Some favorite books for 2007, since I wrote this up already to send to a friend:

Landscapes, Mary Randlett -- collection of her amazing nature photographs. (I'd never heard of her before accidentally running into a show of hers at a museum.)

Obligatory latest Stephen King -- Lisey's Story; a departure for him, but still him.

Crashing Through, Robert Kurson -- nonfiction, an extraordinary man blinded at an early age who has his sight restored.

The Best Day The Worst Day, Donald Hall -- an elder poet and his experience losing his younger wife (Jane Kenyon, also a poet) to cancer.

Run, Ann Patchett -- much as I liked all her previous books, I thought this was a quantum leap in readability and drive. (I also got to see her give a short reading in person, very cool.)

Bonus older entry: Neither Wolf Nor Dog, Kent Nerburn -- a book about (American) Indians (by a white), unlike any other I've read.