Guardian Best Book 2017 (Part One)

1.
This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
by: Adam Kay
4.40 avg rating β€” 316,902 ratings
2.
Lincoln in the Bardo
Lincoln in the Bardo 3.75 avg rating β€” 169,910 ratings
3.
Swing Time
Swing Time 3.56 avg rating β€” 76,236 ratings
4.
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race 4.38 avg rating β€” 99,860 ratings
5.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 3.70 avg rating β€” 59,329 ratings
6.
A Legacy of Spies (George Smiley, #9)
A Legacy of Spies (George Smiley, #9) 3.88 avg rating β€” 24,878 ratings
7.
Women & Power: A Manifesto
Women & Power: A Manifesto 4.02 avg rating β€” 38,436 ratings
8.
La Belle Sauvage (The Book of Dust, #1)
La Belle Sauvage (The Book of Dust, #1) 4.15 avg rating β€” 107,706 ratings
9.
Days Without End (Days Without End, #1)
Days Without End (Days Without End, #1) 3.97 avg rating β€” 26,473 ratings
10.
Autumn (Seasonal Quartet, #1)
Autumn (Seasonal Quartet, #1)
by: Ali Smith
3.66 avg rating β€” 79,592 ratings
11.
Reservoir 13
Reservoir 13 3.55 avg rating β€” 13,675 ratings
12.
The Best We Could Do
The Best We Could Do
by: Thi Bui
4.36 avg rating β€” 38,829 ratings
13.
The 7th Function of Language
The 7th Function of Language 3.76 avg rating β€” 6,630 ratings
14.
There Are More Beautiful Things Than BeyoncΓ©
There Are More Beautiful Things Than BeyoncΓ© really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 5,687 ratings
15.
New People
New People 3.25 avg rating β€” 6,908 ratings
16.
Daemon Voices
Daemon Voices 4.12 avg rating β€” 2,589 ratings
17.
Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right
Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right 3.45 avg rating β€” 6,559 ratings
18.
Home Fire
Home Fire 4.02 avg rating β€” 70,378 ratings
19.
The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics
The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics 3.83 avg rating β€” 2,518 ratings
20.
Insomniac Dreams: Experiments with Time by Vladimir Nabokov
Insomniac Dreams: Experiments with Time by Vladimir Nabokov 3.44 avg rating β€” 245 ratings
21.
Bluets
Bluets 4.06 avg rating β€” 54,801 ratings
22.
Midwinter Break
Midwinter Break 3.62 avg rating β€” 5,307 ratings
22.
Testosterone Rex: Myths of Sex, Science, and Society
Testosterone Rex: Myths of Sex, Science, and Society 3.79 avg rating β€” 3,504 ratings
24.
The Lost Words
The Lost Words 4.49 avg rating β€” 6,475 ratings
25.
Ma’am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret
Ma’am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret 3.35 avg rating β€” 8,067 ratings
26.
The Sparsholt Affair
The Sparsholt Affair 3.54 avg rating β€” 6,577 ratings
27.
The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian Revolution
The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian Revolution 4.15 avg rating β€” 1,039 ratings
28.
How Not To Be a Boy
How Not To Be a Boy 4.18 avg rating β€” 15,614 ratings
29.
Mural
Mural 4.30 avg rating β€” 6,635 ratings
29.
The White Book
The White Book
by: Han Kang
3.81 avg rating β€” 29,843 ratings
31.
The Long Drop
The Long Drop 3.39 avg rating β€” 4,481 ratings
32.
Sour Heart
Sour Heart 3.69 avg rating β€” 8,185 ratings
33.
The Locals
The Locals 3.34 avg rating β€” 3,096 ratings
34.
How to Behave in a Crowd
How to Behave in a Crowd 3.87 avg rating β€” 3,488 ratings
35.
War's Unwomanly Face
War's Unwomanly Face 4.51 avg rating β€” 37,425 ratings
36.
East West Street: On the Origins of "Genocide" and "Crimes Against Humanity"
East West Street: On the Origins of "Genocide" and "Crimes Against Humanity" 4.46 avg rating β€” 12,207 ratings
37.
There Your Heart Lies
There Your Heart Lies 3.47 avg rating β€” 609 ratings
38.
Angel Hill
Angel Hill 3.90 avg rating β€” 72 ratings
39.
Becoming Myself: A Psychiatrist's Memoir
Becoming Myself: A Psychiatrist's Memoir 4.19 avg rating β€” 8,505 ratings
40.
Wonder Beyond Belief: On Christianity
Wonder Beyond Belief: On Christianity 3.99 avg rating β€” 179 ratings
41.
David Bowie: A Life
David Bowie: A Life 4.03 avg rating β€” 1,986 ratings
42.
Fasting and Feasting: The Life of Visionary Food Writer Patience Gray
Fasting and Feasting: The Life of Visionary Food Writer Patience Gray 3.72 avg rating β€” 180 ratings
43.
Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years
Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years 3.67 avg rating β€” 591 ratings
44.
Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization
Global Inequality: A New Approach for the Age of Globalization really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1,092 ratings
45.
To Die in Spring
To Die in Spring 3.77 avg rating β€” 2,650 ratings
46.
Bystanders
Bystanders 4.09 avg rating β€” 74 ratings
47.
After Kathy Acker: A Biography
After Kathy Acker: A Biography 3.91 avg rating β€” 652 ratings
48.
Still Life With Feeding Snake
Still Life With Feeding Snake 3.80 avg rating β€” 76 ratings
49.
When We Speak of Nothing
When We Speak of Nothing 3.71 avg rating β€” 307 ratings
50.
Kingdom of Gravity
Kingdom of Gravity 3.83 avg rating β€” 23 ratings
51.
The Secret Life of Cows
The Secret Life of Cows 3.50 avg rating β€” 5,070 ratings
52.
Little Me: My Life from A-Z
Little Me: My Life from A-Z 3.97 avg rating β€” 2,067 ratings
53.
Wind Resistance
Wind Resistance 4.15 avg rating β€” 54 ratings
54.
Thoreau and the Language of Trees
Thoreau and the Language of Trees 4.15 avg rating β€” 111 ratings
55.
Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays
Too Much and Not the Mood: Essays 4.02 avg rating β€” 5,603 ratings
56.
The Things I Would Tell You: British Muslim Women Write
The Things I Would Tell You: British Muslim Women Write 3.71 avg rating β€” 1,374 ratings
57.
Sex and Secularism
Sex and Secularism 3.94 avg rating β€” 77 ratings
58.
Swimmer Among the Stars: Stories
Swimmer Among the Stars: Stories 3.74 avg rating β€” 1,163 ratings
59.
Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone
Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone 4.20 avg rating β€” 7,741 ratings
60.
Mayhem: A Memoir
Mayhem: A Memoir 3.58 avg rating β€” 1,082 ratings
61.
Between Them: Remembering My Parents
Between Them: Remembering My Parents 3.73 avg rating β€” 3,149 ratings
62.
The Unaccompanied
The Unaccompanied 3.80 avg rating β€” 315 ratings
63.
The Story of a Brief Marriage
The Story of a Brief Marriage 3.81 avg rating β€” 3,107 ratings
64.
Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions
Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions 4.39 avg rating β€” 16,457 ratings