Below, you’ll find a list of Tammy’s favorite books of 2017, organized by genre and reading level.

Mainstream (Young Adult)

• Tara Altebrando – The Leaving (2016, Mystery).
• Dorothea Jensen – A Buss from Lafayette (2016, Historical, Young Readers).
• Justine Larbalestier – My Sister Rosa (2016, Thriller).
• Marieke Nijkamp – This Is Where It Ends (2016, Contemporary, Warning: Shooting).
• Kim Michele Richardson – GodPretty in the Tobacco Field (2016, Historical).
• Willo Davis Roberts – Twisted Summer (1998, Mystery).
• Laura Wiess – Such a Pretty Girl (2007, Contemporary).

Sci-Fi & Fantasy (Young Adult)

• C. J. Archer – The Watchmaker’s Daughter (2016, Fantasy: Historical).
• Jen Blood – The Darkest Thread (2016).
• J. L. Bryan – Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper (2014, Paranormal).
• Alison Goodman – The Dark Days Pact (2017, Sequel, Fantasy: Regency Era).
• Alwyn Hamilton – Rebel of the Sands (2015, Fantasy).
• Faith Erin Hicks – The Nameless City (2016, Graphic Novel, Fantasy) and sequel: The Stone Heart (2017).
• Matthew J. Kirby – A Taste for Monsters (2016, Fantasy: Historical).
• Emily Winfield Martin – Snow & Rose (2017, Fantasy, Young Readers).
• Robin McKinley – Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast (1978, Fantasy: Fairy Tale, Reread), The Blue Sword (1982, Fantasy, Reread) and sequel: The Hero and the Crown (1982, Reread), Deerskin (1993, Fantasy: Fairy Tale, Reread).
• Kristen Simmons – Article 5 (2012, Sci-Fi).
• Sabaa Tahir – A Torch Against the Night (2016, Sequel, Fantasy).
• Rachel Vincent – Menagerie (2015, Fantasy: Contemporary).

Mainstream (Adult)

• Katie Bayerl – A Psalm for Lost Girls (2017, Contemporary).
• Minrose Gwin – The Queen of Palmyra (2010, Historical).
• Jody Hedlund – A Daring Sacrifice (2016, Romance: Historical).
• Jane Steen – The House of Closed Doors (2012, Historical).

Mystery & Thriller (Adult)

• Suzanne Arruda – Mark of the Lion (2006, Mystery: Historical).
• Jen Blood – The Darkest Thread (2016, Mystery).
• J. L. Bryan – Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper (2014, Paranormal).
• James Lee Burke – The Dave Robicheaux series (Mystery): Dixie City Jam (1994), Sunset Limited (1998).
• C. J. Carmichael – Buried (2015, Mystery).
• John Connolly – A Game of Ghosts (2017, Thriller).
• Richard C. Hale – Frozen Past (2012, Thriller).
• Charlaine Harris – An Ice Cold Grave (2007, Psychological Thriller, Reread).
• Stephanie Kane – Quiet Time (2001, Mystery).
• Alex Kava – Breaking Creed (2014, Thriller).
• Vaseem Khan – The Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation series (Mystery): The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra (2015), The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown (2016), The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star (2017).
• Dale Mayer – Tuesday’s Child (2011, Psychological Thriller) and sequel: Hide’n Go Seek (2011).
• Robert McCammon – The Five (2011, Thriller: Occult).
• David Putnam – The Bruno Johnson series (Thriller): The Disposables (2014), The Squandered (2016).
• Alexa Steele – The Lost Girls (2015, Mystery).
• Charles Todd – A Pattern of Lies (2015, Mystery: World War II).
• Lisa Unger – Fragile (2010, Thriller).
• Jacqueline Winspear – The Maisie Dobbs series (Mystery: Historical): A Dangerous Place (2015), Journey to Munich (2016).
• Hester Young – The Gates of Evangeline (2015, Thriller).

Sci-Fi & Fantasy (Adult)

• Saladin Ahmed – Throne of the Crescent Moon (2012, Fantasy).
• Ilona Andrews – Clean Sweep (2013, Fantasy: Contemporary).
• Kendare Blake – When Gods and Vampires Roamed Miami (2014, Fantasy: Supernatural & Mythology).
• Virginia Boecker – The Witch Hunter series (Fantasy: Historical): The Healer: A Witch Hunter Novella (2015) and The Witch Hunter (2015).
• Lois McMaster Bujold – Penric and Desdemona novellas (Fantasy): Penric’s Demon (2015), Penric and the Shaman (2016).
• Melissa Caruso – The Tethered Mage (2017, Fantasy).
• S. A. Chakraborty – The City of Brass (2017, Fantasy: Historical).
• Roshani Chokshi – “The Vishakanya’s Choice” (2015, Fantasy: Historical, Short Story).
• Jessica Cluess – A Poison Dark and Drowning (2017, Fantasy).
• Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (Editors) – Silver Birch, Blood Moon (1999, Fantasy, Short Story Anthology).
• Daniel M. Ford – Ordination (2016, Fantasy) and sequel: Stillbright (2017).
• Gregory Frost – Shadowbridge (2007, Fantasy).
• Barbara Hambly – The Darwath series (Fantasy: Historical, Reread): The Time of the Dark (1982), The Walls of Air (1983), The Armies of Daylight (1983).
• Rachel Hartman – Tess of the Road (2018, Fantasy).
• Stephen King & Richard Chizmar – Gwendy’s Button Box (2017, Dark Fantasy: Contemporary).
• Todd Lockwood – The Summer Dragon (2016, Fantasy).
• Ian R. MacLeod – The Light Ages (2002, Fantasy: Alternative History).
• Emily B. Martin – Woodwalker (2016, Fantasy).
• Melissa McShane – Servant of the Crown (2015, Fantasy).
• Jaime Lee Moyer – The Delia Martin series (Fantasy: Alternative History): Delia’s Shadow (2013), A Barricade in Hell (2014), Against a Brightening Sky (2015).
• Rachel Neumeier – The White Road of the Moon (2017, Fantasy: Paranormal).
• Cherie Priest – Brimstone (2017, Fantasy: Historical).
• Kristen Simmons – The Glass Arrow (2015, Fantasy).
• Nancy Werlin – Impossible (2008, Fantasy).

Miscellaneous (Non-fiction, Graphic Novels, Poetry)

• Nidhi Chanani – Pashmina (2017, Graphic Novel: Fantasy, Young Readers).
• Joseph J. Ellis – His Excellency: George Washington (2004, Biography).
• Jesse J. Holland – The Invisibles: The Untold Story of African American Slaves in the White House (2016, Non-Fiction: History).
• Gilbert King – Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America (2012, Non-fiction: History).
• Gary Krist – City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago (2012, Non-Fiction: History).
• John Lewis (Writer), Andrew Aydin (Writer) & Nate Powell (Artist) – March: Book One (2013, Graphic Novel: History of the Black Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s-1960s in the US South) and sequels: March: Book Two (2015) and March: Book Three (2016).
• Jack Olsen – Predator: Rape and Injustice in Seattle (2015, Non-fiction: True Crime).
• Gail Simone (Writer), Jon Davis-Hunt (Artist), Walter Giovani (Artist), Sanya Anwar (Artist), Quinton Winter (Colorist) – Clean Room (Comics): Vol. 1: Immaculate Conception (2016), Vol. 2: Exile (2017), Vol. 3: Waiting for the Stars to Fall (2017).
• Gail Simone (Writer), Cat Staggs (Artist) – Crosswind (Comics): Volume 1 (2018).