Candy, Luke Davies
  8. Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier
  9. Constant Gardener, The John Le Carre
  10. The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen
  11. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
  12. Dirt Music, Tim Winton
  13. Dune, Frank Herbert
  14. Eat Me, Linda Jaivin
  15. Enduring Love, Ian Mcewan
  16. The Eyre Affair, Jasper Fforde
  17. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
  18. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson
  19. Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk
  20. Girl with a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier
  21. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby
  22. The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkein
  23. The Hunt For Red October, Tom Clancy
  24. Ice Station, Matthew Reilly
  25. It, Stephen King
  26. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
  27. Life of Pi, Yann Martel
  28. The Lost Continent, Bill Bryson
  29. The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold
  30. Mosquito Coast, Paul Theroux
  31. My Brilliant Career, Miles Franklin
  32. Oscar And Lucinda, Peter Carey
  33. Palace Walk, Naguib Mahfouz
  34. Perfect Match, Jodi Picoult
  35. Perfume, Patrick Suskind
  36. The Poet, Michael Connelly
  37. The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
  38. Possession, As. Byatt
  39. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
  40. Secret History, Donna Tartt
  41. The Shipping News, Annie Proulx
  42. Sophie’s World, Jostein Gaarder
  43. The Surgeon of Crowthorne, Simon Winchester
  44. This Side Of Brightness, Colum Mccann
  45. Three Dog Night, Peter Goldsworthy
  46. Time To Kill, A John Grisham
  47. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
  48. Tully, Paullina Simons
  49. The Vampire Lestat, Anne Rice
  50. Year Of Wonders, Geraldine Brooks
Author Comments: 

Books Alive is an Australian Government initiative that aims to encourage all Australians to experience the joys of reading. Every year, Books Alive runs a nationwide campaign to ignite the country’s passion for books and make it easier to choose a really great ‘read’.

The 2005 Books Alive Great Read Guide is a list of 50 remarkable books compiled by a trusted team from the book industry.

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"Books Alive Great Read Guide 2005" (Australia)