{"id":3807,"date":"2018-01-23T17:44:08","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T12:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fableandi.com\/?p=3807"},"modified":"2024-02-03T11:23:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T05:53:53","slug":"2017-almost-favourites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebooksatchel.com\/2017-almost-favourites\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Remarkable Books of 2017 that are Almost-Favourites"},"content":{"rendered":"
There are so many good books out there and it is a shame that we pick ten (or somewhere around that number) as our \u2018favourites of the year\u2019. I realized I have a handful of books in my list that didn\u2019t quite make it to the list of best reads, but were great reads. In some of these books, some aspect of the writing stood out for me; in others I was engrossed in the read and loved the experience. Most of these are 2017 releases but there are some titles published earlier but they are the almost favourites among remarkable books of 2017 for me.<\/p>\n
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Men without Women by Murakami<\/em> (review<\/a><\/span>) is a wonderful collection of short stories. All the stories have the perfect Murakami-vibe and some bizarre events that are unexplainable. I would not recommend this as a start to Murakami\u2019s writing, but if you are a fan, this book is sheer pleasure. Janice Pariat\u2019s The Nine Chambered Heart<\/em> (review<\/a>) is a fragmented exploration of the protagonist through the eyes of nine other people. It provided an interesting perspective(s) about how we look like in the eyes of other people and how each person we come into contact with is exposed to only a fraction of our true self.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n