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.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17119 | Right Behind You | Lisa Gardner | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | The 4th Man | Lisa Gardner | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Ragdoll | Daniel Cole | 2017 | British | English | |
| 17119 | The Godmother | Hannelore Cayre | 2017 | French | French | |
| 17119 | Prendre Des Loups Pour Des Chiens | Hervé Le Corre | 2017 | French | French | |
| 17119 | The Core | Peter V. Brett | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Wildfire | Ilona Andrews | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | A Fist Or A Heart | Kristín Eiríksdóttir | 2017 | Icelandic | Icelandic | |
| 17119 | Cold Moons | Magnús Sigurðsson | 2017 | Icelandic | Icelandic | |
| 17119 | To The Warm Horizon | Choi Jin-young | 2017 | Korean | Korean | |
| 17119 | Norse Mythology | Neil Gaiman | 2017 | British | English | |
| 17119 | The Stranger In The Woods | Michael Finkel | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Munich | Robert Harris | 2017 | British | English | |
| 17119 | How To Stop Time | Matt Haig | 2017 | British | English | |
| 17119 | Hppy | Nicola Barker | 2017 | British | English | |
| 17119 | Lie With Me | Philippe Besson | 2017 | French | French | |
| 17119 | The Road To Somewhere | David Goodhart | 2017 | British | English | |
| 17119 | La Belle Sauvage | Philip Pullman | 2017 | British | English | |
| 17119 | Kings Of The Wyld | Nicholas Eames | 2017 | Canadian | English | |
| 17119 | In The Name Of The Family | Sarah Dunant | 2017 | British | English | |
| 17119 | Drawdown | Paul Hawken | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | The Ninth Hour | Alice McDermott | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Border | Kassa Kappabova | 2017 | Unknown | English | |
| 17119 | Reincarnation Blues | Michael Poore | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | One Of Us Is Lying | Karen M. McManus | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | The Last Black Unicorn | Tiffany Haddish | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Animals | Eva Menasse | 2017 | Austrian | German | |
| 17119 | The Demon Crown | James Rollins | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | The World Ending Fire | Wendell Berry | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Stephen Florida | Gabe Habash | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Poverty Safari | Darren McGarvey | 2017 | British | English | |
| 17119 | The Beautiful Ones | Silvia Moreno-Garcia | 2017 | Mexican | English | |
| 17119 | Tales Of Falling And Flying | Ben Loory | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | The Tea Girl Of Hummingbird Lane | Lisa See | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | 4 3 2 1 | Paul Auster | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | White Tears | Hari Kunzru | 2017 | British | English | |
| 17119 | Stay With Me | Ayobami Adebayo | 2017 | Nigerian | English | |
| 17119 | Neo Confucianism | Stephen C. Angle, Justin Tiwald | 2017 | Chinese | English | |
| 17119 | Refugee | Alan Gratz | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Beren And Luthien | J. R. R. Tolkien | 2017 | British | English | |
| 17119 | Lonely Castle In The Mirror | Mizuki Tsujimura | 2017 | Japanese | Japanese | |
| 17119 | The Storm Before The Storm | Mike Duncan | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Scenár | Etela Farkašová | 2017 | Slovak | Slovak | |
| 17119 | Ankomst | Gøhril Gabrielsen | 2017 | Norwegian | Norwegian | |
| 17119 | A Modern Family | Helga Flatland | 2017 | Norwegian | Norwegian | |
| 17119 | On Lighthouses | Jazmina Barrera | 2017 | Mexican | Spanish | |
| 17119 | Provenance | Ann Leckie | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | The Hate You Give | Angie Thomas | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | The Power Of Meaning | Emily Esfahani Smith | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Psychopolitics | Byung-Chul Han | 2017 | German | German | |
| 17119 | Strange The Dreamer | Laini Taylor | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Hue 1968 | Mark Bowden | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | I Am, I Am, I Am | Maggie O'Farrell | 2017 | British | English | |
| 17119 | Don't Call Us Dead | Danez Smith | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Scale | Geoffrey B. West | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Almond | Sohn Won-Pyung | 2017 | Korean | Korean | |
| 17119 | Universal Harvester | John Darnielle | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Five Carat Soul | James McBride | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Rabbit Cake | Annie Hartnett | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | You Don't Have To Say You Love Me | Sherman Alexie | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | My Part Of Her | Javad Djavahery | 2017 | Unknown | French | |
| 17119 | A Good Country | Laleh Khadivi | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | The Last Days Of Cafe Leila | Donia Bijan | 2017 | Unknown | English | |
| 17119 | Ghosts | Unknown | 2017 | Unknown | English | |
| 17119 | Sea Power | Admiral James Stavridis | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Spies In The Family | Eva Dillon | 2017 | Unknown | English | |
| 17119 | Into The Amazon | Larry Rohter | 2017 | Unknown | English | |
| 17119 | Laut Bercerita | Leila S. Chudori | 2017 | Indonesian | Indonesian | |
| 17119 | The Heirs | Susan Rieger | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Behind Her Eyes | Sarah Pinborough | 2017 | British | English | |
| 17119 | Lincoln In The Bardo By George Saunders | Instaread Summaries | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | A Simplified Life | Emily Ley | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Paul Takes The Form Of A Mortal Girl | Andrea Lawlor | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Montpelier Parade | Karl Geary | 2017 | Irish | English | |
| 17119 | Blackflame | Will Wight | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Tyrant's Throne | Sebastien de Castell | 2017 | Canadian | English | |
| 17119 | Fox | Dubravka Ugrešić | 2017 | Croatian | Croatian | |
| 17119 | Translation As Transhumance | Mireille Gansel | 2017 | French | French | |
| 17119 | The Long Drop | Denise Mina | 2017 | Scottish | English | |
| 17119 | The Hunting Accident | David Carlson | 2017 | Unknown | English | |
| 17119 | Far From The Tree | Robin Benway | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Queer City | Peter Ackroyd | 2017 | British | English | |
| 17119 | Skysworn | Will Wight | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Concerning My Daughter | Hye-Jin Kim | 2017 | South Korean | Korean | |
| 17119 | Райский сад первой любви | Линь Ихань | 2017 | Chinese | Chinese (traditional) | |
| 17119 | Coach Wooden And Me | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Basketball | Shea Serrano | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | The Art Of Saying No | Damon Zahariades | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Sita | Amish Tripathi | 2017 | Indian | English | |
| 17119 | Made For Love | Alissa Nutting | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Strange Practice | Vivian Shaw | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | History Is All You Left Me | Adam Silvera | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Supernatural | Joe Dispenza | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Cold Harbor | Matthew FitzSimmons | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | Дорогуша | C.J. Skuse | 2017 | British | English | |
| 17119 | The Half Drowned King | Linnea Hartsuyker | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | The Boy At The Bottom Of The Fountain | Jay Bell | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | My Favorite Thing Is Monsters | Emil Ferris | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17119 | You Will Pay | Lisa Jackson | 2017 | American | English |