{"id":53783,"date":"2017-12-19T08:03:27","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T16:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=53783"},"modified":"2017-12-18T11:06:09","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T19:06:09","slug":"best-10-books-of-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=53783","title":{"rendered":"Best 10 Books of 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

What makes a book a GOOD book?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

For me, a good book is one I can’t stop reading. It’s a book that I stay up late reading because I keep saying “just one more chapter, then I’ll go to sleep.” A good book is a story that sticks with you long after you are done reading it.<\/p>\n

I read a lot of books. I like gritty, well-written mystery\/suspense books. Sometimes they can be a little graphic, which I know is not for everyone. I also love books that evoke serious emotions while reading it. These are the ones that stay with me for a long time.<\/p>\n

Since I’ve already done full reviews on these books<\/a> in previous posts, I won’t do it again here. But I did want to share my favorite 10 books of 2017. These are books that were so beautifully written, so poignant, so important in some way, that I hope everyone reads them! You can follow me on Goodreads<\/a>, too.<\/p>\n

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Without further ado, the BEST BOOK I read of 2017 was LUCKY BOY.<\/p>\n

1 ) Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran<\/a><\/h4>\n

Most heart-breaking and most heart-warming story<\/p>\n

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2 ) The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld<\/a><\/h4>\n

Most Beautifully Written<\/p>\n

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3 ) Something Like Happy by Eva Woods<\/a><\/h4>\n

Most “Feel Good” book with a great message<\/p>\n

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4 ) Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman<\/a><\/h4>\n

Best characters<\/p>\n

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5 ) Stillhouse Lake #1 by Rachel Caine<\/a><\/h4>\n

Most exciting, can’t-stop-reading book<\/p>\n

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6 ) Say Goodbye for Now by Catherine Ryan Hyde<\/a><\/h4>\n

Best story that stays with you<\/p>\n

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7 ) The One-in-a-Million Boy by Monica Wood<\/a><\/h4>\n

Best Happy Tear-Jerker<\/p>\n

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8 ) The Mothers by Brit Bennett<\/a><\/h4>\n

Best book about grief, healing, motherhood and love<\/p>\n

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9 ) Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates<\/a><\/h4>\n

Best social movement\/social justice book<\/p>\n

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10 ) Arrowood by Laura McHugh<\/a><\/h4>\n

Best gothic\/atmospheric thriller<\/p>\n

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Happy reading!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What makes a book a GOOD book? For me, a good book is one I can’t stop reading. It’s a book that I stay up late reading because I keep saying “just one more chapter, then I’ll go to sleep.” A good book is a story that sticks with you long after you are done […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[6872,45,3522,5579,3523,5167,5170,4528],"tags":[9653,9651,4290,7814,4289,9652,4537,9654,5380,6104,5262,5474],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53783"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53783"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53789,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53783\/revisions\/53789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}