Very Best Speculative & Original Fiction of 2005
Discover the very best speculative and original fiction books of 2005! Explore top-rated, imaginative, and groundbreaking titles that defined the year in unique storytelling.
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Lord Vishnu's Love Handles
by Will Clarke
Psychically-gifted but tragically-shallow Travis Anderson milks his premonitions only to acquire an upper-middle-class lifestyle without having to make an effort. But recent visions threaten his …
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The Heap
by H. P. Albarelli
A priest fleeing shadowy pursuers leaves behind a journal in a London flat. The journal contains the remarkable story of a group of street children …
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Carnivore Diet
by Julia Slavin
With this story of a politician's wife who is desperately trying to hold her family together, Slavin has unleashed a hilarious and disturbing tale where …
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Oh Pure and Radiant Heart
by Lydia Millet
Oh Pure and Radiant Heart plucks the three scientists who were key to the invention of the atom bomb—Oppenheimer, Leo Szilard and Enrico Fermi—as they …
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The Traveler
by John Twelve Hawks
Their lives shaped by their father's role as a Traveler, an elite prophet able to attain pure enlightenment, Gabriel and Michael Corrigan become a target …
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Tattoo Girl
by Brooke Stevens
Warned that Emma may be in danger from whoever gave her the mysterious tattoos, Lucy goes in search of Emma's real identity, a quest that …