Twilight In the Desert was #13 on the list.

The 800-CEO-READ Best Books of 2005:

1. Blue Ocean Strategy, Chan Kim, Renee Mauborgne

2. The 7 Irrefutable Rules of Small Business, Steven S. Little

3. It's Your Ship, Michael Abrashoff

4. Overpromise and Overdeliver, Rick Barrera

5. Radical Leap, Steve Farber

6. The Millionaire Real Estate Investor, Gary Keller, Dave Jenks, Jay Papasan

7. The One Thing You Need to Know, Marcus Buckingham

8. Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling, Jane Hyun

9. The Resilient Enterprise, Yossi Sheffi

10. Return on Customer, Don Peppers, Martha Rogers

11. Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, T. Harv Eker

12. Why Business People Speak Like Idiots, Brian Fugere, Chelsea Hardaway, John Warshawsky

13. Twilight in the Desert, Matthew R. Simmons

14. How Full Is Your Bucket, Tom Rath, Donald O. Clifton

15. Blink, Malcolm Gladwell

16. Brand Sense, Martin Lindstrom

17. The Power of We, Jonathan M. Tisch, Karl Weber

18. When Generations Collide, Lynne C. Lancaster, David Stillman

19. Ten Minute Marketer's Secret Formula, Tom Feltenstein

20. Time Off for Good Behavior, Mary Lou Quinlan

21. Trading Up (Revised Edition), Michael Silverstein, Neil Fiske

22. The Art of the Start, Guy Kawasaki

23. The Big Moo, Group of 33, Seth Godin

24. Time Traps, Todd Duncan

25. What the CEO Wants You to Know, Ram Charan