The Greatest Books of 2017

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
11932 This Young Monster Charlie Fox 2017 British English
11932 Animals Strike Curious Poses Elena Passarello 2017 American English
12034 Honouring High Places Junko Tabei 2017 Japanese English
12039 Crash Override Zoë Quinn 2017 American English
12187 Allegedly Tiffany D. Jackson 2017 American English
12187 American Street Ibi Zoboi 2017 American English
12187 When Dimple Met Rishi Sandhya Menon 2017 American English
12213 Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Gail Honeyman 2017 British English
12225 The Collapsing Empire John Scalzi 2017 American English
12225 Persepolis Rising James S. A. Corey 2017 American English
12225 A Conjuring Of Light V. E. Schwab 2017 American English
12655 The Butchering Art Lindsey Fitzharris 2017 British English
12751 Border Districts Gerald Murnane 2017 Australian English
12777 Tender Is The Flesh Agustina Bazterrica 2017 Argentine Spanish
13276 Idaho Emily Ruskovich 2017 American English
13349 New York 2140 Kim Stanley Robinson 2017 American English
13710 The Fruit Thief Peter Handke 2017 Austrian German
13791 When Death Takes Something From You Give It Back Naja Marie Aidt 2017 Danish Danish
13817 The Girl With The Leica Helena Janeczek 2017 Italian Italian
13885 City Of Miracles Robert Jackson Bennett 2017 American English
13885 Down Among The Sticks And Bones Seanan McGuire 2017 American English
13885 Raven Stratagem Yoon Ha Lee 2017 American English
13885 An Unkindness Of Ghosts Rivers Solomon 2017 American English
13941 Anything Is Possible Elizabeth Strout 2017 American English
13967 Standard Deviation Katherine Heiny 2017 American English
13971 What We Owe Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde 2017 Swedish English
13971 Book Of Mutter Kate Zambreno 2017 American English
14047 Whereas Layli Long Soldier 2017 American English
14047 Emergent Strategy adrienne maree brown 2017 American English
14092 The Idea Of You Robinne Lee 2017 American English
14122 Principles Ray Dalio 2017 American English
14122 Why We Sleep Matthew Walker 2017 American English
14122 Life 3.0 Max Tegmark 2017 Swedish English
14122 Turtles All The Way Down John Green 2017 American English
14122 The Choice Dr. Edith Eva Eger 2017 American English
14168 This Is How It Always Is Laurie Frankel 2017 American English
14176 To Be A Machine Mark O'Connell 2017 Irish English
14232 Manhattan Beach Jennifer Egan 2017 American English
14232 This Is Going To Hurt Adam Kay 2017 British English
14588 Primera Persona Margarita García Robayo 2017 Colombian Spanish
14588 The Bitch Pilar Quintana 2017 Colombian Spanish
14730 Measure What Matters John Doerr 2017 American English
14730 Destined For War Graham Allison 2017 American English
14730 Hit Refresh Satya Nadella 2017 American English
14730 Energy And Civilization Vaclav Smil 2017 Czech English
14730 Believe Me Eddie Izzard 2017 British English
14730 Capitalism Without Capital Jonathan Haskel 2017 British English
14983 Adults in the Room Yanis Varoufakis 2017 Greek English
14983 Ka John Crowley 2017 American English
14983 Frogkisser Garth Nix 2017 Australian English
14983 My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Vol. 1 Emil Ferris 2017 American English
14983 The Nature Fix Florence Williams 2017 American English
14983 Make Your Bed William H. McRaven 2017 American English
14983 The Bear And The Nightingale Katherine Arden 2017 American English
14983 The Ninth Rain Jen Williams 2017 British English
14983 Artemis Andy Weir 2017 American English
14983 Oathbringer Brandon Sanderson 2017 American English
14983 Astrophysics For People In A Hurry Neil deGrasse Tyson 2017 American English
14983 The Enlightenment Of The Greengage Tree Shokoofeh Azar 2017 Iranian Persian
14983 Beneath A Scarlet Sky Mark T. Sullivan 2017 American English
15678 The Hainish Novels And Stories Ursula K. Le Guin 2017 American English
17117 Crusade and Jihad Bassam Tibi 2017 German English
17117 Women & Power Mary Beard 2017 British English
17117 The Gulf Jack E. Davis 2017 American English
17117 The Evangelicals Frances FitzGerald 2017 American English
17117 Dreams Before The Start Of Time Anne Charnock 2017 British English
17117 The New Animals Pip Adam 2017 New Zealander English
17117 The Lamb Will Slaughter The Lion Margaret Killjoy 2017 American English
17117 Hate To Want You Alisha Rai 2017 American English
17117 The Stars Are Legion Kameron Hurley 2017 American English
17117 Attrib. And Other Stories Eley Williams 2017 British English
17117 Testosterone Rex Cordelia Fine 2017 Australian English
17117 Doughnut Economics Kate Raworth 2017 British English
17117 Reservoir 13 Jon McGregor 2017 British English
17117 With The End In Mind Kathryn Mannix 2017 British English
17117 The Five Invitations Frank Ostaseski 2017 American English
17117 Beyond Respectability Brittney C. Cooper 2017 American English
17117 How We Get Free Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor 2017 American English
17117 Viking Britain Thomas Williams 2017 British English
17117 Adventures Of A Young Naturalist Sir David Attenborough 2017 British English
17117 Autonomous Annalee Newitz 2017 American English
17117 I Hope This Reaches Her In Time r.h. Sin 2017 American English
17117 Love Her Wild Atticus 2017 Canadian English
17117 A Doll's House, Part 2 Lucas Hnath 2017 American English
17117 Winter Ali Smith 2017 British English
17117 Blackwing Ed McDonald 2017 British English
17117 The White Tower Michael Wisehart 2017 American English
17117 Empire's End Chuck Wendig 2017 American English
17117 The Art Of Starving Sam J. Miller 2017 American English
17117 The Rift Nina Allan 2017 British English
17117 Sleeping Beauties Stephen King, Owen King 2017 American English
17117 The Great Leveler Walter Scheidel 2017 American English
17117 The Death And Life Of The Great Lakes Dan Egan 2017 American English
17117 Cannibalism Bill Schutt 2017 American English
17117 The Dawn Watch Maya Jasanoff 2017 American English
17117 The House Of The Dead Daniel Beer 2017 British English
17117 Storia Del Dove Tommaso Maccacaro, Claudio M. Tartari 2017 Italian Unknown
17117 The Doomsday Machine Daniel Ellsberg 2017 American English
17117 Hello, Universe Erin Entrada Kelly 2017 American English
17117 Honor Sonallah Ibrahim 2017 Egyptian Arabic
17117 The Blockade Fawzia Rasheed 2017 Unknown Unknown
17117 Jisr Banat Yacoub Hassan Hamid 2017 Syrian Arabic
17117 A Book Of American Martyrs Joyce Carol Oates 2017 American English
17117 Grand Canyon Jason Chin 2017 American English
17117 Once Upon A Time In The East Xiaolu Guo 2017 British English
17117 Lotus Lijia Zhang 2017 Chinese English
17117 A Girl Returned Donatella Di Pietrantonio 2017 Italian Italian
17117 Meet Me In The Bathroom Lizzy Goodman 2017 American English
17117 Mythos Stephen Fry 2017 British English
17117 The Alice Network Kate Quinn 2017 American English
17117 Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat Samin Nosrat 2017 American English
17117 Caraval Stephanie Garber 2017 American English
17117 If We Were Villains M. L. Rio 2017 American English
17117 Before We Were Yours Lisa Wingate 2017 American English
17117 Us Against You Fredrik Backman 2017 Swedish Swedish
17117 The Broken Ladder Keith Payne 2017 American English
17117 They Both Die At The End Adam Silvera 2017 American English
17117 Ararat Christopher Golden 2017 American English
17117 A Column Of Fire Ken Follett 2017 British English
17117 The Ship Of The Dead Rick Riordan 2017 American English