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Lit Hub's Ultimate Best Books of 2017 - Page 2

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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Ill Will (Dan Chaon)
Ill Will
41
Dan Chaon
The Dark Dark (Samantha Hunt)
The Dark Dark
42
Samantha Hunt
One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter (Scaachi Koul)
One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter
43
Scaachi Koul
Forest Dark (Nicole Krauss)
Forest Dark
44
Nicole Krauss
The Ninth Hour (Alice Mcdermott)
The Ninth Hour
45
Alice Mcdermott
Homesick for Another World (Ottesa Moshfegh)
Homesick for Another World
46
Ottesa Moshfegh
New People (Danzy Senna)
New People
47
Danzy Senna
Bunk (Kevin Young)
Bunk
48
Kevin Young
Future Home of the Living God (Louise Erdrich)
Future Home of the Living God
49
Louise Erdrich
So Much Blue (Percival Everett)
So Much Blue
50
Percival Everett
Electric Arches (Eve L.Ewing)
Electric Arches
51
Eve L.Ewing
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Emil Ferris)
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters
52
Emil Ferris
World Without Mind (Franklin Foer)
World Without Mind
53
Franklin Foer
Stephen Florida (Gabe Habash)
Stephen Florida
54
Gabe Habash
American Fire: Love, Arson and Life in a Vanishing Land (Monica Hesse)
American Fire: Love, Arson and Life in a Vanishing Land
55
Monica Hesse
The Dawn Watch (Maya Jasanoff)
The Dawn Watch
56
Maya Jasanoff
The Refugees (Viet Thanh Nguyen)
The Refugees
57
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Mrs.Fletcher (Tom Perrotta)
Mrs.Fletcher
58
Tom Perrotta
After the Eclipse (Sarah Perry)
After the Eclipse
59
Sarah Perry
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
60
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Conversations With Friends (Sally Rooney)
Conversations With Friends
61
Sally Rooney
The Golden House (Salman Rushdie)
The Golden House
62
Salman Rushdie
Autumn (Ali Smith)
Autumn
63
Ali Smith
Don't Call Us Dead: Poems (Danez Smith)
Don't Call Us Dead: Poems
64
Danez Smith
The Hate U Give (Angie Thomas)
The Hate U Give
65
Angie Thomas
The Book of Joan (Lidia Yuknavitch)
The Book of Joan
66
Lidia Yuknavitch
Salt Houses (Hala Alyan)
Salt Houses
67
Hala Alyan
Large Animals (Jess Arndt)
Large Animals
68
Jess Arndt
The Golden Legend (Nadeem Aslam)
The Golden Legend
69
Nadeem Aslam
The Destroyers (Christopher Bollen)
The Destroyers
70
Christopher Bollen
The Heart's Invisible Furies (John Boyne)
The Heart's Invisible Furies
71
John Boyne
The Vanity Fair Diaries 1983-1992 (Tina Brown)
The Vanity Fair Diaries 1983-1992
72
Tina Brown
Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century (Jessica Bruder)
Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
73
Jessica Bruder
When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities (Chen Chen)
When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities
74
Chen Chen
Too Much and Not the Mood (Durga Chew-Bose)
Too Much and Not the Mood
75
Durga Chew-Bose
Blind Spot (Teju Cole)
Blind Spot
76
Teju Cole
Sorry to Disrupt the Peace (Patty Yumi Cottrell)
Sorry to Disrupt the Peace
77
Patty Yumi Cottrell
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race (Reni Eddo-Lodge)
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
78
Reni Eddo-Lodge
Ali (Jonathan Eig)
Ali
79
Jonathan Eig
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Yuval Noah Harari)
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
80
Yuval Noah Harari
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