Just in time for your Black Friday book-gift giving, Barnes and Noble has released its list of the best books of 2017. By breaking down their top picks into genre-based category lists, there’s bound to be a title for everyone on your list.
“2017 was a great year in books, with some of the biggest authors in the industry coming out with highly anticipated new works and some new, remarkable authors coming onto the scene,” said Liz Harwell, Senior Director of Merchandising, Trade Books at Barnes & Noble, in a press release. “This year more than ever the best books list represents a diverse range of genres and interests, making it another great resource for customers across the country looking to find the perfect gift this holiday season.”
Fiction
In the Midst of Winter by Isabel Allende
Origin by Dan Brown
The Late Show by Michael Connelly
Manhattan Beach: A Novel by Jennifer Egan
Future Home of the Living God: A Novel by Louise Erdrich
A Column of Fire by Ken Follett
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
The Rooster Bar by John Grisham
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Uncommon Type: Some Stories by Tom Hanks
Strange Weather: Four Short Novels by Joe Hill
The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and Owen King
A Legacy of Spies by John Le Carré
Hiddensee: A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker by Gregory Maguire
The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Glass Houses (Chief Inspector Gamache Series #13) by Louise Penny
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck
Sourdough by Robin Sloan
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Artemis by Andy Weir
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
Nonfiction
You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie
Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose by Joe Biden
Grant by Ron Chernow
Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West by Tom Clavin
We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia by Masha Gessen
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson
Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery by Scott Kelly
Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit by Chris Matthews
The American Spirit: Who We Are & What We Stand For by David McCullough
Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World by Eric Metaxas
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II by Liza Mundy
Everything All at Once: How to Unleash Your Inner Nerd, Tap into Radical Curiosity and Solve Any Problem by Bill Nye
Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom by Condoleezza Rice
Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom by Thomas E. Ricks
Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert M. Sapolsky
Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977 – 2002 by David Sedaris
Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated (B&N Exclusive Edition) by Shea Serrano
Where the Past Begins by Amy Tan
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
We’re Going to Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True by Gabrielle Union
Teens
King’s Cage (Red Queen Series #3) by Victoria Aveyard
The Twisted Ones (Five Nights at Freddy’s Series #2) (Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition) by Scott Cawthon and Kira Bree-Wrisley
The Bone Witch (Bone Witch Series #1) by Rin Chupeco
Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices Series #2) by Cassandra Clare
Alex and Eliza: A Love Story by Melissa de la Cruz
Once and for All (Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition) by Sarah Dessen
The Final Spark (Michael Vey Series #7) by Richard Paul Evans
Caraval (Caraval Series #1) by Stephanie Garber
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
My Life as Eva: The Struggle is Real by Eva Gutowski
Always and Forever, Lara Jean (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before Series #3) by Jenny Han
The You I’ve Never Known by Ellen Hopkins
RoseBlood (Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition) by A.G. Howard
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
Generation One (Lorien Legacies Reborn Series #1) (Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition) by Pittacus Lore
A Court of Wings and Ruin (Court of Thorns and Roses Series #3) by Sarah J. Maas
Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass Series #6) (Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition) by Sarah J. Maas
The Battlemage (Summoner Trilogy Series #3) (Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition) by Taran Matharu
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
The End of Oz (Dorothy Must Die Series #4) (Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition) by Danielle Paige
Crazy House by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet
Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth
The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett by Chelsea Sedoti
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
The Maddie Diaries: A Memoir by Maddie Ziegler
Kids
Minecraft: The Island by Max Brooks
She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World by Chelsea Clinton and illustrator Alexandra Boiger
It Takes a Village by Hillary Rodham Clinton and illustrator Marla Frazee
Worlds Collide (The Land of Stories Series #6) (Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition) by Chris Colfer
Rise of the Isle of the Lost (Descendants Series #3) (Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition) by Melissa de la Cruz
Pete the Cat and the Cool Cat Boogie by James Dean
Through Your Eyes: My Child’s Gift to Me by Ainsley Earhardt and illustrator Ji-Hyuk Kim
Everything is Mama by Jimmy Fallon
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2 by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo
Princesses Wear Pants by Savannah Guthrie, Allison Opphenheim and illustrator Eva Byrne
The Elements Book (Barnes & Noble Exclusive Poster Edition) by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
Spy School Secret Service (Spy School Series #5) (B&N Exclusive Edition) by Stuart Gibbs
The Getaway (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #12) (Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition) by Jeff Kinney
Uni the Unicorn and the Dream Come True by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and illustrator Brigette Barrager
The Magic Misfits (The Magic Misfits Series #1) by Neil Patrick Harris and illustrator Lissy Marlin
We’re All Wonders by R.J. Palacio
Big Nate: What’s a Little Noogie Between Friends? by Lincoln Peirce
Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties (Captain Underpants: Dog Man Series #3) by Dav Pilkey
The Ship of the Dead (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard Series #3) by Rick Riordan
Dragons Love Tacos 2: The Sequel by Adam Rubin and illustrator Daniel Salmieri
Tales from a Not-So-Secret Crush Catastrophe (Dork Diaries Series #12) by Rachel Renée Russell
Runny Babbit Returns: Another Billy Sook by Shel Silverstein
Dream Big Dreams: Photographs from Barack Obama’s Inspiring and Historic Presidency by Pete Souza
The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine by Mark Twain, Philip C. Stead and illustrator Erin Stead
Malala’s Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai and illustrator Kerascoët
Mysteries & Thrillers
The Dark Lake by Sarah Bailey
End Game (Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition) by David Baldacci
Vicious Circle (Joe Pickett Series #17) by C.J. Box
Origin by Dan Brown
Watch Me Disappear by Janelle Brown
The Stolen Marriage: A Novel by Diane Chamberlain
The Midnight Line by Lee Child
Don’t Let Go by Harlan Coben
Two Kinds of Truth (Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition) by Michael Connelly
The Cuban Affair by Nelson DeMille
The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld
Hardcore Twenty-Four (Stephanie Plum Series #24) by Janet Evanovich
Y is for Yesterday (Kinsey Millhone Series #25) by Sue Grafton
The Rooster Bar by John Grisham
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Mississippi Blood (Natchez Burning Series #3) by Greg Iles
The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye (Millennium Series #5) by David Lagercrantz
A Legacy of Spies by John Le Carré
Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane
Earthly Remains (Guido Brunetti Series #26) by Donna Leon
The Breakdown by B.A. Paris
Glass Houses (Chief Inspector Gamache Series #13) by Louise Penny
Deep Freeze (Virgil Flowers Series #10) by John Sandford
Good Daughter: A Novel by Karin Slaughter
Heather, the Totality by Matthew Weiner
History, Biography and Memoir
You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie
Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose by Joe Biden
Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam by Mark Bowden
Grant by Ron Chernow
Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West by Tom Clavin
It’s Not Yet Dark: A Memoir by Simon Fitzmaurice
The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia by Masha Gessen
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari
Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson
The Templars: The Rise and Spectacular Fall of God’s Holy Warriors by Dan Jones
The Last Castle: The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home by Denise Kiernan
The Rules Do Not Apply: A Memoir by Ariel Levy
Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit by Chris Matthews
The American Spirit: Who We Are & What We Stand For by David McCullough
Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World by Eric Metaxas
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II by Liza Mundy
Last Hope Island: Britain, Occupied Europe, and the Brotherhood That Helped Turn the Tide of War by Lynne Olson
The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas Preston
Caught in the Revolution: Petrograd, Russia, 1917 – A World on the Edge by Helen Rappaport
Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom by Thomas E. Ricks
The Odyssey of Echo Company: The 1968 Tet Offensive and the Epic Battle to Survive the Vietnam War by Doug Stanton
Where the Past Begins by Amy Tan
We’re Going to Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True by Gabrielle Union
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