My Top Ten Novels of 2017

I wasn't able to read as much as I hoped last year, getting through 201 novels, 19 less than in 2016. But there was plenty of quality among them. Here are my most enjoyable reads. These include fiction published any year, not just last year.

1. The Witchwood Crown (The Last King of Osten Ard, #1) by Tad Williams (FANTASY)
 

2. The Shuddering by Ania Ahlborn (HORROR)

3. The Ritual by Adam Nevill (HORROR)

4. The Mime Order (The Bone Season #2) by Samantha Shannon (FANTASY)

5. Mostly Void, Partially Stars (Welcome to Night Vale Episodes, #1) by Joseph Fink  (FANTASY)

6. Breakfast with the Borgias by D.B.C. Pierre (WEIRD)

7. A Suspension of Mercy by Patricia Highsmith (THRILLER)

8. Willful Child: Wrath of Betty by Steven Erikson (SCI FI)

9. Some Rain Must Fall by Karl Ove Knausgard (DRAMA)

10. The Barrow by Mark Smylie (FANTASY)