LIST: best books of 2017

I only created this blog this year, but I've posted a lot more than I thought I would honestly. I'm not quite sure how often I'll be able to post next year, but based on how this semester has gone, it won't be a lot. I'll do my best though!

** = released this year
ya unless indicated otherwise

★★★★★

• the epic crush of genie lo by f.c. yee** (why you should read)
• the cruel prince by holly black (2018 release)
• i believe in a thing called love by maurene goo**
• in other lands by sarah rees brennan**
• the hate u give by angie thomas**
• foolish hearts by emma mills**
• forest of a thousand lanterns by julie c. dao** (why you should read)
• little fires everywhere by celeste ng (adult fiction)**
• always and forever, lara jean by jenny han**
• american panda by gloria chao (2018 release)

★★★★.5

• the secret of a heart note by stacey lee
• before the devil breaks you by libba bray**
• the hundred thousand kingdoms by n.k. jemisin (adult fantasy)
• queens of geek by jen wilde** (why you should read)
• when dimple met rishi by sandhya menon**
• warcross by marie lu**
• starfish by akemi dawn bowman**
• wonder woman: warbringer by leigh bardugo**
• one dark throne by kendare blake**
• the bone witch by rin chupeco** (why you should read)
• a conjuring of light by v.e. schwab (adult fantasy)**
• lord of shadows by cassandra clare**
• no strings attached by mina v. esguerra (new adult)
• heroine complex and heroine worship** by sarah kuhn (adult fantasy)
• noteworthy by riley redgate**
• mafiosa by catherine doyle**
• words in deep blue by cath crowley**
• the lines we cross by randa abdel-fattah**
• tess of the road by rachel hartman (2018 release)
• saints and misfits by s.k. ali**
• wild beauty by anna-marie mclemore**
• not now, not ever by lily anderson**
• the language of thorns by leigh bardugo**
• want by cindy pon**
• the ends of the world by maggie hall**
• the upside of unrequited by becky albertalli**

★★★★.25

• everything i never told you by celeste ng
• crazy rich asians, china rich girlfriend, and rich people problems** by kevin kwan 
• the gentleman’s guide to vice and virtue by mackenzi lee**
• a girl like that by tanaz bhathena (2018 release)**
• the ship beyond time by heidi heilig**
• things i should have known by claire lazebnik**
• why i loathe sterling lane by ingrid paulson** (why you should read)
• dating you/hating you by christina lauren (adult romance)**
• jane, unlimited by kristin cashore**

★★★★

• dumplin’ by julie murphy
• my heart and other black holes by jasmine warga
• wintersong by s. jae-jones**
• history is all you left me by adam silvera**
• the becoming of noah shaw by michelle hodkin**
• the only thing worse than me is you by lily anderson**
• if i was your girl by meredith russo
• lucy and linh by alice pung
• the dark prophecy by rick riordan**
• empress of a thousand skies by rhoda belleza**
• an enchantment of ravens by margaret rogerson**
• pretty face by lucy parker (adult romance)**
• better at weddings than you by mina v. esguerra (adult romance)**
• that kind of guy by mina v. esguerra (adult romance)

★★★.75

• tiger lily by jodi lynn anderson
• interim goddess of love by mina v. esguerra (new adult)
• the serpent king by jeff zentner
• i see london, i see france by sarah mlynowski**
• song of our breakup by jae e. tria (new adult)
• how to keep a boy from kissing you by tara eglington
• prom queen perfect by clarisse david
• the sun is also a star by nicola yoon
• scandalized by tara frejas (adult romance)
• alex, approximately by jenn bennett**
• my not so perfect life by sophie kinsella (adult contemporary)**
• juniper lemon’s happiness index by julie israel**
• girl on the verge by pintip dunn**
• frankie by shivaun plozza**
• nice try, jane sinner by lianne oelke (2018 release)
• heels over head by elyse springer (new adult)**
• tied up in you by erin fletcher**
• after the fall by kate hart**

★★★.5

• alex and eliza by melissa de la cruz**
• top ten by katie cotugno**
• roomies by christina lauren (adult romance)**
• twelve by jennifer lynn barnes**
• here we are now by jasmine warga**
• the girl at midnight by melissa grey
• the possibility of now by kim culbertson
• fireworks by katie cotugno**
• girl out of water by laura silverman**
• walk of shame by lauren layne (adult romance)**
• ready to run by lauren layne (adult romance)**