2017 Notable Books for Adults

Beschreibung
Since 1944, the goal of the Notable Books Council has been to make available to the nation’s readers a list of 25 very good, very readable, and at times very important fiction, nonfiction, and poetry books for the adult reader. This is the 2017 list.
1
The Underground Railroad
von Colson Whitehead
8,911 Mitglieder
453 Rezensionen
4
2 Members
sturlington, gypsysmom
2
Homegoing
von Yaa Gyasi
5,581 Mitglieder
276 Rezensionen
½ 4.3
2 Members
sturlington, lmbix
3
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
von Ruth Franklin
493 Mitglieder
19 Rezensionen
4.2
2 Members
sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
4
In the Darkroom
von Susan Faludi
431 Mitglieder
16 Rezensionen
4
2 Members
sturlington, kara.shamy
5
Geister
von Nathan Hill
2,190 Mitglieder
107 Rezensionen
4.1
2 Members
sturlington, lmbix
6
Das Gen: Eine sehr persönliche Geschichte
von Siddhartha Mukherjee
2,568 Mitglieder
73 Rezensionen
4.2
2 Members
sturlington, lmbix
7
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
von Iain Reid
2,051 Mitglieder
125 Rezensionen
½ 3.3
Member
sturlington
8
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
von Matthew Desmond
3,329 Mitglieder
203 Rezensionen
½ 4.4
Member
sturlington
9
Behold the Dreamers
von Imbolo Mbue
1,967 Mitglieder
101 Rezensionen
3.9
Member
sturlington
10
Das Café der Existenzialisten: Freiheit, Sein und Aprikosencocktails
von Sarah Bakewell
1,547 Mitglieder
42 Rezensionen
4.2
Member
sturlington
11
Grief is the Thing with Feathers
von Max Porter
1,446 Mitglieder
78 Rezensionen
3.8
Member
sturlington
12
Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution
von Nathaniel Philbrick
1,151 Mitglieder
27 Rezensionen
4.1
Member
sturlington
13
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
von Frans de Waal
1,103 Mitglieder
43 Rezensionen
3.9
Member
sturlington
14
The Unseen World
von Liz Moore
646 Mitglieder
44 Rezensionen
4.1
Member
sturlington
15
The Sport of Kings
von C. E. Morgan
428 Mitglieder
21 Rezensionen
½ 3.5
Member
sturlington
16
Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America
von Patrick Phillips
379 Mitglieder
13 Rezensionen
½ 4.4
Member
sturlington
17
The Rain in Portugal: Poems
von Billy Collins
312 Mitglieder
10 Rezensionen
4
Member
sturlington
18
Christodora
von Tim Murphy
264 Mitglieder
11 Rezensionen
4
Member
sturlington
19
Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams
von Louisa Thomas
228 Mitglieder
10 Rezensionen
4.1
Member
sturlington
21
The Boys in the Bunkhouse: Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland
von Dan Barry
116 Mitglieder
5 Rezensionen
3.8
Member
sturlington
22
An Unrestored Woman
von Shobha Rao
103 Mitglieder
8 Rezensionen
4
Member
sturlington
23
Cannibal
von Safiya Sinclair
82 Mitglieder
1 Rezension
½ 4.3
Member
sturlington
24
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
von Margot Lee Shetterly
4,590 Mitglieder
193 Rezensionen
3.9
Member
gypsysmom,sturlington
Erklärungen
25
To the Bright Edge of the World
von Eowyn Ivey
1,119 Mitglieder
80 Rezensionen
4.1
Erklärungen
26
Missile Paradise
von Ron Tanner
13 Mitglieder
5
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