Best Books of 2017 Year-End Honors by Book Best Books of 2017 Honors by Book - Fiction Ranking (updated feb 4 2018) 01/23/2018: 2017 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists for Fiction 12/04/2017: TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books of 2017 12/04/2017: New York Times 10 Best Books of 2017 11/10/2017: Amazon Top 10 Literature & Fiction of 2017 10/06/2017: 2017 National Book Award Finalists for Fiction 09/09/2017: 2017 Man Booker Prize Shortlist Top Fiction Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward 354 reviews (304p) September 5, 2017 Amazon Best Books of 2017: Top 10 Literature & Fiction #14 Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2017: Top 10 #10 New York Times 10 Best Books of 2017 National Book Award Winner TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #1 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Finalist Washington Post Top 10 Books of 2017 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Exit West by Mohsin Hamid 475 reviews (240p) March 7, 2017 Amazon Best Books of 2017: Top 10 Literature & Fiction #3 New York Times 10 Best Books of 2017 Man Booker Prize Finalist TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #6 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Finalist Economist Books of the Year: Fiction Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders 1276 reviews (368p) February 14, 2017 Amazon Best Books of 2017: Top 10 Literature & Fiction #4 Library Journal Best Books 2017: The Top Ten Man Booker Prize Winner TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #5 Washington Post Top 10 Books of 2017 Economist Books of the Year: Fiction Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Pachinko by Min Jin Lee 649 reviews (496p) February 7, 2017 Amazon Best Books of 2017: Top 10 Literature & Fiction #13 New York Times 10 Best Books of 2017 National Book Award Finalist Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page White Tears by Hari Kunzru 54 reviews (288p) March 14, 2017 Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2017: Top 10 #2 TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #2 Economist Books of the Year: Fiction Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy 355 reviews (464p) June 6, 2017 Amazon Best Books of 2017: Top 10 Literature & Fiction #9 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Finalist Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Other Notable Fiction 4321 by Paul Auster 240 reviews (960p) January 1, 2017 Amazon Best Books of 2017: Top 10 Literature & Fiction #11 Man Booker Prize Finalist Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Autumn by Ali Smith 88 reviews (272p) February 7, 2017 New York Times 10 Best Books of 2017 Man Booker Prize Finalist Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Ill Will by Dan Chaon 275 reviews (496p) March 7, 2017 Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2017: Top 10 #7 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page The Changeling by Victor LaValle 124 reviews (448p) June 13, 2017 TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #7 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott 161 reviews (256p) September 19, 2017 Library Journal Best Books 2017: The Top Ten TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #8 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Finalist Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan 636 reviews (448p) October 3, 2017 TIME Magazine Top 10 Fiction Books #4 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page The Power by Naomi Alderman 231 reviews (400p) October 10, 2017 New York Times 10 Best Books of 2017 Washington Post Top 10 Books of 2017 Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page Don't understand the data above? View the key.