Earlier, in December, our staff shared our favorite books that came out in 2017 in three categories: fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books. But somebody had a great idea: instead of just sharing our opinions, why didn’t we share yours?
The rules are a little different this time, though: this is a list of people’s favorite book that they read in 2017, regardless of when it came out (not necessarily last year). Without further ado:
Kathie Lott – Disclaimer by Renee Knight; The Leavers by Lisa Ko; A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles; A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
John Hugh Tate – A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles; Hero of the Empire by Candice Millard; A Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin
Michael Stept – The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
Kirby Arinder – The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith
Lee Howell – The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
Ed Moak – Alone: Britain, Churchill, and Dunkirk: Defeat into Victory by Michael Korda; Camino Island by John Grisham; The Road to Camelot: Inside JFK’s Five-Year Campaign by Thomas Oliphant and Curtis Wilkie
Hannah Hester – The Fifth Season by N.K. Jenison
Kristine Weaver – The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Kay Hedglin – Eveningland by Michael Knight
Jeff Good, proprietor of Broad Street, Bravo, and Sal & Mookie’s – The Simple Truth About Your Business by Alex Brennan-Martin and Larry Taylor
Melvin Priester, Ward 2 City Council member – A Visit from the Good Squad by Jennifer Egan; the Saga series by Brian K. Vaughn
Haley Barbour, Mississippi governor (2004-2012) – Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
Jim Ewing, Clarion-Ledger book reviewer – A Really Big Lunch by Jim Harrison
Jana Hoops, Clarion-Ledger author interviewer – Dispatches from Pluto by Richard Grant; A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Jesmyn Ward, author of Sing, Unburied, Sing and Salvage the Bones – The Fortunes by Peter Ho Davies
Michael Farris Smith, author of Desperation Road – Stoner by John Williams
Angie Thomas, author The Hate U Give – Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Richard Grant, author of Dispatches from Pluto – Desperation Road by Michael Farris Smith
Howard Bahr, author of Pelican Road – Hue 1968 by Mark Bowden
Matthew Guinn, author of The Scribe and The Resurrectionist – Desperation Road by Michael Farris Smith
Thanks especially to the readers and authors who helped compile this list, and thanks to anybody and everybody who reads this blog and shops at our store. You make Lemuria exist, and on behalf of everybody who works here, we extend our deepest thanks. In the words (you’ve probably heard over our P.A.) of our muse, Ms. Jody, “This wouldn’t be a party without each one of you.”
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