As promised, here are my top picks for books this year.

Best SF/Fantasty books in 2017
    

1. A Dragon of a Different Color by Rachel Aaron
2. The Delirium Brief by Charles Stross
3. Neogenesis by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
4. From Ruins by M. C. A. Hogarth
5. Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs
6. Dream Hearth by M. C. A. Hogarth

Best new series in 2017
    

1. Penric and Desdemona by Lois McMaster Bujold
2. Hidden Legacy by Ilona Andrews
3. Fred the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes

Most useful nonfiction book in 2017:

2,000 to 10,000: How to Write Faster, Write Better, and Write More of What You Love by Rachel Aaron