The 2005 Quill Award Nominees
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Category - Audio Book
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Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (unabridged - CD)
Malcolm Gladwell, 1586217194, Time Warner AudioBooks
Chronicles: Volume One (abridged - CD)
Bob Dylan; Read by Sean Penn, 0743543092, Simon & Schuster Audio
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction (abridged - CD)
Jon Stewart and the Writers of the Daily Show, 1586217011, Time Warner AudioBooks
His Excellency: George Washington (unabridged - CD)
Joseph J. Ellis, 1402544766, Recorded Books
When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? (unabridged - CD)
George Carlin, 1401399169, Time Warner Audiobooks
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Children's Illustrated Book
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America the Beautiful: A Pop-Up Book
Robert Sabuda, 0689847440, Little Simon/Simon & Schuster Children's Books
Egyptology: Search for the Tomb of Osiris
Nick Harris, Ian Andrew (Illustrator), Helen Ward (Illustrator), 0763626384, Candlewick Press
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale
Mo Willems, 0786818700, Hyperion Books for Children
Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook
Shel Silverstein, 0060256532, HarperCollins Children's Books
Zen Shorts
Jon J. Muth, 0439339111, Scholastic Books
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Children's Chapter Book/Middle Grade
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Dragon Rider
Cornelia Funke, Anthea Bell (translator), 0439456959, Chicken House/Scholastic Books
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPr (Illustrator), 0439784549, Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Books
Ida B...and Her Plans to Maximize Fun
Katherine Hannigan, 0060730242, Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins Children's
Peter and the Starcatchers
Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, 0786854456, Disney Press
A Series of Unfortunate Events Book the Eleventh: The Grim Grotto
Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist (Illustrator), 0064410145, HarperCollins Children's Books
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Young Adult/Teen
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Walter Mosley, 0316110353, Little Brown and Company
Abarat: Days of Magic Nights of War
Clive Barker, 0060291702, Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins Children's Books
Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood
Ann Brashares, 0385729359, Delacorte Press/Random House Children's Books
How I Live Now
Meg Rosoff, 0385746776, Wendy Lamb Books/Random House Children's Books
Wormwood
G. P. Taylor, 0399242570, Putnam Juvenile/Penguin Group
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General Fiction
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A Long Way Down
Nick Hornby, 1573223026, Riverhead Book/Penguin Group
Gilead
Marilynne Robinson, 0374153892, Farrar Straus & Giroux
The Mermaid Chair
Sue Monk Kidd, 0670033944, Viking Books
The Plot Against America
Philip Roth, 0618509283, Houghton Mifflin Company
Zorro
Isabel Allende, Margaret Sayers Peden (Translator), 0060778970, HarperCollins
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Graphic Novel
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American Splendor: Our Movie Year
Harvey Pekar, 0345479378, Ballantine Books
Bone: One Volume Edition
Jeff Smith, 188896314X, Cartoon Books
In the Shadow of No Towers
Art Spiegelman, 0375423079, Pantheon Books/Knopf Publishing
Marvel 1602 Volume 1
Neil Gaiman, Andy Kubert, Richard Isanove, 0785110704, Marvel Comics
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
Marjane Satrapi, 0375422889, Pantheon Books/Knopf Publishing
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Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
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The Closers
Michael Connelly, 0316734942, Little Brown and Company
Eleven on Top
Janet Evanovich, 0312306261, St. Martin's Press
The Historian
Elizabeth Kostova, 0316011770, Little Brown and Company
In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
Alexander McCall Smith, 0375422714, Pantheon Books/Knopf Publishing
With No One as Witness
Elizabeth George, 0060545607, HarperCollins Publishers
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Poetry
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180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day
Billy Collins (Editor), 0812972961, Random House Trade
Ariel: The Restored Edition: A Facsimile of Plath's Manuscript
Slyvia Plath, 0060732598, HarperCollins Publishers
Gilgamesh: A New English Version
Stephen Mitchell, 074326164X, Free Press/Simon & Schuster
Blue Iris: Poems and Essays
Mary Oliver, 0807068829, Beacon Press
Let America Be America Again: And Other Poems
Langston Hughes, 1400095190, Vintage Books/Knopf Publishing
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Romance
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44 Cranberry Point
Debbie Macomber, 0778320731, Mira Books
Blue Dahlia
Nora Roberts, 051513855X, Jove Books
Northern Lights
Nora Roberts, 0399152059, Putnam Publishing Group
The Rocky Road to Romance
Janet Evanovich, 0060598891, HarperTorch
Undead and Unemployed
MaryJanice Davidson, 0425197484, Berkley Publishing Group
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Science Fiction/Fantasy
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The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower
Stephen King, 1880418622, Donald M. Grant/Scribner
Going Postal
Terry Pratchett, 0060013133, HarperCollins Publishers
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: A Novel
Susanna Clarke, 1582344167, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Shadow of the Giant
Orson Scott Card, 0312857586, Tor Books
The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror
Christopher Moore, 0060590254, William Morrow & Company
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Debut Author of the Year
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Broken for You
Stephanie Kallos, 0802117791, Grove Press
French Women Don't Get Fat
Mireille Guiliano, 1400042127, Alfred A. Knopf
The Ha-Ha
Dave King, 0316156108, Little Brown and Company
The Historian
Elizabeth Kostova, 0316011770, Little Brown and Company
The Traveler
John Twelve Hawks, 038551428X, Doubleday Books
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Religion/Spirituality
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God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It
Jim Wallis, 0060558288, Harper San Francisco
Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith
Martha Nibley Beck, 0609609912, Crown Publishers
Peace Is the Way: Bringing War and Violence to an End
Deepak Chopra, 0307236072, Harmony
Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith: Further Thoughts on Faith
Anne Lamott, 1573222992, Riverhead Book/Penguin Group
Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential
Joel Osteen, 0446532754, Warner Faith
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Biography/Memoir
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Chronicles: Volume One
Bob Dylan, 0743228154, Simon & Schuster
The Glass Castle: A Memoir
Jeannette Walls, 0743247531, Scribner/Simon & Schuster
His Excellency: George Washington
Joseph J. Ellis, 1400040310, Alfred A. Knopf
Magical Thinking: True Stories
Augusten Burroughs, 0312315945, St. Martin's Press
Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare
Stephen Greenblatt, 0393050572, W.W. Norton & Company
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Business
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Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story
Kurt Eichenwald, 0767911784, Broadway Books/Bantam Dell Publishing Group
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
John Perkins, 1576753018, Berrett-Koehler Publishers
DisneyWar
James B. Stewart, 0684809931, Scribner/Simon & Schuster
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Steven D Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, 006073132X, William Morrow & Company
Winning
Jack Welch with Suzy Welch, 0060753943, HarperBusiness
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Cooking
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Being Dead Is No Excuse: The Official Southern Ladies Guide to Hosting the Perfect Funeral
Gayden Metcalfe, 1401359345, Hyperion Books
Everyday Italian: 125 Simple and Delicious Recipes
Giada de Laurentiis, 1400052580, Clarkson N Potter Publishers
The Gourmet Cookbook: More Than 1000 Recipes
Ruth Reichl, 0618374086, Houghton Mifflin Company
On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
Harold McGee, 0684800012, Scribner Book Company
Rachael Ray's 30-Minute Get Real Meals: Eat Healthy Without Going to Extremes
Rachael Ray, 1400082536, Clarkson N Potter Publishers
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Health/Self Improvement
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And One More Thing Before You Go...
Maria Shriver, 0743281012, Free Press
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Malcolm Gladwell, 0316172324, Little Brown and Company
French Women Don't Get Fat
Mireille Guiliano, 1400042127, Alfred A. Knopf
He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo, 068987474X, Simon Spotlight Entertainment/Simon & Schuster
Mother-Daughter Wisdom: Creating a Legacy of Physical and Emotional Health
Christiane Northrup, 0553105736, Bantam Books
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History/Current Events/Politics
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102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers
Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn, 0805076824, Times Books/Henry Holt & Company
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David McCullough, 0743226712, Simon & Schuster
The Children's Blizzard
David Laskin, 0060520752, HarperCollins Publishers
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Jared Diamond, 0670033375, Viking Press/Penguin USA
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century
Thomas L. Friedman, 0374292884, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Humor
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Bad Cat: 244 Not-So-Pretty Kitties And Cats Gone Bad
Jim Edgar, 0761136193, Workman Publishing
The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker
Robert Mankoff, 1579123228, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
The Complete Peanuts 1953-1954
Charles M. Schulz, 1560976144, Fantagraphics Books
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction (abridged - CD)
Jon Stewart & the Writers of the Daily Show, 0446532681, Warner Books
When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?
George Carlin, 1401301347, Hyperion Books
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Sports
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Aron Ralston, 0743492811, Atria Books/Simon & Schuster
Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season
Stewart O'Nan & Stephen King, 0743267524, Scribner Book Company
Favre
Brett Favre, Bonita Favre with Chris Havel, 1590710363, Rugged Land
Three Nights in August: Strategy, Heartbreak, and Joy; Inside the Mind of a Manager
Buzz Bissinger, 0618405445, Houghton Mifflin Company
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Geoffrey C. Ward, 0375415327, Alfred A. Knopf