Our Favorite Books of 2017
What astonishes us about this year's best books is their audacity, their inventiveness, and their ability to delight and devastate in equal measure. In a field rich with powerful voices, these spoke to us most urgently.
By Natalie Beach, Hamilton Cain, Leigh Haber, Claire Luchette
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Exit West
By Mohsin Hamid
240 pages;
Riverhead Books
Fabulism
worthy of Narnia blends seamlessly with the harsh actuality of the global
refugee crisis in this beguiling saga. Young lovers who flee the chaos and
carnage of an unnamed city are transported through a series of mystical doors
toward safety—from Mykonos to London to California. And there's a moral to this
gorgeously written fable: No matter who we are or where we're from, we are all "migrants
through time."
Published 11/10/2017
