Best books of 2017: Adult fiction

KCLS Best Adult Fiction of 2017

The King County Library System has released its list of Best Books of 2017.

In the adult fiction list, there are 25 selections (in order of author’s last name):

1. Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
2. American War by Omar El Akkad
3. My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris
4. This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel
5. Difficult Women by Roxane Gay
6. The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss
7. Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
8. The Dry by Jan Harper
9. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
10. Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
11. The Leavers by Lisa Ko
12. Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane
13. The Bad Luck Bride by Janna MacGregor
14. The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott
15. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
16. The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen
17. Mrs. Fletcher by Tom Perrotta
18. The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
19. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
20. Idaho by Emily Ruskovich
21. Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
22. Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout
23. Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan
24. Borne by Jeff VanderMeer
25. Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

Thumbnail descriptions of the books here

All Best Books 2017 are available to borrow in various formats, including print, audio, digital audio and eBook, at your local KCLS library or online to download at www.kcls.org.