The Goodreads Choice Awards

[Anonymous]

Goodreads users voted on their favorite books and the results are more of the same…Emily Henry, Sarah J. Maas, Taylor Jenkins Reid, etc. I like some of the books that won, but best of the year is kind of funny. TJR’s book being spotted as Historical Fiction is surprising to me. Is the 90s historical already?

Amanda Gorman is the only non-white person who won.

https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2022


BEST FICTION
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

BEST MYSTERY & THRILLER
The Maid by Nita Prose

BEST HISTORICAL FICTION
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

BEST FANTASY
House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City, #2) by Sarah J. Maas

BEST ROMANCE
Book Lovers by Emily Henry

BEST SCIENCE FICTION
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

BEST HORROR
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

BEST HUMOR
The Office BFFs: Tales of The Office from Two Best Friends Who Were There by Jenna Fischer & Angela Kinsey

BEST NONFICTION
Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brené Brown

BEST MEMOIR & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

BEST HISTORY & BIOGRAPHY
Bad Gays: A Homosexual History by Huw Lemmey & Ben Miller

BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL
Heart-stopper: Volume Four (Heartstopper, #4) by Alice Oseman

BEST POETRY
Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman

BEST DEBUT NOVEL
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

BEST YOUNG ADULT FICTION
The Final Gambit (The Inheritance Games, #3) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

BEST YOUNG ADULT FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION
Gallant by V.E. Schwab

BEST MIDDLE GRADE & CHILDREN’S
I Am Quiet: A Story for the Introvert in All of Us by Andie Powers

[Anonymous]

I've read almost all of these and would never vote them the best in anything.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, I think it’s sort of an author popularity contest.

[Anonymous]

I have read a few of these:

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow- good, but not the best book of 2022.
The Maid - stopped reading after 100 pages
Taylor Jenkins Reid- I consider her books to be a beach read. Her books have a place, but not a great piece of fiction.
Lessons in Chemistry -okay read, but wouldn’t recommend to others.

[Anonymous]

The Final Gambit was terrible compared to the first two books in the series. I wonder if JLB conceived the books at a duology and got talked into a trilogy?

She’s writing another book from the POV of the guys, so she’s riding this train a little more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've read almost all of these and would never vote them the best in anything.

What would you have picked instead?

[Anonymous]

I didnt like Glad my mom died---just couldnt connect with the author at all.
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I liked Lost and Found by E.Shultz--about the process of loosing someone you love and the grieving process and about finding your love..it was sappy at times but overall I feel well written.

[Anonymous]

Not too surprising. I like Goodreads for my own purposes, but it's very, very mass-market oriented.

[Anonymous]

I loved Book Lovers. One of my favorite books - very fluffy but nicely written. I also love a shared love of reading!

[Anonymous]

Goodreads has that silly voting. I prefer the curated lists, including the DCUM ones!

[Anonymous]

Gabrielle Zevin is half Jewish and half Korean. I don't think most people would call her "white."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gabrielle Zevin is half Jewish and half Korean. I don't think most people would call her "white."

Yep, the book actually has a lot of reflections of mixed asian/white identity.

[Anonymous]

A lot of teens vote in Goodreads. My 17 y.o. is in two book clubs and they are very active voters there. For example, most of them voted for Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow.