These are the books I read in 2008 – my favourites were:
- “The Terror” by Dan Simmons
- “Last Argument of Kings” by Joe Abercrombie
- “The Yiddish Policemen’s Union” by Michael Chabon
- “Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets” by David Simon
- “Before They Are Hanged” by Joe Abercrombie
- “The Stars My Destination” by Alfred Bester
- “The Walking Dead” by Robert Kirkman
- “House of Suns” by Alastair Reynolds
- “Diaspora” by Greg Egan
- “Lives of the Monster Dogs” by Kirsten Bakis
And the rest:
- “The Fifth Elephant” by Terry Pratchett
- “Marvels” by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross
- “Watchmen” by Alan Moore
- “The Steel Remains” by Richard Morgan
- “The Chrysalids” by John Wyndham
- “The Execution Channel” by Ken MacLeod
- “Rant” by Chuck Palahniuk
- “Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks” by Christopher Brookmyre
- “The Last Colony” by John Scalzi
- “Halting State” by Charles Stross
- “Norstrilia” by Cordwainer Smith
- “Bad Monkeys” by Matt Ruff
- “Y: The Last Man” by Brian K. Vaughan
- “Lye Street” by Alan Campbell
- “The Stolen Child” by Keith Donohue
- “Black Man” by Richard Morgan
- “Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson
- “Mobius Dick” by Andrew Crumey
- “DMZ Vol. 1: On The Ground” by Brian Wood
- “Welcome to Tranquility: Volume 1” by Gail Simone
- “The Fahrenheit Twins” by Michel Faber
- “The Android’s Dream” by John Scalzi