Books read in 2017

Since a couple of years back I keep a spreadsheet, partly because I enjoy navel-gazing statistics, partly to have an easily-accessible list in case I want to go back and see what I read, and partly to help me with reading goals. In 2016 my goal was to read fewer American books, in order to push myself to discover other authors. Mostly it resulted in reading more Scandinavian books. In 2017 my goal was to reread more books, which has been an excellent goal that I have enjoyed a lot. In 2018 my goal will be to read more non-fiction--there's lots of non-fiction on my list of books to check out, so I decided to run with that.

( Statistics under the cut! )

Favorite new-to-me books in 2017, in no particular order:
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley (Understated historical M/M romance with intriguing worldbuilding and plot)
The Arrival by Shaun Tan (stunning graphic novel about immigration in a fantastical world)
The Forgotten Revolution: How Science Was Born in 300 BC and Why it Had to Be Reborn by Lucio Russo (about the scientific revolution in the Hellenistic world)
Defending the Earth by Murray Bookchin and Dave Foreman (dialogue between allies with ideological differences)
Known Associates by thingswithwings (amazing Captain America story with genderqueer Steve Rogers)
The Bull Calves by Naomi Mitchison (moving family drama set in 18th century Scotland, with wonderful language)
Reindeer Moon by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas (historical novel set in the ice age)
Tillbaka till henne by Sara Lövestam (historical novel about Swedish lesbian suffragettes and about a present day woman who finds their letters)
Dragonsbane by Barbara Hambly (delightful fantasy)
Daughter of Mystery and The Mystic Marriage by Heather Rose Jones (lesbian Ruritanian romance with excellent worldbuilding)
New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson (optimistic SF with political and environmental themes)
You Drive Through the Dust by dira (Generation Kill fic with psychic wolf bonds)
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden (fantasy based on Russian fairy tale)
The Edge Between the Sand and the Stars by rain_sleet_snow (very good Rey-centric Star Wars fic, now jossed by TLJ)

Sorry, should maybe link to my reviews of them, but I have to go to bed now, and you can find them by journal search if you really want to...