Ellen Isaacs: Ellen's books read in 2005

Ellen's book list
This is a list of all the books I read in 2005, along with my ratings. (On the left are links to the rest of the books I've read since 1988, when I first started keeping track.) The "Buy" links take you to that book on Amazon (the paperback version) and the author links take you the Amazon page that lists all of that author's books. My -4 to +4 ratings scale is explained below the list.

Books Read in 2005

No. Author Title Finished Rating
(-4 to +4)

17 Gregory David Roberts Shantaram [Buy] December +3

16 Mark Haddon The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time [Buy] November +3

15 Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything [Buy] October +3

14 J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [Buy] September +3

13 Anthony Bourdain Kitchen Confidential [Buy] August +2

12 Khaled Hosseini The Kite Runner [Buy] August +4

11 Martin Seligman Authentic Happiness [Buy] July +2

10 Asne Seierstad A Hundred and One Days: A Baghdad Journal [Buy] July +2

9 Jon Krakauer Under the Banner of Heaven [Buy] July 0

8 Robert Whitaker The Mapmaker's Wife [Buy] June +2

7 James Surowiecki The Wisdom of Crowds [Buy] June +3

6 Huraki Murakami The Wind-up Bird Chronicle [Buy] May +3

5 Maggie O'Farrell The Distance Between Us [Buy] Apr +2

4 Geoffrey Canada Fist, Stick, Knife, Gun [Buy] Apr +3

3 Tobias Wolff This Boy's Life: A Memoir [Buy] Mar +2

2 Paco Underhill Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping [Buy] Feb +3

1 Michael Shaara The Killer Angels [Buy] Jan +1

2004 books

Rating Scale

-4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4

All-time worst Hated it, struggled through it Annoyingly bad Sorry I read it Could take it or leave it Okay, enjoyable enough Good book, enjoyed it Great book, loved it All-time favorite