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Publishers Weekly's 10 best books of 2017

The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: Ants Among Elephants — Sujatha Gidla · White Tears — Hari Kunzru · The Apparitionists — Peter Manseau. (Updated Apr 9, 2026.)

The ten books Publishers Weekly picked as the best of 2017, fiction and non-fiction.

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Top 10

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    Ants Among Elephants — Sujatha Gidla

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    White Tears — Hari Kunzru

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    The Apparitionists — Peter Manseau

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    The Color of Law — Richard Rothstein

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    Extreme Cities — Ashley Dawson

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    Fear City — Kim Phillips-Fein

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    Ill Will — Dan Chaon

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    In the Distance — Hernan Diaz

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    Grief Cottage — Gail Godwin

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    Sing, Unburied, Sing — Jesmyn Ward

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