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2025 ICYMI Backlist Challenge by Book Girls' Guide (Official Version) - hosted by bookgirlsguide

May: Books Published in 2017

Curated book recommendations with descriptions are available at

https://bookgirlsguide.com/best-books-from-2017/


The books added by others are NOT the same as the curated list linked above. We spend a lot of time selecting highly-rated books that meet each prompt and recommend sticking to the books on the official list as often as possible for maximum challenge enjoyment. 


All books added
Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak

Seven Days of Us

Francesca Hornak

9 hours, 34 minutes • audio • 2017

fiction contemporary emotional medium-paced
Hark the Herald Angels Slay by Vicki Delany

Hark the Herald Angels Slay

A Year-Round Christmas Mystery #3

Vicki Delany

7 hours, 54 minutes • audio • 2017 user-added

fiction mystery lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

If We Were Villains

M.L. Rio

354 pages • paperback • 2017

fiction literary mystery thriller dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
How to Stop Time by Matt Haig

How to Stop Time

Matt Haig

352 pages • digital • 2017

fiction historical speculative fiction adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Clockwork Boys by T. Kingfisher

Clockwork Boys

Clocktaur War #1

T. Kingfisher

228 pages • digital • 2017

fiction fantasy adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Ban This Book by Alan Gratz

Ban This Book

Alan Gratz

256 pages • hardcover • 2017

fiction middle grade inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner

Goodbye Days

Jeff Zentner

416 pages • digital • 2017

fiction contemporary young adult reflective sad slow-paced
The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alex Marzano-Lesnevich

The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir

Alex Marzano-Lesnevich

533 pages • hardcover • 2017

nonfiction memoir true crime dark emotional sad medium-paced
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

Montague Siblings #1

Mackenzi Lee

513 pages • hardcover • 2017

fiction historical lgbtqia+ romance young adult adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II by Liza Mundy

Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II

Liza Mundy

620 pages • hardcover • 2018

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced