Best Books of 1997

196.
The Tower of the Swallow (The Witcher, #4)
The Tower of the Swallow (The Witcher, #4) 4.22 avg rating — 116,421 ratings
202.
Beer Blast: The Inside Story of the Brewing Industry's Bizarre Battles for Your Money
Beer Blast: The Inside Story of the Brewing Industry's Bizarre Battles for Your Money 3.77 avg rating — 102 ratings
202.
Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India
Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India 3.82 avg rating — 790 ratings
202.
The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #2)
The Angel of Darkness (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 30,896 ratings
202.
The Twisted Muse: Musicians and Their Music in the Third Reich
The Twisted Muse: Musicians and Their Music in the Third Reich 3.95 avg rating — 41 ratings
202.
Ashworth Hall (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt, #17)
Ashworth Hall (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt, #17) 3.92 avg rating — 3,408 ratings
202.
Tropic of Orange
Tropic of Orange 3.55 avg rating — 3,059 ratings
202.
Wounds of Passion: A Writing Life
Wounds of Passion: A Writing Life 4.32 avg rating — 900 ratings
202.
Bogart
Bogart 4.17 avg rating — 452 ratings
202.
Forever Knight: Intimations of Mortality
Forever Knight: Intimations of Mortality 3.69 avg rating — 98 ratings
202.
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment 4.15 avg rating — 429,689 ratings
202.
Wedding Pictures
Wedding Pictures 3.12 avg rating — 24 ratings
202.
Wait Till Next Year
Wait Till Next Year 4.05 avg rating — 11,205 ratings
202.
The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People
The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People 4.05 avg rating — 9,984 ratings
215.
Walking Still
Walking Still 4.02 avg rating — 42 ratings
215.
Slant (Queen of Angels, #4)
Slant (Queen of Angels, #4)
by: Greg Bear
3.64 avg rating — 2,417 ratings
215.
Silent Melody (Georgian, #2)
Silent Melody (Georgian, #2) 3.76 avg rating — 4,090 ratings
215.
CAGNEY
CAGNEY 4.03 avg rating — 151 ratings
215.
Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack And The Japanese Psyche
Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack And The Japanese Psyche 3.91 avg rating — 21,848 ratings
215.
Lily's Crossing
Lily's Crossing 3.87 avg rating — 9,709 ratings
215.
Dreaming of the Bones (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #5)
Dreaming of the Bones (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #5) 4.09 avg rating — 11,013 ratings
215.
Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World 3.92 avg rating — 24,360 ratings
215.
Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror
Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror 4.06 avg rating — 1,904 ratings
224.
Becoming a Person of Influence: How to Positively Impact the Lives of Others
Becoming a Person of Influence: How to Positively Impact the Lives of Others 4.27 avg rating — 5,468 ratings
224.
Chopin: The Piano Concertos (Cambridge Music Handbooks)
Chopin: The Piano Concertos (Cambridge Music Handbooks)
by: John Rink
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings
224.
Imajica
Imajica 4.17 avg rating — 24,047 ratings
224.
Area 51 (Area 51, #1)
Area 51 (Area 51, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 4,810 ratings
224.
Billy's Boy (Harlan's Story, #3)
Billy's Boy (Harlan's Story, #3) 3.99 avg rating — 381 ratings
224.
Bewitched
Bewitched 3.82 avg rating — 420 ratings
224.
Voices of the Voiceless: Women, Justice, and Human Rights in Guatemala
Voices of the Voiceless: Women, Justice, and Human Rights in Guatemala 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings
224.
Year Full of Stories
Year Full of Stories 4.38 avg rating — 40 ratings
224.
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Tomorrow and Tomorrow 3.84 avg rating — 734 ratings
224.
Forever Knight: These Our Revels
Forever Knight: These Our Revels 3.42 avg rating — 76 ratings
224.
Special Delivery
Special Delivery 3.90 avg rating — 8,202 ratings
224.
Amalia: Diary 1 (California Diaries, #4)
Amalia: Diary 1 (California Diaries, #4) 3.74 avg rating — 498 ratings
224.
Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court
Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court 4.46 avg rating — 6,180 ratings
237.
The Troika
The Troika 3.68 avg rating — 362 ratings
237.
Some Sweet Day: A Novel
Some Sweet Day: A Novel 3.95 avg rating — 869 ratings
237.
Spoonface Steinberg: And Other Plays: From Radio 4's God's Country
Spoonface Steinberg: And Other Plays: From Radio 4's God's Country
by: Lee Hall
3.92 avg rating — 98 ratings
237.
Trader (Newford, #4)
Trader (Newford, #4) 4.10 avg rating — 2,994 ratings
237.
Bruiser
Bruiser 3.34 avg rating — 38 ratings
237.
The Gardener
The Gardener 4.32 avg rating — 9,659 ratings
237.
Chase the Moon
Chase the Moon 4.15 avg rating — 581 ratings
237.
Love and Longing in Bombay
Love and Longing in Bombay 3.58 avg rating — 2,589 ratings
237.
Robi Dobi: The Marvellous Adventures of an Indian Elephant
Robi Dobi: The Marvellous Adventures of an Indian Elephant 4.29 avg rating — 35 ratings
237.
Preparing for Marriage: A Complete Guide to Help You Discover God's Plan for a Lifetime of Love
Preparing for Marriage: A Complete Guide to Help You Discover God's Plan for a Lifetime of Love 4.06 avg rating — 943 ratings
237.
Bitter Waters: Life And Work In Stalin's Russia
Bitter Waters: Life And Work In Stalin's Russia 3.93 avg rating — 46 ratings
237.
Maggie: Diary 1 (California Diaries, #3)
Maggie: Diary 1 (California Diaries, #3) 3.69 avg rating — 531 ratings
237.
Almost No Memory
Almost No Memory 3.98 avg rating — 1,267 ratings
250.
The Solitary Man
The Solitary Man 4.24 avg rating — 991 ratings
250.
FIASCO: Blood in the Water on Wall Street
FIASCO: Blood in the Water on Wall Street 3.92 avg rating — 2,238 ratings
250.
The Bounty: Poems
The Bounty: Poems 3.96 avg rating — 187 ratings
250.
The Seven Silly Eaters
The Seven Silly Eaters 4.45 avg rating — 4,137 ratings
250.
If This World Were Mine
If This World Were Mine 4.29 avg rating — 3,304 ratings
250.
Sunny: Diary 1 (California Diaries, #2)
Sunny: Diary 1 (California Diaries, #2) 3.75 avg rating — 592 ratings
250.
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids about Money
Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids about Money 4.10 avg rating — 694,794 ratings
250.
Cosmic Christmas
Cosmic Christmas 4.18 avg rating — 784 ratings
250.
Paradise (Beloved Trilogy, #3)
Paradise (Beloved Trilogy, #3) 3.86 avg rating — 28,535 ratings
259.
Earthquake Weather (Fault Lines, #3)
Earthquake Weather (Fault Lines, #3) 3.83 avg rating — 2,066 ratings
259.
Journey Home
Journey Home 3.79 avg rating — 473 ratings
259.
The Butcher of Glastonbury
The Butcher of Glastonbury 3.65 avg rating — 17 ratings
259.
Home Field: Writers Remember Baseball
Home Field: Writers Remember Baseball 3.58 avg rating — 26 ratings
259.
In the Memory of the Forest
In the Memory of the Forest 3.91 avg rating — 511 ratings
259.
Tallchief
Tallchief 4.25 avg rating — 989 ratings
259.
Peoples of the Savanna
Peoples of the Savanna liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
259.
Why Is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality
Why Is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality 3.70 avg rating — 7,180 ratings
259.
Take Ten: New 10-Minute Plays
Take Ten: New 10-Minute Plays
by: Eric Lane
3.47 avg rating — 191 ratings
259.
Next of Kin: My Conversations with Chimpanzees
Next of Kin: My Conversations with Chimpanzees 4.48 avg rating — 2,065 ratings
259.
The Maze (FBI Thriller, #2)
The Maze (FBI Thriller, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 18,527 ratings
259.
Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth
Life: A Natural History of the First Four Billion Years of Life on Earth 4.08 avg rating — 3,321 ratings
259.
The Strange Death of Vincent Foster
The Strange Death of Vincent Foster 3.65 avg rating — 97 ratings
259.
Dawn: Diary 1 (California Diaries, #1)
Dawn: Diary 1 (California Diaries, #1) 3.63 avg rating — 797 ratings
259.
The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories
The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories 4.12 avg rating — 42,373 ratings
259.
Success Is a Choice: Ten Steps to Overachieving in Business and Life
Success Is a Choice: Ten Steps to Overachieving in Business and Life 3.98 avg rating — 1,163 ratings
275.
Postmodern American Fiction: A Norton Anthology
Postmodern American Fiction: A Norton Anthology 3.90 avg rating — 221 ratings
275.
Everything for Sale: The Virtues and Limits of Markets
Everything for Sale: The Virtues and Limits of Markets 3.94 avg rating — 80 ratings
275.
The Conquest of Cool: Business Culture, Counterculture, and the Rise of Hip Consumerism
The Conquest of Cool: Business Culture, Counterculture, and the Rise of Hip Consumerism 3.84 avg rating — 773 ratings
275.
Up Island
Up Island 3.90 avg rating — 6,985 ratings
275.
The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade
The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade 3.87 avg rating — 3,140 ratings
275.
Ben's Box: A Pop-Up Fantasy
Ben's Box: A Pop-Up Fantasy 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
275.
The Four Seasons
The Four Seasons
by: Bob Ryan
3.40 avg rating — 10 ratings
275.
The Bear Comes Home
The Bear Comes Home 3.84 avg rating — 630 ratings
283.
Painless Grammar
Painless Grammar 3.93 avg rating — 436 ratings
283.
The Silent Cry (William Monk, #8)
The Silent Cry (William Monk, #8) 4.06 avg rating — 4,383 ratings
283.
First Along the River: A Brief History of the U.S. Environmental Movement
First Along the River: A Brief History of the U.S. Environmental Movement 3.62 avg rating — 117 ratings
283.
Zinnia (St. Helen's, #2)
Zinnia (St. Helen's, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 5,846 ratings
283.
The Whole Shebang: A State-of-the-Universe[s] Report
The Whole Shebang: A State-of-the-Universe[s] Report 4.07 avg rating — 2,398 ratings
283.
The Message Remix
The Message Remix 4.42 avg rating — 9,551 ratings
283.
Marcus: The Autobiography of Marcus Allen
Marcus: The Autobiography of Marcus Allen 3.64 avg rating — 55 ratings
283.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1) 4.47 avg rating — 11,064,119 ratings
291.
Switchers (Switchers, #1)
Switchers (Switchers, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 1,063 ratings
291.
Girlfriend in a Coma
Girlfriend in a Coma 3.62 avg rating — 19,904 ratings
291.
Monstrum (Constantin Vadim, #1)
Monstrum (Constantin Vadim, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 417 ratings
291.
Yo!
Yo! 3.83 avg rating — 5,037 ratings
291.
My Year of Meats
My Year of Meats 4.03 avg rating — 20,794 ratings
291.
Anita and Me
Anita and Me 3.70 avg rating — 3,168 ratings
291.
Seedfolks
Seedfolks 3.75 avg rating — 16,832 ratings
291.
Love Your God with All Your Mind: The Role of Reason in the Life of the Soul
Love Your God with All Your Mind: The Role of Reason in the Life of the Soul 4.23 avg rating — 3,253 ratings
291.
Flutie
Flutie 3.60 avg rating — 25 ratings
300.
Harlem
Harlem 4.10 avg rating — 1,177 ratings
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