Best f&sf of 2007
An amazing number of sf sources post lists of their best science fiction and fantasy books at the end of each year, including websites such as SF Site, Fantasy Magazine, Bookgasm, SFF World (which had lists by several critics), Fantasy Book Critic, Strange Horizons, Locus Online, Locus Magazine (which also had several critics’ lists), plus such award nominees as BSFA, Nebulas, and Philip K. Dick Awards.
Recently I logged the number of mentions of the favorite f&sf books for 2007 on about 20 of these lists. Here are the books which received the most mentions, which constitutes a fairly good recommended reading list for 2007:
Title / Author / # of lists containing it
Brasyl / Ian McDonald / 16
The Name of the Wind / Patrick Rothfuss / 13
Thirteen / Richard K Morgan / 11
Yiddish Policemen’s Union/ Michael Chabon / 11
Acacia / David Anthony Durham / 9
The Blade Itself / Joe Abercrombie / 7
Red Seas Under Red Skies / Scott Lynch / 6
The Prefect / Alastair Reynolds / 6
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows / J.K. Rowling / 6
Halting State / Charles Stross / 6
Territory / Emma Bull / 5
The Book of Joby / Mark J. Ferrari / 5
Bright of the Sky / Kay Kenyon / 5
The Terror / Dan Simmons / 5
The Orphan’s Tales: In the Cities of Coin & Spice / Catherynne M. Valente / 5
Spook Country / William Gibson / 4
In War Times / Kathleen Ann Goonan / 4
Ysabel / Guy Gavriel Kay / 4
The Dreaming Void / Peter F. Hamilton / 4
Generation Loss / Elizabeth Hand / 4
The New Moon’s Arms / Nalo Hopkinson / 4
Mainspring / Jay Lake / 4
Cowboy Angels / Paul J. McAuley / 4
The Last Colony / John Scalzi / 4
Queen of Candesce / Karl Schroeder / 4
Softspoken / Lucius Shepard / 4
A Betrayal In Winter / Daniel Abraham / 3
Ragamuffin / Tobias Buckell / 3
Reaper’s Gale / Steven Erikson / 3
The Accidental Time Machine / Joe Haldeman / 3
Endless Things / John Crowley / 3
Daughter of Hounds / Caitlin R. Kiernan / 3
The Execution Channel / Ken MacLeod / 3
Shelter / Susan Palwick / 3
Making Money / Terry Pratchett / 3
Sixty Days and Counting / Kim Stanley Robinson / 3
Axis / Robert Charles Wilson / 3
Recently I logged the number of mentions of the favorite f&sf books for 2007 on about 20 of these lists. Here are the books which received the most mentions, which constitutes a fairly good recommended reading list for 2007:
Title / Author / # of lists containing it
Brasyl / Ian McDonald / 16
The Name of the Wind / Patrick Rothfuss / 13
Thirteen / Richard K Morgan / 11
Yiddish Policemen’s Union/ Michael Chabon / 11
Acacia / David Anthony Durham / 9
The Blade Itself / Joe Abercrombie / 7
Red Seas Under Red Skies / Scott Lynch / 6
The Prefect / Alastair Reynolds / 6
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows / J.K. Rowling / 6
Halting State / Charles Stross / 6
Territory / Emma Bull / 5
The Book of Joby / Mark J. Ferrari / 5
Bright of the Sky / Kay Kenyon / 5
The Terror / Dan Simmons / 5
The Orphan’s Tales: In the Cities of Coin & Spice / Catherynne M. Valente / 5
Spook Country / William Gibson / 4
In War Times / Kathleen Ann Goonan / 4
Ysabel / Guy Gavriel Kay / 4
The Dreaming Void / Peter F. Hamilton / 4
Generation Loss / Elizabeth Hand / 4
The New Moon’s Arms / Nalo Hopkinson / 4
Mainspring / Jay Lake / 4
Cowboy Angels / Paul J. McAuley / 4
The Last Colony / John Scalzi / 4
Queen of Candesce / Karl Schroeder / 4
Softspoken / Lucius Shepard / 4
A Betrayal In Winter / Daniel Abraham / 3
Ragamuffin / Tobias Buckell / 3
Reaper’s Gale / Steven Erikson / 3
The Accidental Time Machine / Joe Haldeman / 3
Endless Things / John Crowley / 3
Daughter of Hounds / Caitlin R. Kiernan / 3
The Execution Channel / Ken MacLeod / 3
Shelter / Susan Palwick / 3
Making Money / Terry Pratchett / 3
Sixty Days and Counting / Kim Stanley Robinson / 3
Axis / Robert Charles Wilson / 3
1 Comments:
This is exactly what I was looking for. I haven't read any current SF and I've been looking for a list of the best novels of 2007. This clearly shows which books are the most popular. Thanks for all the work.
Jim
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