The best books to read 2017
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10 spot on the Brooklyn Public Library’s top 10 list for the year.Īccording to the NYPL, the system circulated about 24 million items this year - an increase of 7 percent. “ Between the World and Me” landed the No. Hong Kong speech therapists get 19 months in jail for publishing anti-government kids' booksįor the Brooklyn Public Library, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s 2013 novel “ Americanah” - a story of race and identity - was the most-checked-out book among the system’s 59 branches. Librarians go radical as new woke policies take over: experts Want to avoid burnout? Do nothing for increased productivityĪs bald eagle makes miraculous comeback in US, author reveals that humans 'redeemed ourselves' In the Queens Library system, which has 62 locations, the highest-circulated adult book for 2017 was the crime fiction thriller “ Camino Island” by John Grisham. Four of his books, including “ Murder Games” and “ Kill or Be Killed: Thrillers,” made it onto 2017’s top 10 list for the borough. In Manhattan, the most popular book was “ The Handmaid’s Tale,” and in Staten Island, the most-checked-out book was Danielle Steel’s romance novel “ The Award.”Īlong with Steel, favorite authors for the year on Staten Island included James Patterson. In the Bronx, the top checked-out book was a test preparation book for the Test Assessing Secondary Completion (TASC) exam. Vance, “ The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed Our Minds” by Michael Lewis, and “ Commonwealth” by Ann Patchett. Other tomes that debuted in the top 10 this year for the library system overall include: “ Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis” by J. 4 and Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel “ The Handmaid’s Tale” landed the No. Last year’s top novel, “ The Girl on the Train” by Paula Hawkins, came in at No. This year, taking the second spot on the list of most-checked-out books - which includes e-books - is Colson Whitehead’s “ The Underground Railroad: A Novel.” 2 on the library systems’ top checkout list for 2016. The 2015 book, written as a letter to the author’s teenage son about being black in America, came in at No.
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The award-winning best-seller “ Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates was the most-checked-out book at the New York Public Library’s 92 locations in the Bronx, Manhattan and Staten Island for 2017, The Post has learned. New Yorkers have been well-read this year.