Last year I posted Books I read in 2016, ranked from best to worst, so here’s my list for this year.
I realized that more than half of the books I read in 2016 were written by white men, and thus all the recommendations I got from Goodreads were for books also written by white men. My goal for this year was to read at least 26 books written by People of Colour or trans/non-binary people, and I believe I have exceeded that goal (though there are still a few books on the list below written by cis white people).
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As with last year’s post, I’ve broken down the list into different categories based on how I enjoyed the stories:
- Numbers 1 – 10 are joining my list of favourites
- Numbers 11 – 18 were very good, and I would happily read them again
- Numbers 19 – 31 were good, but not my taste. I would not choose to read them again, though I may recommend them to someone else.
- Numbers 32 – 38 were not so good, would avoid re-reading and would only recommend to others in very specific circumstances
- Numbers 39 – 40 were terrible and I would not recommend to anyone
Best Reads of 2017
- The Drowning Girl by Caitlín R. Kiernan
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1) by Seanan McGuire
- Small Beauty by Jai Qing Wilson-Yang
- The Summer We Got Free by Mia McKenzie
- Bow Grip by Ivan Coyote
- Version Control by Dexter Palmer
- The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion by Margaret Killjoy
- Rise: A Newsflesh Collection by Mira Grant
- After Dark by Haruki Murakami
- Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson
- The Mothers by Brit Bennett
- Birdie by Tracey Lindberg
- A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
- A Safe Girl to Love by Casey Plett
- Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
- Feed (Newsflesh Trilogy, #1) by Mira Grant
- Shadows Cast By Stars by Catherine Knutsson
- Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson
- Hadriana in All My Dreams by René Depestre
- American Street by Ibi Zoboi
- Blackout (Newsflesh Trilogy, #3) by Mira Grant
- He Mele A Hilo by Ryka Aoki
- Holding Still For As Long As Possible by Zoe Whittall
- Blood Oranges by Kathleen Tierney
- The Shadow Speaker by Nnedi Okorafor
- The Dream of Perpetual Motion by Dexter Palmer
- A Wish After Midnight by Zetta Elliott
- Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
- If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
- Killer of Enemies (Killer of Enemies, #1) by Joseph Bruchac
- Deadline (Newsflesh Trilogy, #2) by Mira Grant
- One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi Koul
- The Illegal by Lawrence Hill
- Discount Armageddon (InCryptid, #1) by Seanan McGuire
- Annabelle by Kathleen Winter
- Fellside by M.R. Carey
- The First Bad Man by Miranda July
- Faust Among Equals by Tom Holt
- Adam by Ariel Schrag
Got any recommendations for my 2018 list? Leave a comment!
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