Books I read in 2008


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