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		<title>By: Neerav</title>
		<link>http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/50-books-you-must-own-books-alive/#comment-724</link>
		<dc:creator>Neerav</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2006 11:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The 2005 list is below (&lt;em&gt;®&lt;/em&gt; = I’ve already read this title)

FICTION


Tara Road by Maeve Binchy
My Sister&apos;s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty
The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay (chosen by Rove McManus)
The Kite Runner by Kate Hosseini
Rachel&apos;s Holiday by Marian Keyes
Barra Creek by Di Morrissey
Leaving Bondi by Robert G. Barrett
The Girl in Times Square by Paullina Simons


CRIME


Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood
The Walker by Jane R. Goodall
With No One As Witness by Elizabeth George
&lt;em&gt;The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith®&lt;/em&gt;



LITERARY


The Time Traveler&apos;s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
I&apos;m Not Scared by Niccolo Ammaniti
Remembering Babylon by David Malouf
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
Atonement by Ian McEwan (chosen by Mark Ferguson)
&lt;em&gt;The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon®&lt;/em&gt;
Dirt Music by Tim Winton (chosen by Liz Ellis)


THRILLER


Mortem by Ben Elton
Surrender by Sonya Hartnett


CHILDREN


Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French (illustrated by Bruce Whatley)
The Day My Bum Went Psycho by Andy Griffiths
The Keys to the Kingdom: Mister Monday by Garth Nix
&lt;em&gt;Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden®&lt;/em&gt;
Specky Magee &amp; the Great Footy Contest by Felice Arena &amp; Garry Lyon
Are We There Yet by Alison Lester (chosen by Rama Nicholson)
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff (chosen by Casey Lister)
&lt;em&gt;Eragon by Christopher Paolini®&lt;/em&gt;
Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye by Geronimo Stilton
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares


FANTASY


Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn
&lt;em&gt;Battle Axe by Sara Douglass®&lt;/em&gt;


BIOGRAPHY


Marching Powder by Rusty Young
Mao&apos;s Last Dancer by Li Cunxin
Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington &amp; Nugi Garimara
Joe Chinque&apos;s Consolation by Helen Garner
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris (chosen by Ian Ross)
Between A Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston


INSPIRATION


Conversations With God by Neale Donald Walsch (chosen by Layne Beachley)


HISTORY

Kokoda by Paul Ham
Gallipoli by Les Carlyon
Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond


HUMOUR


Eats Shoots &amp; Leaves by Lynne Truss
Molvania by Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner &amp; Rob Sitch


COOKING

The Cook&apos;s Companion by Stephanie Alexander

AUSTRALIANA

The Complete Book of Great Working Dog Stories by Angela Goode and Mike Hayes</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The 2005 list is below (<em>®</em> = I’ve already read this title)</p>
<p>FICTION</p>
<p>Tara Road by Maeve Binchy<br />
My Sister&apos;s Keeper by Jodi Picoult<br />
Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty<br />
The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay (chosen by Rove McManus)<br />
The Kite Runner by Kate Hosseini<br />
Rachel&apos;s Holiday by Marian Keyes<br />
Barra Creek by Di Morrissey<br />
Leaving Bondi by Robert G. Barrett<br />
The Girl in Times Square by Paullina Simons</p>
<p>CRIME</p>
<p>Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood<br />
The Walker by Jane R. Goodall<br />
With No One As Witness by Elizabeth George<br />
<em>The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith®</em></p>
<p>LITERARY</p>
<p>The Time Traveler&apos;s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger<br />
I&apos;m Not Scared by Niccolo Ammaniti<br />
Remembering Babylon by David Malouf<br />
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon<br />
Atonement by Ian McEwan (chosen by Mark Ferguson)<br />
<em>The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon®</em><br />
Dirt Music by Tim Winton (chosen by Liz Ellis)</p>
<p>THRILLER</p>
<p>Mortem by Ben Elton<br />
Surrender by Sonya Hartnett</p>
<p>CHILDREN</p>
<p>Inkheart by Cornelia Funke<br />
Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French (illustrated by Bruce Whatley)<br />
The Day My Bum Went Psycho by Andy Griffiths<br />
The Keys to the Kingdom: Mister Monday by Garth Nix<br />
<em>Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden®</em><br />
Specky Magee &amp; the Great Footy Contest by Felice Arena &amp; Garry Lyon<br />
Are We There Yet by Alison Lester (chosen by Rama Nicholson)<br />
How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff (chosen by Casey Lister)<br />
<em>Eragon by Christopher Paolini®</em><br />
Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye by Geronimo Stilton<br />
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz<br />
The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares</p>
<p>FANTASY</p>
<p>Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn<br />
<em>Battle Axe by Sara Douglass®</em></p>
<p>BIOGRAPHY</p>
<p>Marching Powder by Rusty Young<br />
Mao&apos;s Last Dancer by Li Cunxin<br />
Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington &amp; Nugi Garimara<br />
Joe Chinque&apos;s Consolation by Helen Garner<br />
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris (chosen by Ian Ross)<br />
Between A Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston</p>
<p>INSPIRATION</p>
<p>Conversations With God by Neale Donald Walsch (chosen by Layne Beachley)</p>
<p>HISTORY</p>
<p>Kokoda by Paul Ham<br />
Gallipoli by Les Carlyon<br />
Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond</p>
<p>HUMOUR</p>
<p>Eats Shoots &amp; Leaves by Lynne Truss<br />
Molvania by Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner &amp; Rob Sitch</p>
<p>COOKING</p>
<p>The Cook&apos;s Companion by Stephanie Alexander</p>
<p>AUSTRALIANA</p>
<p>The Complete Book of Great Working Dog Stories by Angela Goode and Mike Hayes</p>
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		<title>By: Neerav</title>
		<link>http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/50-books-you-must-own-books-alive/#comment-723</link>
		<dc:creator>Neerav</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2006 02:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The 2004 books alive list (in alphabetical order, by title) was:

&lt;em&gt;(R)&lt;/em&gt; = I&#039;ve already read this title

&lt;ol&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho(R)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;All the Pretty Horses, Cormac Mccarthy&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Almost French, Sarah Turnbull &lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Battleaxe, Sara Douglas(R)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood &lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Bridget Jones Diary, Helen Fielding&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Candy, Luke Davies&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Constant Gardener, The John Le Carre(R)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen(R)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/the-da-vinci-code/&quot;&gt;The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown&lt;/a&gt;(R)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Dirt Music, Tim Winton&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dune, Frank Herbert (R)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Eat Me, Linda Jaivin&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Enduring Love, Ian Mcewan &lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;The Eyre Affair, Jasper Fforde&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt; &lt;em&gt;Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury (R)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk &lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Girl with a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;High Fidelity, Nick Hornby&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkein (R)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Hunt For Red October, Tom Clancy (R)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ice Station, Matthew Reilly (R)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;It, Stephen King&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte (R)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Life of Pi, Yann Martel&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Lost Continent,  Bill Bryson(R)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mosquito Coast, Paul Theroux (R)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;My Brilliant Career, Miles Franklin&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Oscar And Lucinda, Peter Carey &lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Palace Walk, Naguib Mahfouz&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Perfect Match, Jodi Picoult &lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Perfume, Patrick Suskind&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;The Poet, Michael Connelly &lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Possession, As. Byatt&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen(R)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Secret History, Donna Tartt &lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;The Shipping News, Annie Proulx&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Sophie&#039;s World Jostein Gaarder&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Surgeon of Crowthorne, Simon Winchester(R)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;This Side Of Brightness, Colum Mccann &lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Three Dog Night, Peter Goldsworthy&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Time To Kill, A John Grisham (R)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee (R)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Tully, Paullina Simons&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;The Vampire Lestat, Anne Rice&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Year Of Wonders, Geraldine Brooks&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The 2004 books alive list (in alphabetical order, by title) was:</p>
<p><em>(R)</em> = I&#8217;ve already read this title</p>
<ol>
<li><em>The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho(R)</em></li>
<li>All the Pretty Horses, Cormac Mccarthy</li>
<li>Almost French, Sarah Turnbull </li>
<li><em>Battleaxe, Sara Douglas(R)</em></li>
<li>Blind Assassin, Margaret Atwood </li>
<li>Bridget Jones Diary, Helen Fielding</li>
<li>Candy, Luke Davies</li>
<li>Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier</li>
<li><em>Constant Gardener, The John Le Carre(R)</em></li>
<li><em>The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen(R)</em></li>
<li><em><a href="http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/the-da-vinci-code/">The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown</a>(R)</em></li>
<li>Dirt Music, Tim Winton</li>
<li><em>Dune, Frank Herbert (R)</em></li>
<li>Eat Me, Linda Jaivin</li>
<li>Enduring Love, Ian Mcewan </li>
<li>The Eyre Affair, Jasper Fforde</li>
<li> <em>Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury (R)</em></li>
<li>Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson</li>
<li>Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk </li>
<li>Girl with a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier</li>
<li>High Fidelity, Nick Hornby</li>
<li><em>The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkein (R)</em></li>
<li><em>The Hunt For Red October, Tom Clancy (R)</em></li>
<li><em>Ice Station, Matthew Reilly (R)</em></li>
<li>It, Stephen King</li>
<li><em>Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte (R)</em></li>
<li>Life of Pi, Yann Martel</li>
<li><em>The Lost Continent,  Bill Bryson(R)</em></li>
<li>The Lovely Bones, Alice Sebold</li>
<li><em>Mosquito Coast, Paul Theroux (R)</em></li>
<li>My Brilliant Career, Miles Franklin</li>
<li>Oscar And Lucinda, Peter Carey </li>
<li>Palace Walk, Naguib Mahfouz</li>
<li>Perfect Match, Jodi Picoult </li>
<li>Perfume, Patrick Suskind</li>
<li>The Poet, Michael Connelly </li>
<li>The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver</li>
<li>Possession, As. Byatt</li>
<li><em>Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen(R)</em></li>
<li>Secret History, Donna Tartt </li>
<li>The Shipping News, Annie Proulx</li>
<li>Sophie&#8217;s World Jostein Gaarder</li>
<li><em>The Surgeon of Crowthorne, Simon Winchester(R)</em></li>
<li>This Side Of Brightness, Colum Mccann </li>
<li>Three Dog Night, Peter Goldsworthy</li>
<li><em>Time To Kill, A John Grisham (R)</em></li>
<li><em>To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee (R)</em></li>
<li>Tully, Paullina Simons</li>
<li>The Vampire Lestat, Anne Rice</li>
<li>Year Of Wonders, Geraldine Brooks</li>
</ol>
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		<title>By: Melanie</title>
		<link>http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/50-books-you-must-own-books-alive/#comment-722</link>
		<dc:creator>Melanie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2004 09:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve used your list and posted whicb books I have read, own or have bookcrossed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve used your list and posted whicb books I have read, own or have bookcrossed.</p>
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		<title>By: Tuesdaynext</title>
		<link>http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/50-books-you-must-own-books-alive/#comment-721</link>
		<dc:creator>Tuesdaynext</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2004 08:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>thanks for this list, I do own loads of these books, some of them I&#039;ve even read :0</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>thanks for this list, I do own loads of these books, some of them I&#8217;ve even read :0</p>
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