Favorite books read in 2017

1. Silence by Shusaku Endo - Brilliant study of Catholic faith in seventeenth-century Japan.
2. The Sheriff of Babylon by Tom King and Mitch Gerads - The definitive look at the Iraq War.
3.  The Sellout by Paul Beatty - Scathing look at the current state of race relations.
4. The Annotated Sandman by Neil Gaiman and Leslie S. Klinger - An intricate look at the most literary superhero comic ever.
5. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness - Heartbreaking look at the impact of cancer on a boy and his other.
6. An Age of Madness by David Maine - Generational angst.
7. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens - A true classic.
8. Void Star by Zachary Mason - Visionary cautionary tale about the world of tomorrow.
9. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi - Incredible parallel journeys of the offspring of two Ghanan sisters.
10. Russian Olive to Red King by Kathryn & Stuart Immonen - Poetic graphic novel.

Special mention of Ernest Hemingway, whom I've read for the first time, in A Moveable Feast and The Old Man and the Sea.  With more to follow.