Best Books of 2017 Year-End Honors by Book Best Books of 2017 Honors by Book - Fiction Ranking (updated feb 4 2018) 04/16/2018: 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Finalists 02/11/2018: ALA Notable Books - Fiction 01/23/2018: 2017 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists for Fiction 12/04/2017: TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books of 2017 12/04/2017: New York Times 10 Best Books of 2017 11/10/2017: Amazon Top 10 Literature & Fiction of 2017 10/06/2017: 2017 National Book Award Finalists for Fiction 09/09/2017: 2017 Man Booker Prize Shortlist Top Fiction Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward 841 reviews (304p) September 5, 2017 Amazon Best Books of 2017: Top 10 Literature & Fiction #14 Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2017: Top 10 #10 New York Times 10 Best Books of 2017 National Book Award Winner TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #1 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Finalist ALA Notable Books - Fiction Washington Post Top 10 Books of 2017 PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Finalist Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Exit West by Mohsin Hamid 948 reviews (240p) March 7, 2017 Amazon Best Books of 2017: Top 10 Literature & Fiction #3 New York Times 10 Best Books of 2017 Man Booker Prize Finalist TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #6 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Finalist ALA Notable Books - Fiction Economist Books of the Year: Fiction LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Winner Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders 2022 reviews (368p) February 14, 2017 Amazon Best Books of 2017: Top 10 Literature & Fiction #4 Library Journal Best Books 2017: The Top Ten Man Booker Prize Winner TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #5 ALA Notable Books - Fiction Washington Post Top 10 Books of 2017 Economist Books of the Year: Fiction Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Pachinko by Min Jin Lee 2891 reviews (496p) February 7, 2017 Amazon Best Books of 2017: Top 10 Literature & Fiction #13 New York Times 10 Best Books of 2017 National Book Award Finalist ALA Notable Books - Fiction Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page White Tears by Hari Kunzru 87 reviews (288p) March 14, 2017 Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2017: Top 10 #2 TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #2 Economist Books of the Year: Fiction Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy 424 reviews (464p) June 6, 2017 Amazon Best Books of 2017: Top 10 Literature & Fiction #9 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Finalist Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Other Notable Fiction 4321 by Paul Auster 336 reviews (960p) January 1, 2017 Amazon Best Books of 2017: Top 10 Literature & Fiction #11 Man Booker Prize Finalist Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Autumn by Ali Smith 158 reviews (272p) February 7, 2017 New York Times 10 Best Books of 2017 Man Booker Prize Finalist Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Ill Will by Dan Chaon 358 reviews (496p) March 7, 2017 Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2017: Top 10 #7 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page The Changeling by Victor LaValle 216 reviews (448p) June 13, 2017 TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #7 LA Times Book Prize for Fiction Finalist Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott 314 reviews (256p) September 19, 2017 Library Journal Best Books 2017: The Top Ten TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #8 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Finalist Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan 1265 reviews (448p) October 3, 2017 TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #4 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page The Power by Naomi Alderman 895 reviews (400p) October 10, 2017 New York Times 10 Best Books of 2017 Washington Post Top 10 Books of 2017 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Don't understand the data above? View the key.