7 popular books from 2017

Is reading more one of your New Year’s resolutions? Catch up on last year’s most popular reads – from fiction to the political – before diving into 2018 selections. The following list includes popular books published in 2017 that are still selling like hotcakes at four independent bookstores across the United States: Prairie Lights in Iowa City; the Strand in New York; Off the Beaten Path in Steamboat Springs, Colo.; and Parnassus Books in Nashville, Tenn. (Please note the Monitor has not reviewed all of these selections.) Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2018-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]

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