1. A Gate at the Stairs by: Lorrie Moore (Evgeny) Tassie Keltjin, is a student at a Midwestern college mecca, daughter of a boutique potato cultivator, who finds work as the nanny-in-waiting for a brainy couple awkwardly on the verge of adoption. This ambiguous assignment takes the foreground in a tale ranging over Tassie's home life and love life -

2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by: Douglas Adams (ChronoVore) a science fiction comedy series created by English writer, dramatist, and musician Douglas Adams. Originally a radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978, it was later adapted to other formats, and over several years it gradually became an international multi-media phenomenon.

Winners

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson (Verily)

Last Stormlord - Glenda Larke (Riocaz)

A Time to Kill - John Grisham (JWolf)

Life As We Knew It - Susan Beth Pfeffer (Kitten)

Peter David - Sir Apropos of Nothing (yitz)

Ursula K LeGuin - The Telling (MollyK)

Startide Rising - David Brin (Evegeny)

On Basilisk Station - David Weber (JWolf)

His Majesty's Dragon - Naomi Novik (JWolf)

The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress - Robert A Heinlein (QuietSilence)

TheFootprints of God - Greg Iles (Mysterytrain)

Ship of Magic - Robin Hobb (Anguissette)

Runemarks - Joanne Harris (Ishiot)