2026 Rules & Eligibility
The 2026 Goodreads Choice Awards have two rounds of voting open to all registered Goodreads members. Winners will be announced December 03, 2026.
Opening Round: Nov 10 - 22
In the first round there are 20 books in each of the 15 categories, and members can vote for one book in each category.
Final Round: Nov 24 - 29
The field narrows to the top 10 books in each category, and members have one last chance to vote!
2026 Eligibility
Books published in the United States in English, including works in translation and other significant rereleases, between November 12, 2025, and November 10, 2026, are eligible for the 2026 Goodreads Choice Awards. Books published between November 11, 2026, and November 09, 2027, will be eligible for the 2027 awards.
We analyze statistics from the millions of books added, rated, and reviewed on Goodreads to nominate 20 books in each category. For the Audiobook category, nominations are based on the millions of titles added, rated, and reviewed both on Goodreads and Audible.
Opening round official nominees must have an average rating of 3.50 or higher at the time of launch. A book may be nominated in no more than one genre category, but can also be nominated in the Debut Novel and/or Audiobook categories. Only one book in a series may be nominated per category. An author may receive multiple nominations within a single category if they have more than one eligible series or more than one eligible stand-alone book. Learn more
