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Announcing the Winners of the 2021 Goodreads Choice Awards!
With more than 4.75 million votes cast and counted, the 13th Annual Goodreads Choice Awards are now official. Launched in 2009, the GCAs honor the year’s best books as decided by you, the readers.
Several tight races came down to the wire this year, playing out in the final days of the tally. The closest call was the Romance category, where People We Meet on Vacation narrowly took top honors over the also-beloved The Love Hypothesis. Similarly, perennial favorite Rick Riordan won Best Middle Grade & Children's book (for Daughter of the Deep), followed closely by Victoria Schwab’s Bridge of Souls. This makes Riordan the most decorated author in Goodreads Choice Awards history, with 11 wins.
Seventeen categories! Seventeen winners! Seventeen incredible books! Sincere congratulations to all the nominees—thank you for giving us another year of great reading. Thanks, too, to everyone who voted and all of the Goodreads community. And now, the winners of the 2021 Goodreads Choice Awards…
Several tight races came down to the wire this year, playing out in the final days of the tally. The closest call was the Romance category, where People We Meet on Vacation narrowly took top honors over the also-beloved The Love Hypothesis. Similarly, perennial favorite Rick Riordan won Best Middle Grade & Children's book (for Daughter of the Deep), followed closely by Victoria Schwab’s Bridge of Souls. This makes Riordan the most decorated author in Goodreads Choice Awards history, with 11 wins.
Seventeen categories! Seventeen winners! Seventeen incredible books! Sincere congratulations to all the nominees—thank you for giving us another year of great reading. Thanks, too, to everyone who voted and all of the Goodreads community. And now, the winners of the 2021 Goodreads Choice Awards…
Best Science Fiction: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Best Horror: The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
Best History & Biography: Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe
Thank you to all of the readers who make the Goodreads Choice Awards such a success every year! Happy reading!
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The Amazon link for The Last Thing He Told Me isn't working.
Camille wrote: "And Malibu Rising? Wow Lol 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️"Malibu Rising was one of my only DNF's this year. Popular definitely does NOT mean good.
Isaac wrote: "Needs more Franzen"Totally agree!
marcy peck wrote: "The last thing he told me best mystery/thriller what nope sorry just my opinion but so many more on that list that far exceeded this book"Agreed!!
Camille wrote: "The Last thing he told me?! really? 🤣🤦🏻♀️"my thoughts exactly!
Adalis wrote: "The Last Thing He Told Me didn’t deserve the win. It was so painfully unremarkable."glad I'm not the only one
I have read A LOT this past year and have not even heard of any of these.
marcy peck wrote: "The last thing he told me best mystery/thriller what nope sorry just my opinion but so many more on that list that far exceeded this book"I concur.
Joshua wrote: "Really don’t trust the average reader to choose the best of the best lol."I agree.
Marci wrote: "I really thought Cloud Cuckoo Land was gonna make this list 😱"Me, too.
Dominique wrote: "Truly wish I understood the hype for “People We Meet on Vacation”. “The Love Hypothesis” will always have my heart <3"Read "People We Meet on Vacation". Agree that book wasn't worth the hype or the win.
Glad to see 2 of the books I read and nominated won! Congrats to the winners!!
Whoa! Would never have picked some of these!!!!
Kelly wrote: "How does Malibu Rising win in the historical fiction category?? While I enjoyed the book, I am surprised by the win."Completely agree with you here!
I am always struck by the nominations and winners. Do no males ever vote in these things?
LOVED Project Hail Mary - glad it got recognition!
Didn't vote this year as I hadn't read many. How can you vote one better than another if you haven't read them? A very flawed system!
Sally Rooney is the most overrated writer in the world.
Was there a difference between "Goodreads Choice Awards" and the best selling books in different categories according to box office sales ? Akin to a movie winning a "Oscar Award" but not the number 1 movie in terms of box office numbers.Congradulations to the winners.
Joshua wrote: "Most popular doesn’t mean best apparently."Nope. A lot of these books were disappointing, ultra hyped books.
Siphindiwe wrote: "Well these picks are very disappointing 😕"^^ so true
Marci wrote: "I really thought Cloud Cuckoo Land was gonna make this list 😱"So do I.
I never realised people actually like fantasy more than any other genre.
Joshua wrote: "Most popular doesn’t mean best apparently."Amazingly, just because, in your opinion, a book is best, doesn't make it a fact.
The only one I read out of the list was 'The Last Thing He Told Me', and it no where near deserved that win... disappointing.
Camille wrote: "And Malibu Rising? Wow Lol 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️"What bothers me is this won over some powerful Historical Fiction novels. Malibu Rising doesn't even seem to fit the category of Historical Fiction. Yes, it takes place in the past, but where is the historical event around which the fictional story is shaped? I liked the book ok, but Historical Fiction book of the year? SMH
Damn... The first year that the books I have voted for reached the shortlist this time, but none of them won, as always. Oh well, to each their own!
The Anthropocene reviewed truly deserves this :)
Joshua wrote: "Most popular doesn’t mean best apparently."LOL yeah these awards mean nothing, really. This site is infested with bots anyway.
Marci wrote: "I really thought Cloud Cuckoo Land was gonna make this list 😱"It should have!
Exactly.