These 17 Books Made 2017 a Little Less Terrible for Our Readers

The events of this year have some Mother Jones readers turning to books for perspective and comfort. Leonard Jay Hastings of Manchester, Michigan, picked up The Plot Against America and tells us this book about a dictatorship "reminds the reader that the corrective measures lie with the citizen public and not primarily with our present elected officials." Others like Emily Wilkinson in Pasadena, Texas, have immersed themselves in other worlds. Emily says The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy "provided a welcome escape from reality." We asked you to tell us which books helped get you through 2017.