Top Five Books of 2017

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What are your top five reads for 2017? These books DO NOT need to have been published in 2017. See the annual blog post for staff favorites: . Join the discussion on Talk To add a book to your list, click the "Add work to list" button in the upper-right corner. This will take you to a search box, where you can search by title, author, keyword, etc. Clicking on the title will add the book to your list. You can reorder your list over on the right-hand side, by dragging and dropping titles in the "Your list" section.
1
A Gentleman in Moscow
af Amor Towles
8,472 medlemmer
486 anmeldelser
½ 4.4
19 Members
agjuba, snora, kristenl, clue, karenmarie, krazy4katz, hazel1123, lindapanzo, cataloga, BBleil, Devlindusty, sleedev, Tess_W, VintageReader, This-n-That, LisaSHarvey, cawcat333, IngerH, Anashana
Forklaringer
agjuba: This is perhaps my all-time favorite book -- the writing is smart and clever, the characters are beautifully fleshed-out, and the premise is unusual.
2
Lincoln in the Bardo
af George Saunders
5,575 medlemmer
317 anmeldelser
3.9
16 Members
debnance, davidabrams, zhejw, feeling.is.first, melmore, bjappleg8, karenmarie, maritimer, Devlindusty, RiversideReader, kara.shamy, ErinDenver, LisaSHarvey, jtoneill0, cawcat333, bibliotess
Forklaringer
RiversideReader: Exceptional, brilliant!
3
Little Fires Everywhere
af Celeste Ng
8,306 medlemmer
363 anmeldelser
4
12 Members
dawnlovesbooks, Micheller7, fannyprice, Bellettres, KatyBee, Devlindusty, angiestahl, carol.iam, LisaSHarvey, cawcat333, worldisquiet, ManWithAnAgenda
4
Autumn
af Ali Smith
1,949 medlemmer
103 anmeldelser
3.9
10 Members
Parker51, RidgewayGirl, PatsyMurray, Cait86, BLBera, yalliejane, JenMDB, missizicks, Emmay, worldisquiet
Forklaringer
PatsyMurray: This is the year I discovered Ali Smith.
missizicks: This is as close to perfect as a book gets for me.
5
Sapiens : en kort historie om menneskeheden
af Yuval Noah Harari
11,577 medlemmer
365 anmeldelser
4.2
10 Members
feeling.is.first, karenmarie, moonwatcher, bugaderes39, blkrk4000, MTCDBIBLIO, elphie93, wildtusker, hihopehere, worldisquiet
6
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
af Trevor Noah
5,789 medlemmer
345 anmeldelser
½ 4.4
9 Members
bjappleg8, dhm, krazy4katz, beebeereads, souloftherose, vwinsloe, This-n-That, cawcat333, Travelgem
7
Norse Mythology
af Neil Gaiman
8,572 medlemmer
314 anmeldelser
4
8 Members
bookworm12, Storeetllr, feeling.is.first, amanda4242, Annie_Arnott, carol.iam, armysquirrel, worldisquiet
8
Exit West
af Mohsin Hamid
3,467 medlemmer
222 anmeldelser
3.8
7 Members
revbean, dhm, N1na, RidgewayGirl, beebeereads, Simone2, ErinDenver
9
Sing, Unburied, Sing
af Jesmyn Ward
3,770 medlemmer
188 anmeldelser
4.1
7 Members
lauralkeet, N1na, njinthesun, dmofnd, BLBera, ErinDenver, cawcat333
10
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
af Matthew Desmond
3,154 medlemmer
199 anmeldelser
½ 4.4
6 Members
RidgewayGirl, hazel1123, Jumpball, IsolaBlue, amerynth, Devlindusty
11
Kindred
af Octavia E. Butler
7,952 medlemmer
336 anmeldelser
4.2
6 Members
bookwoman84, mooingzelda, Soupdragon, timetunnel, ClaudaJB, armysquirrel
12
News of the World
af Paulette Jiles
2,775 medlemmer
215 anmeldelser
4.2
6 Members
debnance, kristenl, clue, ReluctantTechie, mdexter, Tosta
13
Homegoing
af Yaa Gyasi
5,486 medlemmer
268 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
6 Members
dawnlovesbooks, kgriffith, beebeereads, Devlindusty, yalliejane, angiestahl
14
Magpie Murders
af Anthony Horowitz
3,625 medlemmer
227 anmeldelser
3.9
5 Members
raidergirl3, seasonsoflove, lindapanzo, ashmolean1, Lapsus16
15
Wild : en fortælling om at fare vild og finde sig selv igen
af Cheryl Strayed
8,395 medlemmer
508 anmeldelser
3.9
5 Members
PaperbackPirate, ashmolean1, janeprichard, amforker, worldisquiet
16
Interpreter of Maladies: Stories
af Jhumpa Lahiri
11,888 medlemmer
263 anmeldelser
4.1
6 Members
JISimpson, lahochstetler, Ling.Lass, ashmolean1, Travelgem, Tosta
17
Min geniale veninde : barndom, tidlig ungdom
af Elena Ferrante
6,849 medlemmer
306 anmeldelser
3.9
5 Members
dchaikin, Mirabelle, kara.shamy, Laura1124, carol.iam
Forklaringer
dchaikin: I love the whole series, my favorite books in a long time. I was swept away.
18
March: Book One
af John Lewis
2,845 medlemmer
159 anmeldelser
½ 4.5
5 Members
_Zoe_, eo206, greeneyed_ives, souloftherose, ClaudaJB
19
Station Eleven
af Emily St. John Mandel
11,048 medlemmer
756 anmeldelser
4.1
5 Members
plaugher, foggidawn, dhm, nx74defiant, ClaudaJB
20
Som i et spejl
af Tana French
5,448 medlemmer
310 anmeldelser
4
5 Members
christina_reads, KimarieBee, Ling.Lass, ClaudaJB, Travelgem
21
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
af David Grann
5,291 medlemmer
275 anmeldelser
4.1
5 Members
Capybara_99, beebeereads, ashmolean1, SBoren, ClaudaJB
22
Turtles All the Way Down
af John Green
6,215 medlemmer
226 anmeldelser
4
5 Members
lauralkeet, mahsdad, chwiggy, Cali_T, SBoren
23
Home Fire
af Kamila Shamsie
1,659 medlemmer
78 anmeldelser
4.1
5 Members
lauralkeet, elkiedee, Simone2, bibliotess, Travelgem
24
The Girl with All the Gifts
af M. R. Carey
5,096 medlemmer
388 anmeldelser
4
4 Members
Storeetllr, virginiahomeschooler, peatr, AnnabelHart
Forklaringer
peatr: first time in years I have been totally excited and shocked and shaken by a book! stunning.
25
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
af Kate Moore
2,914 medlemmer
187 anmeldelser
4.1
4 Members
generalkala, lahochstetler, BoundTogetherForGood, kara.shamy
Forklaringer
BoundTogetherForGood: I was riveted by this tragic telling of the devastation that befell these young American women.
26
La Belle Sauvage
af Philip Pullman
4,189 medlemmer
129 anmeldelser
4.1
4 Members
bookwoman84, rsa, shaunie, ManWithAnAgenda
27
Moonglow
af Michael Chabon
2,055 medlemmer
83 anmeldelser
3.9
4 Members
rarm, LDVoorberg, BLBera, Travelgem
28
The Hate U Give
af Angie Thomas
8,742 medlemmer
456 anmeldelser
½ 4.5
4 Members
debnance, norabelle414, kgriffith, SBoren
29
The Underground Railroad
af Colson Whitehead
8,459 medlemmer
433 anmeldelser
4
4 Members
TessaSlingerland, feeling.is.first, sturlington, chwiggy
30
Manhattan Beach
af Jennifer Egan
2,661 medlemmer
134 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
4 Members
dawnlovesbooks, Micheller7, BLBera, LisaSHarvey
31
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
af Roxane Gay
2,110 medlemmer
113 anmeldelser
4.2
4 Members
dehelen, KatyBee, kjgormley, Tosta
32
Ill Will
af Dan Chaon
696 medlemmer
134 anmeldelser
½ 3.4
4 Members
fannyprice, Capybara_99, sturlington, ErinDenver
33
Olive Kitteridge : roman
af Elizabeth Strout
9,687 medlemmer
606 anmeldelser
3.9
4 Members
sipthereader, Ling.Lass, RBeffa, kjgormley
34
Origin
af Dan Brown
5,763 medlemmer
193 anmeldelser
½ 3.6
3 Members
sundance, chgstrom, hazel1123
35
The Hating Game
af Sally Thorne
2,679 medlemmer
149 anmeldelser
4
3 Members
christina_reads, greeneyed_ives, Annie_Arnott
36
The Animators
af Kayla Rae Whitaker
541 medlemmer
48 anmeldelser
4
3 Members
Bookmarque, RidgewayGirl, bibliotess
37
A God in Ruins
af Kate Atkinson
2,864 medlemmer
144 anmeldelser
4
3 Members
rstaedter, jeanned, hoddybook
38
The Fifth Season
af N. K. Jemisin
7,521 medlemmer
345 anmeldelser
4.2
3 Members
mooingzelda, vwinsloe, TempleCat
39
Pachinko
af Min Jin Lee
5,993 medlemmer
269 anmeldelser
4.1
3 Members
dehelen, krazy4katz, beebeereads
40
The Ballad of Black Tom
af Victor LaValle
1,457 medlemmer
78 anmeldelser
3.9
3 Members
yoyogod, feeling.is.first, melmore
41
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
af Bryan Stevenson
4,407 medlemmer
236 anmeldelser
½ 4.6
3 Members
ReluctantTechie, vwinsloe, Tosta
Forklaringer
ReluctantTechie: A well-written narrative about injustice in our judicial system that I was not aware of. It was also an inspiring example of personal commitment and activism.
42
Greven af Monte Christo
af Alexandre Dumas père
24,693 medlemmer
419 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
3 Members
Minthe, pedro.pessoa, carol.iam
43
My Name Is Lucy Barton
af Elizabeth Strout
3,528 medlemmer
272 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
3 Members
heidialice, Capybara_99, carol.iam
Forklaringer
heidialice: A beautifully lyrical meditation on family, relationships and how they change over time and aging. A timeless, utterly believable, faltering voice, Lucy is naive and childlike in so many ways, yet incredibly perceptive when it comes to observing other people and their inner struggles.
44
Swing Time
af Zadie Smith
2,452 medlemmer
96 anmeldelser
½ 3.6
3 Members
shaunie, yalliejane, jtoneill0
45
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
af Gail Honeyman
8,248 medlemmer
513 anmeldelser
4.1
3 Members
BoundTogetherForGood, bibliotess, Tosta
Forklaringer
BoundTogetherForGood: This book visits the life of a quirky young woman. The reader is allowed to watch as her life begins to transform into one of greater awareness and occasional delight.
46
Borne
af Jeff VanderMeer
1,996 medlemmer
85 anmeldelser
3.8
3 Members
sturlington, KatyBee, timetunnel
47
Alexander Hamilton
af Ron Chernow
7,726 medlemmer
157 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
3 Members
dchaikin, bjappleg8, LisaSHarvey
48
Liv og Skæbne (Sud'ba i zjizn)
af Vasily Grossman
3,340 medlemmer
85 anmeldelser
½ 4.4
2 Members
FAMeulstee, bearymore
Forklaringer
bearymore: Absolutely a classic. Very moving, a modern War and Peace.
49
The Changeling
af Victor LaValle
1,241 medlemmer
76 anmeldelser
3.8
2 Members
Euryale, flying_monkeys
50
Fornuft og følelse
af Jane Austen
37,172 medlemmer
513 anmeldelser
4.1
2 Members
shaunie, Annie_Arnott
51
Never Let Me Go
af Kazuo Ishiguro
22,318 medlemmer
926 anmeldelser
3.8
2 Members
serhatx, Annie_Arnott
52
Uprooted
af Naomi Novik
6,349 medlemmer
373 anmeldelser
4.1
2 Members
KimarieBee, flips
53
March: Book Three
af John Lewis
1,424 medlemmer
94 anmeldelser
½ 4.7
2 Members
Storeetllr, raidergirl3
54
My Absolute Darling
af Gabriel Tallent
1,382 medlemmer
83 anmeldelser
3.8
2 Members
KatyBee, elphie93
55
Steppeulven
af Hermann Hesse
13,243 medlemmer
182 anmeldelser
4
2 Members
Wolfman08, Annie_Arnott
56
Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002)
af David Sedaris
1,395 medlemmer
54 anmeldelser
3.9
2 Members
davidabrams, lanewillson
57
Walkaway
af Cory Doctorow
959 medlemmer
40 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
2 Members
melmore, dhm
58
When the Moon Was Ours
af Anna-Marie McLemore
751 medlemmer
24 anmeldelser
3.9
2 Members
kgriffith, flying_monkeys
59
Kassandra : en fortælling
af Christa Wolf
682 medlemmer
12 anmeldelser
3.9
2 Members
Jambyfool, cometahalley
60
Doktor @02C7Zivàgo
af Boris Pasternak
11,087 medlemmer
149 anmeldelser
3.9
2 Members
sundance, FAMeulstee
61
Anything Is Possible
af Elizabeth Strout
1,843 medlemmer
118 anmeldelser
3.9
2 Members
maritimer, Simone2
62
Ready Player One
af Ernest Cline
17,663 medlemmer
1,240 anmeldelser
4.1
2 Members
chgstrom, KerryD1971
63
Store små løgne
af Liane Moriarty
6,668 medlemmer
394 anmeldelser
4.1
2 Members
virginiahomeschooler, tina1969
64
Tipping the Velvet
af Sarah Waters
4,993 medlemmer
144 anmeldelser
4
2 Members
anglemark, kristilabrie
65
De stjålne liv
af Adam Johnson
3,848 medlemmer
280 anmeldelser
4.1
2 Members
sipthereader, sturlington
66
Kitty and the Midnight Hour
af Carrie Vaughn
2,774 medlemmer
156 anmeldelser
½ 3.6
2 Members
gilroy, lottpoet
67
Priestdaddy: A Memoir
af Patricia Lockwood
920 medlemmer
51 anmeldelser
3.9
2 Members
timspalding, RidgewayGirl
68
Look at Me
af Anita Brookner
604 medlemmer
14 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
2 Members
booksinbed, VW_Williams
69
Amberlough
af Lara Elena Donnelly
502 medlemmer
32 anmeldelser
3.9
2 Members
ablachly, norabelle414
70
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
af Carson McCullers
10,510 medlemmer
237 anmeldelser
4
2 Members
shaunie, missizicks
Forklaringer
missizicks: This book blew me away with its tenderness and sadness.
71
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
af J. D. Vance
6,585 medlemmer
328 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
2 Members
kristenl, lanewillson
72
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II
af Liza Mundy
1,270 medlemmer
46 anmeldelser
4.1
2 Members
sedelia, sundance
73
Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America
af Patrick Phillips
363 medlemmer
13 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
2 Members
greeneyed_ives, Jumpball
74
Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan
af Ruth Gilligan
91 medlemmer
6 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
2 Members
yalliejane, kjgormley
75
Dark Matter
af Blake Crouch
5,771 medlemmer
516 anmeldelser
3.9
2 Members
virginiahomeschooler, kamoorephoto
76
Written in My Own Heart's Blood
af Diana Gabaldon
3,644 medlemmer
116 anmeldelser
½ 4.4
2 Members
virginiahomeschooler, Tess_W
77
If We Were Villains
af M.L. Rio
2,586 medlemmer
71 anmeldelser
3.9
2 Members
ablachly, norabelle414
78
Down Among the Sticks and Bones
af Seanan McGuire
1,581 medlemmer
139 anmeldelser
4.1
2 Members
ca.bookwyrm, flying_monkeys
79
Grief is the Thing with Feathers
af Max Porter
1,358 medlemmer
74 anmeldelser
3.8
2 Members
revbean, VW_Williams
80
The Enchanted
af Rene Denfeld
938 medlemmer
69 anmeldelser
4.1
2 Members
njinthesun, angiestahl
81
The Almost Sisters
af Joshilyn Jackson
687 medlemmer
64 anmeldelser
4.1
2 Members
ReluctantTechie, greeneyed_ives
82
Lab Girl
af Hope Jahren
2,518 medlemmer
147 anmeldelser
4.1
2 Members
Euryale, raidergirl3
83
Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts: Twelve Journeys into the Medieval World
af Christopher De Hamel
910 medlemmer
15 anmeldelser
½ 4.5
2 Members
jillmwo, bearymore
84
In the Woods
af Tana French
10,069 medlemmer
572 anmeldelser
3.8
2 Members
cometahalley, kristilabrie
85
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters
af Emil Ferris
1,050 medlemmer
70 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
2 Members
bookwoman84, Euryale
86
A Skinful of Shadows
af Frances Hardinge
556 medlemmer
25 anmeldelser
4.1
2 Members
souloftherose, briarhills
87
Vejen til Swann
af Marcel Proust
10,846 medlemmer
176 anmeldelser
4.2
2 Members
Tinuvia, jtoneill0
88
Binti
af Nnedi Okorafor
2,708 medlemmer
228 anmeldelser
3.9
2 Members
TempleCat, timetunnel
89
Girl Waits With Gun
af Amy Stewart
1,677 medlemmer
143 anmeldelser
3.8
2 Members
JayHurst, kara.shamy
90
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
af Neil deGrasse Tyson
3,762 medlemmer
136 anmeldelser
3.9
2 Members
ca.bookwyrm, bcrowl399
91
This Is How It Always Is
af Laurie Frankel
1,567 medlemmer
79 anmeldelser
4.2
2 Members
terran, njinthesun
92
See What I Have Done
af Sarah Schmidt
822 medlemmer
71 anmeldelser
½ 3.3
2 Members
seasonsoflove, SBoren
93
Hr. Penumbras døgnåbne bogbutik
af Robin Sloan
8,105 medlemmer
706 anmeldelser
3.8
2 Members
BoundTogetherForGood, angiestahl
Forklaringer
BoundTogetherForGood: A story for story-lovers. It's all the nicer because it revolves around a mysterious bookstore.
94
A Closed and Common Orbit
af Becky Chambers
2,552 medlemmer
159 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
2 Members
mooingzelda, elphie93
95
American War
af Omar El Akkad
1,768 medlemmer
93 anmeldelser
3.8
2 Members
fannyprice, pan0ramix
96
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
af Kathleen Rooney
1,147 medlemmer
83 anmeldelser
3.9
2 Members
debnance, lindapanzo
97
Stillidsen
af Donna Tartt
14,295 medlemmer
776 anmeldelser
3.9
2 Members
KerryD1971, yalliejane
98
Stolthed og fordom
af Jane Austen
78,384 medlemmer
1,346 anmeldelser
½ 4.4
Member
alaskaEditor
Forklaringer
alaskaEditor: A classic that I'd never read but finally got around to when a neighbor handed me this and the parody, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Read 'em both and loved them.
99
Kampen om tronen
af George R. R. Martin
41,337 medlemmer
1,105 anmeldelser
½ 4.4
Member
bcrowl399
100
Lolita
af Vladimir Nabokov
31,154 medlemmer
546 anmeldelser
4.1
Member
Tinuvia