Religion, college textbooks, Dan Brown, Mitch Albom, JK Rowling and Harper Lee’s classic are among AbeBooks.com’s eclectic list of bestselling books in 2005.

1.

Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince

JK Rowling

Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince

The war against Voldemort is not going well; even Muggle governments are noticing. Ron scans the obituary pages of the Daily Prophet, looking for familiar names.

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Conversations With God

Neale Donald Walsch

Conversations With God

When Neale Donald Walsch was experiencing a low point in his life he wrote a letter to God. He did not expect a response and the result was Conversations With God, Book 1.

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2.

The Da Vinci Code

Dan Brown

The Da Vinci Code

While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum.

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12.

Fish!: A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results

Stephen Lundin

Fish

A powerful parable that will help you love the work you do - even if you can't always do work that you love.

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3.

Angels and Demons

Dan Brown

Angles & Demons

World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization.

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13.

Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix

JK Rowling

Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter confronts the unreliability of the very government of the magical world, and the impotence of the authorities at Hogwarts. Lord Voldemort’s rise has opened a rift in the wizarding world between those who believe the truth about his return

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4.

The Tipping Point

Malcolm Gladwell

The Tipping Point

Gladwell looks at why major changes in our society so often happen suddenly and unexpectedly. An intellectual adventure story and a road map to change, with a profoundly hopeful message.

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14.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

This improbable story of Christopher’s quest to investigate the suspicious death of a neighborhood dog makes for one of the most captivating, unusual, and widely heralded novels in recent years.

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5.

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner

Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable, beautifully told story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul.

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15.

The Norton Anthology of English Literature

MH Abrams

The Norton Anthology of English Literature

Offers the best in English literature from the classic to the contemporary in a readable, teachable format. More selections by women and twentieth-century writers.

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6.

The Purpose Driven Life

Rick Warren

The Purpose Driven Life

The Purpose-Driven™ Life is a blueprint for Christian living in the 21st century—a lifestyle based on God’s eternal purposes, not cultural values.

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16.

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

To Kill A Mockingbird

Lawyer Atticus Finch defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic, Puliter Prize-winning novel--a black man charged with the rape of a white woman.

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7.

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Mitch Albom

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Plot Eddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job is fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him, as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakes in the afterlife.

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17.

Tuesdays With Morrie

Mitch Albom

Tuesdays With Morrie

Tuesdays with Morrie is a magical chronicle of their time together, through which Mitch shares Morrie's lasting gift with the world.

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8.

Organizational Behavior

Stephen P. Robbins

Organizational Behavior

With its conversational writing style, cutting-edge content, current examples, the three-level integrative model, dialogues, and technological learning tools, Organizational Behavior remains the global book, used by more readers interested in the topic than any other since 1979.

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18.

Productions/Operations Management

William J. Stevenson

Productions/Operations Management

Dr. Stevenson is an associate professor of Decision Sciences in the College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in production/operations management, management science, quality concepts, and quality applications.

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9.

Ultra Trim Bible

The Ultra-Trim Bible

First complete Bible published in the slim, trim format that fits perfectly into a pocket or purse.

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19.

Who Moved My Cheese?

Spencer Johnson

Who Moved My Cheese?

Who Moved My Cheese? is a simple parable that reveals profound truths about change. It is an amusing and enlightening story of four characters who live in a "Maze" and look for "Cheese" to nourish them and make them happy.

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10.

The Secret Life of Bees

Sue Monk Kidd

The Secret Life of Bees

Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed.

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20.

Microbiology

Lansing M. Prescott et al

Microbiology

Appropriate for students preparing for careers in medicine, dentistry, nursing, and allied health, as well as research, teaching, and industry.

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