Top Five Books of 2017

Beschrijving: 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.
Leden: 231 deelnemende leden
soraki, Cali_T, pan0ramix, rstaedter, ScarletBea, ahef1963, terran, flips, novawalsh, vwinsloe, elphie93, jeanned, hoddybook, TessaSlingerland, timspalding, VW_Williams, sturlington, sipthereader, RBeffa, kjgormley, jsburbidge, marell, seasonsoflove, FAMeulstee, chgstrom, moonwatcher, bugaderes39, booksinbed, pmarshall, revbean, njinthesun, KatyBee, dara85, Jambyfool, cometahalley, holly_golightly, sedelia, jmhdassen, RidgewayGirl, N1na, mahsdad, JISimpson, chwiggy, Simone2, Parker51, PatsyMurray, Cait86, JenMDB, missizicks, rarm, LDVoorberg, craso, blkrk4000, claire.rivers, MTCDBIBLIO, Akubra, andomck, Corrie57, Carole888, Dilara86, katemcangus, Jarandel, Her_Royal_Orangeness, gypsysmom, Wolfman08, NoPlanetB, cdowney086, lorannen, FerneMysteryReader, Tinuvia, floremolla, serhatx, VavaViolet, mtbass, Nova_Mortem, tenamouse67, alaskaEditor, briarhills, LouisNosko, heavydnilbett, elliepotten, BLBera, Oct326, Jumpball, dehelen, Voglioleggere, TAir, KerryD1971, tina1969, kamoorephoto, IsolaBlue, mrmapcase, amerynth, mstrust, boo-radley, cbl_tn, PaperbackPirate, Mouldywarp, Ape, ccatalfo, winteralli, edparks, fannyprice, lauralkeet, Micheller7, JayHurst, jtoneill0, cawcat333, bibliotess, kristenl, clue, ReluctantTechie, mdexter, Tosta, lindapanzo, Quaisior, plaugher, ErinDenver, foggidawn, nx74defiant, ablachly, hipdeep, lahochstetler, angiestahl, lanewillson, anglemark, kristilabrie, christina_reads, greeneyed_ives, LisaSHarvey, kara.shamy, KimarieBee, ManWithAnAgenda, Capybara_99, carol.iam, bookwoman84, mooingzelda, Soupdragon, timetunnel, ClaudaJB, armysquirrel, Euryale, shaunie, lottpoet, RiversideReader, debnance, norabelle414, kgriffith, SBoren, davidabrams, zhejw, feeling.is.first, melmore, karenmarie, maritimer, Devlindusty, Annie_Arnott, BoundTogetherForGood, Ling.Lass, Laura1124, BBleil, This-n-That, virginiahomeschooler, jillmwo, hazel1123, raidergirl3, Minthe, bearymore, JavidSalardis, worldisquiet, Storeetllr, Tess_W, bookworm12, Mirabelle, flying_monkeys, Travelgem, souloftherose, ca.bookwyrm, _Zoe_, yalliejane, eromsted, bcrowl399, dchaikin, beebeereads, Bookmarque, anxovert, TempleCat, bjappleg8, pedro.pessoa, eo206, ashmolean1, dhm, parasolofdoom, krazy4katz, sundance, agjuba, RuMuse, dawnlovesbooks, heidialice, Jenn.S, Alissa-, sundancer, Devil_llama, AnnabelHart, rsa, peatr, gilroy, Bellettres, prairiepixiediva, Lapsus16, VintageReader, dmofnd, amanda4242, yoyogod, joeltallman, wildtusker, hihopehere, eggsnhm, generalkala, allen.moore, snora, elkiedee, cataloga, janeprichard, amforker, sleedev, Emmay, IngerH, Anashana, barias1743

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Plaats Titel Auteur Toegevoegd

Graaf in Moskou

door Amor Towles

8,453 leden

486 besprekingen

½ 4.4

19 Members: agjuba, snora, kristenl, clue, karenmarie, krazy4katz, hazel1123, lindapanzo, cataloga, BBleil, Devlindusty, sleedev, Tess_W, VintageReader, This-n-That, LisaSHarvey, cawcat333, IngerH, Anashana
Verklaringen: 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.

Lincoln in de bardo

door George Saunders

5,565 leden

317 besprekingen

3.9

16 Members: debnance, davidabrams, zhejw, feeling.is.first, melmore, bjappleg8, karenmarie, maritimer, Devlindusty, RiversideReader, kara.shamy, ErinDenver, LisaSHarvey, jtoneill0, cawcat333, bibliotess
Verklaringen: RiversideReader: Exceptional, brilliant!

Kleine brandjes overal

door Celeste Ng

8,278 leden

363 besprekingen

12 Members: dawnlovesbooks, Micheller7, fannyprice, Bellettres, KatyBee, Devlindusty, angiestahl, carol.iam, LisaSHarvey, cawcat333, worldisquiet, ManWithAnAgenda

Herfst

door Ali Smith

1,945 leden

103 besprekingen

3.9

10 Members: Parker51, RidgewayGirl, PatsyMurray, Cait86, BLBera, yalliejane, JenMDB, missizicks, Emmay, worldisquiet
Verklaringen: PatsyMurray: This is the year I discovered Ali Smith.
missizicks: This is as close to perfect as a book gets for me.

Sapiens

door Yuval Noah Harari

11,550 leden

364 besprekingen

4.2

10 Members: feeling.is.first, karenmarie, moonwatcher, bugaderes39, blkrk4000, MTCDBIBLIO, elphie93, wildtusker, hihopehere, worldisquiet

Kleurenblind

door Trevor Noah

5,778 leden

345 besprekingen

½ 4.4

9 Members: bjappleg8, dhm, krazy4katz, beebeereads, souloftherose, vwinsloe, This-n-That, cawcat333, Travelgem

Noorse Goden

door Neil Gaiman

8,558 leden

314 besprekingen

8 Members: bookworm12, Storeetllr, feeling.is.first, amanda4242, Annie_Arnott, carol.iam, armysquirrel, worldisquiet

Exit West

door Mohsin Hamid

3,463 leden

221 besprekingen

3.8

7 Members: revbean, dhm, N1na, RidgewayGirl, beebeereads, Simone2, ErinDenver

Het lied van de geesten

door Jesmyn Ward

3,757 leden

187 besprekingen

4.1

7 Members: lauralkeet, N1na, njinthesun, dmofnd, BLBera, ErinDenver, cawcat333

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

door Matthew Desmond

3,155 leden

199 besprekingen

½ 4.4

6 Members: RidgewayGirl, hazel1123, Jumpball, IsolaBlue, amerynth, Devlindusty

Kindred

door Octavia E. Butler

7,908 leden

334 besprekingen

4.2

6 Members: bookwoman84, mooingzelda, Soupdragon, timetunnel, ClaudaJB, armysquirrel

News of the World

door Paulette Jiles

2,771 leden

215 besprekingen

4.2

6 Members: debnance, kristenl, clue, ReluctantTechie, mdexter, Tosta

Weg naar huis

door Yaa Gyasi

5,473 leden

267 besprekingen

½ 4.3

6 Members: dawnlovesbooks, kgriffith, beebeereads, Devlindusty, yalliejane, angiestahl

Magpie Murders

door Anthony Horowitz

3,625 leden

227 besprekingen

3.9

5 Members: raidergirl3, seasonsoflove, lindapanzo, ashmolean1, Lapsus16

Wild over jezelf verliezen, terugvinden & 1700 kilometer hiken

door Cheryl Strayed

8,388 leden

507 besprekingen

3.9

5 Members: PaperbackPirate, ashmolean1, janeprichard, amforker, worldisquiet

Een tijdelijk ongemak

door Jhumpa Lahiri

11,879 leden

263 besprekingen

4.1

6 Members: JISimpson, lahochstetler, Ling.Lass, ashmolean1, Travelgem, Tosta

De geniale vriendin

door Elena Ferrante

6,837 leden

306 besprekingen

3.9

5 Members: dchaikin, Mirabelle, kara.shamy, Laura1124, carol.iam
Verklaringen: dchaikin: I love the whole series, my favorite books in a long time. I was swept away.

March: Book One

door John Lewis

2,838 leden

159 besprekingen

½ 4.5

5 Members: _Zoe_, eo206, greeneyed_ives, souloftherose, ClaudaJB

Station elf

door Emily St. John Mandel

11,027 leden

754 besprekingen

4.1

5 Members: plaugher, foggidawn, dhm, nx74defiant, ClaudaJB

De gelijkenis

door Tana French

5,451 leden

310 besprekingen

5 Members: christina_reads, KimarieBee, Ling.Lass, ClaudaJB, Travelgem

De maand van de bloemendoder

door David Grann

5,272 leden

275 besprekingen

4.1

5 Members: Capybara_99, beebeereads, ashmolean1, SBoren, ClaudaJB

Schildpadden tot in het oneindige

door John Green

6,203 leden

226 besprekingen

5 Members: lauralkeet, mahsdad, chwiggy, Cali_T, SBoren

Huis in brand

door Kamila Shamsie

1,655 leden

78 besprekingen

4.1

5 Members: lauralkeet, elkiedee, Simone2, bibliotess, Travelgem

Het meisje met alle gaven

door M. R. Carey

5,083 leden

387 besprekingen

4 Members: Storeetllr, virginiahomeschooler, peatr, AnnabelHart
Verklaringen: peatr: first time in years I have been totally excited and shocked and shaken by a book! stunning.

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

door Kate Moore

2,907 leden

187 besprekingen

4.1

4 Members: generalkala, lahochstetler, BoundTogetherForGood, kara.shamy
Verklaringen: BoundTogetherForGood: I was riveted by this tragic telling of the devastation that befell these young American women.

La Belle Sauvage

door Philip Pullman

4,179 leden

128 besprekingen

4.1

4 Members: bookwoman84, rsa, shaunie, ManWithAnAgenda

Maangloed

door Michael Chabon

2,054 leden

83 besprekingen

3.9

4 Members: rarm, LDVoorberg, BLBera, Travelgem

The Hate U Give

door Angie Thomas

8,725 leden

456 besprekingen

½ 4.5

4 Members: debnance, norabelle414, kgriffith, SBoren

De ondergrondse spoorweg

door Colson Whitehead

8,644 leden

433 besprekingen

4 Members: TessaSlingerland, feeling.is.first, sturlington, chwiggy

Manhattan Beach

door Jennifer Egan

2,658 leden

134 besprekingen

½ 3.7

4 Members: dawnlovesbooks, Micheller7, BLBera, LisaSHarvey

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body

door Roxane Gay

2,105 leden

113 besprekingen

4.2

4 Members: dehelen, KatyBee, kjgormley, Tosta

Ill Will

door Dan Chaon

692 leden

134 besprekingen

½ 3.4

4 Members: fannyprice, Capybara_99, sturlington, ErinDenver

Winter

door Elizabeth Strout

9,680 leden

606 besprekingen

3.9

4 Members: sipthereader, Ling.Lass, RBeffa, kjgormley

Oorsprong

door Dan Brown

5,749 leden

193 besprekingen

½ 3.6

3 Members: sundance, chgstrom, hazel1123

The Hating Game

door Sally Thorne

2,661 leden

149 besprekingen

3 Members: christina_reads, greeneyed_ives, Annie_Arnott

The Animators

door Kayla Rae Whitaker

540 leden

48 besprekingen

3 Members: Bookmarque, RidgewayGirl, bibliotess

Gevallen god

door Kate Atkinson

2,868 leden

144 besprekingen

3 Members: rstaedter, jeanned, hoddybook

Het vijfde seizoen

door N. K. Jemisin

7,502 leden

345 besprekingen

4.2

3 Members: mooingzelda, vwinsloe, TempleCat

Pachinko

door Min Jin Lee

5,973 leden

268 besprekingen

4.1

3 Members: dehelen, krazy4katz, beebeereads

The Ballad of Black Tom

door Victor LaValle

1,458 leden

78 besprekingen

3.9

3 Members: yoyogod, feeling.is.first, melmore

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

door Bryan Stevenson

4,395 leden

236 besprekingen

½ 4.6

3 Members: ReluctantTechie, vwinsloe, Tosta
Verklaringen: 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.

De graaf van Monte-Cristo

door Alexandre Dumas

24,667 leden

418 besprekingen

½ 4.3

3 Members: Minthe, pedro.pessoa, carol.iam

Ik heet Lucy Barton

door Elizabeth Strout

3,531 leden

271 besprekingen

½ 3.7

3 Members: heidialice, Capybara_99, carol.iam
Verklaringen: 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.

Swing Time

door Zadie Smith

2,450 leden

96 besprekingen

½ 3.6

3 Members: shaunie, yalliejane, jtoneill0

Ik ben Eleanor Oliphant

door Gail Honeyman

8,230 leden

513 besprekingen

4.1

3 Members: BoundTogetherForGood, bibliotess, Tosta
Verklaringen: 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.

Borne

door Jeff VanderMeer

1,994 leden

85 besprekingen

3.8

3 Members: sturlington, KatyBee, timetunnel

Alexander Hamilton

door Ron Chernow

7,722 leden

156 besprekingen

½ 4.3

3 Members: dchaikin, bjappleg8, LisaSHarvey

Leven en lot

door Vasily Grossman

3,337 leden

85 besprekingen

½ 4.4

2 Members: FAMeulstee, bearymore
Verklaringen: bearymore: Absolutely a classic. Very moving, a modern War and Peace.

The Changeling

door Victor LaValle

1,239 leden

73 besprekingen

3.8

2 Members: Euryale, flying_monkeys

Verstand en gevoel

door Jane Austen

37,131 leden

513 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: shaunie, Annie_Arnott

Laat me nooit alleen

door Kazuo Ishiguro

22,299 leden

925 besprekingen

3.8

2 Members: serhatx, Annie_Arnott

Ontworteld

door Naomi Novik

6,336 leden

372 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: KimarieBee, flips

March: Book Three

door John Lewis

1,421 leden

94 besprekingen

½ 4.7

2 Members: Storeetllr, raidergirl3

My Absolute Darling

door Gabriel Tallent

1,381 leden

83 besprekingen

3.8

2 Members: KatyBee, elphie93

De steppewolf

door Hermann Hesse

13,234 leden

182 besprekingen

2 Members: Wolfman08, Annie_Arnott

Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002)

door David Sedaris

1,388 leden

54 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: davidabrams, lanewillson

Walkaway

door Cory Doctorow

959 leden

40 besprekingen

½ 3.7

2 Members: melmore, dhm

When the Moon Was Ours

door Anna-Marie McLemore

750 leden

24 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: kgriffith, flying_monkeys

Kassandra

door Christa Wolf

681 leden

12 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: Jambyfool, cometahalley

Dokter Zjivago

door Boris Pasternak

11,073 leden

149 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: sundance, FAMeulstee

Anything Is Possible

door Elizabeth Strout

1,839 leden

118 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: maritimer, Simone2

Ready Player One

door Ernest Cline

17,634 leden

1,239 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: chgstrom, KerryD1971

Grote kleine leugens

door Liane Moriarty

6,655 leden

394 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: virginiahomeschooler, tina1969

Fluwelen begeerte

door Sarah Waters

5,000 leden

144 besprekingen

2 Members: anglemark, kristilabrie

Gestolen leven

door Adam Johnson

3,839 leden

280 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: sipthereader, sturlington

Kitty and the Midnight Hour

door Carrie Vaughn

2,774 leden

156 besprekingen

½ 3.6

2 Members: gilroy, lottpoet

Priestdaddy: A Memoir

door Patricia Lockwood

917 leden

51 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: timspalding, RidgewayGirl

Kĳk naar mĳ

door Anita Brookner

603 leden

14 besprekingen

½ 3.7

2 Members: booksinbed, VW_Williams

Amberlough

door Lara Elena Donnelly

502 leden

32 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: ablachly, norabelle414

Het hart is een eenzame jager

door Carson McCullers

10,508 leden

237 besprekingen

2 Members: shaunie, missizicks
Verklaringen: missizicks: This book blew me away with its tenderness and sadness.

Hillbilly Blues

door J. D. Vance

6,573 leden

328 besprekingen

½ 3.7

2 Members: kristenl, lanewillson

Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II

door Liza Mundy

1,270 leden

46 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: sedelia, sundance

Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America

door Patrick Phillips

362 leden

13 besprekingen

½ 4.3

2 Members: greeneyed_ives, Jumpball

Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan

door Ruth Gilligan

91 leden

6 besprekingen

½ 3.7

2 Members: yalliejane, kjgormley

Dark Matter

door Blake Crouch

5,766 leden

516 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: virginiahomeschooler, kamoorephoto

Written in My Own Heart's Blood

door Diana Gabaldon

3,639 leden

116 besprekingen

½ 4.4

2 Members: virginiahomeschooler, Tess_W

If We Were Villains

door M.L. Rio

2,567 leden

71 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: ablachly, norabelle414

Down Among the Sticks and Bones

door Seanan McGuire

1,580 leden

139 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: ca.bookwyrm, flying_monkeys

Verdriet is het ding met veren

door Max Porter

1,353 leden

74 besprekingen

3.8

2 Members: revbean, VW_Williams

The Enchanted

door Rene Denfeld

937 leden

69 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: njinthesun, angiestahl

The Almost Sisters

door Joshilyn Jackson

687 leden

64 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: ReluctantTechie, greeneyed_ives

Lab Girl

door Hope Jahren

2,512 leden

147 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: Euryale, raidergirl3

Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts: Twelve Journeys into the Medieval World

door Christopher De Hamel

905 leden

15 besprekingen

½ 4.5

2 Members: jillmwo, bearymore

De offerplaats

door Tana French

10,060 leden

572 besprekingen

3.8

2 Members: cometahalley, kristilabrie

My Favorite Thing Is Monsters

door Emil Ferris

1,046 leden

70 besprekingen

½ 4.3

2 Members: bookwoman84, Euryale

A Skinful of Shadows

door Frances Hardinge

555 leden

25 besprekingen

4.1

2 Members: souloftherose, briarhills

De kant van Swann

door Marcel Proust

10,836 leden

176 besprekingen

4.2

2 Members: Tinuvia, jtoneill0

Binti

door Nnedi Okorafor

2,705 leden

228 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: TempleCat, timetunnel

Girl Waits With Gun

door Amy Stewart

1,677 leden

143 besprekingen

3.8

2 Members: JayHurst, kara.shamy

Sterrenkunde voor mensen met haast

door Neil deGrasse Tyson

3,758 leden

136 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: ca.bookwyrm, bcrowl399

This Is How It Always Is

door Laurie Frankel

1,563 leden

79 besprekingen

4.2

2 Members: terran, njinthesun

See What I Have Done

door Sarah Schmidt

819 leden

71 besprekingen

½ 3.3

2 Members: seasonsoflove, SBoren

Het geheim van Penumbra's boekwinkel 24 uur open

door Robin Sloan

8,094 leden

705 besprekingen

3.8

2 Members: BoundTogetherForGood, angiestahl
Verklaringen: BoundTogetherForGood: A story for story-lovers. It's all the nicer because it revolves around a mysterious bookstore.

A Closed and Common Orbit

door Becky Chambers

2,545 leden

159 besprekingen

½ 4.3

2 Members: mooingzelda, elphie93

American War

door Omar El Akkad

1,761 leden

92 besprekingen

3.8

2 Members: fannyprice, pan0ramix

Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk

door Kathleen Rooney

1,146 leden

83 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: debnance, lindapanzo

Het puttertje

door Donna Tartt

14,268 leden

774 besprekingen

3.9

2 Members: KerryD1971, yalliejane

Trots en vooroordeel

door Jane Austen

78,331 leden

1,346 besprekingen

½ 4.4

Member: alaskaEditor
Verklaringen: 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.