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“Spectacular sophomore work…a magnificent, multilayered epic that’s perfect for eager readers and destined for major award lists.” ~ Library Journal (starred review) Now, the challenge is to find the time to read them! Best General Fiction Books of 2017 Yet, it’s really still a matter of what interests the individual reader. The books featured below were selected after reviewing major book award websites, book reviews, and a wide variety of trusted booklists to narrow down the selections to only include the “best of the best” fiction and nonfiction books from the past year. Well, my approach was a little more involved and it took a lot of time … time most people don’t have to spend on picking a few good books to read. Or maybe you just browse Amazon’s best seller lists and hope for the best. How do you find gems among the thousands of books published each year? You might rely on a highly trusted source like the “100 Notable Books of the Year” by The New York Times. However, after reviewing so many booklists, the selections often seem random at first glance. What were some of the best books of the year and what makes them the best anyway? Books may end up on best seller lists when the subject is extremely topical like current events. Here is my fiction list.So many books, so little time. Yassin Al-Haj Saleh, The Impossible Revolution: Making Sense of the Syrian Tragedy.īryan Caplan, The Case Against Education: Why the Education System is a Waste of Time and Money.ĭouglas Irwin, Clashing Over Commerce: A History of US Trade Policy. Mike Wallace, Greater Gotham: A History of New York City from 1898 to 1919. Victor Davis Hanson, The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict was Fought and Won. Sujatha Gidla, Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India. William Taubmann, Gorbachev: His Life and Times.ĭiane Coffey and Dean Spears, Where India Goes: Abandoned Toilets, Stunted Development, and the Costs of Caste. Richard White, The Republic for Which It Stands: The United States During Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896. Rasmussen, The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought. Tim Harford, Fifty Inventions that Shaped the Modern Economy.ĭennis C.
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Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake, Capitalism Without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy. It is one book that has changed how I frame 2017 and beyond. It is my pick for “best of the year,” if I am allowed to count it. Technically this doesn’t come out until January, but I read it smack in the middle of 2017 to blurb it. Twenge, iGen: Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy - and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood.īruno Maçães, The Dawn of Eurasia. Wilson, Heart of Europe: A History of the Holy Roman Empire.īrian Merchant, The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone.
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Ken Gormley, editor, The Presidents and the Constitution. Roberts, Qatar: Securing the Global Ambitions of a City-State. Prum, The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin’s Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World - And Us.ĭavid B. Scott, Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States.ĭavid Der-Wei Wang, editor. Rob Sheffield, Dreaming the Beatles: The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World.ĭavid Garrow, Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama. Mary Gaitskill, Somebody with a Little Hammer, Essays.
BEST BOOKS TO READ 2017 NONFICTION HOW TO
Pfaff, Locked In: The True Causes of Mass Incarceration and How to Achieve Real Reform. Drezner, The Ideas Industry: How Pessimists, Partisans, and Plutocrats are Transforming the Marketplace of Ideas. Maher, Apollo in the Age of Aquarius.ĭaniel W. Here is my list, more or less in the order I read them, and the links typically bring you to my lengthier comments: