2005 National Book Award Finalists

FICTION

* E.L. Doctorow, The March (Random House), ISBN# 0375506713
* Mary Gaitskill, Veronica (Pantheon), ISBN# 0375421459
* Christopher Sorrentino, Trance (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), ISBN# 0374278644
* Renè Steinke, Holy Skirts (William Morrow), ISBN# 0688176941
* William T. Vollmann, Europe Central (Viking), ISBN# 0670033928

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NONFICTION

* Alan Burdick, Out of Eden: An Odyssey of Ecological Invasion (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), ISBN# 0374219737
* Leo Damrosch, Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius (Houghton Mifflin), ISBN # 0618446966
* Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking (Alfred A. Knopf), ISBN# 140004314x
* Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn, 102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers (Times Books), ISBN# 0805076824
* Adam Hochschild, Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves (Houghton Mifflin), ISBN# 0618104690

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POETRY

* John Ashbery, Where Shall I Wander (Ecco), ISBN# 0060765291
* Frank Bidart, Star Dust: Poems (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), ISBN# 0374269734
* Brendan Galvin, Habitat: New and Selected Poems, 1965-2005 (Louisiana State University Press), ISBN# 0807130478
* W.S. Merwin, Migration: New and Selected Poems (Copper Canyon Press), ISBN# 1556592183
* Vern Rutsala, The Moment's Equation (Ashland Poetry Press), ISBN# 0912592540

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YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE

* Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks (Alfred A. Knopf), ISBN# 0375831436
* Adele Griffin, Where I Want to Be (Putnam), ISBN# 0399237836
* Chris Lynch, Inexcusable (Atheneum), ISBN# 0689847890
* Walter Dean Myers, Autobiography of My Dead Brother (HarperTempest), ISBN# 006058291x
* Deborah Wiles, Each Little Bird That Sings (Harcourt), ISBN# 0152051139

The winners of the 2005 Quill Book Awards are:

Book of the Year - presented by Brian Williams
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré (Illustrator)
Arthur Levine/Scholastic

Debut Author of the Year - presented by Kim Cattrall
The Historian
Elizabeth Kostova
Little Brown & Company

Audio Book - presented by Tony Roberts
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
Jon Stewart and the Writers of the Daily Show
Time Warner AudioBooks

Children's Illustrated Book - presented by Elmo
Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook
Shel Silverstein
HarperCollins Children's Books

Children's Chapter Book/Middle Grade - presented by Jules Feiffer
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
J.K. Rowling, Mary GrandPré (Illustrator)
Arthur Levine/Scholastic

Young Adult/Teen - presented by Anthony Rapp
Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood
Ann Brashares
Delacorte Press

General Fiction - presented by Erica Jong
The Mermaid Chair
Sue Monk Kidd
Viking Press

Graphic Novel - presented by Jonathan Lethem
Marvel 1602 Volume I
Neil Gaiman, Andy Kubert, and Richard Isanove
Marvel Comics

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller - presented by Stephen J. Cannell and Annie Parisse
Eleven on Top
Janet Evanovich
St. Martin's Press

Poetry - presented by Robert Klein
Let America Be America Again: And Other Poems
Langston Hughes
Vintage Books

Romance - presented by Candace Bushnell
44 Cranberry Point
Debbie Macomber
Mira Books

Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror - presented by Tamara Tunie
The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror
Christopher Moore
William Morrow & Company

Religion/Spirituality - presented by Matthew Modine
Peace is the Way: Bringing War and Violence to an End
Deepak Chopra
Harmony

Biography/Memoir - presented by Nick Hornby
Chronicles: Volume One
Bob Dylan
Simon & Schuster

Business - presented by Maria Bartiromo
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
William Morrow & Company

Cooking - presented by Rocco DeSpirito
Rachel Ray's 30-Minute Get Real Meals: Eat Healthy Without Going to Extremes
Rachael Ray
Clarkson Potter

Health/Self Improvement - presented by Dr. Joyce Brothers
He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo
Simon Spotlight Entertainment

History/Current Events/Politics - presented by Tony LoBianco
1776
David McCullough
Simon & Schuster

Humor - presented by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
Jon Stewart and the Writers of the Daily Show
Warner Books

Sports - presented by Len Berman
Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season
Stewart O'Nan and Stephen King
Scribner

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