Globe & Mail - The Globe 100 - Best Books of 2017

1.
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI 4.14 avg rating — 425,905 ratings
2.
Exit West
Exit West 3.74 avg rating — 148,006 ratings
3.
Lincoln in the Bardo
Lincoln in the Bardo 3.75 avg rating — 169,898 ratings
4.
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness 3.55 avg rating — 38,034 ratings
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American War
American War 3.80 avg rating — 41,106 ratings
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Transit
Transit 3.97 avg rating — 22,918 ratings
7.
The Sun and Her Flowers
The Sun and Her Flowers
by: Rupi Kaur
4.08 avg rating — 364,861 ratings
8.
Manhattan Beach
Manhattan Beach 3.61 avg rating — 90,131 ratings
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My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #1)
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 25,886 ratings
10.
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1)
The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give, #1) 4.46 avg rating — 986,282 ratings
11.
This Is How It Always Is
This Is How It Always Is 4.28 avg rating — 208,216 ratings
12.
The Orphan's Tale
The Orphan's Tale 4.05 avg rating — 92,178 ratings
12.
World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech
World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech 3.62 avg rating — 2,238 ratings
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Brother
Brother 3.98 avg rating — 11,888 ratings
15.
Age of Anger: A History of the Present
Age of Anger: A History of the Present 3.64 avg rating — 2,775 ratings
15.
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit 3.90 avg rating — 82,140 ratings
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The Accusation: Forbidden Stories from Inside North Korea
The Accusation: Forbidden Stories from Inside North Korea
by: Bandi
3.99 avg rating — 7,142 ratings
18.
The Child Finder (Naomi Cottle, #1)
The Child Finder (Naomi Cottle, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 45,526 ratings
19.
All Grown Up
All Grown Up 3.38 avg rating — 17,213 ratings
20.
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body 4.17 avg rating — 118,941 ratings
21.
The Lonely Hearts Hotel
The Lonely Hearts Hotel 3.79 avg rating — 20,440 ratings
22.
Forest Dark
Forest Dark 3.08 avg rating — 7,561 ratings
23.
Son of a Trickster (Trickster, #1)
Son of a Trickster (Trickster, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 13,897 ratings
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We'll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night
We'll All Be Burnt in Our Beds Some Night 3.67 avg rating — 647 ratings
25.
The Golden House
The Golden House 3.67 avg rating — 10,800 ratings
26.
Scarborough
Scarborough 4.28 avg rating — 12,478 ratings
27.
4 3 2 1
4 3 2 1 3.97 avg rating — 35,817 ratings
27.
Between Them: Remembering My Parents
Between Them: Remembering My Parents 3.73 avg rating — 3,149 ratings
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The Shoe on the Roof
The Shoe on the Roof 3.48 avg rating — 1,400 ratings
29.
Admission Requirements
Admission Requirements 3.64 avg rating — 152 ratings
31.
What Happened
What Happened 3.92 avg rating — 60,668 ratings
32.
Life on the Ground Floor: Letters from the Edge of Emergency Medicine
Life on the Ground Floor: Letters from the Edge of Emergency Medicine 3.94 avg rating — 1,245 ratings
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Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street
Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street 4.20 avg rating — 16,384 ratings
33.
Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays
Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays 4.02 avg rating — 5,602 ratings
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Run, Hide, Repeat: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood
Run, Hide, Repeat: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood 3.49 avg rating — 2,289 ratings
36.
Everything is Flammable
Everything is Flammable 3.67 avg rating — 1,107 ratings
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One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter
One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter 3.73 avg rating — 13,463 ratings
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Hostage
Hostage 4.09 avg rating — 8,650 ratings
39.
Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times
Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times 4.35 avg rating — 1,437 ratings
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Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City
Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City 4.52 avg rating — 14,023 ratings
41.
Pretending Is Lying
Pretending Is Lying 3.72 avg rating — 1,147 ratings
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The Clothesline Swing
The Clothesline Swing 3.93 avg rating — 800 ratings
43.
Things We Lost in the Fire
Things We Lost in the Fire 4.05 avg rating — 55,302 ratings
44.
Ghachar Ghochar
Ghachar Ghochar 3.89 avg rating — 17,792 ratings
44.
The Marrow Thieves
The Marrow Thieves 3.94 avg rating — 42,136 ratings
46.
Glass Houses (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #13)
Glass Houses (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #13) 4.33 avg rating — 77,817 ratings
47.
Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team
Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team 4.18 avg rating — 3,175 ratings
47.
The End of Eddy
The End of Eddy 3.94 avg rating — 35,562 ratings
49.
Lost in September
Lost in September 3.24 avg rating — 302 ratings
50.
This Accident of Being Lost: Songs and Stories
This Accident of Being Lost: Songs and Stories 4.13 avg rating — 1,992 ratings
51.
Next Year, For Sure
Next Year, For Sure 3.57 avg rating — 3,116 ratings
52.
Bellevue Square
Bellevue Square 3.10 avg rating — 7,223 ratings
53.
The Corpses of the Future
The Corpses of the Future 4.61 avg rating — 33 ratings
54.
Bad Endings
Bad Endings 3.84 avg rating — 359 ratings
55.
So Much Love
So Much Love 3.68 avg rating — 421 ratings
56.
Minds of Winter
Minds of Winter 3.24 avg rating — 927 ratings
57.
My Ariel
My Ariel 4.16 avg rating — 115 ratings
58.
In the Cage
In the Cage 3.93 avg rating — 94 ratings
59.
Demi-Gods
Demi-Gods 3.04 avg rating — 1,137 ratings
60.
The Original Face
The Original Face 3.44 avg rating — 120 ratings
61.
Fugue States
Fugue States 3.11 avg rating — 131 ratings
62.
Little Sister
Little Sister 3.11 avg rating — 1,208 ratings
63.
The Dark and Other Love Stories
The Dark and Other Love Stories 3.80 avg rating — 635 ratings
64.
The Last Word: Reviving the Dying Art of Eulogy
The Last Word: Reviving the Dying Art of Eulogy 3.86 avg rating — 74 ratings
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Juliet's Answer: One Man's Search for Love and the Elusive Cure for Heartbreak
Juliet's Answer: One Man's Search for Love and the Elusive Cure for Heartbreak 3.54 avg rating — 1,239 ratings
66.
The Reconciliation Manifesto: Recovering the Land, Rebuilding the Economy
The Reconciliation Manifesto: Recovering the Land, Rebuilding the Economy 4.42 avg rating — 321 ratings
67.
Baseball Life Advice
Baseball Life Advice 4.13 avg rating — 482 ratings
68.
Arrival: The Story of CanLit
Arrival: The Story of CanLit 3.89 avg rating — 102 ratings
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Whisky King
Whisky King 3.90 avg rating — 205 ratings
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The Handover: How Bigwigs and Bureaucrats Transferred Canada's Best Publisher and the Best Part of Our Literary Heritage to a Foreign Multinational
The Handover: How Bigwigs and Bureaucrats Transferred Canada's Best Publisher and the Best Part of Our Literary Heritage to a Foreign Multinational really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 24 ratings
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I Hear She's a Real Bitch
I Hear She's a Real Bitch
by: Jen Agg
3.56 avg rating — 1,894 ratings
72.
Birds Art Life: A Year of Observation
Birds Art Life: A Year of Observation really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,436 ratings
73.
Curry: Eating, Reading, and Race
Curry: Eating, Reading, and Race 3.75 avg rating — 459 ratings
74.
Out Standing in the Field
Out Standing in the Field 4.44 avg rating — 410 ratings
75.
Game Change: The Life and Death of Steve Montador, and the Future of Hockey
Game Change: The Life and Death of Steve Montador, and the Future of Hockey 4.41 avg rating — 980 ratings
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The Unfinished Dollhouse
The Unfinished Dollhouse 3.41 avg rating — 78 ratings
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Gutenberg’s Fingerprint: A Book Lover Bridges the Digital Divide
Gutenberg’s Fingerprint: A Book Lover Bridges the Digital Divide 3.91 avg rating — 107 ratings
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Songy of Paradise
Songy of Paradise 3.57 avg rating — 91 ratings
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Dr. Bethune's Children
Dr. Bethune's Children
by: Yiwei Xue
3.79 avg rating — 39 ratings
80.
Sputnik's Children
Sputnik's Children 3.67 avg rating — 286 ratings
81.
The Bone Mother
The Bone Mother 3.84 avg rating — 1,646 ratings
82.
Kintu
Kintu 4.11 avg rating — 4,364 ratings
83.
Dead Reckoning: How I Came to Meet the Man Who Murdered My Father
Dead Reckoning: How I Came to Meet the Man Who Murdered My Father 3.94 avg rating — 174 ratings
84.
The Thirst (Harry Hole, #11)
The Thirst (Harry Hole, #11)
by: Jo Nesbø
4.18 avg rating — 45,170 ratings
85.
In the Month of the Midnight Sun (Svartåsen #2)
In the Month of the Midnight Sun (Svartåsen #2) 3.71 avg rating — 993 ratings
86.
The Borrowed
The Borrowed 4.38 avg rating — 4,814 ratings
87.
That Inevitable Victorian Thing
That Inevitable Victorian Thing 3.20 avg rating — 4,918 ratings
88.
The Agony of Bun O'Keefe
The Agony of Bun O'Keefe 4.23 avg rating — 1,817 ratings
89.
We All Love the Beautiful Girls
We All Love the Beautiful Girls 3.37 avg rating — 1,190 ratings
90.
Hum If You Don't Know the Words
Hum If You Don't Know the Words 4.23 avg rating — 12,072 ratings
91.
How to Make Friends with a Ghost
How to Make Friends with a Ghost 4.30 avg rating — 1,955 ratings
92.
Yak and Dove
Yak and Dove 3.82 avg rating — 403 ratings
93.
Seamus’s Short Story
Seamus’s Short Story 3.30 avg rating — 158 ratings
94.
Olivia the Spy
Olivia the Spy 3.98 avg rating — 1,011 ratings
95.
The Gold Leaf
The Gold Leaf 4.11 avg rating — 496 ratings
96.
The Redemption of Galen Pike
The Redemption of Galen Pike 4.07 avg rating — 1,126 ratings
97.
Homesick for Another World
Homesick for Another World 3.61 avg rating — 39,794 ratings
98.
American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road
American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road 4.41 avg rating — 50,865 ratings
99.
The River of Consciousness
The River of Consciousness 3.95 avg rating — 6,917 ratings
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Afterglow
Afterglow 3.48 avg rating — 691 ratings