Ross' Faves of 2013

[Ross Warren]

Some of these may not have been published this year but were all read and enjoyed by me this calendar year.

Novels:-

1) NOS4R2 - Joe Hill
2) Habit - Stephen McGeach
3) The Republic of Thieves - Scott Lynch
4) Save Yourself - Kelly Braffet
5) The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman
6) Joyland - Stephen King
7) Ack Ack Macaque - Gareth L Powell
8) Beatrice and Virgil - Yann Martel
9) Path of Needles - Alison Littlewood
10) Redshirts - John Scalzi

Novellas:-

1) Whitstable - Stephen Volk
2) Bite - Gardner Goldsmith
3) In the Broken Birdcage of Kathleen Fair - Cate Gardner
4) Differently There - John L Probert
5) Lurker - Gary Fry

Collections/Anthologies:-

1) North American Lake Monsters - Nathan Ballingrud
2) To Usher the Dead - Gary McMahon
3) Anatomy of Death - Ed. Mark West
4) Remember Why You Fear Me - Robert Shearman
5) Where You Live - Gary McMahon

Short Stories:-

1) Mr Stix - Mark West
2) The Festering - Ray Cluley
3) Ad Astra - Carole Johnstone
4) Sunbleached - Nathan Ballingrud
5) Bureau of Lost Children - Mark West
6) The Cloud Cartographer - V. H. Leslie
7) The Arse-Licker - Stephen Volk
8) Fade to Gold - Benjanun Sriduangkaen
9) Alice, Hanging Out in the Skate Park - Gary McMahon
10) The Arroyo of the Worm - Benedict J. Jones

[joemynhardt]

Great list.

[benedictjjones]

cheers Ross! Pleased as punch to make your list

[Ray]

Hey, thanks Ross - glad you liked 'The Festering'. I like a load on that list too and will probably make one of my own at the end of the year.

[HJB]

I also read Redshirts this past year. I loved it and had to read some more Scalzi. Fuzzy Nation and Agent to the Stars were also very enjoyable. Fuzzy Nation was a rewrite of H. Beam Piper’s Little Fuzzy, but it was a great new take on it.
Although Redshirts got a little convoluted, it was never the less an entertaining and hilarious book. The premise alone was genius.