Every year, plenty of Best Of lists come out, overwhelming readers with options. The Goodreads Choice Awards are unique because they are voted on by readers, rather than being chosen by critics. Check out this year's winners! (You can also see the full list of nominees for each category on Goodreads if you're looking for more book suggestions.)
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Embarking on a legendary collaboration launching them to stardom, two friends, intimates since childhood, have the world at their feet until they discover that their success, brilliance and money won't protect them from their own creative ambitions or the betrayals of the heart. |
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When she discovers the dead body of the infamous and wealthy Charles Black in his suite, hotel maid Molly Gray finds her orderly life upended as she becomes the prime suspect in the case and is caught in a web of deception that she has no idea how to unravel. |
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A retired tennis champion comes out of retirement at age 37 after watching a young phenom beat her long-standing record at the 1994 US Open in the new novel from the New York Time best-selling author of Malibu Rising. |
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After saving Crescent City, Bryce, Hunt and their friends get pulled into the rebels plans to chip away at the Asteri's power, in the second novel of the series following House of Earth and Blood. |
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Agreeing to a holiday escape to the country, literary agent Nora keeps running into a bookish, hardheaded, arrogant editor she knows from Manhattan, and wishes she didn't, even as she discovers they have more in common than previously thought. |
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Hired to investigate the black-skied Night City, Detective Gaspery-Jacques Roberts discovers an anomaly in the North American Wilderness, where he encounters a strange group of individuals who have all glimpsed a chance to do something extraordinary that could disrupt the timeline of the universe. |
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Best Horror Hired as nanny in an affluent New Jersey suburb, Mallory enjoys the stability of the job and bonds with Teddy, a sweet, five-year-old boy who is never without his sketchbook until his drawings suddenly become increasingly sinister. |
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The Office BFFs : tales of The Office from two best friends who were there by Jenna Fischer Best Humor Expanding on their Office Ladies podcast, two beloved The Office co-stars, and close friends in real life, share everything from what it was like in the early days as the show gained traction to walking their first red carpet to how their lives have changed when they became moms. |
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Atlas of the heart : mapping meaningful connection and the language of human experience by Brené Brown Best Nonfiction Takes readers on a journey through 85 of the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human. |
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The iCarly and Sam & Cat star, after her controlling mother dies, gets the help she needs to overcome eating disorders, addiction and unhealthy relationshipsand finally decides what she really wants for the first time in her life. Illustrations. |
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Based on the hugely popular podcast series, this unconventional history of homosexuality subverts the notion of gay icons and queer heroes and examines the lives of less savory characters who have also influenced gay history. |
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Charlie and Nick's relationship has been going really well, and Charlie thinks he's ready to say those three little words: I love you--but Nick's got a lot on his mind, especially the thought of coming out to his dad and the fact that Charlie might have an eating disorder |
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The presidential inaugural poet and unforgettable new voice in American poetry presents a collection of poems that includes the stirring poem read at the inauguration of the 46th President of the United States. |
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In the early 1960s, chemist and single mother Elizabeth Zott, the reluctant star of Americas most beloved cooking show due to her revolutionary skills in the kitchen, uses this opportunity to dare women to change the status quo. |
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The final gambit
by Jennifer Lynn Barnes Best Young Adult Fiction Eighteen-year-old Avery Grambs is weeks away from inheriting the multibillion-dollar Hawthorne fortune, but first she'll have to survive a dangerous game against an old enemy looking for vengeance. |
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Invited to return to Gallant, Olivia Prior finds herself in a crumbling manor riddled with secrets about her family, forcing her to decide whether to protect our world against the Master of the House or take her place beside him. |
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Emile may seem shy on the outside, but on the inside he is bustling with imagination, in this picture book that shows us that the mind of a quiet child can be the same as any other (more extroverted) child. |