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Announcing the Winners of the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards!
More than 4.6 million votes were cast and counted in the 11th Annual Goodreads Choice Awards honoring the year's best books decided by you, the readers!
Now comes our favorite part: It's time to reveal the incredible winners across 20 categories, and time for some talented authors to celebrate.
We asked the winners of the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards to share photos of themselves reacting to their victories. Casey McQuiston celebrated her double win for Best Romance and for Best Debut Novel with an adorable photo amidst a wintery backdrop. Queer Eye guy Antoni Porowski shared his enthusiasm for his Best Food & Cookbooks win, while literary superstars Margaret Atwood and Stephen King got in on the action too.
Congratulations to all of the best books of the year in each of the 20 categories!
Best Mystery & Thriller: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Read our interview with Michaelides here.
Read our interview with Michaelides here.
Best Fantasy: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Best Romance and Debut: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Read our interview with McQuiston here.
Best Science Fiction: Recursion by Blake Crouch
Best Horror: The Institute by Stephen King
Best History & Biography: The Five by Hallie Rubenhold
Best Picture Books: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Fred Rogers/Luke Flowers
Thank you to all of the readers who make the Goodreads Choice Awards such a success every year! Happy reading!
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Crystal wrote: "Kathleen wrote: "No way Daisy Jones was a better book than The Summer Country or any other nominees in historical fiction."Have you read it?! It's movie-adaptation worthy. Hands down the best of a..."
Daisy is one of my year's favorite books!!!! Loved it.
Fred wrote: "Am I the only one who didn't care for and finish The Testament? Maybe I need to read the first book, The Handmaids Tale, first?"I actually liked the Testaments better but would recommend them as a set.
I agree with others who state there is not enough time to read the nominated books. Maybe the awards should be for all the books released in the previous year.. that way we would have stacks of time to read absolutely everything.
I had one winner. Stephen King and I only voted for him because the choices were horrible.
Of course Stephen King wins every year for Horror, even for books that are not horror (like the last two years), and since he puts out 2 books per year, all you other horror authors can forget any chance of ever winning this name-recognition contest.
Good reads has five feet apart as released on 20th November 2018. Is there a cut off for the date of release to make it into the following years nominations?
Well I am disappointed with the results.Seriously, I don’t know anyone who read daisy jones & liked it. It was way overly hyped. And the romance category, come on....really, the same for debut & romance..come on people, be fair & pick that book in only one category.
Recursion by Blake Crouch was one of the most memorable books I've read this year! Still find myself thinking about the plotline and characters!
Thomas wrote: "Good reads has five feet apart as released on 20th November 2018. Is there a cut off for the date of release to make it into the following years nominations?"Eligibility dates were books released between November 16, 2018, and November 15, 2019
Wow, so unimpressed with the final winners-Daisy Jones was such a mediocre novel when there were so many well written, thought provoking novels out there. The bar has been lowered!Margaret Atwood has not written anything decent since The Handsmaid Tale, that's coming from a fellow Canadian.
Hopefully next year more thought will go into your readership's selections. Sigh.
Sophie wrote: "Wow, so unimpressed with the final winners-Daisy Jones was such a mediocre novel when there were so many well written, thought provoking novels out there. The bar has been lowered!Margaret Atwood ..."
AGREE!
Daisy Jones was not only the worst book I read last year, it is the worst book I read last decade. It's a poorly written romance book and a waste of time. If recursion hadn't won, I would never trust reviews on this site again.
Good list! Congrats to the winners. Some books to add to my Must-Read List
Fred wrote: "Am I the only one who didn't care for and finish The Testament? Maybe I need to read the first book, The Handmaids Tale, first?"you do, actually, is a direct continuation
I mean come on they didn't even have any books I've read and no books by Margaret Peterson Haddix
this is inherently a biased award. Does each voter read all the nominated books before choosing the best one? Now, I'm not saying the winners aren't the best, but they are the most read due to being very good, well publicised, reviewed by booktubers and recommendation influence.TL;DR Great books. Don't ignore the nominated ones. Jems hidden there.
Ketutar wrote: "Congratulations for all the winners! I'm sure all the books in the running were good books deserving to win.
What I am not sure about is the sense of this.
I believe more the individual ratings..."
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!!
WTH? What is up with this post by Hammond? Is it even allowed on this site b/c I don’t see anything mentioning books.
I read and LOVED the handmaids tale. The testament was a big disappointment for me. I finished it but barely. I think it won as it was so well promoted and, frankly, Atwood is tremendous and it rode on the shirt-tails of Handmaid's success.