To continue the Ishiguro and Hemingway theme, two of the books I enjoyed most this year were The Buried Giant (Ishiguro) and The Old Man and the Sea (Hemingway).
Short stories from Nocturnes are good as well.
Re:Ask HN: Books you read in 2017?
by egonschiele on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @11:38AM
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Seconding Murakami. The Remains Of The Day is the best book I read this year. It talks through a lot of ideas I see get mentioned on HN.
Re:Ask HN: Books you read in 2017?
by anotherevan on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @04:09PM
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The movie adaptation starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson is also excellent.
* Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro)
* Influx (Daniel Suarex)
* Sputnik Sweetheart (Haruki Murakami)
* Apex (Ramez Naam)
* One Second After (William R. Forstchen)
* Anna Karanina (Leo Tolstoy)
* Neuromancer (William Gibson)
* A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
* Crux (Ramez Naam)
* A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway)
* Hardboiled Wonderland and The End of the World (Haruki Murakami)