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San Francisco Chronicle Best Books of 2017

Here is a list of the San Francisco Chronicle's best books of 2017. How many of these have you read?
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Advice From the Lights (Stephen Burn)
Advice From the Lights
1
Stephen Burn
All the News I Need (Joan Frank)
All the News I Need
2
Joan Frank
All They Will Call You (Tim Z. Hernandez)
All They Will Call You
3
Tim Z. Hernandez
American War (Omar El Akkad)
American War
4
Omar El Akkad
An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic (Daniel Mendelsohn)
An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic
5
Daniel Mendelsohn
Anything Is Possible (Elizabeth Strout)
Anything Is Possible
6
Elizabeth Strout
Bad Dreams and Other Stories (Tessa Hadley)
Bad Dreams and Other Stories
7
Tessa Hadley
The Best of Us (Joyce Maynard)
The Best of Us
8
Joyce Maynard
Between Them (Richard Ford)
Between Them
9
Richard Ford
Bleaker House: Chasing My Novel to the End of the World (Nell Stevens)
Bleaker House: Chasing My Novel to the End of the World
10
Nell Stevens
Blind Spot (Teju Cole)
Blind Spot
11
Teju Cole
The Book of Joan (Lidia Yuknavitch)
The Book of Joan
12
Lidia Yuknavitch
Borne (Jeff Vandermeer)
Borne
13
Jeff Vandermeer
Broken River (J. Robert Lennon)
Broken River
14
J. Robert Lennon
The Burning Girl (Claire Messud)
The Burning Girl
15
Claire Messud
Calder: The Conquest of Time: The Early Years, 1898-1940 (Jed Perl)
Calder: The Conquest of Time: The Early Years, 1898-1940
16
Jed Perl
The California Field Atlas (Obi Kaufmann)
The California Field Atlas
17
Obi Kaufmann
The Changeling (Victor Lavalle)
The Changeling
18
Victor Lavalle
Chasing the Harvest: Migrant Workers in California Agriculture (Gabriel Thompson)
Chasing the Harvest: Migrant Workers in California Agriculture
19
Gabriel Thompson
Chester B. Himes (Lawrence P. Jackson)
Chester B. Himes
20
Lawrence P. Jackson
Cork Dork (Bianca Bosker)
Cork Dork
21
Bianca Bosker
Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael a (Danielle Allen)
Cuz: The Life and Times of Michael A
22
Danielle Allen
Dear Friend, From My Life I Write to You in Your Life (Yiyun Li)
Dear Friend, From My Life I Write to You in Your Life
23
Yiyun Li
Difficult Women (Roxane Gay)
Difficult Women
24
Roxane Gay
Do Not Become Alarmed (Maile Meloy)
Do Not Become Alarmed
25
Maile Meloy
The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner (Daniel Ellsberg)
The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner
26
Daniel Ellsberg
The End of Eddy (Edouard Louis)
The End of Eddy
27
Edouard Louis
Ernest Hemingway (Mary V. Dearborn)
Ernest Hemingway
28
Mary V. Dearborn
The Essex Serpent (Sarah Perry)
The Essex Serpent
29
Sarah Perry
The Evangelicals (Frances Fitzgerald)
The Evangelicals
30
Frances Fitzgerald
Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History (Kurt Andersen)
Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History
31
Kurt Andersen
Five-Carat Soul (James McBride)
Five-Carat Soul
32
James McBride
Florence in Ecstasy (Jessie Chaffee)
Florence in Ecstasy
33
Jessie Chaffee
The Force (Winslow)
The Force
34
Winslow
Forest Dark (Nicole Krauss)
Forest Dark
35
Nicole Krauss
The Futilitarians: Our Year of Thinking, Drinking, Grieving, and Reading (Anne Gisleson)
The Futilitarians: Our Year of Thinking, Drinking, Grieving, and Reading
36
Anne Gisleson
Future Home of the Living God (Louise Erdrich)
Future Home of the Living God
37
Louise Erdrich
The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia (Masha Gessen)
The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia
38
Masha Gessen
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
39
Benjamin Rachlin
A Good Country (Laleh Khadivi)
A Good Country
40
Laleh Khadivi
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