Here, ordered roughly by how much I enjoyed them, are the books released in 2007 that caught my interest. As I read them, I will link to my notes. Where I can, or where I remember, I have linked to how I heard about each one. Especially for the non-fiction, the interview will give you the gist of the book.
Fiction of various flavors:
| Read so far | ||
| The New Moon’s Arms, by Nalo Hopkinson | Nebula Nominee, Locus recommended reading | |
| Halting State, by Charles Stross | Hugo Nominee, Locus recommended reading | |
| (author’s talk) | The Accidental Time Machine, by Joe Haldeman | Nebula Nominee, Locus recommended reading |
| The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, by Michael Chabon | Nebula, Locus Award, and Hugo winner | |
| The Neddiad, by Daniel Pinkwater | ||
| (interview) | Territory, by Emma Bull | Locus recommended reading, World Fantasy Award Nominee |
| The Secret History of Moscow, by Ekaterina Sedia | Locus recommended reading | |
| Powers, by Ursula K. Le Guin | Nebula Winner | |
| The Exchange, by Graham Joyce | ||
| Gentlemen of The Road, by Michael Chabon | ||
| (review) | Brasyl, by Ian McDonald | Hugo and Nebula Nominee, Locus recommended reading |
| Ragamuffin, by Tobias Buckell | Nebula Nominee | |
| Ysabel, by Guy Gavriel Kay | Locus recommended reading, World Fantasy Award Winner | |
| The Last Colony, by John Scalzi | Hugo Nominee | |
| Odyssey, by Jack McDevitt | Nebula Nominee | |
| author’s talk | Bright of the Sky, by Kay Kenyon | |
| author’s talk | softspoken, by Lucius Shepard | Locus recommended reading |
| (interview) | Rollback, by Robert Sawyer | Hugo Nominee |
| Won’t be read | ||
| Acacia, by David Durham | ||
| (review) | Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians, by Brandon Sanderson | |
| (review) | Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz | |
| (interview) | The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie | National Book Award Winner |
| (discussion) and (interview) | War and Peace, translated by Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky | |
| (author’s website) | Axis, by Robert Charles Wilson | |
| (interview) | Gospel of the Knife, by Will Shetterly | World Fantasy Award Nominee |
| Spook Country, by William Gibson | Locus recommended reading | |
| (review) | The Thief, by Megan Whalen Turner |
Non-Fiction
| Read so far | ||
| (interview) | Cosmic Jackpot, by Paul Davies | |
| God: The Failed Hypothesis, by Victor J. Stenger | ||
| (heard) | American Creation, by Joseph J. Ellis | |
| (interview) | A Geography of Oysters, by Rowan Jacobson | |
| Where’s My Jetpack?: a guide to the amazing science fiction future that never arrived, by Daniel H. Wilson | ||
| segment on To The Best of Our Knowledge | Creating a World Without Poverty, by Muhammed Junus | |
| Won’t be read | ||
| (heard) | FDR, by Jean Edward Smith | |
| Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain, by Sharon Begley | ||
| (review) | Long Time Leaving, by Roy Blount | |
| (review) | Young Stalin, by Simon Sebag Montefiore | |
| (review) | Women Travelers, by Alexandria Lapierre | |
| (review) | When the Crocodile Eats the Sun, by Peter Godwin | |
| Fallen Founder, by Nancy Isenberg |
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