Your top five books of 2017

[Erica]

I had more 5* reads this year than last so it was tough to pick just 5 but here they are (in no particular order):

The Lonely Hearts Hotel
Tell the Wolves I'm Home
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
All Quiet on the Western Front
An Untamed State

And an honourable mention for Fire a novel set in NZ, by a kiwi author that I really enjoyed and gave 5*. If you liked the tv show Mr Selfridge than you'll like this novel.

[Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂]

Erica wrote: "I had more 5* reads this year than last so it was tough to pick just 5 but here they are (in no particular order):

The Lonely Hearts Hotel
Tell the Wolves I'm Home
..."

Hope rereads are ok.

Pride and Prejudice
My Cousin Rachel
Black Sheep
Much Ado About Shakespeare
The Harp in the South

Honorable Mentions Katherine Hera Lindsay Bird The Poems of Wilfred Owen

[Erica]

Any books you've read can count - including rereads :) I must get around to reading My Cousin Rachel

[P.D.R.]

Oh dear. I can never pick a few from a long list.

But of re-reads C J Cherryh's Foreigner series kept me sane.

And the 'send me to sleep with sweet dreams' were also rereads.
Lucy Bostons Greene Knowe series,
All my Kerry Greenwood Phryne Fisher books.
Terry Pratchett's Sam Vines novels. And a lot of very old fashioned children's books!

It's been a difficult and painful year with all the surgery and hospital so falling back on old favourites kept me smiling.

[Carlene]

Probably the most surprising book I've read. Didn't realize it was for pre-teens but also didn't realize how hooked I was going to get.


A small and quick read, something I'd been given from an old English teacher and actually a really good read.


Finally got round to reading this, slow at first but good in the end. Will have to keep an eye out for the rest of the series now.


Had two big reads this year, obviously needed to get this one read as well!


Wanted to read this for ages, and held out for ages when the hubby did buy a second-hand copy for me. Another one I'll be getting the rest of from the series.

This year in reading has been me trying to get the books in my shelves read, as well as a year of rekindling my love for manga and fantasy books.
Next year I'm hoping to read more poetry and short stories, as well as knock some more 'must-read' popular books off my list.

[Justine]

Tricky to choose and there are a couple that are for a younger audience but still top picks of mine:
+ Longbow Girl (Linda Davies)
+ Dinner at Rose's (Danielle Hawkins)
+ Orphan Train (Christina Baker Kline)
+ The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
+ Nevermoor (Jessica Townsend)

Normally Colleen Hoover would feature, but I didn't read any of hers in 2017! Perhaps 2018?

[Erica]

Justine wrote: "Tricky to choose and there are a couple that are for a younger audience but still top picks of mine:
+ Longbow Girl (Linda Davies)
+ Dinner at Rose's (Danielle Hawkins)
+ Orphan Train (Christina Ba..."

I've heard lots of great things about Nevermoor and Orphan Train - must try and get to them.