These Were the Most Read Books of 2017, According to Amazon
While Amazon sells a plethora of things these days (yep, even tiny houses), they started with books. Here’s what people read the most—and the fastest—in 2017.
According to Amazon Charts, people couldn’t put down the following titles. These Kindle and Audible books were read faster than comparable tomes:
- Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson
- End Game by David Baldacci
- Artemis by Andy Weir
- Hardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich
- The Midnight Line by Lee Child
People picked up a lot of non-fiction in 2017. The top titles included not giving a fuck, long-lauded self help books, and comedians’ memoirs, among others (like a soon-to-be-untrue job title):
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
- Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
- Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
- Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
- Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
- The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins
- How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
- Al Franken, Giant of the Senate by Al Franken
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
- I Can’t Make this Up by Kevin Hart
The most read fiction includes many a film or TV adaptation that made its way to the screen, as well as an ever-present wizard boy.
- A Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- It by Stephen King
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
- A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
- Beneath a Scarlett Sky by Mark Sullivan
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
- A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
- Origin by Dan Brown
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Not feeling any of these? One of our contributors, Samantha read 75 books in 2017. Here are her top ten favorites.