Tired of year-end lists yet? Tough!

You won't find any novels about the hopelessly impoverished or victims of Iranian rape on my best-books-of-2007 list. Not that those don't have their place in the world, but when I grab a book at the end of a long, hard day, I grab one to escape – not to compound my stress.

No, you'll find the likes of Joe Hill's 20TH CENTURY GHOSTS and Richard Aleas' SONGS OF INNOCENCE. Deal with it. (Plus, David Michaelis' SCHULZ AND PEANUTS is on there, too – is that important enough?)

It's just one of several year-end wrap-ups we ran last week o'er at BOOKGASM, including the best sci-fi books, 16 books we're looking forward to in '08 (advance warning to snobs: SPEED RACER manga is on there) and the all-important, tongue-in-cheek excerpts from reviews we never got around to writing.

That said, welcome, Mr. New Year. Should old acquaintance be forgot? If you're still hungover, it's not even an issue.