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Books Read in 2017

43. To Love and Be Wise by Josephine Tey

42. Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie

41. The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

40. The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

39. Complete Miss Marple Stories by Agatha Christie

38 The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett

37. The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit

36. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

35. Palace of Stone by Shannon Hale

34. Orphan Island by Laurel Snyder

33. The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

32. Finn Family Moomintroll by Tove Jansson

31. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

30. Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks by Annie Spence

29. Little Monsters by Kara Thomas

28. Ten Years in the Tub by Nick Hornby

27. Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough

26. Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan

25. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

24. The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket

23. Half Magic by Edward Eager

22. 13 Minutes by Sarah Pinborough

21. One of Us Is Lying by Karen McManus

20. All the Weyrs of Pern by Anne McCaffrey

19. Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

18. Secret Horses of Briar Hills by Megan Shepherd

17. The Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby

16. The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey

15. Dragondrums by Anne McCaffrey

14. Dragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey

13. Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey

12. Murder for Her Majesty by Beth Hilgartner

11. Princess Academy by Shannon Hale

10. Missing by Kelley Armstrong

9. Housekeeping Vs. The Dirt by Nick Hornby

8. Grief Cottage by Gail Godwin

7. A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park

6. The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt

5. Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson

4. Ilsa by Madeleine L'Engle

3. More Baths, Less Talking by Nick Hornby

2. King Lear by William Shakespeare

1. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

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