Best Reads of 2017

[Misty Cato]

Show me your favorite books from those you read this year.

[KateD]

I just finished reading The Radium Girls (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31409135-theadium-girls?ac=1&from_search=true) by Kate Moore. I thought is was an excellent book, although it's pretty sad.

[karlimarie]

I read a lot of pregnancy and parenting books this year, not a lot of fiction. But, of the books I read The Wonder Weeks and Nurture Shock are at the top of my list. I’m children’s books, I love B is for Bedtime, and I Love You Animally :p

[lingovise]

noteworthy books from 2017:

I read the trio of March graphic novels by John Lewis with my 11 year old son and found them to be such a terrific way to experience the Biography genre for middle age/teen readers. We both loved them and I especially loved the dialogue the series inspired within him.

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Favorite Mystery of the year:
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Favorite Fantasy of the year:
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Favorite Fiction of the year:
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ETA... Currently Reading:
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I read about half as much as I normally do in 2017.
I was shocked to discover looking back through my list, that I hadn't read any Historical Fiction titles all year - which must be a first for me!!

I'm hoping to read about 65 titles in 2018.

[Robin Carlton]

Here are a couple of my faves...

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This one was soooo great! Set in Iceland about the last woman executed there for murder. Did she do it? Did she not? Awesome historical fictionalized account of a real crime.

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Love Douglas Preston's non-fiction books (Monster of Florence was excellent too) This one was perfection in terms of archaeological adventure. Soooo good!

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The Southern Reach Triology is being made into a movie with Natalie Portman but I read the series before all of that. Super weird sci-fi that will leave you scratching your head because of the bizarre stuff happening, but overall, immediately readable and captivating.

Also currently working on...

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Don't want to give any spoilers, but this is not at all what I was expecting and it's super interesting and fantastical.

[lingovise]

The Southern Reach Triology has been on my to-beead list for more than a year now... might have to make the plunge this year!

[KristinCB]

I don't know if I read a single book in 2017. Sad. 2017 was not my favourite year for so many reasons but I already have a nice stack of books I'm planning on for this year!

[HeyJude]

I know I'm probably late to the game on this one (no pun intended) , but my favorite book of the year was definitely Ready Player One. I listened to a lot of it in the car (Wil Wheaton narrated) and it was fabulous.

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I also loved the third book in The Great Library series:

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And I finished The Others (which is one of the best series I have read in a loooong time):

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I completed my (non workelated) reading challenge of 52 books, but just barely. I set the same goal this year and am hoping to come in above it. :)

[lingovise]

I stalled on book 3 of The Others [I loved the first book]... I should pick this series back up.

[tanyiadeskins]

I always loved that there were so many other book lovers here :) Here are a couple of my favorites from this year. They were all awesome.

These three were dystopian

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these two were thriller/mystery/horror... something like that lol

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[joelsgirl]

This was my favorite book of 2017:
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At Home in this Life (https://www.amazon.com/Home-this-Life-Crossroads-Unraveled/dp/1612616321) is about embracing the life you have instead of wishing you had a different life, and it really hit me where I was at this year.

Before We Were Yours (https://www.amazon.com/Before-We-Were-Yours-Novel-ebook/dp/B01M14UN1J/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1514850930&sr=1-3&keywords=before+we+were+yours) was my favorite fiction:
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Also, I read the Hunger Games Trilogy for the fourth time, and man, I love those books!

[Misty Cato]

Thanks, I've added a bunch of these to my toead list.

Some of my favorites from this year...

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Read this one with my son and we both found it sweet, funny and poignant.

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Gorgeously compelling interlinking tales connected by music. Highly recommend doing the audiobook on this one.

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Hard topics, important topics. Read this one with my soon-to-be teenager and we were both deeply connected to the characters. It also proved to be a good jumping off point for discussing contemporary social justice issues.

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This one is darker than Backman's other books, but I still loved it.

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