Each end of the year brings with him a time for looking back over the good and bad things of the year to pass and looking with hope to the year to come. Looking over my 2008 reads I have to say that it was a good year with many wonderful reads. I usually have a hard time making such a top because most of the times I love the books for different reasons and considering different aspects of each book I enjoyed, every title deserves a first place. Still, I’ll try to make a top of my favorite 2008 reads despite their year of publication (re-reads not included):
1. Carlos Ruiz Zafón - “The Shadow of the Wind”
2. Bill Hussey - “Through a Glass, Darkly”
3. R. Scott Bakker - “The Darkness That Comes Before”
4. Patrick Rothfuss - “The Name of the Wind”
5. Brian Ruckley - “Winterbirth” & “Bloodheir”
6. Peadar Ó Guilín - “The Inferior”
7. Peter V. Brett - “The Warded Man” 
8. Ekaterina Sedia - “The Secret History of Moscow” (review not yet published)
9. Andrzej Sapkowski - “The Last Wish”
10. Ian C. Esslemont - “Night of Knives”
7 comments:
Ekaterina Sedia is one of the authors which i wish to read in the new year ,too..i have read a short fragment of her new book in the weird tales magazin from september\octomber...it was a interesting one..cheers!
From your top 10 I
- read 4 books
“The Shadow of the Wind”
“The Name of the Wind”
“The Secret History of Moscow”
"The Last Wish"
- 2 books are on my shelf
"Bloodheir
"Night of Knives"
- 2 books are on my to-buy list for 2009
“The Darkness That Comes Before”
“The Warded Man”
- 2 books I'm not interested in
“Through a Glass, Darkly”
“The Inferior”
I totally agree with your number one because it is my number one too.
The Secret History of Moscow is definitely not on my list.
I won't judge about books I didn't read so far.
Nice list. Only managed to read 2 of the books on your 10 best :(
Just to recap for those who have just started following your blog this year: Could you give a round figure of how many books in total you read in 2008?
Just to have a top 10 suggests you've crunched through enough to even have a top 10. (^_^)
Kyo, Ekaterina Sedia's novels are worthy reads :)
Michael, I'll recommend "Through a Glass, Darkly" to anyone, because although it's a horror novel it's still one of the best books I read. And it is an amazing job for a debut :)
Doug, I have the same problem with other lists :)
Simon, I'm not a fast reader but I know that I read this year around 50 books :)
Couldn't agree more with Shadow of the Wind as your top pick as I just finished it this afternoon. Absolutely amazing. I feel like I'm much wittier now just from reading the dialogue between Daniel and Fermin.
Incredible novel.
I've added a few other novels from your list to my list of books I want to read. I have a ton of books to tacke but I think the first one I'll try to get to is The Warded Man.
Harrison, I am glad you like it. In my opinion "The Shadow of the Wind" is one of the best novels in many years and one that deserves to be in any top :)
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