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Lit Hub's Ultimate Best Books of 2017 - Page 3

I looked at the end-of-year roundups from 35 outlets and tracked a total of 520 discrete books in order to figure out the most critically popular books of the year. Does that mean they are the Best? You'll have to decide for yourself, by reading them.
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Compass (Mathias Énard)
Compass
Mathias Énard
82
Things We Lost in the Fire (Mariana Enriquez)
Things We Lost in the Fire
Mariana Enriquez
83
Go, Went, Gone (Jenny Erpenbeck)
Go, Went, Gone
Jenny Erpenbeck
84
Abandon Me (Melissa Febos)
Abandon Me
Melissa Febos
85
Locking Up Our Own (James Forman Jr.)
Locking Up Our Own
James Forman Jr.
86
This Is How It Always Is (Laurie Frankel)
This Is How It Always Is
Laurie Frankel
87
Difficult Women (Roxane Gay)
Difficult Women
Roxane Gay
88
Ants Among Elephants (Sujatha Gidla)
Ants Among Elephants
Sujatha Gidla
89
Janesville (Amy Goldstein)
Janesville
Amy Goldstein
90
Turtles All the Way Down (John Green)
Turtles All the Way Down
John Green
91
The Doll's Alphabet (Camilla Grudova)
The Doll's Alphabet
Camilla Grudova
92
Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine (Joe Hagan)
Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine
Joe Hagan
93
Notes on a Foreign Country (Suzy Hansen)
Notes on a Foreign Country
Suzy Hansen
94
The Collected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick (Elizabeth Hardwick)
The Collected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick
Elizabeth Hardwick
95
The Grip of It (Jac Jemc)
The Grip of It
Jac Jemc
96
A Separation (Katie Kitamura)
A Separation
Katie Kitamura
97
Autumn (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
Autumn
Karl Ove Knausgaard
98
After Kathy Acker (Chris Kraus)
After Kathy Acker
Chris Kraus
99
Since We Fell (Dennis Lehane)
Since We Fell
Dennis Lehane
100
Bluebird, Bluebird (Attica Locke)
Bluebird, Bluebird
Attica Locke
101
Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?: And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in T (Alyssa Mastromonaco)
Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?: And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in T
Alyssa Mastromonaco
102
Afterglow (Eileen Myles)
Afterglow
Eileen Myles
103
There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé (Morgan Parker)
There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé
Morgan Parker
104
Calder: The Conquest of Time: The Early Years, 1898-1940 (Jed Perl)
Calder: The Conquest of Time: The Early Years, 1898-1940
Jed Perl
105
The Lost City of the Monkey God (Douglas Preston)
The Lost City of the Monkey God
Douglas Preston
106
Ghost of the Innocent Man: A True Story of Trial and Redemption (Benjamin Rachlin)
Ghost of the Innocent Man: A True Story of Trial and Redemption
Benjamin Rachlin
107
Imagine Wanting Only This (Kristen Radtke)
Imagine Wanting Only This
Kristen Radtke
108
Fever Dream (Samanta Schweblin)
Fever Dream
Samanta Schweblin
109
Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) (David Sedaris)
Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002)
David Sedaris
110
Improvement (Joan Silber)
Improvement
Joan Silber
111
The Mother of All Questions (Rebecca Solnit)
The Mother of All Questions
Rebecca Solnit
112
Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time (Hilary Spurling)
Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time
Hilary Spurling
113
My Heart Hemmed in (Marie N'diaye)
My Heart Hemmed In
Marie N'diaye
114
My Absolute Darling (Gabriel Tallent)
My Absolute Darling
Gabriel Tallent
115
Frontier (Can Xue)
Frontier
Can Xue
116
Wait Till You See Me Dance (Deb Olin Unferth)
Wait Till You See Me Dance
Deb Olin Unferth
117
Why Poetry (Matthew Zapruder)
Why Poetry
Matthew Zapruder
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