Here's the list of books i finished off in 2007. It's interesting going back and seeing some of the trends that popped up in my reading habits. While 2006 saw me concentrate on Y: The Last Man as far as graphic novels go, The Walking Dead had my by the balls and never let up. Some of these titles (Zodiac and Hardcore California) i returned to like old friends i hadn't seen in many years, while new authors were introduced to me. Charles Stross especially made a huge mark- i simply fell in love with his combination of modern consipracy/Cthulhu/spy/office space/humor stories.
Of course, this was also the year that the last Harry Potter book was released, and i found myself scrambling to catch up before The Deathly Hallows came out. New books about Firefly/Serenity were released, and i gobbled those up. Not a lot of gaming material this time out, but Pulp Hero was so goddamn big (over 400 pages), that i was reading that thing starting in April at least, and it was the last thing i finished. So that made up for the quantity, i think.
Naturally, the year didn't go by without me reading at least one David Gerrold book. The dude better hurry up and write some new material- the list of old books by him that i don't have grows ever shorter.
1) V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd
2) The SorcererÕs Circle by Michael Siverling
3) The Lord of the Rings Location Guidebook by Ian Brodie
4) You Gotta Have Character by Hero Games
5) The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross
6) The Road to Civil War by Marvel
7) Will Storr vs. The Supernatural by Will Storr
8) Zodiac by Robert Graysmith
9) Worlds of Cthulhu #4 by Pegasus Press
10) Civil War by Marvel
11) Malleus Monstrorum by Chaosium
12) Jumping off the Planet by David Gerrold
13) The Lord of The Rings Sketchbook by Alan Lee
14) Firefly: the Official Companion vol. 1 by Titan Books
15) The Art of Horror Stories by Peter Haining
16) The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross
17) Miskatonic University edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Robert Weinberg
18) Firefly: the Official Companion vol. 2 by Titan Books
19) Hardcore California: A History of Punk and New Wave by Peter Belsito and Bob Davis
20) Lurker in the Lobby by Andrew Migliore and John Strysik
21) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
22) Lexicon Devil: The Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and The Germs by Brendan Mullen with Don Bolles and Adam Parfrey
23) Fawlty Towers: Fully Booked by Morris Bright and Robert Ross
24) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
25) The Walking Dead vol. 1 by Kirkman and Moore
26) The Walking Dead vol. 2 by Kirkman and Adlard
27) The AtheistÕs Bible edited by Joan Konner
28) The Walking Dead vol. 3 by Kirkman and Adlard
29) The Brand New Monty Python Papperbok by Monty Python
30) The Walking Dead vol. 4 by Kirkman and Adlard
31) The Walking Dead vol. 5 by Kirkman and Adlard
32) The Art of H.P. LovecraftÕs Cthulhu Mythos by Fantasy Flight
33) The Walking Dead vol. 6 by Kirkman and Adlard
34) World War Z by Max Brooks
35) Secrets of Kenya by Chaosium
36) Finding Serenity edited by Jane Espenson
37) Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan Cooper
38) Pulp Hero by Hero Games