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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
81
Mathias Énard
Things We Lost in the Fire (Mariana Enriquez)
Things We Lost in the Fire
82
Mariana Enriquez
Go, Went, Gone (Jenny Erpenbeck)
Go, Went, Gone
83
Jenny Erpenbeck
Abandon Me (Melissa Febos)
Abandon Me
84
Melissa Febos
Locking Up Our Own (James Forman Jr.)
Locking Up Our Own
85
James Forman Jr.
This Is How It Always Is (Laurie Frankel)
This Is How It Always Is
86
Laurie Frankel
Difficult Women (Roxane Gay)
Difficult Women
87
Roxane Gay
Ants Among Elephants (Sujatha Gidla)
Ants Among Elephants
88
Sujatha Gidla
Janesville (Amy Goldstein)
Janesville
89
Amy Goldstein
Turtles All the Way Down (John Green)
Turtles All the Way Down
90
John Green
The Doll's Alphabet (Camilla Grudova)
The Doll's Alphabet
91
Camilla Grudova
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
92
Joe Hagan
Notes on a Foreign Country (Suzy Hansen)
Notes on a Foreign Country
93
Suzy Hansen
The Collected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick (Elizabeth Hardwick)
The Collected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick
94
Elizabeth Hardwick
The Grip of It (Jac Jemc)
The Grip of It
95
Jac Jemc
A Separation (Katie Kitamura)
A Separation
96
Katie Kitamura
Autumn (Karl Ove Knausgaard)
Autumn
97
Karl Ove Knausgaard
After Kathy Acker (Chris Kraus)
After Kathy Acker
98
Chris Kraus
Since We Fell (Dennis Lehane)
Since We Fell
99
Dennis Lehane
Bluebird, Bluebird (Attica Locke)
Bluebird, Bluebird
100
Attica Locke
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
101
Alyssa Mastromonaco
Afterglow (Eileen Myles)
Afterglow
102
Eileen Myles
There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé (Morgan Parker)
There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé
103
Morgan Parker
Calder: The Conquest of Time: The Early Years, 1898-1940 (Jed Perl)
Calder: The Conquest of Time: The Early Years, 1898-1940
104
Jed Perl
The Lost City of the Monkey God (Douglas Preston)
The Lost City of the Monkey God
105
Douglas Preston
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
106
Benjamin Rachlin
Imagine Wanting Only This (Kristen Radtke)
Imagine Wanting Only This
107
Kristen Radtke
Fever Dream (Samanta Schweblin)
Fever Dream
108
Samanta Schweblin
Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) (David Sedaris)
Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002)
109
David Sedaris
Improvement (Joan Silber)
Improvement
110
Joan Silber
The Mother of All Questions (Rebecca Solnit)
The Mother of All Questions
111
Rebecca Solnit
Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time (Hilary Spurling)
Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time
112
Hilary Spurling
My Heart Hemmed in (Marie N'diaye)
My Heart Hemmed In
113
Marie N'diaye
My Absolute Darling (Gabriel Tallent)
My Absolute Darling
114
Gabriel Tallent
Frontier (Can Xue)
Frontier
115
Can Xue
Wait Till You See Me Dance (Deb Olin Unferth)
Wait Till You See Me Dance
116
Deb Olin Unferth
Why Poetry (Matthew Zapruder)
Why Poetry
117
Matthew Zapruder
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