100 best books of 2017. The best books we read in 2017. Best of 2017: 100 recommended books. 2017's great reads. Best books of 2017. Best fiction of 2017. Best human rights books of 2017. From the international bestselling author of The Vegetarian, a rare and remarkable portrait of political unrest and the universal struggle for justice. Amid a violent student uprising in South Korea, a young boy named Dong-ho is shockingly killed. The story of this tragic episode unfolds in a series of interconnected chapters as the victims and the mourners experience oppression, denial, and the haunting pain of the massacre. From Dong-ho's best friend, who meets his own fateful end, to an editor fighting against censorship.