Best of 2007

Okay, yeah... this post is running late, but it's finished now:

These are what I consider to be the best of my 2007 Book List. I have attempted to exclude things I was rereading (but may have failed wherever I failed to note such in my origianl entry). Entries are in the order read and not rated within the list or seperated by genre, reality, or style.

Od Magic by Patricia A. McKillip

The Rose and the Beast by Francesca Lia Block

Getting Wet: Adventure in the Japanese Bath by Eric Talmadge

The Elephants of Posnan by Orson Scott Card

Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi

Widdershins by Charles De Lint

Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

The Privilage of the Sword by Ellen Kushner

The Secret Lives of Men and Women: A PostSecret Book by Frank Warren

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (and the following volumes)

Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall by Bill Willingham, etc.

Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey (and the following volumes)

Libaries: An Unquiet History by Matthew Battles

Orphans of Chaos; Fugitives of Chaos; Titans of Chaos by John C. Wright

The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt

Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman

The Secret of Lost Things by Sheridan Hay

Goodbye, 2008.

214. Heroes, Vol. 1. (great fun, even if you watch the show, and even if you don't.)

199. Blood Alone 4

200.Pattern Recognition by William Gibson (Some of the best science fiction I've read in years.)

201. (?)

202. The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic by Darby Penny & Peter Stastney. Photos by Lisa Rinzler. (Very interesting, and depressing.)

203. Quakeland by Francesca Lia Block (Not Block's very best, but still wonderful in it's own way.)

204. Dealing With Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede (re)

205. Searching For Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede (re)

206. Calling on Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede (re)

207. 500 Pendants & Lockets: Contemporary Interpretations of Classic Adornments, edited by Marthe Le Van, etc. (Wicked lovely)

208. Midsummer Snowballs by Andy Goldsworthy

209. The Hero and The Crown by Robin McKinley (re) (absolutely a classic.)

210. 360 Paris by Nick Wood

211. At Home With Books: How Booklovers Live With and Care for Their Libraries by Estelle Ellis (library-dreams)

212. Under Antarctic Ice: the Photographs of Norbert Wu (Gorgeous)

213. World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks (Fantastic!)