Best f&sf of 2008

Here are the most acclaimed f&sf novels of 2008. As I did last year, this is a tally of books which received the most mentions by various critics and reviewers at websites and paperzines such as SF Site, Fantasy Magazine, Bookgasm, SFF World (which had lists by several critics), Fantasy Book Critic, Strange Horizons, Locus Online, Locus Magazine. I’m sure there are several worthwhile books for everybody’s taste here.

Title / Author / # of lists
Anathem / Neal Stephenson / 17
Little Brother / Cory Doctorow / 15
Matter / Iain M. Banks / 9
The Graveyard Book / Neil Gaiman / 7
Tender Morsels / Margo Lanagan / 6
The Quiet War / Paul McAuley / 6
Implied Spaces / Walter Jon Williams / 6
City at the End of Time / Greg Bear / 5
The Gone Away World / Nick Harkaway / 5
Sly Mongoose / Tobias S. Buckell / 4
Toll the Hounds / Steven Erikson/ 4
The Shadow Year / Jeffrey Ford / 4
Pandemonium / Daryl Gregory/ 4
The Steel Remains / Richard Morgan / 4
Liberation / Brian Francis Slattery / 4
The Dragons of Babel/ Michael Swanwick/ 4