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TIME Best Books of the Year 2017

TIME Best Books of the Year 2017 names 20 books across 2 categories. 14 of them also won or were shortlisted for an award.

Fiction

  1. 1Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Wardsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. 2White Tears by Hari Kunzrusource (opens in a new tab)
  3. 3Transit by Rachel Cusksource (opens in a new tab)
  4. 4Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egansource (opens in a new tab)
  5. 5Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunderssource (opens in a new tab)
  6. 6Exit West by Mohsin Hamidsource (opens in a new tab)
  7. 7The Changeling by Victor LaVallesource (opens in a new tab)
  8. 8The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermottsource (opens in a new tab)
  9. 9Days Without End by Sebastian Barrysource (opens in a new tab)
  10. 10New People by Danzy Sennasource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. 1What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clintonsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. 2We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi Coatessource (opens in a new tab)
  3. 3Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grannsource (opens in a new tab)
  4. 4Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Hararisource (opens in a new tab)
  5. 5The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levysource (opens in a new tab)
  6. 6Hunger by Roxane Gaysource (opens in a new tab)
  7. 7Blind Spot by Teju Colesource (opens in a new tab)
  8. 8The Meaning of Michelle by Veronica Chamberssource (opens in a new tab)
  9. 9The Evangelicals by Frances FitzGeraldsource (opens in a new tab)
  10. 10The Vanity Fair Diaries by Tina Brownsource (opens in a new tab)

About the TIME Best Books of the Year

Fiction and Nonfiction top 10 lists by year (a single combined top 10 in 2006 and 2025) plus TIME's unranked 100 Must-Read Books, published 2020-2025. Separate YA/children's and genre lists are excluded. 2012-2013 cite entertainment.time.com, TIME's arts site at the time.

Organization: TIME. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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