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Best Books of 2017

Chicago Public Library recommends the Best of the Best, our selections of the very best books published in 2017. Every year, our librarians evaluate the year’s new books and select the very best for Chicagoans—making these the only booklists for Chicago, by Chicago. Happy reading!

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Life on Surtsey, Iceland's Upstart Island

by: Loree Griffin Burns

Hardcover - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Dewey: 577.5/2094912 AR: 7.2 Lexile: 1090L

ISBN: 9780544687233 Genre: Nonfic

JLG Release: Feb 2018 Page Count: 80

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The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine

by: Mark Twain

Philip C. Stead

illustrated by: Erin E. Stead

Library edition with trade jacket added - Penguin Random House

Dewey: F AR: 5.3 Lexile: 740L

ISBN: 9780553523232 Genre: Fiction

JLG Release: Jan 2018 Page Count: 160

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The Upside of Unrequited

by: Becky Albertalli

Hardcover - HarperCollins

Dewey: F AR: 0 Lexile: HL490L

ISBN: 9780062348708 Genre: Fiction

JLG Release: Jul 2017 Page Count: 352

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When Dimple Met Rishi

by: Sandhya Menon

Hardcover - Simon & Schuster

Dewey: F AR: 0 Lexile: HL700L

ISBN: 9781481478687 Genre: Fiction

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The Hawk of the Castle: A Story of Medieval Falconry

by: Danna Smith

illustrated by: Bagram Ibatoulline

Hardcover - Candlewick

Dewey: E AR: 0 Lexile: 760L

ISBN: 9780763679927 Genre: Fiction

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Strange the Dreamer

by: Laini Taylor

Hardcover - Hachette Book Group

Dewey: F AR: 6.1 Lexile: HL820L

ISBN: 9780316341684 Genre: Fiction

JLG Release: May 2017 Page Count: 544

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At the Edge of the Universe

by: Shaun David Hutchinson

Hardcover - Simon & Schuster

Dewey: F AR: 5.2 Lexile: HL790L

ISBN: 9781481449663 Genre: Fiction

JLG Release: Apr 2017 Page Count: 496

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City of Saints & Thieves

by: Natalie C. Anderson

Hardcover - Penguin Random House

Dewey: F AR: 4.4

ISBN: 9780399547584 Genre: Fiction

JLG Release: Mar 2017 Page Count: 432

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Life on Surtsey, Iceland's Upstart Island

by: Loree Griffin Burns

Hardcover - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Dewey: 577.5/2094912 AR: 7.2 Lexile: 1090L ISBN: 9780544687233

Genre: Nonfic JLG Release: Feb 2018 Page Count: 80

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The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine

by: Mark Twain

Philip C. Stead

illustrated by: Erin E. Stead

Library edition with trade jacket added - Penguin Random House

Dewey: F AR: 5.3 Lexile: 740L ISBN: 9780553523232

Genre: Fiction JLG Release: Jan 2018 Page Count: 160

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The Upside of Unrequited

by: Becky Albertalli

Hardcover - HarperCollins

Dewey: F AR: 0 Lexile: HL490L ISBN: 9780062348708

Genre: Fiction JLG Release: Jul 2017 Page Count: 352

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When Dimple Met Rishi

by: Sandhya Menon

Hardcover - Simon & Schuster

Dewey: F AR: 0 Lexile: HL700L ISBN: 9781481478687

Genre: Fiction JLG Release: Jul 2017 Page Count: 384

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The Hawk of the Castle: A Story of Medieval Falconry

by: Danna Smith

illustrated by: Bagram Ibatoulline

Hardcover - Candlewick

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Genre: Fiction JLG Release: Jul 2017 Page Count: 40

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Strange the Dreamer

by: Laini Taylor

Hardcover - Hachette Book Group

Dewey: F AR: 6.1 Lexile: HL820L ISBN: 9780316341684

Genre: Fiction JLG Release: May 2017 Page Count: 544

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At the Edge of the Universe

by: Shaun David Hutchinson

Hardcover - Simon & Schuster

Dewey: F AR: 5.2 Lexile: HL790L ISBN: 9781481449663

Genre: Fiction JLG Release: Apr 2017 Page Count: 496

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City of Saints & Thieves

by: Natalie C. Anderson

Hardcover - Penguin Random House

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Genre: Fiction JLG Release: Mar 2017 Page Count: 432

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