It is the end of June and time to look back at some of the best book sin the year 2017 so far. There has been no dearth of book published this year. With loads of indie writers offering stories and publishing on Kindle and other digital formats. However, there are some that will always stand out from the rest. Amazon is one of the leading online re-seller of books and recently announced its Best Books to Read in 2017 list. Here are the fiction books that you should pick up and read in the next couple of months.
5 Best Books of 2017 (So Far)
The annual list is hand-selected by the Amazon Books Editors and features books released between January and June 2017 – offering readers a mid-year look at the best books.
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness: A Novel by Arundhati Roy
Hardcover: 464 pages
Publisher: Knopf; 1st Edition edition (June 6, 2017)
ISBN-10: 1524733156, 978-1524733155
An intricate and graceful story of lives touched by magic, broken by tragedy, and mended with love. It’s an exceptional work of storytelling and well worth the 20 year wait since her beloved debut, The God of Small Things.
Beartown: A Novel by Fredrik Backman
Hardcover: 432 pages
Publisher: Atria Books; Tra edition (April 25, 2017)
ISBN: 1501160761, 978-1501160769
The author of A Man Called Ove sidesteps the predictable as he forges a new path of soul-searching and truth-telling in his gripping new novel about a small, hockey-mad town whose hopes and loyalties are torn apart by a crime no one wants to believe happened.
Exit West: A Novel by Mohsin Hamid
Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Riverhead Books; First Edition first Printing edition (March 7, 2017)
ISBN-10: 0735212171, 978-0735212176
In this futuristic novel, young lovers flee a war-torn Middle Eastern country to seek safety in the West, where cities like London have become embattled refugee settlements. Hamid (author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist) has said that in some sense we are all refugees, and it’s easy to sympathize with his protagonists, who find their romance tested by their travails in exile.
Lincoln in the Bardo: A Novel by George Saunders
Hardcover: 633 pages
Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print; Lrg edition (March 8, 2017)
ISBN-10: 141049747X, 978-1410497475
Set in 1862, Lincoln in the Bardo, at a ghost-filled cemetery where President Lincoln’s beloved son Willie has been laid to rest, this first novel by acclaimed short-story-writer and essayist George Saunders will upend your expectations and leave you hooting with laughter when you aren’t wiping away your tears.
The Impossible Fortress: A Novel by Jason Rekulak
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (February 7, 2017)
ISBN-10: 1501144413, 978-1501144417
The Impossible Fortress is a coming-of-age story tucked inside a love letter to the strange and wonderful 1980s. It’s one of those rare and special books: once you’ve finished it, you’ll want all your friends to read it immediately.
Have you read any of these book? Tell us What’s on your Best Books to Read in 2017 list?
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