Every year Goodreads allows its registered members to vote on the best books of the year in a variety of genres and categories. The votes are done in three rounds, each round lasting about a week. This years voting for the final round ended on November 24th. The winners in each category are:
Fiction: Landline by Rainbow Rowell
Mystery & Thriller: Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
Historical Fiction: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Fantasy: The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
Romance: Written Down in My Own Heart’s Blood by Diana Gabaldon
Science Fiction: The Martian by Andy Weir
Horror: Prince Lestat by Anne Rice
Humor: Yes Please by Amy Poehler
Nonfiction: The Opposite of Loneliness by Marina Keegan
Memoir & Autobiography: This Star Won’t Go Out by Esther Earl
History & Biography: The Romanov Sisters by Helen Rappaport
Business Books:#Girlboss by Sophia Amoruso
Food & Cookbooks: Make it Ahead by Ina Garten
Graphic Novels & Comics: Serenity: Leaves on the Wind by Zack Whedon
Poetry: Lullabies by Lang Leav
Debut Goodreads Author: Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Young Adult Fiction: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Young Adult Fantasy: City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
Middle Grade & Children’s: The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan
Picturebooks: The Pigeon Needs a Bath! by Mo Willems
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