How many of you use Goodreads? As both a writer and a lover of books, I find myself on Goodreads quite frequently. Users can create lists of books (Books Read, Books You Want to Read, etc.), write reviews on books, and discuss books with others (sometimes even the authors!)
Starting in 2009, Goodreads launched their Readers Choice Awards. Here’s 20 categories and people are able to nominate, and eventually vote on, their favourite books. Here are the winners of 2014!
Fiction:
Landline, Rainbow Rowell
You can read more about Landline on Goodreads
Runner Up: Big Little Lies, Liane Moriarty
Mystery/Thriller:
Mr. Mercedes, Stephen King
You can read more about Mr. Mercedes on Goodreads
Runner Up: The Silkworm, Robert Galbraith
Historical Fiction:
All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr
You can read more about All the Light We Cannot See on Goodreads
Runner Up: The Invention of Wings, Sue Monk Kidd
Buy All the Light We Cannot See on Amazon
Buy The Invention of Wings on Amazon
Fantasy:
The Book of Life, Deborah Harkness
You can read more about The Book of Life on Goodreads
Runner Up: Words of Radiance, Brandon Sanderson
Buy The Book of Life on Amazon
Buy Words of Radiance on Amazon
Romance:
Written in My Own Heart’s Blood, Diana Gabaldon
You can read more about Written in My Own Heart’s Blood on Goodreads
Runner Up: Maybe Someday, Colleen Hoover
Buy Written in My Own Heart’s Blood on Amazon
Science Fiction:
The Martian, Andy Weir
You can read more about The Martian on Goodreads
Runner Up: Lock In, John Scalzi
Horror:
Prince Lestat, Anne Rice
You can read more about Prince Lestat on Goodreads
Runner Up: The Girl With All the Gifts, M.R. Carey
Buy The Girl With All the Gifts on Amazon
Humour:
Yes Please, Amy Poehler
You can read more about Yes Please on Goodreads
Runner Up: Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography, Neil Patrick Harris
Buy Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography on Amazon
Nonfiction:
The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories, Marina Keegan
You can read more about The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories on Goodreads
Runner Up: What If?, Randall Munroe
Buy The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories on Amazon
Memoir/Autobiography:
This Star Won’t Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl, Esther Earl, Lori Earl, and Wayne Earl
You can read more about This Star Won’t Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl on Goodreads
Runner Up: As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride, Cary Elwes, Joe Layden, Rob Reiner
Buy This Star Won’t Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl on Amazon
Buy As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride on Amazon
History and Biography:
The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra, Helen Rappaport
Runner Up: Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War, Karen Abbott
Buy The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra on Amazon
Buy Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War on Amazon
Business Books:
#GIRLBOSS, Sophia Amoruso
You can read more about #GirlBoss on Goodreads
Runner Up: Think Like a Freak, Steven D. Levitt
Buy Think Like a Freak on Amazon
Food and Cookbooks:
Make it Ahead: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook, Ina Garten
You can read more about Make it Ahead: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook on Goodreads
Runner Up: My Paris Kitchen, David Lebovitz
Buy Make it Ahead: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook on Amazon
Buy My Paris Kitchen on Amazon
Graphic Novels and Comics:
Serenity: Leaves on the Wind, Zack Whedon, Georges Jeanty, Fabi Moon
You can read more about Serenity: Leaves on the Wind on Goodreads
Runner Up: Saga, Volume 3, Brian K. Vaughan
Buy Serenity: Leaves on the Wind on Amazon
Poetry:
Lullabies, Land Leav
You can read more about Lullabies on Goodreads
Runner Up: Poisoned Apples, Christine Heppermann
Debut Goodreads Authors:
Red Rising, Piece Brown
You can read more about Red Rising on Goodreads
Runner Up: Cruel Beauty, Rosamund Hodge
Young Adult Fiction:
We Were Liars, E. Lockhard
You can read more about We Were Liars on Goodreads
Runner Up: Isla and the Happily Ever After, Stephanie Perkins
Buy Isla and the Happily Ever After on Amazon
Young Adult Fantasy:
City of Heavenly Fire, Cassandra Clare
You can read more about City of Heavenly Fire on Goodreads
Runner Up: Hollow City, Ransom Riggs
Buy City of Heavenly Fire on Amazon
Middle Grade and Children’s:
The Blood of Olympus, Rick Riordan
You can read more about The Blood of Olympus on Goodreads
Runner Up: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul, Jeff Kinney
Buy The Blood of Olympus on Amazon
Buy Diary of Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul on Amazon
Picture Books:
The Pigeon Needs a Bath!, Mo Willems
You can read more about The Pigeon Needs a Bath! on Goodreads
Runner Up: The Book with No Pictures, B.J. Novak
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