We would be lying if we said this was the hardest list we ever complied… not because we struggled to come up with 25, but because we could easily have come up with hundreds!!! This list was written with the most book love any one book lover could ever imagine!

2017 was the BEST bookish year ever because Jenn and I found each other. There’s no doubt that thousands of miles may physically separate us but our love of books have brought us together. I’m so grateful for our friendship and our reading experiences!

Here are our top 25 books of 2017 and we KNOW our 2018 best-book-list will be even harder to compile! Thank you to all of our author favs for writing amazing stories we can cherish forever and for your support with our blog! Thank you to all the ARC’s and to new authors who sent us your books to read! The talent is amazing! Happy Bookish Year Book-Loving Friends!!

Our #1 pick of 2017 is….

1) Sometimes I Lie ~ Alice Feeney

2) Baby Doll ~ Hollie Overton

3) The Wife Between Us ~ Sarah Pekkanen & Greer Hendricks

4) Behind Closed Doors ~ B.A. Paris

5) Friend Requeat ~ Laura Marshall

6) Butterfly Garden ~ Dot Hutchinson

7) Bring Her Home ~David Bell 

8) The Surrogate ~ Louise Jensen

9) Gone Girl ~ Gillian Flynn

10) The Mistake ~ K.L. Slater

11) The Good Daughter ~ Karin Slaughter

12) The Cellar ~ Natasha Preston

13) Everything Everything  ~Nicola Yoon

14) Good Girl ~ Mary Kubica

15) Holding Up the Universe ~ Jennifer Niven

16) In the Dark Dark Wood ~ Ruth Ware

17) The Walls ~ Hollie Overton

18) Stranger in the House ~ Shari LaPena

19) Guest Room ~ Chris Bohjalian

20) Big Little Lies ~ Liane Moriarty

21) The Good Widow ~ Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke

22) One of Us is Lying ~ Karen McManus

23) Tell Me Three Things ~ Julie Buxbaum

24) Into the Water ~ Paula Hawkins

25) I am Watching You ~ Teresa Driscoll

Among the amazing books we have read this year together, we’ve also enjoyed…

Classics…

“Book Thief” ~ Markus Zuskas

“Christmas Carol” ~ Charles Dickens

“Secret Life of Bees” by Sue Monk Kid

“Fall of Marigolds” ~ Susan Meissner

“The Fault in our Stars” ~ John Green

“Night” ~ Eli Wiesel

“13 Reasons Why” ~ Jay Asher

And some amazing ARC’s like …

“As Bright as Heaven” ~ Susan Meissner

“Wife Between Us” ~ Greer Hendricks &a Sarah Pekkanen

“Lost Child” ~ Patricia Gibney

“Don’t Look for Me” ~ Mason Cross

“The Blind” AF Brady

New & Upcoming Authors like…

“The Abyss” ~ Marissa Price

“Cemetery Tours” ~ Jacqueline E. Smith

“Karma’s Dagger” ~ Ken Bono

“Nourish” ~ Krystle Bailey

“Behind Locked Doors” ~ P.L. Seawright

“Crossing Lex” ~ Debby Caruso

“Within the Heart of Silence” ~ James William Peercy & Jacqueline E. Smith

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