Here’s a look back at 2017 via our annual roundup of Coffee House books that landed on bookstore and media best-of lists. Thirteen books ended up on thirty-three different favorite and recommendation lists. We can’t wait to see what 2018 has in store!
Camanchaca by Diego Zúñiga, translated by Megan McDowell
Brazos Bookstore, “Buyer’s Corner: Best of 2017 So Far”
Tell Me How It Ends by Valeria Luiselli
The Guardian, “Best Books of 2017 — Part One”
Chicago Public Library, “Best Books of 2017”
Point Reyes Books, “The Best Books We Read in 2017”
Brazos Bookstore, “Mark’s Top Ten (Plus Another Ten for Good Measure. . .)”
Brazos Bookstore, “Buyer’s Corner: Best of 2017 So Far”
NPR, “Book Concierge: Our Guide to 2017’s Great Reads”
Kirkus, “Best Nonfiction of 2017”
Island Books, “Our Best of the Year 2017: Nonfiction”
Remezcla, “These Were the Best Books from Latin American & Latino Authors in 2017”
The Riveter, “The Riveter’s Top Ten Books of 2017”
The Portland Mercury, “Looking Back on the Best Books of 2017”
Brazos Bookstore, “Best-Selling Nonfiction of 2017”
Deep Vellum, “Deep Vellum’s Best of 2017”
At the Lightning Field by Laura Raicovich
NPR, “Book Concierge: Our Guide to 2017’s Great Reads”
The Gift by Barbara Browning
Nylon, “The Best Books of the Year, So Far: And Who Should Read What”
Kirkus, “Best Fiction of 2017”
Unabridged Bookstore, “Our Favorite Books of 2017”
The Millions, “A Year in Reading: Eugene Lim”
The Millions, “A Year in Reading: Jeff Vandermeer”
Nylon, “Here Are the Best Fiction Books Of 2017”
Stephen Florida by Gabe Habash
Brazos Bookstore, “Mark’s Top Ten (Plus Another Ten for Good Measure. . .)”
Chicago Review of Books, “The Best Fiction Books of 2017 So Far”
The National, “Our Guide to the Best Books for Summer 2017”
Nylon, “The Best Books of the Year, So Far: And Who Should Read What”
NPR, “Book Concierge: Our Guide to 2017’s Great Reads”
Chicago Review of Books, “The Best Fiction Books of 2017”
HuffPost, “The Best Fiction Books Of 2017”
MPRNews, “The Best Books to Give and Get: Fiction Picks of 2017”
Entropy, “Best of 2017: Best Fiction Books”
Subtext Books, “Our Favorite Books of 2017”
Electric Literature, “Electric Literature’s 25 Best Novels of 2017”
Bibliotheca, “Great Books You Might've Missed 2017”
Thousand Star Hotel by Bao Phi
Entropy, “Best of 2017: Best Poetry Books & Collections”
NPR, “Book Concierge: Our Guide to 2017’s Great Reads”
Good Stock Strange Blood by Dawn Lundy Martin
Entropy, “Best of 2017: Best Poetry Books & Collections”
Tropic of Orange by Karen Tei Yamashita
Brazos Bookstore, “Brazos Best 2017”
The Doll’s Alphabet by Camilla Grudova
Chicago Review of Books, “The Best Fiction Books of 2017”
The Irish Times, “Fiction, History, Humour, Emotion: The Best Books of 2017”
The Herald, “All They Want for Christmas: The Best Books of 2017 Selected by 20 Literary Luminaries, from Liz Lochhead to Jamie Byng”
Beneath the Spanish by Victor Hernández Cruz
Poets.org, “Books Noted 2017”
Mean by Myriam Gurba
Nylon, “Our Favorite Nonfiction Books Of 2017”
Book Riot, “The Best Genre-Bending Fiction of 2017”
Remezcla, “These Were the Best Books from Latin American & Latino Authors in 2017”