It being the last day of the year, and having the plans that I do, I think I can safely say that I will not be completing any more books this year, so I can now safely publish this year’s list.
- 77. Naked Heat – Richard Castle
- 76. Through a Brazen Mirror – Delia Sherman
- 75. The Stone Carvers – Jane Urquhart
- 74. Havoc in its Third Year – Ronan Bennett
- 73. The Lost Gardens – Anthony Eglin
- 72. Perchance to Dream – ed. Denise Little
- 71. Lucifer: Devil in the Gateway – Mike Carey
- 70. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon
- 69. These Three Remain – Pamela Aidan
- 68. An Assembly Such as This – Pamela Aidan
- 67. Which Witch? – Eva Ibbotson
- 66. The Forgotten Garden – Kate Morton
- 65. Sun in Glory – ed. Mercedes Lackey
- 64. The Book of Air and Shadows – Michael Gruber
- 63. Pegasus – Robin McKinley
- 62. Runaways: Pride and Joy – Brian Vaughn
- 61. The Gargoyle – Andrew Davidson
- 60. The Secret History of Moscow – Ekaterina Sedia
- 59. Girl Genius, Vol. 1. – Phil and Kaja Foglio
- 58. Fledgling – Octavia Butler
- 57. Tithe – Holly Black
- 56. Storm Front – Jim Butcher
- 55. The Cygnet and the Firebird – Patricia A. McKillip
- 54. The Graveyard Book – Neil Gaiman
- 53. Enchanted, Inc. – Shanna Swendson
- 52. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter – Seth Grahame-Smith
- 51. Women of War – ed. Tanya Huff and Alexander Potter
- 50. Uglies – Scott Westerfeld
- 49. What We Eat When We Eat Alone – Deborah Madison and Patrick McFarlin
- 48. Mollie Peer – Van Reid
- 47. Solstice Wood – Patricia A. McKillip
- 46. Kristin Lavransdattar: Volume 1 The Bridal Wreath – Sigrid Undset
- 45. The Singing – Alison Croggon
- 44. Definitely Dead – Charlaine Harris
- 43. The Harp of the Grey Rose – Charles de Lint
- 42. Astro City: Life in the Big City – Kurt Busiek
- 41. The Welsh Girl – Peter Ho Davies
- 40. Astonishing X-Men Volume 1: Gifted – Joss Whedon
- 39. The Bediun’s Gazelle – Frances Temple
- 38. His Majesty’s Dragon – Naomi Novik
- 37. Old Friends and New Fancies – Sybil G. Brinton
- 36. Twilight of Avalon – Anna Elliott
- 35. The Fire Rose – Mercedes Lackey
- 34. A Bone to Pick – Charlaine Harris
- 33. The Wandering Unicorn – Manuel Mujica Lainez
- 32. Fables 9: Sons of Empire Bill Willingham, et al
- 31. A Treasury of Royal Scandals – Michael Farquhar
- 30. Songs from the Drowned Lands – Eileen Kernaghan
- 29. The Reluctant Heiress – Eva Ibbotson
- 28. War for the Oaks – Emma Bull
- 27. The Dying Earth – Jack Vance
- 26. Graceling – Kristin Cashore
- 25. The Farseekers – Isobelle Carmody
- 24. A Princess of Roumania – Paul Park
- 23. The Changeling Sea – Patricia A. McKillip
- 22. Enna Burning – Shannon Hale
- 21. Black Swan Green – David Mitchell
- 20. Wild Hunt – Margaret Ronald
- 19. Real Murders – Charlaine Harris
- 18. The Druid Magic Handbook – John Michael Greer
- 17. Merlin’s Harp – Anne Eliot Crompton
- 16. Castle in the Air – Diana Wynne Jones
- 15. The Convenient Marriage – Georgette Heyer
- 14. The Snow Queen – Mercedes Lackey
- 13. Drunk, Divorced and Covered in Cat Hair – Laurie Perry
- 12. How to Be Good – Nick Hornby
- 11. Fables 8: Wolves – Bill Willingham, et al
- 10. Blood Bank – Tanya Huff
- 9. Carter Beats the Devil – Glen David Gold
- 8. The Ivory and the Horn – Charles de Lint
- 7. Matchless – Gregory Maguire
- 6. The Palace of Illusions – Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
- 5. Practical Demonkeeping – Christopher Moore
- 4. The Hunter’s Moon – O. R. Melling
- 3. Fire: Tales of Elemental Spirits – Robin McKinley and Peter Dickinson
- 2. The Decameron – Giovanni Boccaccio
- 1. The Knitter’s Book of Wool – Clara Parkes
In addition, there were a few books I couldn’t finish, but they were definitely outshined by the ones I did get through.