Best Books of 2017

Ali

A Life

by Eig, Jonathan

Book - 2017

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The Alice Network

by Quinn, Kate

Paperback - 2017

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Alone

Britain, Churchill, and Dunkirk : Defeat Into Victory

by Korda, Michael

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American War

A Novel

by El Akkad, Omar

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Astrophysics for People in A Hurry

by Tyson, Neil deGrasse

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Autumn

by Smith, Ali

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The Bear and the Nightingale

A Novel

by Arden, Katherine

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Beartown

A Novel

by Backman, Fredrik

Paperback - 2017

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Becoming Ms. Burton

From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women

by Burton, Susan

Paperback - 2017

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The Blood of Emmett Till

by Tyson, Timothy B.

Paperback - 2017

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Bluebird, Bluebird

A Novel

by Locke, Attica

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Body Horror

Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes

by Moore, Anne Elizabeth

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Borne

by VanderMeer, Jeff

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The Bright Hour

A Memoir of Living and Dying

by Riggs, Nina

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Bunk

The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-facts, and Fake News

by Young, Kevin

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Cannibalism

A Perfectly Natural History

by Schutt, Bill

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Caroline

Little House, Revisited

by Miller, Sarah

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Chester B. Himes

A Biography

by Jackson, Lawrence Patrick

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The City of Brass

by Chakraborty, S. A.

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Code Girls

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

by Mundy, Liza

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The Color of Law

A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

by Rothstein, Richard

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The Cooking Gene

A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South

by Twitty, Michael W.

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Days Without End

A Novel

by Barry, Sebastian

Book - 2016

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The Death and Life of the Great Lakes

by Egan, Dan

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Defectors

A Novel

by Kanon, Joseph

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