I didn’t get the time to write my full review posts of my top books and podcasts from 2017, but I still wanted to share my recommendations from the year anyway.

Best Books

1. The Nix by Nathan Hill

2. They Can’t Kill Us All by Wesley Lowery

3. Hunger by Roxane Gay

4. Exit West by Moshin Hamid

5. Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

6. Swing Time by Zadie Smith

7. We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo

8. The Red Car by Marcy Dermansky

9. Pond by Claire Louise-Bennet

10. Days Without End by Sebastian Barry

 

Best Podcasts

1. 1A

2. S Town

3. It’s Been A Minute with Sam Sanders

4. On Being

5. Pod Save the People

6. Larry Wilmore Black on the Air

7. Here Be Monsters

8. A Piece of Work with Abbi Jacobson

9. Levar Burton Reads

10. Missing Richard Simmons

11. Unhappy Hour with Matt Bellassai

12. The Ran Down with Robin Theade