{"id":4455,"date":"2018-01-08T13:27:06","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T20:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/?p=4455"},"modified":"2018-01-08T13:27:06","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T20:27:06","slug":"2017-in-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kbtechworks.com\/kbranch\/blog\/archives\/4455","title":{"rendered":"2017 in books"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As I usually post each year, below is a list of the books I read in 2017.<\/p>\n

The books are listed in the order I read them with my favorites in bold.<\/p>\n

I had a goal to read 50 books for the year, but I cut myself some slack on that for a couple reasons. First, Brad and I both did Nanowrimo in November, which took a chunk of time. In addition, toward the end of the year, I started the Red Mars<\/em> series by\u00a0Kim Stanley Robinson (thanks to MA); these are fairly big books, and I opted for finishing that instead of cramming in a few shorter reads at year end.<\/p>\n

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  1. All the Light We Cannot See<\/i> by Anthony Doerr<\/li>\n
  2. The Oral History Workshop<\/i> by Cynthia Hart with Lisa Samson<\/li>\n
  3. The Tree Bride<\/i> by\u00a0by Bharati Mukherjee<\/li>\n
  4. We Are Stories<\/i> edited by Margarita Ramirez Loya and her students<\/li>\n
  5. Epitaph for a Peach<\/i> by David Mas Masumoto<\/li>\n
  6. Revival<\/i> by Stephen King<\/li>\n
  7. Adnan’s Story<\/i> by Rabia Chaudry<\/li>\n
  8. Heirlooms<\/i> by David Masumoto<\/li>\n
  9. Sowing Seeds in the Desert<\/i>\u00a0by Masanobu Fukuoka<\/strong><\/li>\n
  10. Start Where You Are<\/i> by Pema Ch\u00f6dr\u00f6n<\/li>\n
  11. Fool Me Once<\/i> by Harlan Coben<\/li>\n
  12. The Innocent Man<\/i> by John Grisham<\/li>\n
  13. One Straw Revolution<\/i> by Masanobu Fukuoka<\/strong><\/li>\n
  14. The Nix<\/i> by Nathan Hill<\/li>\n
  15. In Cold Blood<\/i> by Truman Capote<\/li>\n
  16. The Chamber<\/i> by John Grisham<\/li>\n
  17. The Education of Dixie Dupree<\/i> by Donna Everhart<\/li>\n
  18. The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven<\/i> by Sherman Alexie<\/li>\n
  19. Reservation Blues<\/i>\u00a0by Sherman Alexie<\/li>\n
  20. Bless Me, Ultima<\/i> by Rudolfo Anaya<\/strong><\/li>\n
  21. So Big<\/i> by Edna Ferber<\/li>\n
  22. Eiger Dreams<\/i> by Jon Krakauer<\/li>\n
  23. Anything is Possible<\/i> by Elizabeth Strout<\/li>\n
  24. Public Library<\/i> by Ali Smith<\/li>\n
  25. Four Seasons in Five Senses<\/i>\u00a0by David Mas Masumoto<\/li>\n
  26. Desert Sanctuary<\/i> by Hank Messick<\/li>\n
  27. Rebel Mother<\/i> by Peter Andreas<\/strong><\/li>\n
  28. The Yellow Envelope<\/i> by Kim Dinan<\/li>\n
  29. Andrew’s Brain<\/i> by E.L. Doctorow<\/li>\n
  30. Reading Lolita in Tehran<\/i> by Azar Nafisi<\/li>\n
  31. The Glass Castle<\/i> by Jeannette Walls<\/li>\n
  32. The Postman<\/i> by David Brin<\/strong><\/li>\n
  33. The Road<\/i> by Cormac McCarthy<\/li>\n
  34. The Man in the High Castle<\/i> by Philip Dick<\/li>\n
  35. Red Mars<\/i> by Kim Stanley Robinson<\/strong><\/li>\n
  36. Ten Years on the Line<\/i> by Mike Ligon<\/li>\n
  37. Assignment Eternity<\/i> by Robert Heinlein<\/li>\n
  38. A Thousand Acres<\/i> by Jane Smiley<\/li>\n
  39. Hillbilly Elegy<\/i> by JD Vance<\/li>\n
  40. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian<\/i> by Sherman Alexie<\/li>\n
  41. Green Mars<\/i> by Kim Stanley Robinson<\/strong><\/li>\n
  42. India Calling<\/i>\u00a0by Anand Giridharadas<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    What were your favorite reads this year?<\/p>\n

    As always, I’m on GoodReads. If you’re there, let’s connect!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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