http://www.locusmag.com/2009/2008RecommendedReading.html

Pink = books I’ve read

Blue = books I plan to read (or at least try)

Young Adult Books

City of Ashes, Cassandra Clare

The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins

Monster Blood Tattoo, Book Two: Lamplighter, D. M. Cornish

Little Brother, Cory Doctorow

The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman

Eon: Dragoneye Reborn, ( Read more... )

THE KNIFE OF NEVER LETTING GO, by Patrick Ness, which is the extraordinary story of the only boy on a colony planet in which there are no women. And all of the men can hear each other’s thoughts, all of them, all the time. Gripping adventure coupled with thought-provoking ideas.

I’ll suggest Vikram Chandra’s Sacred Games (2007). It is a ripping ( Read more... )

From:  http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/006765.html

The Top 21 Genre Authors To Keep an Eye On

• Paolo Bacigalupi (5 mentions)
• Darryl Gregory (5)
• Jay Lake (4 mentions)
• David Moles (4)
• Benjamin Rosenbaum (4)

This person liked Bujold and asked for SF recs here: 
http://mistful.livejournal.com/113933.html

NINE pages of comments to wade through.  This is a summary,  but I've removed books I've read (Doug Adams, LeGuin, McCaffrey, OSC,  Scalzi, etc.) or have high on my TBR (Moon's Paksennarion series, etc.);

John Barnes. Extremely crazy character-driven ( Read more... )