Books read in 2017

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Tiiiiiime for my roundup of all the books I read in 2017! As usual, italics mean a book is a reread and "nf" means a book is nonfiction. Stars indicate my level of enjoyment/appreciation for the books.

January

**** My Own Words, by Ruth Bader Ginsburg with Mary Hartnett and Wendy W. Williams - nf
***** Debt: The First Five Thousand Years, by David Graeber - nf
**** Hogfather, by Terry Pratchett


February

*** The Truth of Valor, by Tanya Huff
**** The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Meets World, by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale
*** Reaper Man, by Terry Pratchett


March

*** An Ancient Peace, by Tanya Huff
**** The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, by Becky Chambers
**** Captain Vorpatril's Alliance, by Lois McMaster Bujold
**** The Hero and the Crown, by Robin McKinley
**** Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race, by Margot Lee Shetterly - nf
**** Paul Among the People: The Apostle Reinterpreted and Reimagined in His Own Time, by Sarah Ruden - nf
**** Alanna: The First Adventure, by Tamora Piercee
*** In the Hand of the Goddess, by Tamora Pierce
**** The Woman Who Rides Like a Man, by Tamora Pierce
**** Lioness Rampant, by Tamora Pierce
*** Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead, by Brené Brown - nf


April

***** Howl's Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones
***** Lab Girl, by Hope Jahren - nf
**** The Collapsing Empire, by John Scalzi
**** Ten Years A Peasant - Memories of Libeishang, by Xia Jianfeng, translated by Sushu and John - nf
**** Midnight Riot, by Ben Aaronovitch
*** The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis


May

** The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place, by E.L. Konigsburg
**** Moon Over Soho, by Ben Aaronovitch
*** Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel - nf
***** Whispers Under Ground, by Ben Aaronovitch
***** Broken Homes, by Ben Aaronovitch
***** Foxglove Summer, by Ben Aaronovitch
***** The Hanging Tree, by Ben Aaronovitch
***** Thick as Thieves, by Megan Whalen Turner
**** The Left Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K LeGuin
***** Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett


June

**** The Steerswoman, by Rosemary Kirstein
***** Unraveled, by Courtney Milan
***** The Duchess War, by Courtney Milan
***** The Heiress Effect, by Courtney Milan
***** The Countess Conspiracy, by Courtney Milan
***** The Suffragette Scandal, by Courtney Milan
*** A Kiss For Midwinter, by Courtney Milan
* This Wicked Gift, by Courtney Milan
** Proof By Seduction, by Courtney Milan
*** Trial By Desire, by Courtney Milan
***** Once Upon A Marquess, by Courtney Milan
**** Breadcrumbs, by Anne Ursu
**** Dawn, by Octavia Butler (Xenogenesis #1)
*** A Queen From The North, by Erin McRae and Racheline Maltese
** The Sorcerer's Ship, by Hannes Bok


July

*** The Rock That Is Higher: Story As Truth, by Madeleine L'Engle - nf
***** The Scorpion Rules, by Erin Bow
**** An Old Fashioned Girl, by Louisa May Alcott
***** The Swan Riders, by Erin Bow
**** The Snow Queen, by Eileen Kernaghan
***** The Scorpion Rules, by Erin Bow
***** Everfair, by Nisi Shawl
***** The Emperor's Soul, by Brandon Sanderson


August

**** The Thief, by Megan Whalen Turner
***** Chosen Nation: Mennonites and Germany in a Global Era, by Benjamin W. Goossen - nf
**** The Queen of Attolia, by Megan Whalen Turner
***** The King of Attolia, by Megan Whalen Turner
**** A Conspiracy of Kings, by Megan Whalen Turner
**** Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat, by Bee Wilson - nf
***** The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Volume 4: I Kissed A Squirrel And I Liked It, by Ryan North et al
***** The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Volume 5: Like I'm The Only Squirrel In The World, by Ryan North et al
***** The Raven and the Reindeer, by T. Kingfisher
***** Thick as Thieves, by Megan Whalen Turner
***** In Other Lands, by Sarah Rees Brennan
**** Haroun and the Sea of Stories, by Salman Rushdie


September

**** Daddy-Long-Legs, by Jean Webster
***** Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
**** Swallowdale, by Arthur Ransome
*** Peter Duck, by Arthur Ransome
**** Pagan's Crusade, by Catherine Jinks


October

**** Pagan in Exile, by Catherine Jinks
***** Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott
**** Little Men, by Louisa May Alcott
**** Jo's Boys, by Louisa May Alcott
** Jerry Junior, by Jean Webster
**** Once On A Time, by A.A. Milne
*** Tarzan Of The Apes, by Edgar Rice Burroughs
*** The Story Girl, by Lucy Maud Montgomery
*** The Golden Road, by Lucy Maud Montgomery
**** The Description of a New World, Called The Blazing-World, by Margaret Cavendish
**** A Beleaguered City, by Mrs Oliphant
*** Ruth Hall, by Fanny Fern


November

**** Hamilton's Battalion, by Alyssa Cole, Rose Lerner, and Courtney Milan
***** South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914–17, by Ernest Shackleton - nf
**** Provenance, by Ann Leckie
*** That Inevitable Victorian Thing, by E.K. Johnston
***** Pagan's Vows, by Catherine Jinks
***** Plain Kate, by Erin Bow


December

**** All Those Explosions Were Someone Else's Fault, by James Alan Gardner
*** Pagan's Scribe, by Catherine Jinks
***** Babylonne, by Catherine Jinks
***** Vigilant, by James Alan Gardner

This year I made it to 95 books read. So close to 100 and yet so far! Of these, 34 were rereads.

Genre breakdown:
53 sff
37 ya/children's
18 historical fiction
14 old books
12 nonfiction
11 romance
5 memoir
3 graphic novel
(as always, take genre numbers with a grain of salt. Genres do not have clear-cut divisions by any means!)

68.5 Female authors
26.5 Male authors
0 Nonbinary authors

16 Books with an author I know is a person of colour

My favourite reread of the year is Vigilant by James Alan Gardner, I just love that book endlessly. My favourite new book of the year is harder to narrow down. Fave nonfiction would be Debt: The First Five Thousand Years, which is a book I keep finding myself recommending to people but so far have yet to have anyone take me up on reading it, not that I blame them as it is an extremely lengthy economics book, but it's super good. Fave fiction is a tie between Thick as Thieves and the three Erin Bow books I read this year. And yes I know that this means this paragraph adds up to six favourite books.......

This Wicked Gift wins the prize of least favourite book of the year, as the only one-star review I gave. An uncomfortably-rapey romance with characters I didn't like. Yeah, no. (And disappointing too, given how much I unreservedly love Courtney Milan's later works!)