Abbreviations:

(f) = fantasy
(sf) = science fiction
(h) = historical
(t) = Teen
(c) = contemporary

Just Plain Good Books
Presented at 2005 Beyond IQ, Boston

• Black, Holly                                          VALIANT (f, t)

• Cornish, D. M.                                     FOUNDLING (f)

• Doyle, Debra
   & Macdonald, James                        KNIGHT'S WYRD (f)

• Druitt, Tobias                                      CORYDON & THE ISLAND OF MONSTERS (f)

• Fletcher, Susan                                   ALPHABET OF DREAMS (f)

• Friesner, Esther                                  TEMPING FATE (f)

• Fusco, Kimberly                                  TENDING TO GRACE (c)

• Garden, Nancy                                    ENDGAME (c)

• Hale, Shannon                                     RIVER SECRETS (f)

• Hoffman, Nina Kiriki                            A STIR OF BONES (f)

• Ingold, Jeanette                                   HITCH (h)

• Kidd, Ronald                                        MONKEY TOWN (h)

• Klause, Annette Curtis                        FREAKS (h)

• McCaughrean, Geraldine                   NOT THE END OF THE WORLD (f)

• Myers, Walter Dean                            AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A DEAD BROTHER (c)

• Oates, Joyce Carol                             AFTER THE WRECK (c)

• Pratchett, Terry                                    WINTERSMITH (f)

• Randall, David                                     CHANDLEFORT (f)

• Shaw, Susan                                        BLACK-EYED SUSIE (c)

• Sherman, Delia                                    THE CHANGELING (f)

• Tolan, Stephanie                                  LISTEN (c)

• Werlin, Nancy                                       THE RULES OF SURVIVAL (c)

Adult Fiction:

• Briggs, Patricia                                     DRAGON BLOOD (f, & sequel)

• Flewelling, Lynn                                    ORACLE'S QUEEN (f, & 2 prequels)

• Franklin, Ariana                                    CITY OF SHADOWS (h)

• Gilman, Dorothy                                   KALEIDOSCOPE (mystery, psychic)

• Keyes, Greg                                         THE BLOOD KNIGHT (f, 2 prequels)

• Kritzer, Naomi                                     FREEDOM'S APPRENTICE (f, 2 sequels)

• Kushner, Ellen                                      THE PRIVILEGE OF THE SWORD (f)

• Novik, Naomi                                      HIS MAJESTY'S DRAGON (f, 2 sequels)

• Picoult, Jodi                                          KEEPING FAITH (c, f)