Books of 2007

Here, ordered roughly by how much I enjoyed them, are the books released in 2007 that caught my interest. As I read them, I will link to my notes. Where I can, or where I remember, I have linked to how I heard about each one. Especially for the non-fiction, the interview will give you the gist of the book.

Fiction of various flavors:

Read so far
The New Moon’s Arms, by Nalo Hopkinson Nebula Nominee, Locus recommended reading
Halting State, by Charles Stross Hugo Nominee, Locus recommended reading
(author’s talk) The Accidental Time Machine, by Joe Haldeman Nebula Nominee, Locus recommended reading
The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, by Michael Chabon Nebula, Locus Award, and Hugo winner
(interview) Territory, by Emma Bull Locus recommended reading
The Secret History of Moscow, by Ekaterina Sedia Locus recommended reading
(review) Brasyl, by Ian McDonald Hugo Nominee, Locus recommended reading
Ragamuffin, by Tobias Buckell Nebula Nominee
Ysabel, by Guy Gavriel Kay Locus recommended reading
The Last Colony, by John Scalzi Hugo Nominee
Odyssey, by Jack McDevitt Nebula Nominee
author’s talk Bright of the Sky, by Kay Kenyon
author’s talk softspoken, by Lucius Shepard Locus recommended reading
(interview) Rollback, by Robert Sawyer Hugo Nominee
To be read
Acacia, by David Durham
(discussion) and (interview) War and Peace, translated by Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky
(author’s website) Axis, by Robert Charles Wilson
Won’t be read
(interview) Gospel of the Knife, by Will Shetterly
Spook Country, by William Gibson Locus recommended reading
(review) Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz
(review) Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians, by Brandon Sanderson
(review) The Thief, by Megan Whalen Turner
(interview) The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie National Book Award Winner

Non-Fiction

Read so far
(interview) Cosmic Jackpot, by Paul Davies
(interview) A Geography of Oysters, by Rowan Jacobson
To be read
(heard) American Creation, by Joseph J. Ellis
(review) Young Stalin, by Simon Sebag Montefiore
(review) Long Time Leaving, by Roy Blount
Won’t be read
(review) Women Travelers, by Alexandria Lapierre
(review) When the Crocodile Eats the Sun, by Peter Godwin
Fallen Founder, by Nancy Isenberg
(heard) FDR, by Jean Edward Smith
God: The Failed Hypothesis, by Victor J. Stenger
Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain, by Sharon Begley