December 10, 2017
2017 Books of the Year
January seems like a long time ago now, when I was reading Hot Milk, by Deborah Levy, and drinking out of a mug that broke in October. Do you remember? I don’t even remember who that reader was really, or all the readers in between, but all the same, I am grateful to all the books and authors who made my 2017 so rich, bookishly speaking. The following titles are the ones that have particularly stayed with me.
Hunting Houses, by Fanny Britt
The Marrow Thieves, by Cherie Dimaline
The Dark Flood Rises, by Margaret Drabble
Glass Beads, by Dawn Dumont
Guidebook to Relative Strangers, by Camille T. Dungy
Annie Muktuk and Other Stories, by Norma Dunning
Sputnik’s Children, by Terri Favro
What is Going to Happen Next, by Karen Hofmann
Dr. Edith Crane and the Hares of Crawley Hall, by Suzette Mayr
Birds Art Life, by Kyo Maclear
My Conversations With Canadians, by Lee Maracle
F-Bomb: Dispatches From the War on Feminism, by Lauren McKeon
Boundary, by Andrée A. Michaud
We All Love the Beautiful Girls, by Joanne Proulx
Son of a Trickster, by Eden Robinson
Lillian Boxfish Take a Walk, by Kathleen Rooney
So Much Love, by Rebecca Rosenblum
The Slip, by Mark Sampson
Your Heart is the Size of a Fist, by Martina Scholtens
Gutenberg’s Fingerprint, by Merilyn Simonds
Autumn, by Ali Smith
It’s interesting to me how often my year intersects with yours. January does seem like a long time ago. Thanks for your company along the way.
Thank YOU for reading along, and letting me know you’re doing so. It means a lot to me.
Hunting Houses, The Marrow Thieves, and Gutenberg’s Fingerprint are all on my own best of 2017 list. I’ll be sure to pick up the others you reviewed. Thanks for this list!