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.

2. 'Exit West' by Mohsin Hamid

"Exit West" By Mohsin Hamid, Riverbed Books, 240 pp.

Mohsin Hamid’s fourth novel follows two young people as they begin a love affair amid a civil war in an unnamed country and travel to Greece, England, and finally the United States. Mr. Hamid explores the clash between tradition and modernity. Hamid was able to turn around his novel faster than any of his previous works after being inspired by author Haruki Murakami to pick up a daily walking habit.

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