# Top Ten Books of 2017 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 7, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-books-of-2017/803796 "2017-12-07T16:03:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-books-of-2017/803796/1 "2017-12-07T16:03:01Z")
I remember doing this thread in past years. What are your top ten favorite books of 2017 and why? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-books-of-2017/803796/2 "2017-12-07T17:21:19Z")
We usually do this after Dec. 31; I’ll weigh in then. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-books-of-2017/803796/3 "2017-12-07T17:32:05Z")
Related, but not the same(not limited to books that came out in 2017), we do have my thread: [Share your recommendations and disappointments in reading 2017](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=842420) ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-books-of-2017/803796/4 "2017-12-07T18:13:18Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Related, but not the same(not limited to books that came out in 2017), we do have my thread: > > [Share your recommendations and disappointments in reading 2017](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=842420) Oh thank you! I was really hoping someone else would create a thread like this, but since this dropped off the front page of Cafe Society I couldn’t find it! (Obviously because I wasn’t looking hard enough.) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-books-of-2017/803796/5 "2017-12-07T18:19:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > We usually do this after Dec. 31; I’ll weigh in then. Yeah, I was waiting for your annual thread. I might read the best book of the year in the next three weeks! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-books-of-2017/803796/6 "2017-12-07T18:22:56Z")
I also was waiting for EH’s annual thread. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-books-of-2017/803796/7 "2017-12-07T18:55:29Z")
What’s a “book”? ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-books-of-2017/803796/8 "2017-12-08T01:06:57Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > What’s a “book”? We’ll tell you when you’re older. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-books-of-2017/803796/9 "2017-12-08T14:09:10Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > What’s a “book”? When a cover, some ink and several hundred pieces of paper love each other very much… ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-ten-books-of-2017/803796/10 "2017-12-09T01:17:15Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > We’ll tell you when you’re older. But I never get older. I’m always the age I am. 😕