I read some amazing books this year — including tons of debuts. 

I’d love to highlight the stand outs here, with the hope that you’ll pick up a few recommendations for the New Year. The books I’m including weren’t necessarily published this year, but I discovered and devoured and loved each one during 2017. The novels below are ones that made me feel — made me laugh, made me long, made me wonder, or made me hurt. They’re the books I’m still thinking about, the books I want you to read, too, so we can chat about them later.

(Book titles link to my Goodreads comments.)

Let me know what your 2017 standouts are in the comments!