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The 2007 Books
I have a terrible suspicion that I have turned into Clementine Kruczynski. I'm not sure whether to be disturbed or deeply satisfied about that.
(I want to make snow angels on a frozen river.)
Anyways, here's this year in books:
#1 -- Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan
#2 -- Ursula K. Le Guin, The Farthest Shore
#3 -- Ursula K. Le Guin, Tehanu
Not-#4 -- Neil Gaiman Anansi Boys
#4 -- John Scalzi, The Android's Dream
#5 -- Carrie Vaughn, Kitty Takes A Holiday
#6 -- Caitlin R. Kiernan, Daughter of Hounds
#7 -- Caitlin R. Kiernan, Threshold
#8 -- Catherynne M. Valente, In the Night Garden
#9 -- James Ellroy, The Cold Six Thousand
#10 -- Minister Faust, From the Notebooks of Doctor Brain
#11-17 Ru Emerson, Night-Threads 1-6
#18 -- Louse Cooper, Avatar
#19 -- Meredith Ann Pierce, The Darkangel
#20 -- Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia
#21 -- Richard Peck, Remembering The Good Times
#22 -- Patricia A. McKillip, The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
#23 -- Nick Mamatas, Under My Roof
#24 -- Christopher Fry, The Lady's Not For Burning
#25 -- Terry Pratchett, Thud!
#26 -- Eliot Fintushel, Breakfast With the Ones You Love
#27 -- Terry Pratchett, Men At Arms
#28 -- Justine Larbalestier, Magic Lessons
#29 -- Holly Black, Tithe
#30 -- Ilona Andrews, Magic Bites
#31 -- Holly Black, Ironside
#32 -- Nicola Griffith, The Blue Place
#33 -- Nicola Griffith, Stay
#34 -- John Scalzi, Old Man's War
#35 -- Caitlin R. Kiernan, Low Red Moon
#36 -- Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policeman's Union
#37 -- Lois McMaster Bujold, The Hallowed Hunt
#38 -- Robert Charles Wilson, Spin
#39 -- Art Spiegelman, Maus I
#40 -- Grant Morrison, Arkham Asylum
#41 -- Scott Lynch, Red Seas Under Red Skies
#42 -- Liz Williams, Snake Agent
#43 -- Lois McMaster Bujold, The Sharing Knife: Legacy
#44 -- Elizabeth Bear, Whiskey and Water
#45 -- Melissa Marr, Wicked Lovely
#46 -- Sarah Monette, The Mirador
#47 -- Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette, A Companion to Wolves
#48 -- Cherie Priest, Not Flesh Nor Feathers
#49 -- Jo Walton, Ha'Penny
#50 -- Charles Stross, The Merchants' War
#51 -- Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, The Shadow Speaker
#52 -- Matt Ruff, Bad Monkeys
Not-#53 -- Tim Powers, Expiration Date
#53 -- Nicola Griffith, Ammonite
#54 -- Matthew Jarpe, Radio Freefall
Not-#55 -- Chaz Brenchley, Bridge of Dreams
Not-#55 -- Rudy Rucker, Postsingular
#55 -- Michael Swanwick, The Iron Dragon's Daughter
#56 -- Phil and Kaja Foglio, Girl Genius #1-4
#57 -- Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower
Not-#58-But-We'll-Call-It-#58 -- Ken Macleod, The Execution Channel
#59 -- Mary Gentle, Golden Witchbreed
#60 -- Connie Willis, Uncharted Territory
#61 -- Christopher Barzak, One For Sorrow
#62 -- Shannon Hale, Book of a Thousand Days
#63 -- Susan Palwick, Shelter
#64 -- Austin Grossman, Soon I Will Be Invincible
#65 -- Megan Whalen Turner, The Thief
#66 -- Elizabeth Bear, Undertow
#67 -- Sean Stewart, Resurrection Man
#68 -- Stephen King, The Drawing of the Three
#69 -- Brett Savory, In and Down
not-#70 -- T. A. Pratt, Blood Engines
#70 -- Karen Joy Fowler, Sarah Canary
#71 -- Robert Charles Wilson, Blind Lake
#72 -- Nick Sagan, Idlewild
#73 -- Charles Stross, Halting State
#74 -- Robertson Davies, What's Bred in the Bone
#75 -- Emma Bull, Territory
#76 -- Octavia Butler, Parable of the Talents
#77 -- Liz Williams, The Demon and The City
#78 -- Catherynne M. Valente, The Orphan's Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice
#79 -- Sharon Shinn, General Winston's Daughter
#80 -- Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road
#81 -- Megan Whalen Turner, The Queen of Attolia
#82 -- Megan Whalen Turner, The King of Attolia
#83 -- Tricia Sullivan, Maul
#84 -- M. John Harrison, Light
#85 -- Ellen Kushner, Swordspoint
#86 -- Liz Williams, Precious Dragon
#87 -- Justine Larbalestier, Magic's Child
#88 -- Ellen Kushner, Thomas the Rhymer
#89 -- Guy Gavriel Kay, The Summer Tree
#90 -- Guy Gavriel Kay, The Wandering Fire
#91 -- Guy Gavriel Kay, The Darkest Road
#92 -- Cameron Rogers, The Music of Razors
#93 -- Paul Park, The Hidden World
#94 -- Max Brooks, World War Z
#95 -- Louise Marley, The Child Goddess
#96 -- Karl Schroeder, Ventus
#97 -- Justina Robson, Keeping It Real
#98 -- Kristine Smith, Law of Survival
#99 -- Kristine Smith, Contact Imminent
#100 -- Kristine Smith, Endgame
#101 -- Carrie Vaughn, Kitty and the Silver Bullet
#102 -- Justina Robson, Selling Out
I think I only did reports for maybe a quarter of them. Overall, a lot of backlist this year: authors and seminal books that I haven't read and finally had a chance to get to. There wasn't a lot there for me in the frontlist this year, not in terms of quantity; 2006 appeared to be the year when all publishers decided their target reader was me, and I could just be recovering from that immense happy spoiled feeling.
Things I loved? Territory. Bad Monkeys. Both halves of The Orphan's Tales. The Yiddish Policeman's Union. Radio Freefall. I really enjoyed a lot of the rest -- for example, the Kitty books have become my literary equivalent of a nice heating pad after a hard day -- but those are the ones I went silly over and started forcing down people's throats at work.
Now I'm going to go curl up with #103 -- Elizabeth Bear, Dust and an order of sushi, and chip away at my pile some more.
Sometimes, life? It is good.
(I want to make snow angels on a frozen river.)
Anyways, here's this year in books:
#1 -- Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan
#2 -- Ursula K. Le Guin, The Farthest Shore
#3 -- Ursula K. Le Guin, Tehanu
Not-#4 -- Neil Gaiman Anansi Boys
#4 -- John Scalzi, The Android's Dream
#5 -- Carrie Vaughn, Kitty Takes A Holiday
#6 -- Caitlin R. Kiernan, Daughter of Hounds
#7 -- Caitlin R. Kiernan, Threshold
#8 -- Catherynne M. Valente, In the Night Garden
#9 -- James Ellroy, The Cold Six Thousand
#10 -- Minister Faust, From the Notebooks of Doctor Brain
#11-17 Ru Emerson, Night-Threads 1-6
#18 -- Louse Cooper, Avatar
#19 -- Meredith Ann Pierce, The Darkangel
#20 -- Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia
#21 -- Richard Peck, Remembering The Good Times
#22 -- Patricia A. McKillip, The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
#23 -- Nick Mamatas, Under My Roof
#24 -- Christopher Fry, The Lady's Not For Burning
#25 -- Terry Pratchett, Thud!
#26 -- Eliot Fintushel, Breakfast With the Ones You Love
#27 -- Terry Pratchett, Men At Arms
#28 -- Justine Larbalestier, Magic Lessons
#29 -- Holly Black, Tithe
#30 -- Ilona Andrews, Magic Bites
#31 -- Holly Black, Ironside
#32 -- Nicola Griffith, The Blue Place
#33 -- Nicola Griffith, Stay
#34 -- John Scalzi, Old Man's War
#35 -- Caitlin R. Kiernan, Low Red Moon
#36 -- Michael Chabon, The Yiddish Policeman's Union
#37 -- Lois McMaster Bujold, The Hallowed Hunt
#38 -- Robert Charles Wilson, Spin
#39 -- Art Spiegelman, Maus I
#40 -- Grant Morrison, Arkham Asylum
#41 -- Scott Lynch, Red Seas Under Red Skies
#42 -- Liz Williams, Snake Agent
#43 -- Lois McMaster Bujold, The Sharing Knife: Legacy
#44 -- Elizabeth Bear, Whiskey and Water
#45 -- Melissa Marr, Wicked Lovely
#46 -- Sarah Monette, The Mirador
#47 -- Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette, A Companion to Wolves
#48 -- Cherie Priest, Not Flesh Nor Feathers
#49 -- Jo Walton, Ha'Penny
#50 -- Charles Stross, The Merchants' War
#51 -- Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, The Shadow Speaker
#52 -- Matt Ruff, Bad Monkeys
Not-#53 -- Tim Powers, Expiration Date
#53 -- Nicola Griffith, Ammonite
#54 -- Matthew Jarpe, Radio Freefall
Not-#55 -- Chaz Brenchley, Bridge of Dreams
Not-#55 -- Rudy Rucker, Postsingular
#55 -- Michael Swanwick, The Iron Dragon's Daughter
#56 -- Phil and Kaja Foglio, Girl Genius #1-4
#57 -- Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower
Not-#58-But-We'll-Call-It-#58 -- Ken Macleod, The Execution Channel
#59 -- Mary Gentle, Golden Witchbreed
#60 -- Connie Willis, Uncharted Territory
#61 -- Christopher Barzak, One For Sorrow
#62 -- Shannon Hale, Book of a Thousand Days
#63 -- Susan Palwick, Shelter
#64 -- Austin Grossman, Soon I Will Be Invincible
#65 -- Megan Whalen Turner, The Thief
#66 -- Elizabeth Bear, Undertow
#67 -- Sean Stewart, Resurrection Man
#68 -- Stephen King, The Drawing of the Three
#69 -- Brett Savory, In and Down
not-#70 -- T. A. Pratt, Blood Engines
#70 -- Karen Joy Fowler, Sarah Canary
#71 -- Robert Charles Wilson, Blind Lake
#72 -- Nick Sagan, Idlewild
#73 -- Charles Stross, Halting State
#74 -- Robertson Davies, What's Bred in the Bone
#75 -- Emma Bull, Territory
#76 -- Octavia Butler, Parable of the Talents
#77 -- Liz Williams, The Demon and The City
#78 -- Catherynne M. Valente, The Orphan's Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice
#79 -- Sharon Shinn, General Winston's Daughter
#80 -- Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road
#81 -- Megan Whalen Turner, The Queen of Attolia
#82 -- Megan Whalen Turner, The King of Attolia
#83 -- Tricia Sullivan, Maul
#84 -- M. John Harrison, Light
#85 -- Ellen Kushner, Swordspoint
#86 -- Liz Williams, Precious Dragon
#87 -- Justine Larbalestier, Magic's Child
#88 -- Ellen Kushner, Thomas the Rhymer
#89 -- Guy Gavriel Kay, The Summer Tree
#90 -- Guy Gavriel Kay, The Wandering Fire
#91 -- Guy Gavriel Kay, The Darkest Road
#92 -- Cameron Rogers, The Music of Razors
#93 -- Paul Park, The Hidden World
#94 -- Max Brooks, World War Z
#95 -- Louise Marley, The Child Goddess
#96 -- Karl Schroeder, Ventus
#97 -- Justina Robson, Keeping It Real
#98 -- Kristine Smith, Law of Survival
#99 -- Kristine Smith, Contact Imminent
#100 -- Kristine Smith, Endgame
#101 -- Carrie Vaughn, Kitty and the Silver Bullet
#102 -- Justina Robson, Selling Out
I think I only did reports for maybe a quarter of them. Overall, a lot of backlist this year: authors and seminal books that I haven't read and finally had a chance to get to. There wasn't a lot there for me in the frontlist this year, not in terms of quantity; 2006 appeared to be the year when all publishers decided their target reader was me, and I could just be recovering from that immense happy spoiled feeling.
Things I loved? Territory. Bad Monkeys. Both halves of The Orphan's Tales. The Yiddish Policeman's Union. Radio Freefall. I really enjoyed a lot of the rest -- for example, the Kitty books have become my literary equivalent of a nice heating pad after a hard day -- but those are the ones I went silly over and started forcing down people's throats at work.
Now I'm going to go curl up with #103 -- Elizabeth Bear, Dust and an order of sushi, and chip away at my pile some more.
Sometimes, life? It is good.