2005 is nearly over, and as everyone knows, December is the time for compiling hugely subjective Top 5 (10, 20, 100) lists for everything under the sun. I think it would be fun to see everybody's favorite papers... Here's mine, totally off the top of my head (I'm sure I'm forgetting something essential):

(Don't worry about trying to post the "best" papers in some objective sense, just whatever excited you... Show me what I missed this year!)