Here are the books for 2005. Click on a thumbnail to see first edition criteria (and photos).

Year

Title

Author

Publisher

2005


 

March
First printing has a full number line on copyright page - "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4  (more...)

Last: Brooks
First: Geraldine

Pulitzer Prize

Viking
Original Price: $24.95
Pages: 280

2005


 

The Lightning Thief
First Edition is stated on copyright page directly about full number line 1 3  (more...)

Last: Riordan
First: Rick

Miramax Books/Hyperion Books for Children
Original Price: $17.95
Pages: 377

2005


 

The March
FIRST EDITION is stated below the number line 246897531 on the copyright  (more...)

Last: Doctorow
First: E.L.

Random House
Original Price: $25.95
Pages: 363

2005


 

Europe Central
"First published in 2005 by Viking Penguin," and full number line "10 9 8 7 6  (more...)

Last: Vollmann
First: William

National Book Award

Viking
Original Price: $39.95
Pages: 811

2005


 

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (U.S.)
The copyright page has the full number line "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1    (more...)

Last: Rowling
First: J.K.

Scholastic Press
Original Price: $29.99
Pages: 652

2005


 

The World is Flat
"First edition, 2005" is stated on the top of the copyright page with no  (more...)

Last: Friedman
First: Thomas

Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Original Price: $27.50
Pages: 488

2005


 

No Country for Old Men
"First Edition" is stated on the copyright page. Boards are black cloth with  (more...)

Last: McCarthy
First: Cormac

Alfred A. Knopf
Original Price: $24.95
Pages: 309

2005


 

Twilight
"First Edition: September 2005" is stated in the middle of the copyright  (more...)

Last: Meyer
First: Stephenie

Little, Brown and Company (Megan Tingley Books)
Original Price: $17.99
Pages: 498

2005


 

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
"First published in Great Britain in 2005" is stated on the copyright page  (more...)

Last: Rowling
First: J.K.

Bloomsbury
Original Price: £16.99
Pages: 607

2005


 

A New Earth
First printing, October 2005 is stated on the copyright page above full  (more...)

Last: Tolle
First: Eckhart

Dutton
Original Price: $24.95
Pages: 313

2005


 

Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
First Edition December 2005 is stated near top of copyright page, with full  (more...)

Last: Wallace
First: David Foster

Little, Brown and Company
Original Price: $25.95
Pages: 343