Year-End Lists

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Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race - Reni Eddo-Lodge

gal-dem The Five Best Books of 2017 by Women of Color

Slate: Laura Miller 10 Favorite Books of 2017

Verso Books Best Books of 2017

You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me - Sherman Alexie

Library Journal 10 Best Books of 2017

Entropy Best Books of 2017

Exit West - Mohsin Hamid

Entertainment Weekly 10 Best Books of 2017

Stay with Me - Ayobami Adebayo

Chicago Tribune 10 Best Books of 2017

Home Fire - Kamila Shamsie

Boston Globe: John Freeman 22 Best Fiction Books of 2017

Boston Globe: Kate Tuttle 19 Best Nonfiction Books of 2017

Sing, Unburied, Sing - Jesmyn Ward

Paste 45 Best Books of 2017

Slate: Katy Waldman 10 Favorite Books of 2017

Sing, Unburied, Sing - Jesmyn Ward

Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan 10 Best Books of 2017

Publishers Weekly 10 Best Books of 2017

Time Top 20 Books of 2017

So Much Blue - Percival Everett

Vulture: Christian Lorentzen 10 Best Books of 2017

Christian Science Monitor 30 Best Books of 2017

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2017

Exit West - Mohsin Hamid

Guardian 31 Best Fiction Books of 2017

Lincoln in the Bardo - George Saunders

O Magazine 11 Favorite Books of 2017

Vogue: Megan O’Grady 10 Best Books of 2017

Hourglass - Dani Shapiro

Powell's Books Best Nonfiction of 2017

A.V. Club 24 Favorite Books of 2017

Lincoln in the Bardo - George Saunders

Powell's Books Best Fiction of 2017

Chicago Public Library 10 Best Books of 2017

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