Editors' Choice: December 2005

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Books make great holiday gifts, and each year we read thousands in order to recommend the best. Here's a selection from our 2005 excerpts, plus other books of note:

Drama & Biography
  • Hot Lights, Cold Steel by Michael J. Collins, MD
  • A Random Act by Cindi Broaddus with Kimberly Lohman Suiters
  • Back in Action by Capt. David Rozelle
  • President Reagan by Richard Reeves
  • Survive! by Peter DeLeo
Heart (& Soul)
  • Never Have Your Dog Stuffed by Alan Alda
  • 700 Sundays by Billy Crystal
  • Learning to Sing by Clay Aiken with Allison Glock
  • John Paul the Great by Peggy Noonan
Modern Living
  • Spook by Mary Roach
  • Younger Next Year by Chris Crowley and Henry S. Lodge, MD
  • Dishing by Liz Smith
  • You: The Owner's Manual by Michael F. Roizen, MD, and Mehmet C. Oz, MD
  • Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
Entertainment
  • "Here's Johnny!" by Ed McMahon
  • Julie & Julia by Julie Powell
  • The Beatles by Bob Spitz
And Don't Miss...
  • 1776 by David McCullough
    Take a look at George Washington's life during 1776.


  • The Secret Man by Bob Woodward
    Author Bob Woodward uncovers the identity of Watergate's Deep Throat.


  • Marley & Me by John Grogan
    Mischievous tales about the world's worst dog.


  • Memories of John Lennon edited by Yoko Ono
    Stars help pay tribute to Lennon's life.


  • Teacher Man by Frank McCourt
    The author shares stories from his days teaching high school.


  • The American Songbook by Ken Bloom
    A glorious overview, and history, of great American music.
From Reader's Digest - December 2005
 
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