Brad Meltzer > Status Update

These weren't all written this year, but I did read (or re-read) them in 2017. Top 5 in different genres, in no particular order.
Unwind - Neal Schusterman - A YA dystopian novel on the results of a second American Civil War fought over abortion. The result is abortion becomes illegal, but with the option of having an unwanted child "unwound," essentially recycled as organ donations, as a teenager. Really strange premise that looked at both sides very critically.
Ready Player One - Ernest Cline - I could not put this down. Nostalgic trip through the 1980s mixed with sci-fi.
Bound - Donna Jo Napoli - A retelling of the Yeh-Shen version of Cinderella, set in China, dealing with the main character's attempts to escape her bleak life.
Lost City of the Monkey God - Douglas Preston - fascinating and thrilling peek into a real archeological stunner
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry - Neil deGrasse Tyson - I don't completely understand everything, but the sense of awe at all the stuff the universe can do is overwhelming

A few of my favorites of 2017.
1) Don Winslow - The Force
2) Michael Connelly - Two Kinds of Truth
3) Michael Connelly - The Late Show
4) Steve Hamilton - Exit Strategy
5) Joe Ide - Righteous
6) Fernando Gamboa - Darkness
7) J.D. Baker - The Fourth Monkey
8) Meg Gardiner - Unsub'
9) Nelson DeMille - Cuban Affair
10) Christopher Golden - Ararat
I promised a few.... hahahah

My favorite from this past year is Ready Player One. And if you like audiobooks, Wil Wheaton's reading of RPO is fantastic.

Happy New Year.