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