The best books of 2017

From the New York Times, Goodreads, Brain Pickings and more. Browse the lists.

Janesville: An American Story
Amy Goldstein
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Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders
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Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street
Sheelah Kolhatkar
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New People
Danzy Senna
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Her Body and Other Parties
Carmen Maria Muchado
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The Dry
Jane Harper
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The Idiot
Elif Batuman
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The House of Government
Yuri Slezkine
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Ghosts of the Tsunami
Richard Lloyd Parry
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The Unwomanly Face of War
Svetlana Alexievich
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Home Fire
Kamila Shamsie
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We Are Never Meeting in Real Life
Samantha Irby
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Anything Is Possible
Elizabeth Strout
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Big Mushy Happy Lump
Sarah Andersen
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The Sun and Her Flowers
Rupi Kaur
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The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas
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A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas
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The Ship of the Dead
Rick Riordan
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We're All Wonders
R.J. Palacio
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Conversations with Friends
Sally Rooney
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