You know when you read an award winning book and you think, Why did this win awards? It’s depressing, disturbing, and generally disappointing? That won’t happen to you with the Goodreads Choice Awards. Only real people, I mean readers, choose the winners via several rounds of voting. The the final round of voting for the best books of 2018 is going on now until November 26, so you should hop on over to Goodreads and cast your vote.
And even if you don’t want to vote, this is a great place to find your next read.
The categories include fiction, historical fiction, memoir, young adult, middle grade, and new this year, “Best of the Best”. All of the books in that category are fabulous (The Help, The Hate U Give, The Nightingale, The Fault in Our Stars), but I had to give my vote to All the Light We Cannot See.
Two of my favorites from 2018, Tell Me More and The Unforgettable Guinevere St. Claire (which made it into the semi-finals as a write in –yay for grass roots campaigns) did not get to the final round of voting, but that’s okay. They are still awesome, and I still am finding great titles to add to my TBR and Book Club suggestion list.
So, if you are looking for great books to give as gifts, or an escape from holiday madness, I highly recommend the Goodreads Choice Awards. Let me know if you find something good.
Thanks for the shoutout 😊 and I totally agree with you. You’re going to find books you truly enjoy, rather than a critic’s choice that may be literary and well-written but…unlikable?
Goodreads is a great place to look! They even have an app for a quick check when you’re shopping! I always check goodreads before I buy!
Yes, it’s a great way to quickly review a book, and to find books in a series or books by the same author. Thanks for the tip, Stephanie!
Goodreads is awesome and I really need to update mine soon. I need to vote this weekend! One on my shelf is nominated, “The Help”, love it. I also just posted a 5-day review series round-up of sweet Christmas novellas on my blog, great to read now as well as year-round. Thanks for this post, I am off to vote on Goodreads 🙂
Lori Jo – 50 With Flair
You are welcome, and I will check out the Christmas novellas… sometimes it’s nice to have something short and sweet to read during the busy holiday season. Thanks for sharing!