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Kirkus Starred Fiction Reviews of Books Published in 2017

Members: 7 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
1,507 members, 64 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

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

Score: 10.2

2
Autumn
by Ali Smith
1,655 members, 96 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

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

Score: 7.04

3
The Refugees {stories}
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
777 members, 41 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

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

Score: 6.19

4
The Hate U Give
by Angie Thomas
6,888 members, 412 reviews
4.48 stars (4.48 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1), Nexpixel (16)

Score: 6

5
The Power
by Naomi Alderman
3,746 members, 216 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

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

Score: 5.74

6
Lincoln in the Bardo
by George Saunders
4,806 members, 297 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

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

Score: 5.71

7
The Dry
by Jane Harper
3,086 members, 235 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (2), kara.shamy (17)

Score: 5.33

8
Exit West
by Mohsin Hamid
3,029 members, 198 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

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

Score: 5.13

9
Little Fires Everywhere
by Celeste Ng
6,696 members, 321 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

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

Score: 4.93

10
The Essex Serpent
by Sarah Perry
2,548 members, 155 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

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

Score: 4.77

11
Pachinko
by Min Jin Lee
4,665 members, 235 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

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

Score: 4.56

12
Manhattan Beach
by Jennifer Egan
2,343 members, 127 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

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

Score: 4.45

13
The City of Brass
by S. A. Chakraborty
2,562 members, 97 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

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

Score: 4.3

14
Waking Gods
by Sylvain Neuvel
992 members, 88 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

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

Score: 4.21

15
The Witches of New York
by Ami McKay
647 members, 35 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

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

Score: 4.14

16
The Wanderers
by Meg Howrey
437 members, 31 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

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

Score: 4.07

17
Spoonbenders
by Daryl Gregory
634 members, 38 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: Nexpixel (1)

Score: 4

18
Okinawa Diet The longevity secret
by Marco Carestia
3 members, 2 reviews
5 stars (5 stars)

Lists: Marco.Carestia (1)

Score: 4

19
The Idiot
by Elif Batuman
1,102 members, 48 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

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

Score: 3.26

20
Borne
by Jeff VanderMeer
1,690 members, 78 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: Nexpixel (4)

Score: 2.83

21
Marlena
by Julie Buntin
491 members, 43 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (6)

Score: 2.56

22
If We Were Villains
by M.L. Rio
1,204 members, 52 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (16)

Score: 2

23
A Conjuring of Light
by V. E. Schwab
2,105 members, 90 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: Nexpixel (17)

Score: 1.97

24
Sing, Unburied, Sing
by Jesmyn Ward
3,232 members, 180 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (18)

Score: 1.94

25
The Stone Sky
by N. K. Jemisin
2,702 members, 136 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: Nexpixel (18)

Score: 1.94

26
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
by Arundhati Roy
1,637 members, 47 reviews
3.51 stars (3.51 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (19)

Score: 1.92

27
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.
by Neal Stephenson
1,627 members, 87 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: Nexpixel (19)

Score: 1.92

28
The Lying Game
by Ruth Ware
1,970 members, 89 reviews
3.43 stars (3.43 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (20)

Score: 1.89

29
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
by Carmen Maria Machado
1,945 members, 92 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: Nexpixel (20)

Score: 1.89

30
Future Home of the Living God
by Louise Erdrich
1,161 members, 69 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: Nexpixel (21)

Score: 1.87

31
Since We Fell
by Dennis Lehane
1,124 members, 67 reviews
3.6 stars (3.6 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (21)

Score: 1.87

32
Golden Hill
by Francis Spufford
922 members, 51 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (22)

Score: 1.85

33
Final Girls
by Riley Sager
1,607 members, 123 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (23)

Score: 1.83

34
The Golden House: A Novel
by Salman Rushdie
674 members, 42 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: Nexpixel (23)

Score: 1.83

35
Elmet
by Fiona Mozley
691 members, 45 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (24)

Score: 1.81

36
White Tears
by Hari Kunzru
616 members, 44 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: Nexpixel (24)

Score: 1.81

37
The Changeling
by Victor LaValle
986 members, 63 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: Nexpixel (25)

Score: 1.79

38
Genuine Fraud
by E. Lockhart
717 members, 44 reviews
3.44 stars (3.44 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (25)

Score: 1.79

39
This is How It Always Is
by Laurie Frankel
1,247 members, 67 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (26)

Score: 1.77

40
The Almost Sisters
by Joshilyn Jackson
624 members, 62 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: Nexpixel (26)

Score: 1.77

41
Allegedly
by Tiffany D. Jackson
668 members, 43 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (27)

Score: 1.76

42
The Bedlam Stacks
by Natasha Pulley
569 members, 36 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: Nexpixel (27)

Score: 1.76

43
The Animators
by Kayla Rae Whitaker
483 members, 45 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (28)

Score: 1.74

44
Complete Stories
by Kurt Vonnegut
148 members, 1 review
4.5 stars (4.5 stars)

Lists: Nexpixel (28)

Score: 1.74

45
All Grown Up
by Jami Attenberg
453 members, 23 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (29)

Score: 1.72

46
Bluebird, Bluebird
by Attica Locke
804 members, 61 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (30)

Score: 1.71

47
Solar Bones
by Mike McCormack
371 members, 22 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (31)

Score: 1.7

48
Perfect Little World
by Kevin Wilson
412 members, 18 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (32)

Score: 1.68

49
Salt Houses
by Hala Alyan
449 members, 24 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (33)

Score: 1.67

50
The Light We Lost
by Jill Santopolo
743 members, 35 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (34)

Score: 1.66

51
Persons Unknown
by Susie Steiner
337 members, 28 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (35)

Score: 1.65

52
Standard Deviation
by Katherine Heiny
383 members, 22 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (36)

Score: 1.63

53
Dunbar
by Edward St. Aubyn
362 members, 26 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (37)

Score: 1.62

54
Gather the Daughters
by Jennie Melamed
408 members, 27 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (38)

Score: 1.61

55
Exposed
by Lisa Scottoline
328 members, 26 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (39)

Score: 1.6

56
The Gray House
by Mariám Petrosyán
408 members, 12 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (40)

Score: 1.59

57
Mrs Osmond
by John Banville
291 members, 16 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (41)

Score: 1.58

58
The Stolen Child
by Lisa Carey
181 members, 28 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (42)

Score: 1.57

59
Lies She Told
by Cate Holahan
260 members, 28 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (43)

Score: 1.56

60
The Lauras
by Sara Taylor
195 members, 49 reviews
3.33 stars (3.33 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (44)

Score: 1.55

61
Paris in the Present Tense: A Novel
by Mark Helprin
271 members, 17 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (45)

Score: 1.54

62
The Whole Art of Detection: Lost Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes
by Lyndsay Faye
223 members, 35 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (46)

Score: 1.54

63
The Resurrection of Joan Ashby
by Cherise Wolas
188 members, 16 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (47)

Score: 1.53

64
Beautiful Animals: A Novel
by Lawrence Osborne
186 members, 26 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (48)

Score: 1.52

65
The Locals
by Jonathan Dee
204 members, 11 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (49)

Score: 1.51

66
Afterlife
by Marcus Sakey
203 members, 23 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (50)

Score: 1.5

67
The Fall of Lisa Bellow
by Susan Perabo
149 members, 21 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (51)

Score: 1.5

68
The Dime
by Kathleen Kent
176 members, 10 reviews
3.51 stars (3.51 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (52)

Score: 1.49

69
Beast
by Paul Kingsnorth
164 members, 2 reviews
3.06 stars (3.06 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (53)

Score: 1.48

70
The Girl in Green
by Derek B. Miller
144 members, 8 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (54)

Score: 1.48

71
Grace
by Paul Lynch
119 members, 9 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (55)

Score: 1.47

72
The Weight of Lies
by Emily Carpenter
134 members, 17 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (56)

Score: 1.46

73
The Blackbird Season
by Kate Moretti
127 members, 12 reviews
3.41 stars (3.41 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (57)

Score: 1.46

74
The Graybar Hotel: Stories
by Curtis Dawkins
90 members, 5 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (58)

Score: 1.45

75
Everything Belongs to Us
by Yoojin Grace Wuertz
99 members, 15 reviews
3.07 stars (3.07 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (59)

Score: 1.44

76
Spoils
by Brian Van Reet
89 members, 4 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (60)

Score: 1.44

77
Here in Berlin
by Cristina García
80 members, 5 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (61)

Score: 1.43

78
Jerzy: A Novel
by Jerome Charyn
51 members, 10 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (62)

Score: 1.43

79
The Spy's Daughter
by Adam Brookes
39 members, 3 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (63)

Score: 1.42

80
Reservoir 13
by Jon McGregor
768 members, 44 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (64)

Score: 1.41

81
The Bear and the Nightingale
by Katherine Arden
3,632 members, 241 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (66)

Score: 1.4

82
Homesick for Another World: Stories
by Ottessa Moshfegh
740 members, 40 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (67)

Score: 1.4

83
The Dark Flood Rises
by Margaret Drabble
352 members, 20 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (68)

Score: 1.39

84
The Heirs
by Susan Rieger
273 members, 70 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (69)

Score: 1.39

85
Improvement
by Joan Silber
290 members, 15 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (70)

Score: 1.38

86
The Evening Road
by Laird Hunt
92 members, 7 reviews
2.06 stars (2.06 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (71)

Score: 1.38

87
Norse Mythology
by Neil Gaiman
6,900 members, 271 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Score: 0

88
Magpie Murders
by Anthony Horowitz
2,865 members, 195 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Score: 0

89
Sleeping Beauties
by Stephen King
2,348 members, 82 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Score: 0

90
The Heart's Invisible Furies
by John Boyne
1,824 members, 127 reviews
4.41 stars (4.41 stars)

Score: 0

91
The Late Show
by Michael Connelly
1,801 members, 90 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Score: 0

92
Glass Houses
by Louise Penny
1,747 members, 106 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Score: 0

93
The Good Daughter
by Karin Slaughter
1,625 members, 90 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Score: 0

94
Year One
by Nora Roberts
1,485 members, 92 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Score: 0

95
Rich People Problems
by Kevin Kwan
1,480 members, 61 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Score: 0

96
Beren and Lúthien
by J. R. R. Tolkien
1,345 members, 23 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Score: 0

97
We Are Okay
by Nina LaCour
1,245 members, 68 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Score: 0

98
My Absolute Darling
by Gabriel Tallent
1,188 members, 77 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Score: 0

99
The Last Mrs. Parrish
by Liv Constantine
1,157 members, 58 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Score: 0

100
History of Wolves
by Emily Fridlund
1,087 members, 71 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Score: 0

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Started by: kara.shamy (December 2017)

Type: Numbered and unnumbered

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