The "Salt Lake City Weekly" has chosen His Illegal Self by Peter Carey as one of its fiction picks of 2008.
John Picacio picks Shaun Tan's Tales from Outer Suburbia as one of his best genre-related books of 2008 for the SF Signal website.
Nam Le, author of The Boat, chooses his best books of 2008 for "The Millions" weblog.
And Nam Le himself appears on Edward Champion's list of Top Ten Books of 2008.
Breath by Tim Winton is on "The Economist"'s list of best fiction of 2008.