USA TODAY’s top 100 books
Movie and TV adaptations translated into big book sales in 2017. Wonder, R.J. Palacio 2012 kids’ novel about a boy with severe facial irregularities, is USA TODAY’s top-selling book of the year, thanks to the film adaptation starring Jacob Tremblay and Ju
1. Wonder by R.J. Palacio 2. Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur 3. Origin by Dan Brown 4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway by Jeff Kinney 5. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood 6. Camino Island by John Grisham 7. Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance 8. The Rooster Bar by John Grisham 9. The Shack by William P. Young 10. A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman 11. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a (Expletive) by Mark Manson
12. It by Stephen King 13. Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty 14. The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware 15. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson 16. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher 17. Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon 18. Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly 19. Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss 20. The Fix by David Baldacci 21. The Midnight Line by Lee Child 22. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles 23. A Dog’s Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron 24. StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath 25. What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton 26. The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Come and Get It! by Ree Drummond
27. The Whistler by John Grisham 28. You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero 29. The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur 30. by 31. by Gary Margot Hidden The 5 Chapman Love Lee Figures Shetterly Languages 32. 33. 1984 Make by Your George Bed Orwell by William H. McRaven 34. Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate 35. Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae 36. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 37. Killing England by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard 38. Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
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100 Words by Roger Priddy 40. Two Kinds of Truth by Michael Connelly 41. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline 42. Turtles All the Way Down by John Green 43. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls 44. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 45. A Column of Fire by Ken Follett 46. Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson 47. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down by Jeff Kinney
48. The Black Book by James Patterson and David Ellis 49. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 50. The Late Show by Michael Connelly 51. The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena 52. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr., Eric Carle 53. End Game by David Baldacci 54. Goodnight Moon Board Book by Margaret Wise Brown; art by Clement Hurd 55. Dr. Seuss’s ABC by Dr. Seuss 56. Darker by E.L. James
57. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling; art by Mary GrandPré 58. Option B by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant 59. The Trials of Apollo: The Dark Prophecy by Rick Riordan
60. How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
61. The Letter by Kathryn Hughes 62. 16th Seduction by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro 63. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: The Illustrated Edition by J.K. Rowling; art by Jim Kay 64. Love You Forever by Robert Munsch; art by Sheila McGraw 65. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Board Book by Eric Carle
66. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, John Tiffany 67. The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman 68. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 69. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz 70. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan 71. by Melissa The Whole30 Hartwig, Dallas Hartwig 72. Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
73. Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann 74. The People vs. Alex Cross by James Patterson 75. Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties by Dav Pilkey
76. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle 77. Come Sundown by Nora Roberts 78. Hardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich 79. The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition by Carol Aebersold, Chanda Bell 80. Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King, Owen King 81. Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult 82. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng 83. Dog Man Unleashed by Dav Pilkey 84. Two by Two by Nicholas Sparks 85. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 86. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss 87. Jesus Calling by Sarah Young 88. The Secret Wife by Gill Paul 89. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 90. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Board Book by Bill Martin Jr.
91. Grant by Ron Chernow
92. The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger by Stephen King
93. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 94. Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman 95. Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan 96. Obama: An Intimate Portrait by Pete Souza 97. Al Franken, Giant of the Senate by Al Franken 98. Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman 99. The Wonderful Things You Will Be by Emily Winfield Martin
100. Echoes in Death by J.D. Robb