2005 in literature
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See also: 2004 in literature, other events of 2005, 2006 in literature, list of years in literature.
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Events
- February 25 - Canada Reads selects Rockbound by Frank Parker Day as the novel to be read across the nation.
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New books
- Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception - Eoin Colfer
- DisneyWar - James B. Stewart
- Eldest - Christopher Paolini
- Ghost in the Shell 2: Man/Machine Interface - Masamune Shirow
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J.K. Rowling
- Haunted - Chuck Palahniuk
- Lunar Park - Bret Easton Ellis
- The Moneypenny Diaries - Samantha Weinberg
- Saturday - Ian McEwan
- 36 Yalta Boulevard - Olen Steinhauer
- SilverFin - Charlie Higson
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Operation Barracuda - David Michaels
- The Secret Mulroney Tapes: Unguarded Confessions of a Prime Minister - Peter C. Newman
- The Truth About Hillary: What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She'll Go to Become President, Edward Klein, Sentinel, 2005.
- Until I Find You - John Irving
- Book the Twelfth - Lemony Snicket
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Deaths
- January 7 - Pierre Daninos, French novelist (b. 1913)
- January 14 - Charlotte MacLeod, American mystery writer (b. 1922)
- January 15 - Elizabeth Janeway, American feminist author (b. 1913)
- January 15 - Walter Ernsting, German science fiction author (b. 1920)
- January 19 - K. Sello Duiker, South African novelist (b. 1974)
- January 21 - Theun de Vries, Dutch writer and poet (b. 1907)
- January 24 - Vladimir Savchenko, Ukrainian science fiction writer (b. 1933)
- January 25 - Max Velthuijs, Dutch writer and illustrator
- January 29 - Ephraim Kishon, Israeli satirist, dramatist, and screenwriter. (b. 1924)
- February 10 - Arthur Miller, American playwright (b. 1915)
- February 11 - Jack L. Chalker, American science fiction writer (b. 1944)
- February 21 - Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban novelist (b. 1929)
- February 25 - Phoebe Hesketh, British poet (b. 1909)
- March 30 - Robert Creeley, American poet (b. 1926)
- April 7 - Yvonne Vera, Zimbabwean novelist (b. 1964)
- April 26 - Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan novelist (b. 1917)
- June 30 - Christopher Fry, English dramatist (b. 1907)
- August 21 - Dalia Rabikovich, Israeli poet
- November 2 - Gordon A. Craig, historian
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