It’s that time of year again! The voting round of the 2020 Goodreads Choice Awards has begun. This annual event, in its 12th year, is the only major book awards chosen by readers. The opening round ends on November 8. The semifinal round runs from November 10 – 15, the final round runs from November 17 – 30 and the winners are announced on December 8.

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

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• Luster by Raven Leilani
• The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
• My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
• Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
• A Burning by Megha Majumdar

Mystery & Thrillers

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• When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole
• The Guest List by Lucy Foley (It was really hard to choose between this and “The Devil…” but if I could choose a second book, this would definitely get my vote)
• The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton (Gets my vote!)
• The Searcher by Tana French
• One by One by Ruth Ware

Historical Fiction

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• The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner (Gets my vote!)
• The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
• The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
• Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman
• Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell

Romance

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• The Switch by Beth O’Leary (Gets my vote!)
• Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory
• The Two Live of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver
• Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
• You Had at Me Hola by Alexis Daria

Graphic Novels & Comics

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• Fangs by Sarah Andersen
• Teen Titans: Beast Boy by Kami Garcia
• Fangirl, Vol. 1: The Manga adapted by Sam Maggs 
• Heartstopper, Vol. 3 by Alice Oseman (Gets my vote!)
• I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf by Grant Snider

Young Adult Fiction

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• Grown by Tiffany D. Jackosn
• Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef and Salaam
• You Should See Me In a Crown by Leah Johnson
• Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
• A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (Gets my vote!)

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This year, I had to write in a couple of entries since a lot of the books that I thought were great didn’t make the initial nominee list. So here are my write-ins (it was really hard to shorten it to these: