Other Titles Considered for 2005

Haddon, Mark.  The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.  New York, Doubleday, 2003.

Holman, Sheri.  Mammoth Cheese.  New York, Atlantic Monthly Press, 2003

Hosseini, Khaled.  The Kite Runner.  New York, Riverhead Books, 2003.

Niffenegger, Audrey.  The Time Traveler’s Wife.  San Francisco, MacAdam/Cage, 2003

Otsuka, Julie.  When the Emperor was Divine.  New York, Knopf, 2002. 

Quindlen, Anna.  Blessings.  New York, Random House, 2002.