As always, Top Ten Tuesday meme is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is:Top Ten Favorite Books of 2017.
I’m twisting this topic a little bit to best nonfiction I read this year because I don’t review enough of it…and these lists are only way to give out some recognition to these great authors.
1. Hunger:A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
“So many years past being raped, I tell myself what happened is “in the past.” This is only partly true. In too many ways, the past is still with me. The past is written on my body. I carry it every single day. The past sometimes feels like it might kill me. It is a very heavy burden.”
― Roxane Gay, Hunger
2. Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich
“Show me a fantasy novel about Chernobyl–there isn’t one! Because reality is more fantastic.”
― Svetlana Alexievich, Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
3. Underground by Haruki Murakami
“It was just that, no matter where I found myself, I felt like there was a hole inside me, with the wind rushing through. I never felt satisfied. From the outside you wouldn’t imagine I had any troubles.”
― Haruki Murakami, Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche
4. A – Bomb Mayor: Warnings and Hope from Hiroshima by Shinzo Hamai
5. Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
“It’s hard to be told to lighten up because if you lighten up any more, you’re going to float the fuck away.” — Roxanne Gay
6. Prozac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
“Some friends don’t understand this. They don’t understand how desperate I am to have someone say, I love you and I support you just the way you are because you’re wonderful just the way you are. They don’t understand that I can’t remember anyone ever saying that to me. I am so demanding and difficult for my friends because I want to crumble and fall apart before them so that they will love me even though I am no fun, lying in bed, crying all the time, not moving. Depression is all about If you loved me you would.” – Elizabeth Wurtzel
7. Kind, versprich mir dass du dich erschiesst by Florian Huber
8. Guns, Germs And Steel by Jared Diamond
“In short, Europe’s colonization of Africa had nothing to do with differences between European and African peoples themselves, as white racists assume. Rather, it was due to accidents of geography and biogeography—in particular, to the continents’ different areas, axes, and suites of wild plant and animal species. That is, the different historical trajectories of Africa and Europe stem ultimately from differences in real estate.” — Jared Diamond
9. The Underground Girls of Kabdul by Jenny Nordberg
When one gender is so unwanted, so despised, and so suppressed in a place where daughters are expressly unwanted, perhaps both the body and the mind of a growing human can be expected to revolt against becoming a woman. And thus, perhaps, alter someone for good.” — Jenny Nordberg
10. Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
“The medical literature on the causes of food poisoning is full of euphemisms and dry scientific terms: coliform levels, aerobic plate counts, sorbitol, MacConkey agar, and so on. Behind them lies a simple explanation for why eating a hamburger can now make you seriously ill: There is shit in the meat.” — Eric Schlosser
I still have to finish Hunger:A Memoir of (My) Body, but so far it’s really good!
Great TTT! 😊
It’s pretty unique but it takes time :) audio version was great!
So many of these books are on my TBR. I read a few passages of “Bad Feminist” and I highly enjoyed them. I hope I can get to the book at the beginning of January.
Carmen`s Reading Corner
Hope you get a chance to finish the book in January! :)
What a great list! I’d love to read so many of these!
Such great books :)
I also read Bad Feminist this year, and hope to pick up Hunger soon. Roxane Gay is phenomenal. Have you read her novel Untamed State?
She’s just amazing! No I haven’t, what did you like about it the most?
The story itself is pretty harrowing, but Roxane addresses a difficult subject with such bravery and strength. Her prose is simply exquisite too.
Oh God, this list is fabulous. You definitely read some very powerful books this year! I am super interested in Fast Food Nation because I’m really into health, etc. Great list!
Here’s my TTT: https://bookslikewolves.wixsite.com/blog/single-post/2017/12/12/Blogmas-Day-12-Top-17-Books-of-2017
Thank you :) Indeed powerful and most broke my heart. Fast Food Nation is somewhat old but still has a lot of facts that I believe still apply this day. The food industry is wicked.
Ooh nice list. I think Voices from Chernobyl would be a fascinating read, same with Guns, Germs and Steel. And of course fast Food Nation.
All are very good! :)
I like your take on this week’s topic! Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.
Thanks, happy TTT :)
I still have to finish Hunger:A Memoir of (My) Body, but so far it’s really good!
Great TTT! 😊
It’s pretty unique but it takes time :) audio version was great!
So many of these books are on my TBR. I read a few passages of “Bad Feminist” and I highly enjoyed them. I hope I can get to the book at the beginning of January.
Carmen`s Reading Corner
Hope you get a chance to finish the book in January! :)
What a great list! I’d love to read so many of these!
Such great books :)
I also read Bad Feminist this year, and hope to pick up Hunger soon. Roxane Gay is phenomenal. Have you read her novel Untamed State?
She’s just amazing! No I haven’t, what did you like about it the most?
The story itself is pretty harrowing, but Roxane addresses a difficult subject with such bravery and strength. Her prose is simply exquisite too.
Oh God, this list is fabulous. You definitely read some very powerful books this year! I am super interested in Fast Food Nation because I’m really into health, etc. Great list!
Here’s my TTT: https://bookslikewolves.wixsite.com/blog/single-post/2017/12/12/Blogmas-Day-12-Top-17-Books-of-2017
Thank you :) Indeed powerful and most broke my heart. Fast Food Nation is somewhat old but still has a lot of facts that I believe still apply this day. The food industry is wicked.
Some of these books look fascinating! I’m intrigued.
Warmly recommend all of them! :)
Ooh nice list. I think Voices from Chernobyl would be a fascinating read, same with Guns, Germs and Steel. And of course fast Food Nation.
All are very good! :)
I like your take on this week’s topic! Here is our Top Ten Tuesday.
Thanks, happy TTT :)
I haven’t read any of the books on your list this week. Some of them will be added to my ever growing reading wishlist.
Here’s a link to my TTT post for this week:
https://captivatedreader.blogspot.com/2017/12/top-ten-tuesday-top-ten-favorite-books.html
TBR’s are a nightmare! :)
I don’t read enough non-fiction, so thanks for the recs! My blogging New Year’s resolutions always include reading more non-fiction — maybe this year I’ll actually do it :)
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
You’re very welcome :) Haha that has been one of my resolutions many times…however I always end up reading fiction
Some of these books look fascinating! I’m intrigued.
Warmly recommend all of them! :)
I haven’t read any of the books on your list this week. Some of them will be added to my ever growing reading wishlist.
Here’s a link to my TTT post for this week:
https://captivatedreader.blogspot.com/2017/12/top-ten-tuesday-top-ten-favorite-books.html
TBR’s are a nightmare! :)
I don’t read enough non-fiction, so thanks for the recs! My blogging New Year’s resolutions always include reading more non-fiction — maybe this year I’ll actually do it :)
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
You’re very welcome :) Haha that has been one of my resolutions many times…however I always end up reading fiction
I haven’t read any of these but I didn’t realize that Murakami had written a non-fiction. I haven’t read an of his other books either though.
Murakami has written 2 nonfiction books at least, both are really good :) I liked his What I Talk About When I Talk About Running.
I haven’t read any of these but I didn’t realize that Murakami had written a non-fiction. I haven’t read an of his other books either though.
Murakami has written 2 nonfiction books at least, both are really good :) I liked his What I Talk About When I Talk About Running.
I didn’t pick up nearly enough nonfiction last year! Maybe I’ll do better this year. I’m starting off with a biography on Napoleon, so I guess that counts for something!
Napoloen was a very fascinating person! :)
He certainly was. I’m loving this biography so far. It’s especially interesting, because although I didn’t read much nonfiction last year, I did devour a lengthy biography of George Washington. It’s interesting to see what qualities the two men had in common.
I didn’t pick up nearly enough nonfiction last year! Maybe I’ll do better this year. I’m starting off with a biography on Napoleon, so I guess that counts for something!
Napoloen was a very fascinating person! :)
He certainly was. I’m loving this biography so far. It’s especially interesting, because although I didn’t read much nonfiction last year, I did devour a lengthy biography of George Washington. It’s interesting to see what qualities the two men had in common.