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Kirkus Starred Fiction Reviews of Books Published in 2017

Members: 6 participating members (show all)

All members' list: [1] 2 3 4 5Sort: Score | Title | Author | Date
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4 3 2 1
by Paul Auster
1,351 members, 57 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (1), Rchlwtsn (1), Nexpixel (11)

Score: 10.2

2
The Power
by Naomi Alderman
3,132 members, 198 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: sturlington (1), kara.shamy (2), Nexpixel (8)

Score: 9.74

3
Autumn
by Ali Smith
1,410 members, 86 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: lmbix (1), kara.shamy (3)

Score: 7.04

4
The Refugees {stories}
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
695 members, 39 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: Nexpixel (2), kara.shamy (4)

Score: 6.19

5
Lincoln in the Bardo
by George Saunders
4,217 members, 285 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: Nexpixel (3), kara.shamy (5)

Score: 5.71

6
Borne
by Jeff VanderMeer
1,444 members, 69 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: Nexpixel (4), sturlington (5)

Score: 5.5

7
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
by Carmen Maria Machado
1,510 members, 82 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: sturlington (2), Nexpixel (20)

Score: 5.26

8
Exit West
by Mohsin Hamid
2,685 members, 180 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: Nexpixel (5), kara.shamy (7)

Score: 5.13

9
Little Fires Everywhere
by Celeste Ng
5,513 members, 288 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: Nexpixel (6), kara.shamy (8)

Score: 4.93

10
Marlena
by Julie Buntin
447 members, 39 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (6), sturlington (8)

Score: 4.93

11
The Essex Serpent
by Sarah Perry
2,186 members, 146 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: Nexpixel (7), kara.shamy (9)

Score: 4.77

12
Pachinko
by Min Jin Lee
3,785 members, 205 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: Nexpixel (9), kara.shamy (10)

Score: 4.56

13
Manhattan Beach
by Jennifer Egan
2,085 members, 116 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: Nexpixel (10), kara.shamy (11)

Score: 4.45

14
The City of Brass
by S. A. Chakraborty
1,838 members, 81 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (12), Nexpixel (12)

Score: 4.3

15
Waking Gods
by Sylvain Neuvel
864 members, 81 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (13), Nexpixel (13)

Score: 4.21

16
The Witches of New York
by Ami McKay
550 members, 35 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (14), Nexpixel (14)

Score: 4.14

17
The Changeling
by Victor LaValle
822 members, 61 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: sturlington (9), Nexpixel (25)

Score: 4.1

18
The Wanderers
by Meg Howrey
398 members, 29 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (15), Nexpixel (15)

Score: 4.07

19
Spoonbenders
by Daryl Gregory
577 members, 38 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: Nexpixel (1)

Score: 4

20
Okinawa Diet The longevity secret
by Marco Carestia
3 members, 2 reviews
5 stars (5 stars)

Lists: Marco.Carestia (1)

Score: 4

21
The Dry
by Jane Harper
2,656 members, 214 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (17), sturlington (19)

Score: 3.89

22
White Tears
by Hari Kunzru
549 members, 40 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: sturlington (20), Nexpixel (24)

Score: 3.7

23
The Idiot
by Elif Batuman
917 members, 45 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: Nexpixel (22), kara.shamy (65)

Score: 3.26

24
Sleeping Beauties
by Stephen King
1,996 members, 75 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: sturlington (3)

Score: 3.04

25
Ill Will
by Dan Chaon
577 members, 128 reviews
3.43 stars (3.43 stars)

Lists: sturlington (4)

Score: 2.83

26
The Night Ocean
by Paul La Farge
332 members, 24 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: sturlington (6)

Score: 2.56

27
Strange Weather: Four Short Novels
by Joe Hill
864 members, 57 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: sturlington (7)

Score: 2.46

28
Norse Mythology
by Neil Gaiman
5,697 members, 233 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: sturlington (10)

Score: 2.25

29
Magpie Murders
by Anthony Horowitz
2,376 members, 176 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: sturlington (11)

Score: 2.2

30
History of Wolves
by Emily Fridlund
1,004 members, 64 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: sturlington (12)

Score: 2.15

31
All Our Wrong Todays
by Elan Mastai
882 members, 81 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: sturlington (13)

Score: 2.11

32
The Salt Line
by Holly Goddard Jones
208 members, 29 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: sturlington (14)

Score: 2.07

33
The Grip of It
by Jac Jemc
350 members, 28 reviews
3.41 stars (3.41 stars)

Lists: sturlington (15)

Score: 2.03

34
The Hate U Give
by Angie Thomas
5,761 members, 360 reviews
4.48 stars (4.48 stars)

Lists: Nexpixel (16)

Score: 2

35
Ice
by Anna Kavan
756 members, 31 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: sturlington (16)

Score: 2

36
If We Were Villains
by M.L. Rio
724 members, 47 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (16)

Score: 2

37
A Conjuring of Light
by V. E. Schwab
1,641 members, 78 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: Nexpixel (17)

Score: 1.97

38
When the English Fall: A Novel
by David Williams
282 members, 23 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: sturlington (17)

Score: 1.97

39
Sing, Unburied, Sing
by Jesmyn Ward
2,817 members, 174 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (18)

Score: 1.94

40
The Stone Sky
by N. K. Jemisin
2,179 members, 119 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: Nexpixel (18)

Score: 1.94

41
You Should Have Left
by Daniel Kehlmann
209 members, 17 reviews
3.42 stars (3.42 stars)

Lists: sturlington (18)

Score: 1.94

42
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
by Arundhati Roy
1,448 members, 42 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (19)

Score: 1.92

43
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.
by Neal Stephenson
1,434 members, 79 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: Nexpixel (19)

Score: 1.92

44
The Lying Game
by Ruth Ware
1,561 members, 80 reviews
3.42 stars (3.42 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (20)

Score: 1.89

45
Future Home of the Living God
by Louise Erdrich
1,008 members, 62 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: Nexpixel (21)

Score: 1.87

46
Since We Fell
by Dennis Lehane
998 members, 63 reviews
3.6 stars (3.6 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (21)

Score: 1.87

47
Golden Hill
by Francis Spufford
828 members, 49 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (22)

Score: 1.85

48
Final Girls
by Riley Sager
1,246 members, 104 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (23)

Score: 1.83

49
The Golden House: A Novel
by Salman Rushdie
594 members, 39 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: Nexpixel (23)

Score: 1.83

50
Elmet
by Fiona Mozley
625 members, 44 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (24)

Score: 1.81

51
Genuine Fraud
by E. Lockhart
595 members, 42 reviews
3.44 stars (3.44 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (25)

Score: 1.79

52
This is How It Always Is
by Laurie Frankel
1,011 members, 56 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (26)

Score: 1.77

53
The Almost Sisters
by Joshilyn Jackson
563 members, 58 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: Nexpixel (26)

Score: 1.77

54
Allegedly
by Tiffany D. Jackson
580 members, 40 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (27)

Score: 1.76

55
The Bedlam Stacks
by Natasha Pulley
494 members, 34 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: Nexpixel (27)

Score: 1.76

56
The Animators
by Kayla Rae Whitaker
441 members, 43 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (28)

Score: 1.74

57
Complete Stories
by Kurt Vonnegut
132 members, 0 reviews
4.5 stars (4.5 stars)

Lists: Nexpixel (28)

Score: 1.74

58
All Grown Up
by Jami Attenberg
414 members, 21 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (29)

Score: 1.72

59
Bluebird, Bluebird
by Attica Locke
695 members, 57 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (30)

Score: 1.71

60
Solar Bones
by Mike McCormack
327 members, 21 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (31)

Score: 1.7

61
Perfect Little World
by Kevin Wilson
358 members, 17 reviews
3.55 stars (3.55 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (32)

Score: 1.68

62
Salt Houses
by Hala Alyan
394 members, 21 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (33)

Score: 1.67

63
The Light We Lost
by Jill Santopolo
608 members, 33 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (34)

Score: 1.66

64
Persons Unknown
by Susie Steiner
296 members, 24 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (35)

Score: 1.65

65
Standard Deviation
by Katherine Heiny
345 members, 20 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (36)

Score: 1.63

66
Dunbar
by Edward St. Aubyn
317 members, 25 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (37)

Score: 1.62

67
Gather the Daughters
by Jennie Melamed
354 members, 24 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (38)

Score: 1.61

68
Exposed
by Lisa Scottoline
276 members, 26 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (39)

Score: 1.6

69
The Gray House
by Mariám Petrosyán
353 members, 12 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (40)

Score: 1.59

70
Mrs. Osmond
by John Banville
259 members, 14 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (41)

Score: 1.58

71
The Stolen Child
by Lisa Carey
172 members, 28 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (42)

Score: 1.57

72
Lies She Told
by Cate Holahan
223 members, 26 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (43)

Score: 1.56

73
The Lauras
by Sara Taylor
187 members, 50 reviews
3.31 stars (3.31 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (44)

Score: 1.55

74
Paris in the Present Tense: A Novel
by Mark Helprin
230 members, 15 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (45)

Score: 1.54

75
The Whole Art of Detection: Lost Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes
by Lyndsay Faye
194 members, 31 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (46)

Score: 1.54

76
The Resurrection of Joan Ashby
by Cherise Wolas
174 members, 16 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (47)

Score: 1.53

77
Beautiful Animals: A Novel
by Lawrence Osborne
164 members, 26 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (48)

Score: 1.52

78
The Locals
by Jonathan Dee
187 members, 9 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (49)

Score: 1.51

79
AFTERLIFE
by Marcus Sakey
188 members, 20 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (50)

Score: 1.5

80
The Fall of Lisa Bellow
by Susan Perabo
135 members, 18 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (51)

Score: 1.5

81
The Dime
by Kathleen Kent
145 members, 8 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (52)

Score: 1.49

82
Beast
by Paul Kingsnorth
141 members, 2 reviews
3.06 stars (3.06 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (53)

Score: 1.48

83
The Girl in Green
by Derek B. Miller
127 members, 7 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (54)

Score: 1.48

84
Grace
by Paul Lynch
107 members, 8 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (55)

Score: 1.47

85
The Weight of Lies
by Emily Carpenter
125 members, 15 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (56)

Score: 1.46

86
The Blackbird Season
by Kate Moretti
117 members, 11 reviews
3.43 stars (3.43 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (57)

Score: 1.46

87
The Graybar Hotel: Stories
by Curtis Dawkins
84 members, 5 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (58)

Score: 1.45

88
Everything Belongs to Us
by Yoojin Grace Wuertz
95 members, 15 reviews
3.07 stars (3.07 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (59)

Score: 1.44

89
Spoils
by Brian Van Reet
85 members, 3 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (60)

Score: 1.44

90
Here in Berlin
by Cristina García
74 members, 5 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (61)

Score: 1.43

91
Jerzy: A Novel
by Jerome Charyn
48 members, 11 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (62)

Score: 1.43

92
The Spy's Daughter
by Adam Brookes
36 members, 3 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (63)

Score: 1.42

93
Reservoir 13
by Jon McGregor
710 members, 41 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (64)

Score: 1.41

94
The Bear and the Nightingale
by Katherine Arden
2,982 members, 219 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (66)

Score: 1.4

95
Homesick for Another World: Stories
by Ottessa Moshfegh
605 members, 33 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (67)

Score: 1.4

96
The Dark Flood Rises
by Margaret Drabble
318 members, 21 reviews
3.52 stars (3.52 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (68)

Score: 1.39

97
The Heirs
by Susan Rieger
259 members, 70 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (69)

Score: 1.39

98
Improvement: A Novel
by Joan Silber
257 members, 13 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (70)

Score: 1.38

99
The Evening Road
by Laird Hunt
85 members, 7 reviews
2.06 stars (2.06 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (71)

Score: 1.38

100
The Late Show
by Michael Connelly
1,582 members, 89 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Score: 0

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Started by: kara.shamy (December 2017)

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