Following is a list of top books in fiction and poetry from 2017. Redact the names of the publishers and the cost of the books. Rewrite each book listing as questions and answers using facts about the books. Vary your language and phrasing for some of the books.

AMERICAN WAR. By Omar El Akkad. (Knopf, $26.95.) This haunting debut novel imagines the events that lead up to and follow the Second American Civil War at the turn of the 22nd century.

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. By Elizabeth Strout. (Random House, $27.) This audacious novel is about small-town characters struggling to make sense of past family traumas.

AUTUMN. By Ali Smith. (Pantheon, $24.95.) Smith’s ingenious novel is about the friendship between a 101-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman in Britain after the Brexit vote.

BAD DREAMS AND OTHER STORIES. By Tessa Hadley. (Harper/HarperCollins, $26.99.) Hadley serves up the bitter along with the delicious in these 10 stories.

BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS. By Lawrence Osborne. (Hogarth, $25.) On a Greek island, two wealthy young women encounter a handsome Syrian refugee, whom they endeavor to help, with disastrous results.

THE BOOK OF JOAN. By Lidia Yuknavitch. (Harper/HarperCollins, $26.99.) In this brilliant novel, Earth, circa 2049, has been devastated by global warming and war.

A BOY IN WINTER. By Rachel Seiffert. (Pantheon, $25.95.) Seiffert’s intricate novel probes the bonds and betrayals in a Ukrainian town as it succumbs to Hitler.

THE CHANGELING. By Victor LaValle. (Spiegel & Grau, $28.) LaValle’s novel, about Apollo Kagwa, a used-book dealer, blends social criticism with horror, while remaining steadfastly literary.

CHRISTMAS DAYS: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days. By Jeanette Winterson. (Grove, $24.) A gift book from the British novelist, containing otherworldly and wickedly funny stories.

DANCE OF THE JAKARANDA. By Peter Kimani. (Akashic, paper, $15.95.) This funny, perceptive and ambitious work of historical fiction by a Kenyan poet and novelist explores his country’s colonial past.

THE DARK FLOOD RISES. By Margaret Drabble. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $26.) This masterly novel follows its 70-something heroine on a road trip through England.

THE DINNER PARTY: And Other Stories. By Joshua Ferris. (Little, Brown, $26.) Anxiety, self-consciousness and humiliation are the default inner states of the characters in these 11 stories.

THE ESSEX SERPENT. By Sarah Perry. (Custom House/Morrow, $26.99.) This novel’s densely woven plot involves an independent-minded widow and the possible haunting presence of a giant serpent.

EXIT WEST. By Mohsin Hamid. (Riverhead, $26.) The new novel by the author of “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” and “How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia” mixes global unrest with a bit of the fantastic.

FAST. By Jorie Graham. (Ecco/HarperCollins, $25.99.) Graham created these poems against a backdrop of personal and political trauma — her parents are dying, she is undergoing cancer treatment, the nation is mired in war and ecological crisis.

FIVE-CARAT SOUL. By James McBride. (Riverhead, $27.) In his delightful first story collection, the author of the National Book Award-winning novel “The Good Lord Bird” continues to explore race, masculinity, music and history.

FOREST DARK. By Nicole Krauss. (Harper/HarperCollins, $27.99.) Tracing the lives of two Americans in Israel, this restless novel explores the mysteries of disconnection and the divided self.

4 3 2 1. By Paul Auster. (Holt, $32.50.) Auster’s book is an epic bildungsroman that presents the reader with four versions of the formative years of a Jewish boy born in Newark in 1947.

FRESH COMPLAINT: Stories. By Jeffrey Eugenides. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $27.) Eugenides’s expert debut collection of short stories is his first book since “The Marriage Plot” in 2011.

FUTURE HOME OF THE LIVING GOD. By Louise Erdrich. (HarperCollins, $28.99.) What if human beings are neither inevitable nor ultimate? That’s the premise of Erdrich’s fascinating new novel.

GIVING GODHEAD. By Dylan Krieger. (Delete, paper, $17.99.) Seamlessly mixing the religious with the obscene, Krieger’s poetry is inventive and powerful.

HISTORY OF WOLVES. By Emily Fridlund. (Atlantic Monthly, $25.) A slow-motion tragedy unfolds in Minnesota’s north woods in Fridlund’s disturbing debut.

HOME FIRE. By Kamila Shamsie. (Riverhead, $26.) A bold retelling of Sophocles’ “Antigone” that follows the lives of three British siblings of Pakistani descent.

HOMESICK FOR ANOTHER WORLD. By Ottessa Moshfegh. (Penguin Press, $26.) The insightful stories in this dark debut collection are about “loneliness, desire, hope and self-awareness.”

A HORSE WALKS INTO A BAR. By David Grossman. Translated by Jessica Cohen. (Knopf, $29.95.) Grossman’s magnificently funny, sucker-punch-tragic novel about a tormented stand-up comedian combines comic dexterity with Portnoyish detail.
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nimnlikhit 2017 se katha or kavita main sheersh pustakon kii ek suchi he. prakashkon ke naam or pustakon kii laagat ko phir se paribhaashit karen.pustakon ke bare main tathyon kaa upyog karke prashnon or uttaron ke rup main prayek pustak listing ko phir se likhen.kuch pustakon ke liye apni bhashaa or vaakyansh ko alag -alag karen.

america yuddh.umr el akkad dwaara.(nopef, $ 26.95.) yah sata pehali film un ghatnaon kii kalpana karti he jo 22 veen shatabdi ke mode par duusare america grihayuddh kaa netritv karti hai or unka paalan karti hai.

kuch bhi sambhav he.elizabeth strout dwaara.(random house, $ 27.) yah dussahsee upanyaas pichley paariwarik aghat kii samaj banane ke liye sangharsh kar rahe chote shahar ke paatro ke bare main he.

sharad ritu.ali smith dwaara.(pantian, $ 24.95.) smith kaa saral upanyaas brexit vot ke baad britain main ek 101 varshiya vyakti or 32 varshiya mahila ke bich dosti ke bare main he.

bure sapane or anya kahaniyaan.tesa hadlee dwaara.(harper/harper colins, $ 26.99.) hadlee in 10 kahaniyon main swaadisht ke saath kadava parosata he.

sundar jaanavar.laurence osborn dwaara.(hoperth, $ 25.) ek greek dweep par, do dhani yuva mahilaon ko ek sundar syrian sharnaarthi kaa saamana karnaa padataa he, jise ve vinaashkari parinaamon ke saath madad karne kaa prayaas karte hai.

jone kii pustak.Lidia Yuknavitch dwaara.(harper/harper colins, $ 26.99.) is shandaar upanyaas main, prithvi, lagbhag 2049, global varming or yuddh se tabah ho gaya he.

sardiyon main ek ladkaa.rahel cefurt dwaara..

badla hua baccha.victor laavale dwaara.(spigel or grau, $ 28.) laavale kaa upanyaas, apollo kagava ke bare main, ek istemaal kiya gaya-book dealer, dridhtaa se saahitiyik rahete hue, horer ke saath saamaajik aalochana kaa mishran karata he.

christmas ke din: 12 kahaniyaan or 12 dinon ke liye 12 daavatein.jinat winterson dwaara.(grove, $ 24.) british upanyaaskaar kii ek uphaar pustak, jisamen anya or dusht mjedaar kahaniyaan hai.

jakaarand kaa nrity.peter kimani dwaara.(akaash, paper, $ 15.95.) ek kenyayi kavi or upanyaaskaar dwaara aitihaasik kathaon kaa yah mazaakia, avadharanatmak or mahatvakankshi kaam unke desh ke aupniveshik ateet kii padtaal karata he.

andhere baadh bad jaati he.margaret drable dwaara..

da dinar party: or anya kahaniyaan.joshua feris dwaara.(little, brown, $ 26.) chintaa, aatm-chetana or apmaan in 11 kahaniyon main paatro kii difolt aantarik rajya hai.

asex sarp.sara peri dwaara.(custom house/moro, $ 26.99.) is upanyaas ke ghani bune hue kathanak main ek swatantra-dimag vaali vidhwaa or ek vishaal sarp kii sambhavit bhutiya upasthiti shaamil he.

pashchim se baahar nikalen.mohsin hamid dwaara..

tej.jori graham dwaara.(ECCO/HARPERCOLLINS, $ 25.99.) graham ne vyaktigat or raajnneetik aghat kii prishthbhumi ke khilaaf in kavitaaon ko banaaya - unke mata -pita mar rahe hai, vah cancer ke upachaar se guzar rahe hai, raashtra yuddh or paristhitik sankat main he.

paanch-carat aatma.james mcbroid dwaara.(riverhed, $ 27.) apane romantic pratham kahani sangrah main, neshnal book award vijeta upanyaas "da good lord bird" ke lekhak, res, mardaangi, sangeet or itihaas kaa pataa lagane ke liye jari he.

van andhera.nichol cross dwaara.(harper/harper colins, $ 27.99.) israel main do americanyon ke jivan kaa pataa lagaate hue, yah baichaiyn upanyaas viyog or vibhajit swa ke rahasyon kii padtaal karata he.

4 3 2 1. paul oster dwaara..

taaja shikaayat: kahaniyaan.jeffri ujeenids dwaara..

jivit bhagwaan kaa bhavishya ghar.louis erdrich dwaara.(harper colins, $ 28.99.) kya hoga yadi maanav na to aprihaary he or na hi antim?yah erdrich ke aakarshak nae upanyaas kaa aadhaar he.

godead de rahaa he.dialan krigar dwaara..

bhediyon kaa itihaas.emily fridland dwaara.(atlantic masik, $ 25.) ek dhimi gati kii traasadee minesota ke uttari woods main fridland kii pareshaan karne vaali shuruyaat main saamne aati he.

ghar kii aag.kamila shamasi dwaara.(riverhed, $ 26.) sofocals ke "antigon" kaa ek bold ritiling jo pakistani vansh ke teen british bhai -bahanon ke jivan kaa anusaran karata he.

ek or duniya ke liye homsik.otesa moshfeg dwaara.(penguin press, $ 26.) is dark debyue collection main vyaavhaarik kahaniyaan "akelepan, ichha, aashaa or aatm-jaagrukta" ke bare main hai.

ek ghoda ek baar main chalata he.david grosman dwaara.jesica kohen dwaara anuvaadit..
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nimnlikhit 2017 se katha or kavita main sheersh pustakon kii ek suchi he. prakashkon ke naam or pustakon kii laagat ko phir se paribhaashit karen.pustakon ke bare main tathyon kaa upyog karke prashnon or uttaron ke rup main prayek pustak listing ko phir se likhen.kuch pustakon ke liye apni bhashaa or vaakyansh ko alag -alag karen.

america yuddh.umr el akkad dwaara.(nopef, $ 26.95.) yah sata pehali film un ghatnaon kii kalpana karti he jo 22 veen shatabdi ke mode par duusare america grihayuddh kaa netritv karti hai or unka paalan karti hai.

kuch bhi sambhav he.elizabeth strout dwaara.(random house, $ 27.) yah dussahsee upanyaas pichley paariwarik aghat kii samaj banane ke liye sangharsh kar rahe chote shahar ke paatro ke bare main he.

sharad ritu.ali smith dwaara.(pantian, $ 24.95.) smith kaa saral upanyaas brexit vot ke baad britain main ek 101 varshiya vyakti or 32 varshiya mahila ke bich dosti ke bare main he.

bure sapane or anya kahaniyaan.tesa hadlee dwaara.(harper/harper colins, $ 26.99.) hadlee in 10 kahaniyon main swaadisht ke saath kadava parosata he.

sundar jaanavar.laurence osborn dwaara.(hoperth, $ 25.) ek greek dweep par, do dhani yuva mahilaon ko ek sundar syrian sharnaarthi kaa saamana karnaa padataa he, jise ve vinaashkari parinaamon ke saath madad karne kaa prayaas karte hai.

jone kii pustak.Lidia Yuknavitch dwaara.(harper/harper colins, $ 26.99.) is shandaar upanyaas main, prithvi, lagbhag 2049, global varming or yuddh se tabah ho gaya he.

sardiyon main ek ladkaa.rahel cefurt dwaara..

badla hua baccha.victor laavale dwaara.(spigel or grau, $ 28.) laavale kaa upanyaas, apollo kagava ke bare main, ek istemaal kiya gaya-book dealer, dridhtaa se saahitiyik rahete hue, horer ke saath saamaajik aalochana kaa mishran karata he.

christmas ke din: 12 kahaniyaan or 12 dinon ke liye 12 daavatein.jinat winterson dwaara.(grove, $ 24.) british upanyaaskaar kii ek uphaar pustak, jisamen anya or dusht mjedaar kahaniyaan hai.

jakaarand kaa nrity.peter kimani dwaara.(akaash, paper, $ 15.95.) ek kenyayi kavi or upanyaaskaar dwaara aitihaasik kathaon kaa yah mazaakia, avadharanatmak or mahatvakankshi kaam unke desh ke aupniveshik ateet kii padtaal karata he.

andhere baadh bad jaati he.margaret drable dwaara..

da dinar party: or anya kahaniyaan.joshua feris dwaara.(little, brown, $ 26.) chintaa, aatm-chetana or apmaan in 11 kahaniyon main paatro kii difolt aantarik rajya hai.

asex sarp.sara peri dwaara.(custom house/moro, $ 26.99.) is upanyaas ke ghani bune hue kathanak main ek swatantra-dimag vaali vidhwaa or ek vishaal sarp kii sambhavit bhutiya upasthiti shaamil he.

pashchim se baahar nikalen.mohsin hamid dwaara..

tej.jori graham dwaara.(ECCO/HARPERCOLLINS, $ 25.99.) graham ne vyaktigat or raajnneetik aghat kii prishthbhumi ke khilaaf in kavitaaon ko banaaya - unke mata -pita mar rahe hai, vah cancer ke upachaar se guzar rahe hai, raashtra yuddh or paristhitik sankat main he.

paanch-carat aatma.james mcbroid dwaara.(riverhed, $ 27.) apane romantic pratham kahani sangrah main, neshnal book award vijeta upanyaas "da good lord bird" ke lekhak, res, mardaangi, sangeet or itihaas kaa pataa lagane ke liye jari he.

van andhera.nichol cross dwaara.(harper/harper colins, $ 27.99.) israel main do americanyon ke jivan kaa pataa lagaate hue, yah baichaiyn upanyaas viyog or vibhajit swa ke rahasyon kii padtaal karata he.

4 3 2 1. paul oster dwaara..

taaja shikaayat: kahaniyaan.jeffri ujeenids dwaara..

jivit bhagwaan kaa bhavishya ghar.louis erdrich dwaara.(harper colins, $ 28.99.) kya hoga yadi maanav na to aprihaary he or na hi antim?yah erdrich ke aakarshak nae upanyaas kaa aadhaar he.

godead de rahaa he.dialan krigar dwaara..

bhediyon kaa itihaas.emily fridland dwaara.(atlantic masik, $ 25.) ek dhimi gati kii traasadee minesota ke uttari woods main fridland kii pareshaan karne vaali shuruyaat main saamne aati he.

ghar kii aag.kamila shamasi dwaara.(riverhed, $ 26.) sofocals ke "antigon" kaa ek bold ritiling jo pakistani vansh ke teen british bhai -bahanon ke jivan kaa anusaran karata he.

ek or duniya ke liye homsik.otesa moshfeg dwaara.(penguin press, $ 26.) is dark debyue collection main vyaavhaarik kahaniyaan "akelepan, ichha, aashaa or aatm-jaagrukta" ke bare main hai.

ek ghoda ek baar main chalata he.david grosman dwaara.jesica kohen dwaara anuvaadit..</s>
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