The Greatest Social & Cultural Fiction 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1206 | Pachinko | Min Jin Lee | 2017 | American | English | |
| 1650 | Sing, Unburied, Sing | Jesmyn Ward | 2017 | American | English | |
| 2228 | Exit West | Mohsin Hamid | 2017 | Pakistani | English | |
| 2647 | Hurricane Season | Fernanda Melchor | 2017 | Mexican | Spanish | |
| 3183 | Minor Detail | Adania Shibli | 2017 | Palestinian | Arabic | |
| 3281 | The Hate U Give | Angie Thomas | 2017 | American | English | |
| 4756 | Home Fire | Kamila Shamsie | 2017 | British | English | |
| 5987 | The Idiot | Elif Batuman | 2017 | American | English | |
| 6099 | The Heart's Invisible Furies | John Boyne | 2017 | Irish | English | |
| 6817 | Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo | Taylor Jenkins Reid | 2017 | American | English | |
| 7997 | Amiable With Big Teeth | Claude McKay | 2017 | American | English | |
| 8290 | They Will Drown In Their Mother’s Tears | Johannes Anyuru | 2017 | Swedish | Swedish | |
| 8382 | American War | Omar El Akkad | 2017 | Canadian | English | |
| 8404 | The Art Of Losing | Alice Zeniter | 2017 | French | French | |
| 8694 | Amberlough | Lara Elena Donnelly | 2017 | American | English | |
| 8990 | Less | Andrew Sean Greer | 2017 | American | English | |
| 9018 | Improvement | Joan Silber | 2017 | American | English | |
| 9307 | Ploaia De Trei Sute De Zile | Gabriel Chifu | 2017 | Romanian | Romanian | |
| 9370 | A Line Made By Walking | Sara Baume | 2017 | Irish | English | |
| 9806 | Dear Martin | Nic Stone | 2017 | American | English | |
| 9828 | The Opposite Of A Person | Lieke Marsman | 2017 | Dutch | Dutch | |
| 10189 | Immigrant, Montana | Amitava Kumar | 2017 | American | English | |
| 10215 | Iron Moon | Qin Xiaoyu | 2017 | Chinese | English | |
| 10943 | I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter | Erika L. Sánchez | 2017 | American | English | |
| 10943 | The Marrow Thieves | Cherie Dimaline | 2017 | Canadian | English | |
| 11483 | The Sparsholt Affair | Alan Hollinghurst | 2017 | British | English | |
| 11615 | Homesick for Another World | Ottessa Moshfegh | 2017 | American | English | |
| 12188 | American Street | Ibi Zoboi | 2017 | American | English | |
| 12188 | When Dimple Met Rishi | Sandhya Menon | 2017 | American | English | |
| 13279 | Idaho | Emily Ruskovich | 2017 | American | English | |
| 13941 | Anything Is Possible | Elizabeth Strout | 2017 | American | English | |
| 13971 | What We Owe | Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde | 2017 | Swedish | English | |
| 14589 | Primera Persona | Margarita García Robayo | 2017 | Colombian | Spanish | |
| 17163 | The New Animals | Pip Adam | 2017 | New Zealander | English | |
| 17163 | Winter | Ali Smith | 2017 | British | English | |
| 17163 | Honor | Sonallah Ibrahim | 2017 | Egyptian | Arabic | |
| 17163 | A Book Of American Martyrs | Joyce Carol Oates | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17163 | Animals | Eva Menasse | 2017 | Austrian | German | |
| 17163 | White Tears | Hari Kunzru | 2017 | British | English | |
| 17163 | Stay With Me | Ayobami Adebayo | 2017 | Nigerian | English | |
| 17163 | Scenár | Etela Farkašová | 2017 | Slovak | Slovak | |
| 17163 | The Hate You Give | Angie Thomas | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17163 | Psychopolitics | Byung-Chul Han | 2017 | German | German | |
| 17163 | Don't Call Us Dead | Danez Smith | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17163 | Five Carat Soul | James McBride | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17163 | Rabbit Cake | Annie Hartnett | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17163 | My Part Of Her | Javad Djavahery | 2017 | Unknown | French | |
| 17163 | A Good Country | Laleh Khadivi | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17163 | Laut Bercerita | Leila S. Chudori | 2017 | Indonesian | Indonesian | |
| 17163 | Paul Takes The Form Of A Mortal Girl | Andrea Lawlor | 2017 | American | English | |
| 17163 | Montpelier Parade | Karl Geary | 2017 | Irish | English | |
| 17163 | Fox | Dubravka Ugrešić | 2017 | Croatian | Croatian | |
| 17163 | Concerning My Daughter | Hye-Jin Kim | 2017 | South Korean | Korean | |
| 17163 | Made For Love | Alissa Nutting | 2017 | American | English |