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Nominations for Yuletide are open, in case you have somehow managed to not hear. Here's my nominations:

Yami no Matsuei (So. Excited.)
Swordspoint (Also. Pretty. Awesome.)
Michael Chabon - Gentlemen of the Road (I need to post about this book to encourage y'all to read it. Basically, it's the best thing ever. It's what would happen if Swordspoint were written by Fritz Leiber, Richard was a big black Jewish guy, and Alec was a ~~tall skinny long-haired student~~ tall skinny long-haired surgeon. But do not worry, there is still swordfighting and cross-dressing girls and so much slash! Also, there are elephants. I LOVE IT SO MUCH. It even comes with pictures.)
Sarah Waters - Fingersmith (Maud and Sue are so fucked up, I adore it.)
RPF - Heian Japan (To quote

daegaer: "Of all the fic exchanges in all the world, Yuletide is surely the one that could provide a story made up of snidely exquisite poems fired off between Lady Murasaki and Sei Shonagon". And the world needs that story.)
Jacqueline Carey - Kushiel series (So much awesome world-building in these books, so few characters I care about.)