2017 Notable Books for Adults

Description
Since 1944, the goal of the Notable Books Council has been to make available to the nation’s readers a list of 25 very good, very readable, and at times very important fiction, nonfiction, and poetry books for the adult reader. This is the 2017 list.
1
The Underground Railroad
by Colson Whitehead
11,199 members
494 reviews
4
2 Members
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2
Homegoing
by Yaa Gyasi
7,201 members
321 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
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3
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
by Ruth Franklin
592 members
24 reviews
4.2
2 Members
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4
In the Darkroom
by Susan Faludi
485 members
18 reviews
4
2 Members
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5
The Nix
by Nathan Hill
2,586 members
115 reviews
4
2 Members
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6
The Gene: An Intimate History
by Siddhartha Mukherjee
3,302 members
79 reviews
4.2
2 Members
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7
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
by Iain Reid
3,047 members
168 reviews
½ 3.4
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8
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
by Matthew Desmond
4,341 members
228 reviews
½ 4.4
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9
Behold the Dreamers
by Imbolo Mbue
2,385 members
116 reviews
3.9
Member
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10
At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails
by Sarah Bakewell
1,927 members
46 reviews
4.2
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11
Grief is the Thing with Feathers
by Max Porter
1,830 members
85 reviews
3.8
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13
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
by Frans de Waal
1,352 members
55 reviews
3.9
Member
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14
To the Bright Edge of the World
by Eowyn Ivey
1,321 members
89 reviews
4.1
Member
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15
The Unseen World
by Liz Moore
825 members
56 reviews
4.1
Member
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16
The Sport of Kings
by C. E. Morgan
472 members
23 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
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17
Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America
by Patrick Phillips
458 members
14 reviews
½ 4.4
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18
The Rain in Portugal: Poems
by Billy Collins
380 members
10 reviews
4
Member
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19
Christodora
by Tim Murphy
310 members
11 reviews
3.9
Member
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20
Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams
by Louisa Thomas
259 members
10 reviews
4
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22
The Boys in the Bunkhouse: Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland
by Dan Barry
130 members
6 reviews
½ 3.7
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23
An Unrestored Woman
by Shobha Rao
116 members
9 reviews
4
Member
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24
Cannibal
by Safiya Sinclair
109 members
1 review
½ 4.4
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26
Missile Paradise
by Ron Tanner
15 members
5
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