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.
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- 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.
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- RiversideReader: Exceptional, brilliant!
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- PatsyMurray: This is the year I discovered Ali Smith.missizicks: This is as close to perfect as a book gets for me.
- 10 Members
- feeling.is.first, karenmarie, moonwatcher, bugaderes39, blkrk4000, MTCDBIBLIO, elphie93, wildtusker, hihopehere, worldisquiet
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- bjappleg8, dhm, krazy4katz, beebeereads, souloftherose, vwinsloe, This-n-That, cawcat333, Travelgem
- 8 Members
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- RidgewayGirl, hazel1123, Jumpball, IsolaBlue, amerynth, Devlindusty
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- lauralkeet, mahsdad, chwiggy, Cali_T, SBoren
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- Storeetllr, virginiahomeschooler, peatr, AnnabelHart
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- peatr: first time in years I have been totally excited and shocked and shaken by a book! stunning.
- 4 Members
- generalkala, lahochstetler, BoundTogetherForGood, kara.shamy
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- BoundTogetherForGood: I was riveted by this tragic telling of the devastation that befell these young American women.
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- TessaSlingerland, feeling.is.first, sturlington, chwiggy
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- sipthereader, Ling.Lass, RBeffa, kjgormley
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- yoyogod, feeling.is.first, melmore
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- ReluctantTechie, vwinsloe, Tosta
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- 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.
- 3 Members
- Minthe, pedro.pessoa, carol.iam
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- heidialice, Capybara_99, carol.iam
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- 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.
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- BoundTogetherForGood, bibliotess, Tosta
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- 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.
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- FAMeulstee, bearymore
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- bearymore: Absolutely a classic. Very moving, a modern War and Peace.
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- shaunie, Annie_Arnott
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- sipthereader, sturlington
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- shaunie, missizicks
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- missizicks: This book blew me away with its tenderness and sadness.
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- kristenl, lanewillson
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- virginiahomeschooler, Tess_W
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- ca.bookwyrm, flying_monkeys
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- revbean, VW_Williams
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- bookwoman84, Euryale
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- BoundTogetherForGood, angiestahl
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- BoundTogetherForGood: A story for story-lovers. It's all the nicer because it revolves around a mysterious bookstore.
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- alaskaEditor
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- 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.
