Goodreads Choice Awards
The Goodreads Choice Awards is a yearly award program, first launched on Goodreads in 2009.
Winners are determined by users voting on books that Goodreads has nominated or books of their choosing, released in the given year. Most books that Goodreads nominates are from verified Goodreads authors. The final voting round collects the top 10 books from 20 different categories.[1]
Winners[]
Ongoing awards[]
| Category | 2009[2] | 2010[3] | 2011[4] | 2012[5] | 2013[6] | 2014[7] | 2015[8] | 2016[9] | 2017[10][11] | 2018[12] | 2019[13][14] | 2020[15][16] | 2021[17] |
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| Best Fiction | The Help by Kathryn Stockett |
Room by Emma Donoghue |
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami |
The Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling |
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini |
Landline by Rainbow Rowell |
Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee |
Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty |
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng |
Still Me by Jojo Moyes | The Testaments by Margaret Atwood | The Midnight Library by Matt Haig[18] | Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney |
| Best Nonfiction | Columbine by Dave Cullen |
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot |
The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth by Alexandra Robbins |
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain |
The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum by Temple Grandin & Richard Panek |
The Opposite of Loneliness by Marina Keegan |
Modern Romance: An Investigation by Aziz Ansari & Eric Klinenberg |
Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda & Jeremy McCarter |
How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life by Lilly Singh |
I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara | Girl, Stop Apologizing by Rachel Hollis | Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi | The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green |
| Best Mystery & Thriller | The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson |
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest by Stieg Larsson |
Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich |
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn |
Inferno by Dan Brown |
Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King |
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins |
End of Watch by Stephen King |
Into the Water by Paula Hawkins |
The Outsider by Stephen King | The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides | The Guest List by Lucy Foley | The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave |
| Best Fantasy | Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris |
Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson |
A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin |
The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King |
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman |
The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness |
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman |
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J. K. Rowling |
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J. K. Rowling |
Circe by Madeline Miller | Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo | House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas | A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas |
| Best Science Fiction | Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld |
Feed by Mira Grant |
11/22/63 by Stephen King |
The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter |
MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood |
The Martian by Andy Weir |
Golden Son by Pierce Brown |
Morning Star by Pierce Brown |
Artemis by Andy Weir |
Vengeful by VE Schwab | Recursion by Blake Crouch | To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini | Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir |
| Best Romance | An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon |
Lover Mine by J. R. Ward |
Lover Unleashed by J. R. Ward |
Fifty Shades Freed by E. L. James |
Lover at Last by J. R. Ward |
Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon |
Confess by Colleen Hoover |
It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover |
Without Merit by Colleen Hoover |
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang | Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston | From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout | People We Meet on Vacation by |
| Best Young Adult Fiction | Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen |
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver |
Where She Went by Gayle Forman |
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green |
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell |
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart |
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven |
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys |
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas |
Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli | Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott | Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo | by Angeline Boulley |
| Best Graphic Novel (& Comics from 2011) | Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? by Neil Gaiman |
Twilight: The Graphic Novel by Stephenie Meyer |
Vampire Academy: The Graphic Novel by Richelle Mead |
The Walking Dead Vol. 16: A Larger World by Robert Kirkman |
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl and artist Cassandra Jean |
Serenity: Leaves on the Wind by Zack Whedon, Fábio Moon and Daniel Dos Santos |
Saga – Volume Four by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples |
Adulthood is a Myth by Sarah Andersen |
Big Mushy Happy Lump by Sarah Andersen |
Herding Cats by Sarah Andersen | Pumpkin Heads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks | Heartstopper: Volume Three by Alice Oseman | Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe |
| Best Children's (& Middle Grade from 2010) | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth by Jeff Kinney |
The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan |
The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan |
The House of Hades by Rick Riordan |
The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan |
The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan |
The Trials of Apollo by Rick Riordan |
The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan |
The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan | The Tyrant's Tomb by Rick Riordan | The Tower of Nero by Rick Riordan | Daughter of the Deep by Rick Riordan |
| Best Historical Fiction | Fall of Giants by Ken Follett |
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain |
The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman |
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson |
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr |
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah |
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead |
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate |
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah | Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid | The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett[18] | Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid | |
| Best Poetry | Come On All You Ghosts by Matthew Zapruder |
Horoscopes for the Dead by Billy Collins |
A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver |
The Fall of Arthur by J. R. R. Tolkien |
Lullabies by Lang Leav |
The Dogs I Have Kissed by Trista Mateer |
The Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda Lovelace |
The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur |
The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One by Amanda Lovelace | Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson | Dearly: New Poems by Margaret Atwood | The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman | |
| Best History & Biography | The Tudors by G. J. Meyer |
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson |
Jim Henson: The Biography by Brian Jay Jones |
The Romanov Sisters by Helen Rappaport |
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson |
Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man, by William Shatner |
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore |
The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King | The Five by Hallie Rubenhold | Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson[18] | Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe | ||
| Best Memoir & Autobiography | Unbearable Lightness by Portia de Rossi |
Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss and Love by Matthew Logelin |
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed |
I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai |
This Star Won't Go Out by Esther Earl |
A Work in Progress by Connor Franta |
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi |
What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Educated by Tara Westover | Over the Top by Jonathan Van Ness | A Promised Land by Barack Obama[18] | Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner | |
| Best Humor | Bite Me: A Love Story by Christopher Moore |
Bossypants by Tina Fey |
Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson |
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh |
Yes Please by Amy Poehler |
Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling |
The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer |
Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between) by Lauren Graham |
The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish | Dear Girls by Ali Wong | Strange Planet by Nathan W. Pyle | by Jenny Lawson | |
| Best Young Adult Fantasy (& Science Fiction from 2011) | Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins |
Divergent by Veronica Roth |
Insurgent by Veronica Roth |
Allegiant by Veronica Roth |
City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare |
Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas |
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas |
A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas |
Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas | The Wicked King by Holly Black | The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black | Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo | |
| Best (Goodreads) Debut Author (Best Debut Novel in 2019) | Rebecca Skloot (The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks) |
Emma Chase (Tangled) |
Pierce Brown (Red Rising) |
Victoria Aveyard (Red Queen) |
Alwyn Hamilton (Rebel of the Sands) | Angie Thomas (The Hate U Give) |
Tomi Adeyemi (Children of Blood and Bone) | Casey McQuiston (Red, White & Royal Blue) | Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid | (The Spanish Love Deception) | |||
| Best Horror | Graveminder by Melissa Marr |
The Twelve by Justin Cronin |
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King |
Prince Lestat by Anne Rice |
Saint Odd by Dean Koontz |
The Fireman by Joe Hill |
Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and Owen King |
Elevation by Stephen King | The Institute by Stephen King | Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia[18] | The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix |
Discontinued awards[]
| Category | 2009[19] | 2010[20] | 2011[21] | 2012[22] | 2013[23] | 2014[24] | 2015[25] | 2016[26] | 2017[27][28] | 2018[29] | 2019[30][31] | 2020[32][33] |
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| Best Picture Book | Blueberry Girl by Neil Gaiman |
It's a Book by Lane Smith |
When I Grow Up by "Weird Al" Yankovic |
Olivia and the Fairy Princesses by Ian Falconer |
The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers |
The Pigeon Needs a Bath! (I Do Not!) by Mo Willems |
The Day the Crayons Came Home by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers |
The Thank You Book by Mo Willems |
We're All Wonders by R. J. Palacio |
I Am Enough by Grace Byers | A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood by Fred Rogers and Luke Flowers | Antiracist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi and Ashley Lukashevsky |
| Best Food & Cooking | My Father's Daughter by Gwyneth Paltrow |
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl by Ree Drummond |
Tequila Mockingbird: Cocktails with a Literary Twist by Tim Federle |
Make It Ahead: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook by Ina Garten |
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Dinnertime by Ree Drummond |
Cravings by Chrissy Teigen |
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Come and Get It! by Ree Drummond |
Cravings: Hungry for More by Chrissy Teigen and Adeena Sussman | Antoni in the Kitchen by Antoni Porowski | Modern Comfort Food: A Barefoot Contessa CookbookI by Ina Garten[18] | ||
| Best Science & Technology | Beneath the Surface: Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish by John Hargrove |
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans De Waal |
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson |
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve Brusatte | Will My Cats Eat My Eyeballs? by Caitlin Doughty | A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future by David Attenborough and Jonnie Hughes | ||||||
| Best of the Best | Angie Thomas (Best Debut Author 2017 for The Hate U Give) | |||||||||||
| Best Business | #GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amoruso |
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| Best Paranormal Fantasy | Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris |
Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning |
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness |
Cold Days by Jim Butcher |
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| Best Goodreads Author | Cassandra Clare (City of Fallen Angels) |
Veronica Roth (Insurgent) |
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| Best Travel & Outdoors | Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal by | |||||||||||
| Best Cover Art | Torment by Lauren Kate |
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| Best Chick Lit | The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks |
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| Best Young Adult Series | Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins |
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Multiple wins[]
Several authors have won multiple Goodreads Readers Choice Awards or the same award in multiple years. Stephen King and both his sons, Owen and Joe, have won The Goodreads Choice Awards. The table below sets out those authors to have won more than one award:
(Listed by number of wins, then alphabetically by surname)
| Number of wins | Author | Winning categories |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Rick Riordan | Best Children's & Middle Grade (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) |
| 9 | Stephen King | Best Science Fiction (2011), Best Fantasy (2012), Best Horror (2013, 2017, 2018, 2019), Best Mystery & Thriller (2014, 2016, 2018) |
| 6 | Sarah J. Maas | Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018), Best Fantasy (2020, 2021) |
| 5 | Veronica Roth | Best Book (2011), Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2011, 2012, 2013), Best Goodreads Author (2012) |
| 4 | Suzanne Collins | Best Book (2009, 2010), Best Young Adult Series (2009), Best Young Adult Fantasy (2011) |
| Neil Gaiman | Best Fantasy (2013, 2015), Best Graphic Novel (2009), Best Picture Book (2009) | |
| 3 | Sarah Andersen | Best Graphic Novel and Comics (2016, 2017, 2018) |
| Margaret Atwood | Best Science Fiction (2013), Best Fiction (2019), Best Poetry (2020) | |
| Pierce Brown | Best Goodreads Debut Author (2014), Best Science Fiction (2015, 2016) | |
| Ree Drummond | Best Food & Cooking (2012, 2015, 2017) | |
| Colleen Hoover | Best Romance (2015, 2016, 2017) | |
| Rainbow Rowell | Best Fiction (2014), Best Young Adult Fiction (2013), Best Graphic Novels & Comics (2019) | |
| J. K. Rowling | Best Fiction (2012), Best Fantasy (2016, 2017) | |
| Angie Thomas | Best Goodreads Debut Author (2017), Best Young Adult Fiction (2017), Best of the Best (2018) | |
| J. R. Ward | Best Romance (2010, 2011, 2013) | |
| Andy Weir | Best Science Fiction (2014, 2017, 2021) | |
| 2 | Leigh Bardugo | Best Fantasy (2019), Best Young Adult Fantasy (2021) |
| Holly Black | Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2019, 2020) | |
| Cassandra Clare | Best Goodreads Author (2011), Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2014), | |
| Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers | Best Picture Book (2013, 2015) | |
| Diana Gabaldon | Best Romance (2009, 2014) | |
| Ina Garten | Best Food & Cooking (2014, 2020) | |
| John Green | Best Young Adult Fiction (2012), Best Nonfiction (2021) | |
| Kristin Hannah | Best Historical Fiction (2015, 2018) | |
| Deborah Harkness | Best Paranormal Fantasy (2012), Best Fantasy (2014) | |
| Charlaine Harris | Best Fantasy (2009), Best Paranormal Fantasy (2010) | |
| Paula Hawkins | Best Mystery & Thriller (2015, 2017) | |
| Jeff Kinney | Best Children's & Middle Grade (2009, 2010) | |
| Stieg Larsson | Best Mystery & Thriller (2009, 2010) | |
| Jenny Lawson | Best Humor (2012, 2021) | |
| Amanda Lovelace | Best Poetry (2016, 2018) | |
| Casey McQuiston | Best Romance (2019), Best Debut Novel (2019) | |
| Taylor Jenkins Reid | Best Historical Fiction (2019, 2021) | |
| Rebecca Skloot | Best Nonfiction (2010), Best Debut Author (2010) | |
| Chrissy Teigen & Adeena Sussman | Best Food & Cooking (2016, 2018) | |
| Mo Willems | Best Picture Book (2014, 2016) |
References[]
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