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New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year 2017

New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year 2017 names 10 books across 2 categories. 10 of them also won or were shortlisted for an award.

Fiction

  1. Autumn by Ali Smithsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Exit West by Mohsin Hamidsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. Pachinko by Min Jin Leesource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Wardsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Power by Naomi Aldermansource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Grant by Ron Chernowsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Locking Up Our Own by James Forman Jr.source (opens in a new tab)
  3. Prairie Fires by Caroline Frasersource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwoodsource (opens in a new tab)
  5. The Evolution of Beauty by Richard O. Prumsource (opens in a new tab)

About the New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year

nytimes.com blocks automated reads, so counts come from Wayback Machine or archive.nytimes.com copies of each year's page; 2024 and 2025 are counted from Book Riot and Kirkus reports of the NYT list. Titles drop subtitles.

Organization: The New York Times. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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