Chicago Public Library’s “Best of the Best Books of 2017”

We’ve got 15 books on Chicago Public Library’s “Best of the Best Books 2017” list! Selected by a team of CPL librarians, the list represents the year’s most outstanding titles, books of exceptional quality for a diverse, city-wide readership.

Fiction
BORNE (opens in new tab) by Jeff VanderMeer
THE DRY (opens in new tab) by Jane Harper
GOOD ME, BAD ME (opens in new tab) by Ali Land
GRIEF COTTAGE (opens in new tab) by Gail Godwin
HER BODY AND OTHER PARTIES (opens in new tab) by Carmen Maria Machado
LILLIAN BOXFISH TAKES A WALK (opens in new tab) by Kathleen Rooney
THE NINTH HOUR (opens in new tab) by Alice McDermott
SOURDOUGH (opens in new tab) by Robin Sloan
THIS IS HOW IT ALWAYS IS (opens in new tab) by Laurie Frankel

Nonfiction
BUNK: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News (opens in new tab) by Kevin Young
THE FACT OF A BODY: A Murder and a Memoir (opens in new tab) by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
NOTES ON A FOREIGN COUNTRY: An American Abroad in a Post-American World (opens in new tab) by Suzy Hansen
TEARS WE CANNOT STOP: A Sermon to White America (opens in new tab) by Michael Eric Dyson

Graphic Novel
HOSTAGE (opens in new tab) by Guy Delisle

Teen Fiction
I HATE EVERYONE BUT YOU (opens in new tab) by Gaby Dunn & Allison Raskin

See these and many more titles in Macmillan’s Best Books of 2017 Edelweiss collection (opens in new tab). We’ll update it as more “Best of 2017” lists come in. #CollectionDevelopmentMadeEasy