Top 10 of 2017: The Best of 2017!!

Posted December 30, 2017 by Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction in Let's Discuss, Top Ten Tuesday / 36 Comments

I’m participating in the Top 10 of 2017 Event, which is being hosted over at Kimberlyfaye Reads. Each day has a different top ten list associated with it (you can see the list in the image above). You can choose to complete some or all of the lists. Feel free to join in at any time!

FAVORITE BOOKS I READ IN 2017

I cheated and split this into two categories (and it was still hard to pick just 10 in each, especially in the fantasy category since I read so many of them!)

CONTEMPORARY:

Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed

I actually haven’t even reviewed this one yet, and it isn’t published until January, but I feel like if I leave it off the list, it will never get the recognition it deserves (by next year’s list, it will have been a very long time since I read the book). This book gives us a picture of what it feels like to be a Muslim-American teenager, and everyone should read it!

Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

I couldn’t not put Simon on this list, right? This book is adorable and just makes me happy.

If There’s No Tomorrow by Jennifer Armentrout

This book hit me in all the feels, and I won’t be forgetting it anytime soon.

Under Rose-Tainted Skies by Louise Gornall

This is sort of another cheat, since I technically read it at the very end of December, but I think it deserves mentioning. I adored the voice in this book and it put a spotlight on mental health in a way that was both engaging and intelligent.

A List of Cages by Robin Roe

This book wrecked me. That’s pretty much all I can say about it.

What to Say Next by Julie Buxbaum

I loved that this book featured an autistic MC. We don’t see that nearly enough.

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

I loved how this book’s MC examined all sides of the issue of racism and tried hard to bridge that divide.

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

Emotionally captivating. Poetry at its best.

The Names They Gave Us by Emery Lord

This book touched me in some really personal ways, and I can’t even describe how much it means to me.

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Well, this one’s just obvious. It topped like every list of everywhere, and there’s a reason for that.

 

FANTASY/SCI-FI/PARANORMAL

Deception So Deadly by Clara Kensie

This book was twisty in ways that blew my mind, and it was an adventure all the way!

The Ruby Circle by Richelle Mead

finally finished the Bloodlines Series, and the finale was everything I was hoping for!

Royal Bastards by Andrew Shvarts

This book took me by surprise. I didn’t expect to love it so much, but it turned out to be a “me” fantasy in all the best of ways. I just read the first little paragraph of my review and it makes me smile all over again.

Ruined by Amy Tintera

Another series that exceeded my expectations. I NEED Allied in my hands. Now!

Caraval by Stephanie Garber

This book was just delightful. It’s the best word I can use to describe it.

Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor

I adored this series, and this book was my favorite. Akiva and Karou will forever be in my heart!

The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkowski

Another series I was behind the rest of the world on. I see what all the hype was about!

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

I had to force myself to only choose one Stiefvater book for this list. Choosing which one was nearly impossible, but I finally settled on The Raven Boys. Honestly, it’s Maggie’s writing that I adore. It could just be on this list as its own thing.

Defy the Stars by Claudia Gray

This book was the best kind of sci-fi adventure. I adored every minute of reading it!

One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake

People, I cannot even explain my love for this series. I think my love may be exponentially increased by the fact that I still respond to comments on my spoiler-filled discussions of the books pretty much every week—it keeps the excitement always fresh in my mind. Oh, and I also adored The Young Queens—a review of the novella will be coming soon!


So that’s all I allowed myself. I’m telling you, it was really hard to limit it—I was tempted to add in an honorable mentions section.

Okay, fine, I can’t help myself.

A few honorable mentions (but I’m not allowing myself any explanations, even though I’m desperate to give them): The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, Long Way Home by Katie McGarry, Monstress by Marjorie M. Liu and Sana Takeda, Letters to the Lost by Brigid Kemmerer, The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead, Like a River Glorious by Rae Carson, Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner, Roar by Cora Carmack, Hunting Prince Dracula by Jen Maniscalco, The Knowing by Sharon Cameron, Now Is Everything by Amy Giles, Rosemarked by Livia Blackburn, The Alchemists of Loom by Elise Kova, and Crash Land on Kurai by S.J. Pajonas.

I know that’s a big list of honorable mentions, but I read 200 books this year. Surely I should be allowed a few extra favorites!

What were your favorite reads in 2017? I want to know!

 

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36 responses to “Top 10 of 2017: The Best of 2017!!

  1. There are so many contemporaries on your list I want to read. I loved Names and Simon, my co-blogger loved Love, hate, and Other Filters. I am going to read Long Way Down this week, but still want to read Cages, What to Say Next, and Under Rose-Tainted Skies. I am surprised to see I read 5 of your SFF books, because I don’t read a ton, but they were all fabulous.

  2. The Hate U Give was my top book for 2017 too! I love how the author tackled racism and the importance of advocacy through Starr’s perspective and I loved Maya and Starr’s friendship. And I just finished reading A List of Cages (unfortunately after I compiled my list) but it was jarring. I think you put it perfectly, there’s no other way to put it other than “it wrecked me”.

    I hope you have a wonderful new year!

    claire @ clairefy

  3. Jen

    I wouldn’t have been able to chose just ten either! There were too many fabulous books this last year. 🙂 So yay for If There’s No Tomorrow by Jennifer Armentrout and for Letters to the Lost by Brigid Kemmerer being a runner up. There are SO many books on your list that I wanted to get to this year and didn’t, next year they are my definite must reads!

  4. I didn’t read it last year but when I read The Alchemists of Loom I really enjoyed that one too! I actually really couldn’t stand The Winner’s Curse when I read it though DD: But the cover is gorgeous 😉 I really like a lot of your picks and so many are on my TBR! I really have to get around to them!

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