Most popular books read at book groups in 2005, or at least the top 20 of them!
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead)
- My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Washington Street Press)
- The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Viking)
- The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffeneger (Harvest)
- The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Penguin Books)
- Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Vintage)
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon (Viking)
- Angry Housewifes Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik (Ballantine)
- A Million Little Pieces by James Frey (Anchor)
- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness and the Fair That Changed America (Illinois ) by Erik Larson (Vintage)
- Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (Picador USA)
- Life of Pi by Yann Martel (Harcourt)
- Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (HarperCollins)
- Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross (Ballantine)
- The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory (Touchstone)
- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (Random House)
- The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (Picador USA)
- East of Eden by John Steinbeck (Penguin Books)
- Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks (Penguin Books)
- Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi (Random House)
Don’t forget to also check out the Reading Guides category for these books
