Books read in 2008:
- ReVisions, edited by Julie E. Czerneda & Isaac Szpindel (science fiction)
- Year’s Best SF 11, edited by David G. Hartman & Kathryn Cramer (science fiction)
- Year’s Best SF 12, edited by David G. Hartman & Kathryn Cramer (science fiction)
- The Best of Gregory Clark by Greg Clark (re-read) (humor)
- Lost Children, by Edith Pargeter (mystery)
- The Deep Blue Good-by (Travis McGee 1) by John D. MacDonald (mystery)
- A Purple Place for Dying (Travis McGee 3) by John D. MacDonald (mystery)
- Wild Horses by Dick Francis (mystery)
- Nightmare in Pink (Travis McGee 2) by John D. MacDonald (mystery)
- Decider, by Dick Francis (mystery)
- The Quick Red Fox (Travis McGee 4) by John D. MacDonald (mystery)
- The Best American Science Writing 2007, edited by Gina Kolata (science)
- Man and Animal (paperback edition) by Heinz Freidrich (science)
- Marsbound by Joe Haldeman (science fiction)
- New Writings in SF-24 edited by Kenneth Bulmer (science fiction)
- The Seventh Omni Book of SF edited by Ellen Datlow (science fiction)
- Best SF Stories from New Worlds 8 edited by Michael Moorcock (science fiction)
- The New Tomorrows edited by Norman Spinrad (science fiction)
- Millennium 3001 edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Russell Davis (science fiction)
- Asimov’s: Voice in the Dark, by Jack McDevitt, and other stories (science fiction)
- Ice Lake by John Farrow (mystery)
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Moon by Bob Ward (nonfiction)
- One Fearful Yellow Eye (Travis McGee 8 ) by John D. MacDonald (re-read) (mystery)
- Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany (science fiction)
- The Sky So Big and Black by John Barnes (science fiction)
- Universe 15 edited by Terry Carr (science fiction)
- Dress Her in Indigo (Travis McGee 11) by John D. MacDonald (mystery)
- Finity by John Barnes (science fiction)
- Evolution’s Captain: the Dark Fate of the Man Who Sailed Charles Darwin Around the World by Peter Nichols (history)
- Come to Grief by Dick Francis (re-read) (mystery)
- The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (science fiction)
- Pale Gray for Guilt (Travis McGee 9) by John D. MacDonald (mystery)
- Cat Encounters edited by Sean Manley and Gogo Lewis (fiction)
- The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler (mystery)
- The Identity of Man by Jacob Bronowski (philosophy of science)
- Finity by John Barnes (re-read) (science fiction)
- The High Window by Raymond Chandler (mystery)
- Bugs in the System: Insects and Their Impact on Human Affairs by May R. Berenbaum (popular science)
- Comeback by Dick Francis (mystery)
- Mistral’s Kiss by Laurell K. Hamilton (fantasy)
- Berserker Blue Death by Fred Saberhagen (science fiction)
- Daring Missions of World War II by William B. Breuer (history)
- Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris (religion)
- The Art of Detection by Laurie R. King (mystery)
- Why Darwin Matters by Michael Shermer (science)
- The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger (fiction)
- Incredible Rogers Pass by Art Downs, Ed Cesar, & Frank W. Anderson (nonfiction, travel, history, outdoors & nature)
- Spring Moon by Bette Bao Lord (fiction)
- 1990 Annual World’s Best SF edited by Donald A. Wollheim (re-read) (science fiction)
- Thyme of Death by Susan Wittig Albert (mystery)
- Amleth, Prince of Denmark by Saxo Grammaticus (drama)
- Analog: Tenbrook of Mars, by Dean McLaughlin, and other stories (science fiction)
- The Whole Hog by Lyall Watson (animals, science, nonfiction)
- The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard [on LibraryThing | on BookCrossing] (science fiction)
- May Your First Love be Your Last by Gregory Clark
- Dead Heat by Dick Francis & Felix Francis (mystery)
- Hellburner by C. J. Cherryh (science fiction)
- Idoru by William Gibson (science fiction)
- Danse Macabre by Laurell K. Hamilton (fantasy)
- It Came from the Far Side by Gary Larson (cartoons, humor)
- Asimov’s: Voice in the Dark, by Jack McDevitt, and other stories (science fiction)
- The House of Green Turf by Ellis Peters (mystery) [re-read]
- Telzey Amberdon (Federation of the Hub 1) by James H. Schmitz (science fiction, story collection) [re-read]
- The Far-seer, by Robert J. Sawyer (science fiction)
- The Awful Secret by Bernard Knight (mystery) [re-read]
- Agent of Vega by James H. Schmitz (science fiction) [re-read]
- The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection edited by Gardner Dozois (science fiction)
- The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins (religion)
- Asimov’s: Dancing it All Away at Nadoka, by Lucius Shepard; Robot Dreams, by Isaac Asimov; and other stories (science fiction)
- Asimov’s: Flowers of Edo, by Bruce Sterling; Perpetuity Blues, by Neal Barrett, Jr.; Cannibals, by Nancy Kress; and other stories (science fiction)
- The Noble Outlaw (Crowner John 11) by Bernard Knight (mystery)
- Victory of Eagles (Temeraire 5) by Naomi Novik (science fiction)
- Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life by Carl Zimmer (science)
- Darwin’s Century: Evolution and the Men Who Discovered It by Loren Eiseley (science)
- The Diaries of Adam and Eve by Mark Twain (fantasy)
- Asimov’s: Horse Racing, by Mary Rosenblum; In the Age of the Quiet Sun, by William Barton; The Ice War, by Stephen Baxter; and other stories (science fiction)
- F&SF: Pump Six, by Paolo Bacigalupi; Arkfall, by Carolyn Ives Gilman; and other stories (science fiction)
- Trial Run by Dick Francis (mystery) [re-read]
- Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IIB, edited by Ben Bova (science fiction)
- Uther (A Dream of Eagles 7) by Jack Whyte (fiction)
- Man-Kzin Wars VI by Donald Kingsbury, Gregory Benford; concept by Larry Niven (science fiction) [re-read]
- Asimov’s: Gypsy Trade, by R. Garcia y Robertson; Outnumbering the Dead, by Frederik Pohl; All Vows, by Esther M. Friesner; and other stories (science fiction)
- Dead Cert by Dick Francis (mystery) [re-read]
- Blood Sport by Dick Francis (mystery) [re-read]
- I think I’m Outta Here by Carroll O’Connor
- For Kicks by Dick Francis (mystery) [re-read]
- Risk by Dick Francis (mystery) [re-read]
- The Flowers of Nicosia by David Ira Cleary, & other stories
- Nerve by Dick Francis (mystery) [re-read]
- High Stakes by Dick Francis (mystery) [re-read]
- Flying Finish by Dick Francis (mystery) [re-read]
- In the Frame by Dick Francis (mystery) [re-read]
- Forfeit by Dick Francis (mystery) [re-read]
- The Danger by Dick Francis (mystery) [re-read]
- Reflex by Dick Francis (mystery) [re-read]
- Break In (a Kit Fielding mystery) (mystery) [re-read]
- Shattered (mystery) [re-read]
- Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin (science)
- Destroyer (First Contact 7) by C. J. Cherryh (science fiction) [re-read] (next up, Pretender)
- Evolution for Everyone by David Sloan Wilson (science)
- Twice Shy by Dick Francis (mystery)
- Cheaper by the Dozen by Gilbreths (biography) [re-read]
- Enquiry by Dick Francis (mystery)
- Driving Force by Dick Francis (mystery) [re-read]
- Alex and Me by Irene M. Pepperberg (science)
- Proof by Dick Francis (mystery) [re-read]
- Under Orders (a Sid Halley mystery) by Dick Francis (mystery)
- 10-lb Penalty by Dick Francis (mystery) [re-read]
- Comeback by Dick Francis (mystery) [re-read]
- An Ape Came Out of My Hatbox by Lyn Hancock (outdoors & nature)
- The Sport of Queens by Dick Francis (autobiography)
- F&SF: A Different Country/As the Day Runs Down (science fiction)
- The Far-Out Worlds of A. E. Van Vogt by A. E. Van Vogt (science fiction)
Lists of books read in 2007 and books read in 2006 are also on my ‘blog.








