Goodreads, a book recommendation site, has its users vote each year for the best books across 20 genres and posts the winner of each genre.
Goodreads editors nominate 15 books for each category, but users are allowed to write-in books they think were overlooked. The Goodreads Choice Awards racked in over 3 million votes.
Rainbow Rowell won for best fiction book by more than 10,000 votes with her novel Landline. Rowell’s book follows married couple Georgie and Neal as they try to close the distance that has come between them.
Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King won Mystery & Thriller by only 419 votes. Robert Galbraith came in a close second with The Silkworm.
Fantasy was swept away by The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness, which won by more than 20,000 votes. This is the third and final installment of Harkness’ All Souls Trilogy.
I encourage everyone to check out the list. What’s so great about it is that the books are chosen by fellow readers, so you’re more likely to find a book that you connect with.
Goodreads also shows that books that did not win, in descending order of votes, so you can check out where your favorite books landed or just pick up some new books to read.
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