In anticipation of posting some top ten type lists for 2017, I also want to share the whole list (books in this case) so you have an idea of what I am choosing from.
I'm seeing lots of great lists out there that have me adding to an already lengthy Amazon list, and of course if you have something excellent you read this year that you think I should check out. Let me know!
I have marked the titles with an asterisk that were read in preparation for discussion on the podcast, Literate Cinephiles. You can seek out those episodes if you're interested in a deeper dive on any of those.
Here it is by date of completion:
| Title | Date Finished |
| Innocents and Others by Dana Spiotta | 1/2/2017 |
| The Magicians by Lev Grossman | 1/10/2017 |
| Silver linings playbook by Matthew Quick* | 1/14/2017 |
| The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag by Robert A. Heinlen | 1/15/2017 |
| Normal by Warren Ellis | 1/16/2017 |
| The Magician King by Lev Grossman | 2/4/2017 |
| Lost Light by Michael Connelly | 2/7/2017 |
| The Third Man by Graham Greene* | 2/10/2017 |
| Lolita by Nabakov | 2/18/2017 |
| Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough | 2/21/2017 |
| Hangmen by Martin McDonagh (Play) | 2/22/2017 |
| Before the Fall by Noah Hawley | 3/4/2017 |
| Police at the station and they don't look friendly by Adrian McKinty | 3/19/2017 |
| Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews* | 3/24/2017 |
| A Beheading in Spokane by Martin McDonagh (Play) | 3/24/2017 |
| Old Man Logan by Mark Millar* | 3/24/2017 |
| Seveneves by Neal Stephenson | 4/5/2017 |
| A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean* | 4/5/2017 |
| The Children of Men by PD James* | 4/8/2017 |
| When breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi | 4/10/2017 |
| Pillowmam by Martin McDonagh (Play) | 5/7/2017 |
| Thirst by Jo Nesbo (in Danish) | 5/9/2017 |
| Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane | 5/17/2017 |
| The Prestige by Christopher Priest* | 5/23/2017 |
| Exit Strategy by Steve Hamilton | 5/26/2017 |
| Big Fish by Daniel Wallace* | 5/26/2017 |
| The Lietenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh (Play) | 5/29/2017 |
| The Affirmation by Chistopher Priest | 6/1/2017 |
| Wherever You Go There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn | 6/5/2017 |
| I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid | 6/8/2017 |
| How Will You Measure Your Life by Clayton Christensen | 6/19/2017 |
| The Force by Don Winslow | 7/15/2017 |
| Talent is Overrated by Geoff Colvin | 7/22/2017 |
| All You Need is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka* | 7/25/2017 |
| Ayoade on Ayoade by Richard Ayoade | 7/27/2017 |
| Afterlife by Marcus Sakey | 8/5/2017 |
| The Road by Cormac McCarthy* | 8/8/2017 |
| The Gunslinger by Stephen King* | 8/13/2017 |
| The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu | 8/26/2017 |
| The Wall of Storms by Ken Liu | 9/10/2017 |
| Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp* | 9/23/2017 |
| Room by Emma Donaghue* | 9/29/2017 |
| The Sweet Forever by George Pelecanos | 10/7/2017 |
| The Bulletproof Diet by Dave Espey | 10/9/2017 |
| The Lost City of Z by David Grann* | 10/28/2017 |
| Safe by Ryan Gattis | 11/3/2017 |
| The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis | 11/6/2017 |
| Autonomous by Annalee Newitz | 11/9/2017 |
| The Ferryman by Jez Butterworth | 11/9/2017 |
| Strange Weather by Joe Hill | 11/12/2017 |
| Unsub by Meg Gardiner | 11/15/2017 |
| The Cripple of Inishmaan by Martin McDonagh (Play) | 11/16/2017 |
| Artemis by Andy Weir | 11/20/2017 |
| Special Topics in Calamnity Phyiscs by Marisha Pessl | 11/29/2017 |
| Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert (Audible) | 11/30/2017 |
| American Kingpin by Nick Bilton (Audible) | 12/13/2017 |
| Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson | 12/23/2017 |
| The Dead Yard by Adrian McKinty | 12/27/2017 |
*I also read The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron but forgot to write down when I finished.
**I finished Altered Carbon on the plane ride home, but it was technically January 1st!
A River Runs Through it just looks so right on this list. :)
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