Thoughts & Things

My Five Star Reads of 2017

I completed a lot of books in 2017. 131 to be exact. In reading so many books, I have found many books that I loved. This list will contain every book I read in 2017 that I rated 5 stars out of 5 on Goodreads. I have broken them up into smaller categories to make them more easily readable. Any books that were part of the same series have been put together.

Fiction
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Cold-Hearted Rake and Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas
Stepping Stones by Margriet Ruurs, art by Nizar Badr
Amina's Voice by Hena Khan
George by Alex Gino
I Am Not A Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer, illustrated by Gillian Newland

Nonfiction
Night by Elie Wiesel
Bone Black by bell hooks
I Came As A Stranger by Bryan Prince
Flesh & Blood So Cheap by Albert Marrin
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Here We Are edited by Kelly Jensen
Turtle Island by Eldon Yellowhorn and Kathy Lowinger
Dear Ijeawele by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Early London 1826 - 1914 by Jennifer Grainger
Righting Canada's Wrongs: Residential Schools by Melanie Florence
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Fatty Legs and A Stranger At Home by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, illustrated by Liz Amini-Holmes
When I Was Eight and Not My Girl by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard

Short Stories, Poetry & Plays
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
Hard Times Require Furious Dancing by Alice Walker
October Mourning by Leslea Newman
Pig Girl by Colleen Murphy
Dreaming In Indian edited by by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Leatherdale

Comics & Graphic Novels
Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
Ms Marvel Vol 1 by G. Willow Wilson, art by Adrian Alphona
Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection, Vol 1 edited by Hope Nicholson
Monstress Vol 1by Marjorie M. Liu, art by Sana Takeda
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol 1 and Vol 2 by Ryan North, art by Erica Henderson