Best of 2017

Tough choices in the 2017 list; these are the top 20 of the 134 David read in 2017.

While they are not strictly in order, you can extrapolate preferences from titles closer to the top of the list.

• The Music Shop – Rachel Joyce
• The Ninth Hour – Alice McDermott
• The Lonely Hearts Hotel – Heather O’Neill
• Next Year For Sure – Zoey Leigh Peterson
• The Break – Katherine Vermette
• The Little Red Chairs – Edna O’Brien
• Fun Home – Alison Bechdel
• Commonwealth – Ann Patchett
• The Rules Of Magic – Alice Hoffman
• Moonglow – Michael Chabon
• LaRose – Louise Erdrich
• Manhattan Beach – Jennifer Egan
• Indian Horse – Richard Wagamese
• Hunger – Roxane Gay
• Precious Cargo – Craig Davidson
• Bellvue Square – Michael Redhill
• The Tea Girl Of Hummingbird Lane – Lisa See
• Arcadia – Iain Pears
• The Conjoined – Jen Sookfong Lee
• By Gaslight – Steven Price