Another year, another load of books down …
Best in Fiction
Since it’s a couple of years old, it may be a bit of a cheat to give 20TH CENTURY GHOSTS by Joe Hill this spot, but I’m doing it anyway. First of all, 2007 marked its first publication in America, and furthermore, it arrived with a new story attached not available in its original British edition. So there. Plus, nothing excited or moved me more this year, with Hill expertly moving from one short story to another, demonstrating incredible range. If you’re into horror fiction, you’ll love it; if you’re not into horror fiction, you’ll still love it. Such appeal is the mark of a great writer.
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Fill your new calendar all you want with lunch dates and business meetings. Mine has publishers’ official release dates of books I want to read listed. I know some of them are bound to disappoint me – and one or two may turn out to be terrible – but for now, these are the 2008 titles on my radar, in chronological order. Hone in. 
In formulating this year’s list, I took a long, hard look at my nominees and made, perhaps, a bold choice: I left out William Gibson. It’s not that 
Forgive me, but I can’t read everything I want to. Time was my enemy like never before in ‘07, so these novels fell by the wayside. However, they remain on my shelf in the hopes I’ll get to them someday – either in retirement or whenever I win the lottery, whichever comes first. 
