It turns out I enjoyed more books that are part of a series this year than anything else.
Almost 6 years after I read book 3 I finally tried book 4 of the Dresden Files, Summer Knight, and found out that the series does get good. Really good. I finished books 4 through 11 this year plus "Working for Bigfoot" and am only holding off on books 12+ until I get into a slump and need a boost. And since book 16 is taking a while, I have time.
I also tried the In Death series by J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts) and found them to be quite enjoyable. I read books 1, 2, and 3 in about 3 weeks and then decided I better move on to something else for a while. I'll get back to those soon.
For non-series books, I tried out some classic science fiction from H. Beam Piper (Omnilingual and Little Fuzzy), Ray Bradbury (Fahrenheit 451), and Clifford Simak (Way Station) and now I know why they are classics. All were very good reads. (I also tried Animal Farm but decided I prefer 1984 from George Orwell.)
I didn't really find any gems that were published in 2017. I'll be watching this thread to see if anyone else did though.
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