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Rixosous recommended reading
All of these books have been discussed on Rixosous at some point - check the Books category index for my thoughts on each.  Click on the titles to purchase (mostly from Amazon):

Promise of Blood (2013)
Brian McClellan

Crystal Rain (2006)
Tobias S. Buckell

The Kingmaker's Daughter (2012)
Philippa Gregory

Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth (2010)
James M. Tabor

The Stratford Adventure of Adrian and Tiddlywinks (2012)
John Sullivan Hayes

Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas (2012)
John Scalzi

The Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Ancient Games (2004)
Tony Perrottet

A Play of Piety (2010)
(Joliffe Mysteries #6)
Margaret Frazer

Rachel Rising Volume 1: The Shadow of Death (2012)
Terry Moore

In Desperation (2011)
(Jack Gannon #3)
Rick Mofina

A Play of Heresy (2011)
(Joliffe Mysteries #7)
Margaret Frazer

Vengeance Road (2009)
(Jack Gannon #1)
Rick Mofina

Crucible of Gold
(Temeraire #7)
Naomi Novik

A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France (2011)
Caroline Moorehead

Hidden (2011)
(Otherworld novella)
Kelley Armstrong

Fuzzy Nation (2011)
John Scalzi

The Panic Zone (2010)
(Jack Gannon #2)
Rick Mofina

Mark of the Demon (2009)
(Kara Gillian #1)
Diana Rowland

Spell Bound (2011)
(Women of the Otherworld #12)
Kelley Armstrong

The Night Children (2008)
Kit Reed

Waking the Witch (2010)
(Women of the Otherworld #11)
Kelley Armstrong

Tongues of Serpents (2010)
(Temeraire #6)
Naomi Novik

Echo Volume 4:Collider (2010)  (see the Echo online store to purchase)
Terry Moore

Moonshine (2010)
Alaya Johnson

The White Road (2010)
(Nightrunner #5)
Lynn Flewelling

I Am Not A Serial Killer (2010)
Dan Wells

Illyria (UK 2007, US 2010)
Elizabeth Hand

The Enchantment Emporium (2009) 
Tanya Huff

A Local Habitation (2010) 
(October Daye #2)
Seanan McGuire

The Leopard's Daughter (1987; Yard Dog edition 2006)
Lee Killough

Crécy (2007) -- graphic novella
Warren Ellis (story), Raulo Caceres (art)

House of Many Ways (2008)
(sequel to Howl's Moving Castle)
Dianna Wynne Jones

Time Travelers Never Die (2009)
Jack McDevitt

Marsbound (2008)
Joe Haldeman

Here Be Dragons (1985)
Sharon Kay Penman

Mortal Engines (2001)
(Hungry City Chronicles/Mortal Engines Quartet #1)
Philip Reeve

Doctor Strange: Beginnings and Endings (2005)
J. Michael Straczynski & Samm Barnes (story); Brandon Peterson (art)

Shadows Return (2008)
(Nightrunner #4)
Lynn Flewelling

Echo Volume 1: Moon Lake (2008)
Echo Volume 2: Atomic Dreams (2009)
Echo Volume 3: Desert Run (2009)
Terry Moore

Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors (1974)
Piers Paul Read

Hardball (2009)
(V.I. Warshawski #13)
Sara Paretsky

A Play of Treachery (2009)
(Joliffe Mysteries #5)
Margaret Frazer

Tales of the Slayers (2001)
Joss Whedon and others

A Night in the Lonesome October (1993)
Roger Zelazny

Piratica II: Return to Parrot Island (2006)
Piratica (2004)
Tanith Lee

Chalice (2008)
Robin McKinley

Let Me In (2004; English translation 2007)
John Ajvide Lindqvist

The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride (2009)
Daniel James Brown

Lady Crymsyn (2000)
(Vampire Files #9)
P.N. Elrod

Puttin' on the Ritz: Fred Astaire and the Fine Art of Panache (2009)
Peter Levinson

Frostbitten (2009)
(Women of the Otherworld #10)
Kelley Armstrong

The Awakening (2009)
The Summoning (2008)
(Darkest Powers #1 & 2; recommended as a pair only -- first book ends on a cliffhanger)
Kelley Armstrong

Men of the Otherworld (2009)
(Otherworld anthology)
Kelley Armstrong

Living with the Dead (2008)
(Women of the Otherworld #9)
Kelley Armstrong

Rosemary and Rue (2009) 
(October Daye #1)
Seanan McGuire

Eyes Like Stars (2009)
Lisa Mantchev

Days of Atonement (2007)
Michael Gregorio

Fledgling (2005)
Octavia Butler

Anathem (2008)
Neal Stephenson

Little Brother (2008)
Cory Doctorow

The Graveyard Book (2008)
Neil Gaiman

Naamah's Kiss (2009)
(Kushiel's whatever book 7)
Jacqueline Carey

A Play of Isaac (2004)
A Play of Dux Moraud (2005)
A Play of Knaves (2006)
A Play of Lords (2007)
(Joliffe Mysteries #1-4)
Margaret Frazer

Little (Grrl) Lost (2007)
Charles de Lint

The Mayor of Castro Street (1982)
Randy Shilts

Dead Until Dark (2001)
(Sookie Stackhouse/Southern Vampires #1)
Charlaine Harris

The Inner Circle (2005; English translation 2008)
(Anders Knutas mystery #3)
Mari Jungstedt

Unspoken (2004; English translation 2007)
(Anders Knutas mystery #2)
Mari Jungstedt

Aetheric Mechanics (2008) - graphic novella
Warren Ellis (story); Gianluca Pagliarini, Chris Dreier, Juanmar (art)

The Tales of Beedle the Bard (2008)
J.K. Rowling

Vintage: A Ghost Story (2007)
Steve Berman

Zoe's Tale (2008)
(different-viewpoint version of #3 in Old Man's War trilogy)
John Scalzi

Starcross (2007)
(Larklight #2)
Philip Reeve

Personal Demon (2008)
(Women of the Otherworld #8)
Kelley Armstrong

Larklight (2006)
Philip Reeve

Did She Fall? (1930)
Thorne Smith

Unseen (2003; English translation 2005)
(Anders Knutas mystery #1)
Mari Jungstedt

My Lady Judge (2007)
Cora Harrison

Kushiel's Mercy (2008)
Kushiel's whatever book 6
Jacqueline Carey

Victory of Eagles (2008)
(Temeraire Book 5)
Naomi Novik

Brasyl (2007)
Ian McDonald

The Last Colony (2007)
(#3 in Old Man's War trilogy)
John Scalzi

Halting State (2007)
Charles Stross

One Jump Ahead (2007)
(Jon & Lobo Book 1)
Mark Van Name

Empire of Ivory (2007)
(Temeraire Book 4)
Naomi Novik

Template (2008) (purchase directly from PS Publishing)
Matthew Hughes

King of Shadows (1999)
Susan Cooper

Unwelcome Bodies (2008)
Jennifer Pelland

The Black Ship (1963)
Dudley Pope

A Thread of Grace (2005)
Mary Doria Russell

Pirate Freedom (2007)
Gene Wolfe

The Execution Channel (2007)
Ken MacLeod

The New Moon's Arms (2007)
Nalo Hopkinson

Endless Blue(2007)
Wen Spencer