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2005 Novels and Collections

This is a list of books of literature of the fantastic written by Canadians. Only those which are novels or novel-length collections are eligible for the Sunburst Award.

Novels (alphabetical by author)

  • Alexis, Andre, Ingrid and the Wolves (Toronto, Tundra, 2005) TD
  • Armstrong, Kelley, Haunted (New York, Bantam, 2005) PB
  • Attema, Martha, The Paper Wagon (Vancouver, Orca, 2005) TD
  • Atwood, Margaret, The Penelopiad (Toronto, Knopf Canada, 2005) HC
  • Baird, Alison, The Archons of the Stars (New York, Warner, 2005) TD
  • ——, Wyrd of Willowmere (Toronto, Penguin, 2005) TD
  • Bassingthwaite, Don, The Binding Stone (Renton, WA, WOTC, 2005) PB
  • Bennett, Holly, The Bonemender (Vancouver, Orca, 2005) TD
  • Beuhler, C.J., We Are Still Here (Saskatoon, Thistledown, 2005) TD
  • Bishop, Mary Harelkin, Tunnels of Tyranny (Regina, SK, Coteau, 2005) PB
  • Blum, Vicki, The Dragon Prince (Toronto, Scholastic, 2005) PB
  • Brazier-Tompkins, Kali, A Wanderer's Legacy (Saint John, NB, Dreamcatcher, 2005) TD
  • Brooks, Brenda, Gotta Find Me an Angel (Vancouver, Raincoast, 2005) HC
  • Burstyn, Varda, Water Inc. (Toronto, Penguin, 2005) HC
  • Carmichael, Leslie, Lyranel's Song (Austin, TX, Blooming Tree Press, 2005) HC
  • Carter, Timothy, Attack of the Intergalactic Soul Hunters (Woodbury, MN, Llewellyn Publications, 2005) TD
  • Chan, Gillian, The Turning (Toronto, KidsCan, 2005) TD
  • Cross, Janine, Touched by Venom (New York, ROC, 2005) TD
  • Cupchik, Will, The Avro Arrow Manipulation: Murdering Medicare (Toronto, Tagami, 2005) TD
  • Czerneda, Julie, Migration (New York, Daw, 2005) HC
  • Dantec, Maurice G., Babylon Babies (New York, Semiotext(e), 2005) TD
  • Davies, Paul, Some Sunny Day (Toronto, Insomniac, 2005) TD
  • Davis, Harold, The Starrigans of Little Brook Bottom (St. John's, NF, Tuckamore, 2005) TD
  • Doctorow, Cory, Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town (New York, Tor, 2005) HC
  • Doherty-Wayne, Caeli Hampton, Forever's Shadow (Stratford, Wingate, 2005) TD
  • Dyer, K. C., Shades of Red (Toronto, Dundurn, 2005) PB
  • Eaton, Chris, The Grammar Architect (Toronto, Insomniac, 2005) TD
  • Erikson, Steven, Fishing With Grandma Matchie (London, PS Publishing, 2005) HC
  • ——, The Devil Delivered (London, PS Publishing, 2005) HC
  • Esslemont, Ian Cameron, Night of Knives (Hornsea, UK, PS Publishing, 2005) HC
  • Falcone, L.M., Walking With The Dead (Toronto, KidsCan, 2005) HC
  • Fitch, Sheree, The Gravesavers (Toronto, Doubleday Canada, 2005) TD
  • Froese, Gayleen, Touch (Edmonton, NeWest, 2005) TD
  • Fuchs, A.P., The Way of the Fog (Winnipeg, Coscom Entertainment, 2005) HC
  • Gardner, James Alan, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider: The Man of Bronze (New York, Ballantine, 2005) PB
  • Gervais, Harry, Xcrath! (Victoria, BC, Trafford, 2005) TD
  • Ghent, Natale, The Book of Living and Dying (Toronto, HarperTrophy, 2005) TD
  • Gilmore, Rachna, The Sower of Tales (Toronto, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2005) HC
  • Goertzen, Glenda, The Prairie Dogs (Toronto, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2005) TD
  • Goobie, Beth, Fixed (Vancouver, Orca, 2005) HC
  • Greenwood, Ed & Elaine Cunningham, City of Splendors (Renton, WA, WOTC, 2005) HC
  • Gunning, Margaret, Mallory (Winnipeg, Turnstone, 2005) TD
  • Hale, Deborah, The Destined Queen (New York, Luna, 2005) TD
  • Harasymchuk, Rob, The Joining of Dingo Radish (Winnipeg, Great Plains, 2005) TD
  • Hayward, Mary, Andy and the Jam-Jar Genie (Kamloops, BC, qualitybookpress.com, 2005) TD
  • Hayward, Stephen, The Secret Mitzvah of Lucio Burke (Toronto, Knopf, 2005) HC
  • Heneghan, James, Nannycatch Chronicles (Vancouver, Tradewind, 2005) HC
  • Horeck, Brian, Minnow Trap ( ??, ??, 2005) PB
  • Huff, Tanya, Smoke and Mirrors (New York, Daw, 2005) HC
  • Johansen, K.V., Torrie and the Pirate Queen (Toronto, Annick, 2005) HC
  • Johnson, Gillian, Thora: A Half-Mermaid Tale (Toronto, HarperCollins, 2005) TD
  • Justice, Daniel Heath, Kynship (Cape Croker Reserve, ON, Kegedonce, 2005) TD
  • Kalla, Daniel, Pandemic (New York, Tor, 2005) PB
  • Kazenbroot, Nelly: Under The Sea (Victoria, BC, Orca, 2005) PB
  • Kennedy, J.Y.T., Dominion (Calgary, Dragon Moon Press, 2005) TD
  • Kilpatrick, Nancy, Planet of the Beast (New York, Berkely Sensation, 2005) PB
  • Krossing, Karen, Pure (Toronto, Second Story, 2005) PB
  • Kwa, Lydia, The Walking Boy (Toronto, Key Porter, 2005) HC
  • Laberge, Michael, Final Phase (Victoria, BC, Trafford, 2005) TD
  • Leavey, Peggy Dimond, The Path Through the Trees (Toronto, Napoleon, 2005) TD
  • Lee, Ingrid, George Most Wanted (Vancouver, Orca, 2005) TD
  • Little, Jean, Forward, Shakespeare! (Vancouver, Orca, 2005) TD
  • Lloyd, Peter, Avatars (Hamilton, ON, instabook.ca, 2005) TD
  • Lowachee, Karin, Cagebird (New York, Warner, 2005) PB
  • Lunn, John, The Aquanauts (Toronto, Tundra, 2005) TD
  • Lupini, Valerie Rolfe, The Whistle (Calgary, Red Deer, 2005) TD
  • MacDonald, Maggie, Kill The Robot (Toronto, McGilligan Books, 2005) TD
  • Mackay, Scott, Tides (Amherst, NY, Pyr, 2005) HC
  • Martini, Clem, The Plague (Toronto, KidsCan, 2005) TD
  • Maslan, Danita, Rogue Harvest (Calgary, Red Deer, 2005) HC
  • Matchett, Robin, Pedro the Enigma (Toronto, Piercemore, 2005) TD
  • Matthews, Brian S., New Wilderness (Victoria, Aydy Press, 2005) TD
  • McCann, James, Rancour (??, simplyreadbooks.com, 2005) TD
  • McAuley, Amy, Over and Over You (New Milford, CT, Roaring Book Press, 2005) HC
  • McClung, Elizabeth, Zed (Vancouver, Arsenal, 2005) TD
  • McNaughton, Janet, Brave Jack and the Unicorn (Toronto, Tundra, 2005) TD
  • Miller, Jeffrey, Murder's Out of Tune (Toronto, ECW, 2005) TD
  • Millet, Lydia, Oh Pure and Radiant Heart (Brooklyn, NY, Soft Skull Press/PGC, 2005) HC
  • Mills, J.C., Strange Voyage of the Raconteur (Toronto, Key Porter, 2005) PB
  • Montana, Anna Rev., Rev. Joalien, Rev. Norm and Rev. Randy Peters, The Dead Beat Scrolls (Montreal, Cumulus Press, 2005) TD
  • Nickel, Barbara, Hannah Waters and the Daughter of Johann Sebastian Bach (Toronto, Penguin, 2005) TD
  • Niedzviecki, Hal, The Program (Toronto, Random House, 2005) HC
  • Nunn, Bruce, Buddy the Bluenose Reindeer (Halifax, Nimbus, 2005) TD
  • Nyoka, Gail, Mella and the N'anga: An African Tale (Toronto, Sumach, 2005) PB
  • O'Bannon, Ann, Star Dust (Lancashire, UK, BeWrite Books, 2005) TD
  • Oppel, Kenneth, Skybreaker (Toronto, HarperCollins, 2005) HC
  • Osgoode, Lawrence, Midnight Sun (Fredericton, NB, Goose Lane, 2005) TD
  • Patton, Fiona, The Silver Lake (New York, Daw, 2005) HC
  • Pierson, Chris, Blades of the Tiger (Renton, WA, WOTC, 2005) PB
  • Pyper, Andrew, The Wildfire Season (Toronto, HarperCollins, 2005) HC
  • Rayner, Mark, The Amadeus Net (Hoboken, NJ, Emperors New Clothes Press, 2005) TD
  • Reeves-Stevens, Judy & Gar, Freefall (New York, Pocket Books, 2005) HC
  • Rooke, Leon, The Beautiful Wife (Toronto, Thomas Allan & Son, 2005) HC
  • Rose, Simon, The Clone Conspiracy (Vancouver, Tradewind, 2005) TD
  • Sands, Lynsay, A Quick Bite (New York, Avon, 2005) PB
  • Sapergia, Barbara, Dry (Regina, SK, Coteau, 2005) TD
  • Savory, Brett, & David Niall Wilson, My Eyes Are Nailed But Still I See (North Webster, IN, Delirium, Books, 2005) HC
  • Sawyer, Robert J., Mindscan (New York, Tor, 2005) HC
  • Schroeder, Karl, Lady of Mazes (New York, Tor, 2005) HC
  • Schwarzkopf, Tom, The Ghost at Mahoney Bay (Halifax, Nimbus, 2005) PB
  • Sheils, T.K., Knights Tiger (Oakville, ON, LTDBooks, 2005) TD
  • Silverthorne, Judith, The Secret of the Stone House (Regina, SK, Coteau, 2005) PB
  • Sinclair, Lynn, Key To Aten (Weston, CT, Brown Barn Books, 2005) TD
  • Sire, Storma, Lessons in Magic (Victoria, Aydy Press, 2005) TD
  • Solomon, Evan, Nathaniel McDaniel and the Magic Attic: Bigbeard's Hook (Toronto, Penguin, 2005) TD
  • Smedman, Lisa, Viper's Kiss: House of Serpents (Renton, WA, WOTC, 2005) PB
  • Smith, Linda, Talisa's Song (Regina, SK, Coteau, 2005) PB
  • Sokhan, Alena, Igor & Kosti, Murzalina (Toronto, Seraphine Publishing, 2005) TD
  • Soulban, Lucien, Blood In, Blood Out (Stone Mountain GA, White Wolf, 2005) PB
  • Spalding, Andrea, Heart of the Hill (Vancouver, Orca, 2005) PB
  • Sparling, Ken, For Those Who God Has Blessed With Fingers (Toronto, Pedlar, 2005) TD
  • Stewart, Angela, The Curious Adventures of India Sophia (Edmonton, River Press, 2005) TD
  • Stirling, S.M., The Protectors War (New York, Penguin/ROC, 2005) HC
  • Such, Peter, Earthbaby (Victoria, Ekstasis Editions, 2005) TD
  • Sullivan, Jeanne, Vamp (New York, Thunder's Mouth, 2005) TD
  • Sweet, Caitlin, The Silences of Home (Toronto, Penguin, 2005) TD
  • Tam, Kenneth, The Earther Equation (Waterloo, ON, Iceberg, 2004) PB
  • Tardif, Cheryl, The River (Victoria, BC, Trafford, 2005) TD
  • Taylor, Catherine, Thirst (Toronto, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2005) TD
  • Taylor, Cora, On Wings of Evil (Toronto, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2005) HC
  • Tremblay, Larry, The Bicycle Eater (Vancouver, Talonbooks, 2005) TD
  • Tushingham, Mark, Hotter Than Hell (Saint John, NB, Dreamcatcher, 2005) TD
  • van Belkom, Edo, Lone Wolf (Toronto, Tundra, 2005) PB
  • Vonarburg, Elisabeth, A Game of Perfection (Calgary, Edge, 2005) TD
  • Watts, Irene N., Flower (Toronto, Tundra, 2005) TD
  • Watts, Peter, Behemoth: Seppuku (New York, Tor, 2005) HC
  • West, Michelle, Cast in Shadow (New York, Luna, 2005) TD
  • Willard, Christopher, Garbage Head (Montreal, Vehicule, 2005) TD
  • Willett, Ed, Lost in Translation (Waterville, ME, Five Star, 2005) HC
  • Williams, Lynda, The Courtesan Prince (Calgary, Edge, 2005) TD
  • Wilson, Robert Charles, Spin (New York, Tor, 2005) HC
  • Wood, Chris & Beverly, Jack's Knife (Vancouver, Raincoast, 2005) PB

Collections

  • Brennan, Mark Anthony, Shelter From the Storm (Victoria, BC, Perplexed Puffin Press, 2005) TD
  • de Lint, Charles, Quicksilver and Shadow (Burton, MI, Subterranean, 2005) HC
  • ——, The Hour Before Dawn (Burton, MI, Subterranean, 2005) HC
  • Fuchs, A.P., Magic Man (Winnipeg, CosCom, 2005) TD
  • Gardner, James Alan, Gravity Wells (New York, HarperCollins/Eos, 2005) TD
  • Halliday, David, Sleeping Beauty and the Hole (Oakville, ON, LTDBooks, 2005) TD
  • Hancock, Pat, Strange and Spooky Stories (Toronto, Scholastic, 2005) TD
  • Hughes, Matthew, The Gist Hunter and Other Stories (San Francisco, Nightshade, 2005) HC
  • Merril, Judith, Homecalling and Other Stories (Framingham, MA, NESFA Press, 2005) HC
  • Murphy, Derryl, Wasps at the Speed of Sound and Other Shattered Futures (??, Prime Books, 2005) HC
  • Phillips, Holly, In the Palace of Repose (??, Prime Books, 2005) HC
  • Schroeder, Karl, The Engine of Recall (Calgary, Red Deer, 2005) HC

Note: HC=Hardcover; TD=Trade Cover; PB=Paperback

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