Goodreads Choice Awards Opening Round

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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazJesus’ Son by Denis JohnsonInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienDrown by Junot Díaz
Best Reading for the Contemporary Writer
133 books — 234 voters
The Washashore by Christopher MirabileDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa LayneMad Love by Lynessa LaynePride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Best Character Development
58 books — 25 voters

Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlanLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëJames and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Height in titles
305 books — 23 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenWhite Oleander by Janet FitchGone Girl by Gillian FlynnHouse of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus IIIElectric Forest by Tanith Lee
Fiction With Depth
87 books — 18 voters

Little Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Chronicles of Narnia Box Set by C.S. LewisTiger Mosquitoes by Kenneth J. SteinThe Legends of Elanimar #1 by Trinity Vinton
Best Moral and Strongest Characters
17 books — 11 voters
Love’s Eternal Madness by Geri HemerLucas by Kevin BrooksThe Bunker Diary by Kevin BrooksThe Long Walk by Richard BachmanThat Was Then, This Is Now by S.E. Hinton
Mesmerising and emotionally compelling YA with depth
6 books — 2 voters

A Theology for the Rest of Us by Arthur YavelbergCherish or Perish by Prabha Karan
Books That Make You Reflect
2 books — 2 voters

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