2007 is in the books

Back around the new year, I meant to post a list of the books I read in 2007, but I blogged about one thing and another instead and never got around to it. However, as the hour creeps up toward midnight and I still haven't figured out anything better to post about, so...

I suppose 2007 was a fairly average year with 32 books last year. I'd like to think it's a down year, since in 2003 I read 60 and had 51 in 2002, but I guess I have to admit that those were aberrations, because my trends since then look like this:

2004: 35
2005: 25
2006: 39

So maybe it's a bit down, but that's not surprising considering that I was teaching new classes during significant parts of that year, moving, and all that. Largely, I read fiction this year, and much of that was fantasy (23). Four would fall under "literature" (though some of the fantasy was better than some of the lit!), while 3 are general non-fiction, plus 1 each of building and science. Without further ado, here's what I read:

Kurt Vonnegut Slaughterhouse Five
Kurt Vonnegut Cat’s Cradle
Steven Erikson The Gardens of the Moon
Evans, Smith, and Smiley The Hand-Sculpted House
Steven Erikson Deadhouse Gates
Steven Erikson Memories of Ice
Steven Erikson House of Chains
Steven Erikson Midnight Tides
Sam Harris The End of Faith
Jim Butcher Storm Front
Brian Greene The Fabric of the Cosmos (audio)
Paulo Coelho The Alchemist (audio)
Jim Butcher Fool Moon
Jim Butcher Grave Peril
Helen and Scott Nearing The Good Life
Orson Scott Card Lost Boys (audio)
J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Roger Zelazny Damnation Alley
J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Daniel Quinn If They Give You Lined Paper, Write Sideways
Jim Butcher Death Masks
Orson Scott Card Seventh Son (audio)
Orson Scott Card Red Prophet (audio)
Orson Scott Card Prentice Alvin (audio)
Steven Erikson The Bonehunters
Sherwood Smith Inda
Sherwood Smith The Fox
Ken Follett The Pillars of the Earth
Steven Erikson Reaper’s Gale
Glen Cook The Black Company
Glen Cook Shadows Linger
Orson Scott Card Homebody

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