The Must-Read Books of 2017, According to Amazon
Amazon announced its annual list of the Best Books of the Year today, just in time to help pick out your holiday gifts for your favorite bookworms. Hand-selected by Amazon's book editors, this list gave David Grann's Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI the number one spot this year, making it the first time a nonfiction book has been selected as Amazon's top book of the year since 2010. Here, are the rest of the picks:
"Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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In this non-fiction book, Grann tells the story of the investigation into the murders of oil-rich members of the Osage Nation in 1920s Oklahoma.
"Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
Set in a suburb of Cleveland, Ng's second novel explores the topics of race, privilege and motherhood.
"Beartown" by Fredrik Backman
While the community in Backman's novel come together over the local ice hockey team, allegations of sexual violence threaten to tear the small town apart.
"Exit West" by Mohsin Hamid
From the Pakistani novelist who wrote The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Hamid's latest novel tells the story of two lovers seeking refuge from their war-ravaged homeland abroad.
"Homo Deus" by Yuval Noah Harari
From the same author as Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, this new book explores the dark, technocratic possible future of humanity.
"Lincoln in the Bardo" by George Saunders
Best known for his short stories, Saunders first novel takes place over one evening during and after the death of Abraham Lincoln's son and is narrated almost entirely by ghosts.
"The Heart's Invisible Furies" by John Boyne
Written by the same author The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Boyne's latest novel takes place in post-war Ireland over the course of one man's life.
"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" by Sherman Alexie
This memoir connects the turbulent life of the author's mother and the cycle of violence and oppression on the Spokane Indian Reservation where the author spent his childhood.
"Sourdough" by Robin Sloan
This easy-to-read novel about a software engineer who is given a sourdough starter with magical properties might inspire you to quit your job and make bread for a living.
"The Dry" by Jane Harper
Harper's debut novel is a mystery set in a drought-stricken town in Australia where the protagonist, federal agent Aaron Falk, goes to mourn - and possibly investigate - the suicide of his best friend.
Amazon announced its annual list of the Best Books of the Year today, just in time to help pick out your holiday gifts for your favorite bookworms. Hand-selected by Amazon's book editors, this list gave David Grann's Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI the number one spot this year, making it the first time a nonfiction book has been selected as Amazon's top book of the year since 2010. Here, are the rest of the picks: