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The 2012 Goodreads Choice Awards—Open for Voting!
Vote Now in the Opening Round! »Feeling choosy? What's the best book you read this year? Pick your favorites in 20 categories by voting in the 2012 Goodreads Choice Awards, the only major book awards decided by readers—that's you! Junot Díaz is duking it out with Barbara Kingsolver in Best Fiction. Arab Spring activist Wael Ghonim is up against best-seller Cheryl Strayed in Best Memoir. Will Tudor expert Hilary Mantel slay international man of mystery Carlos Ruiz Zafón in Best Historical Fiction? It will be a fight to the finish until the polls close November 27!
To begin the Opening Round, we've nominated 15 books in each category. Instead of consulting publishing experts or a judging panel, we look to readers to find the best books of the year. We analyzed statistics from the 170 million books added, rated, and reviewed on the site in 2012 and nominated books based on the number of ratings and average rating. A nomination is truly an honor because it comes straight from the readers! And to make sure every reader has the "choice" he or she wants, the Opening Round also accepts write-in votes.
Who will be the major break-out nominee of 2012? Last year's juggernaut Fifty Shades of Grey picked up speed when it reached the 2011 finals for Best Romance before becoming a viral hit. And our new crop of nominees boasts a larger percentage of indie authors than ever before. Some household names did not even make the cut. J.K. Rowling's The Casual Vacancy and Zadie Smith's novel NW both were just shy of the 3.50 average rating required for an Opening Round nomination (but if you loved those books, don't worry. You can still place a write-in vote!)
You have three chances to vote. The Opening Round lasts until November 10. Vote now to make sure your favorite books make it into the Semifinals.
Don't wait! Vote for the best books of 2012! »
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Oct 31, 2012 08:51AM
Most of these books I have not read so I guess I won't be voting.
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Actually: Books published for the first time in the United States in English between November 29, 2011, and November 25, 2012, are eligible for the 2012 Goodreads Choice Awards. Books published between November 26, 2012, and December 31, 2012, will be eligible for the 2013 awards. So I guess most November books are semi-screwed? I am fully hoping for Days of Blood & Starlight to be awesome, but people will have to read it within 4 days of the release date to be able to vote for it.
I also have hopes for Renegade, but that's not released until after the opening round is over, so even if I love it I won't be able to throw it in as a write-in (unless there are, like, tons of ARC readers who threw it in, I guess?).
Just curious- I'm sure that the new Diary Of a Wimpy Kid book will be great, but as it's not available yet, it it really fair to have it be a part of the voting?
got to love that right...the opening round ends before some of the eligible books are released...I do have it pre-ordered on audiobook and will be starting on day of release (if I finish the hobbit), but I doubt i'll be done with it
Heidi wrote: "I wanted to vote for Barbara Kingsolver's new book because I love her but it hasn't even been released yet, how can we vote for books we haven't read, doesn't seem right."I agree!
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Wait, there are unreleased books on the list? Is this true?EDIT: Okay, I see that it's part of the official rules.
Books published for the first time in the United States in English between November 29, 2011, and November 25, 2012, are eligible for the 2012 Goodreads Choice Awards.
Final Round: November 19 – November 27, 2012
Too Weird!
I realize there are ARC's, etc. but that doesn't seem quite right.
I was so disgusted with the choices available on Romance & ParaRom...that I just gave up looking!I mean, come on...half the Romance category was ParaRom! Trust me, as much as I like the genre, they are NOT even close to the best romances I read this year...or any other year! And the ParaRom selection? Pitiful.
IMO the best Romances I have read primarily fall into Contemporary/Historical Romances and Erotica (including M/M - which has some of THE best love stories EVER!).
Thanks for letting me have this voice, anyway.
Suggestion? Make it so you can only vote for books that voters have marked as "read." Sure it's still on the honor system, but it seems that like will make the voting a little more fair.
I'm definitely hoping that 50 Shades doesn't win anything, but I *know* the masses who are sadly misinformed about decent writing and interesting plot lines will vote it up. :(
Justme wrote: "I was so disgusted with the choices available on Romance & ParaRom...that I just gave up looking!I mean, come on...half the Romance category was ParaRom! Trust me, as much as I like the genre, th..."
unfortunately since they use certain "popularity" markers to determine eligibility - personally, I don't think PNR should be in romance, since it is essentially been given its own cat with paranormal fantasy - which is supposedly PNR/UF
I'm wondering whether there will be a GLBT category as I don't see one listed. I really think to be fair that is a strong category that should be included!
Christy - there isn't one - there is a thread about it in the feedback group - http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...but basically the gist is GLBT isn't a genre unto itself like romance etc, but those genres can have GLBT as a sub-genre
so if there is a book you want to nominate that is GLBT, do it under the general genre the book would fall under
Sonatajessica wrote: "No short story/ anthology category? I love short stories, this category is clearly missing in these awards. That aside, voting is always fun!"If you like short stories check out the collection of anthologies from the Columbus Creative Cooperative. All of them are an excellent read.
Sonatajessica wrote: "No short story/ anthology category? I love short stories, this category is clearly missing in these awards. That aside, voting is always fun!"
Amit wrote: "丹娜 wrote: "We should have this EVERY DAY/MONTH! I LOVE IT! Thanks so much
Nice thought, but that would take all the fun and excitement out of it."
Alicia wrote: "Kenya wrote: "lol. Stop that! :-) "I will never let go of the fact Goodreads was instrumental in launching that God-awful Twific. There should be utter shame for it and yet they wear it like a ba..."
Please tell me that you are not referring to Gabriel's Rapture? I don't follow Twific, so I don't know what started there and what didn't.
Terry wrote: "Please tell me that you are not referring to Gabriel's Rapture? I don't follow Twific, so I don't know what started there and what didn't."Yep. That's Twilight fan fiction.
Oh, and I agree with Dee about the LGBT genre thing. There's such a wide array of books (from YA to erotica) it'd be hard to put them in one place like that.
Marie wrote: "How much do you want to bet that Fifty Shades will win it all? Preemptively shaking my head right now"
I hope that doesn't happen!
Alicia wrote: "Terry wrote: "Please tell me that you are not referring to Gabriel's Rapture? I don't follow Twific, so I don't know what started there and what didn't."Yep. That's Twilight fan fiction.
Oh, and..."
I absolutely agree about LGBT -- so much of it so beautifully written.
On the other hand :) -- Gabriel's Rapture is a lovely book written by an immensely talented author. I don't get the whole twific thing, except that...50 Shades started there. But whoever Sylvain Reynard is behind his pseudonym, his writing is beautiful and he wrote a cleverly written story. IMHO, of course!
Kelly wrote: "ALWAYS THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS <3 JACE <3"
Oh, my gosh, yes! Best series ♥
Oh, my gosh, yes! Best series ♥
The whole Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare ♥
Actually I was astonished to so much PNR in the Romance section, sorry, that's just wrong. And I seriously miss a LGBT category. There are awesome books written in this genre and they don't get the attention they deserve.
Suggestion for goodreads: Try next year to add that and keep PNR out of romance.
Dee wrote: "Why pnr is paranormal romance..."Yeah, I'm not getting what the problem is either.
Could have been better if there was a category for chick-lit. however enjoyed voting! :)
Why isn't there a GLBT category? I don't plan to vote because of this!
GLBT = Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transexual.
Gabriel's Raptureby Sylvain Reynardis my choice. Sensual, heartbreaking yet with the themes of redemption and hope throughout, this is a book to savour and to return to again and again.
Neet wrote: "Why isn't there a GLBT category? I don't plan to vote because of this!"Jessica has said that there isn't a GLBT category because books that are GLBT fit into many of the other genres that are represented. In fact, the 3rd runner up in the romance category last year was a GLBT book and technically, it isn't a genre - because the presence of a GLBT individual does not make it a genre - they are romances, they are mysteries, they are fantasy etc
*sad face* I could not vote any of these because my personal requirement (although there is no note anywhere on the Goodreads voting site) is that I must have actually read a book before I can vote that it's the Best.Also: given that you have split the Fantasy category (adding a separate category for Paranormal Fantasy), could you not split Fiction into Literary Fiction and Popular Fiction?
Just a thought.
Melanie wrote: "Suggestion? Make it so you can only vote for books that voters have marked as "read." Sure it's still on the honor system, but it seems that like will make the voting a little more fair."I agree!
No GLBT category? Really? That was the reason I was so excited about the voting...
Nightfalltwen wrote: "Anything related to 50 shades of crap made the cut? Gross. Guess that means this isn't "best of" but actually "utter fails in intelligence of 2012""LMAO
A worst book category would actually be fun. LOL
I love being able to vote for my favorite books every year! I wish there were more YA categories though because there's always too many to choose from!
Great selections! I would like to make the suggestion to add a GLBT category. There is a whole GLBT community of readers and writers out there that would appreciate it.
Dee wrote: "Jessica has said that there isn't a GLBT category because books that are GLBT fit into many of the other genres that are represented. In fact, the 3rd runner up in the romance category last year was a GLBT book and technically, it isn't a genre - because the presence of a GLBT individual does not make it a genre - they are romances, they are mysteries, they are fantasy etc"QFT. Hoping people will get it.
Crissy - see my comment in post 89 - it is what the features editor said when others asked
I think you would find - and this is speaking from my experience in the m/m romance community, that they want their books to be widely accepted and not singled out for being m/m, GLBT etc
Dee wrote: "Christy - there isn't one - there is a thread about it in the feedback group - http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...but basically ..."
Anna dressed in blood is not a GLBT book its kinda' a horror novel
