It’s that time of year again! The voting round of the 2021 Goodreads Choice Awards has begun. This annual event, in its 12th year, is the only major book awards chosen by readers.
This year marks a couple of changes for the annual award. This year there is no write-in option (which I am sad about since I really liked that option). There is now only two rounds of voting instead of three. The opening round ends this evening, November 28 and the final round runs from November 30- December 5. The winners are announced on December 9.
I won’t be listing all the nominees but here are some categories that may be of high interest to some readers. I’ll also mark the ones that will definitely get my vote!
Fiction
- Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney (Get’s my vote!)
- The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
- The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin
- Detransition Baby by Torrey Peters
- This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith
Mystery & Thrillers
- Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney (Get’s my vote!)
- Razorblade Tears by S.A. Crosby
- All Her Little Secrets by Wanda M. Morris
- The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell
- The Survivors by Jane Harper
Historical Fiction
- Yellow Wife by Sadequa Johnson
- The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
- The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
- Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers
- The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
Romance
- The Road Trip by Beth O’Leary (Gets my vote!)
- While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory
- The Dating Plan by Sara Desai
- The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang
- Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert
Graphic Novels & Comics
- Run: Book One by John Lewis, and Andrew Aydin and illustrated by Nate Powell and L. Fury
- The Sad Ghost Club by Lize Meddings (Get’s my vote!)
- Thirsty Mermaids by Kat Leyh
- The Girl From the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag
- Teen Titans: Beast Boy Loves Raven by Kami Garcia and illustrated by Gabriel Picolo
Young Adult Fiction
- Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar
- As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson (Get’s my vote!)
- Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
- Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
- Fire Keeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Poetry
- Where Hope Comes From: Poems of Resilience, Healing and Light by Nikita Gill (Definitely Get’s my vote!)
- I Am The Rage By Martina McGowan
- The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman
- Home Is Not A Country by Safia Elhillo
- If I Tell You The Truth by Jasmin Kaur
