100 Top 100 Notable Books of 2017 📚

100 Notable Books of 2017<br />In his delightful first story collection, the author of the National Book Award-winning<br />novel “The Good Lord Bird” continues to explore race, masculinity, music and history.<br />Eugenides’s expert debut collection of short stories is his first book since “The Marriage Plot” in 2011.<br />Her new book is a departure, focusing on her great love, New York.<br />Ward’s novel, which won the National Book Award, combines aspects of the American road novel<br />and the ghost story with an exploration of the long aftershocks of a hurricane.<br />Egan’s engaging novel tells overlapping stories, but is most fundamentally about<br />a young woman who works at the Brooklyn Naval Yard during World War II.<br />GREATER GOTHAM: A History of New York City From 1898 to 1919.<br />TENEMENTS, TOWERS & TRASH: An Unconventional Illustrated History of New York City.<br />This terrific book is the first full-length biography of Carter, whose novels were fantastical, feminist and sexy.<br />A gift book from the British novelist, containing otherworldly and wickedly funny stories.<br />Gessen, a longtime critic of Vladimir Putin, tells the story of modern Russia through the eyes of seven individuals who found<br />that politics was a force none of them could escape; winner of the National Book Award.