Book 5: The Reapers Are the Angels

This was probably the most beautiful book I've read in a while. Somewhat unusual, because the backdrop is a zombie-ravaged southern United States and the narrator is a 15-year-old girl who is on her own and running from her erstwhile murderer. But the language, the imagery, the story: it all takes your breath away. If you read one zombie book this year, make this one it. (Then go out and get Mira Grant's "Feed" so you'll be prepared for the release of the second book in May.)