Best of 2017

Another year has passed and it is time for the 2017 best picks.  There were many great selections of this year.  I am excited to share them all with you today.  These books were read in 2017 and may not necessarily have been published this past year.
So let’s start with suspense.  This year includes authors Terri Blackstock, Emily Carpenter, and Kimberly Belle. These books are compelling page turner from start to finish.  That is what a good suspense book should be.  Readers will want to read their next books.  

If I Run by Terri Blackstock
The Marriage Lie by Kimberly Belle




        
Burying the Honeysuckle Girls by Emily Carpenter 

Next let’s turn to historical fiction.  These books are true page turners with compelling stories.  New to the group this year is Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate.  This story covers the scandal in the Memphis children’s home. Then we have Tracie Peterson’s Summer of the Midnight Sun book one of the Alaskan Quest series.

                                                

 Women’s fiction also includes fun reads. I would also refer to this category as the beachy reads. The authors included Elin Hilderbrand, Wendy Wax, and Mary Alice Monroe. These stories are easy to follow and have readers turning pages, and provide a great escape. 

                                              

The Matchmaker by Elin Hilderbrand          One Good Thing by Wendy Wax



                                                                                     
                                                                                         



The best nonfiction of 2017authors are Lysa Terkeurst and Stephanie Rische.  They each shared their journey in life with valuable life lessons about following Christ. You never know what God’s plan for you might be.  

                     

Uninvited  by Lysa Terkeurst                                          I Was Blind Dating But Now I See by Stephanie Rische     

Here is to great reading in 2018!  Happy New Year!
                             

     

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