How well did you do with your nominees in the annual Goodreads Choice Awards for 2022? I always participate in voting, searching for those books I’ve read and then seeing the final winner count in my choices. It’s always a surprise.
This year I was happy to note I chose more favorites. I don’t read such a wide variety that I have choices in every (17) categories. I read humor, memoir and biography, as well as a few nonfiction and others, but my favorites, of course, are Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Fiction, and Debut novels.
The links below are to the Goodreads listings in those categories. Those with a thumbnail of the cover also have a link to my review.
2022 Goodreads Choice Awards
Nominees on my shelves:
Best Fiction
The Winners by Fredrik Backman
This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
The Winner:
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevil
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Best Mystery & Thriller
The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St James
Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
The Night Shift by Alex Finlay
The Winner:
The Maid by Nita Prose (This is a mystery/thriller??)
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Best Historical Fiction
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain
The Winner:
Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
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Best Memoir & Autobiography
Funny Farm by Laurie Zaleski
The Winner:
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
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Best Debut
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
The Winner:
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Yes, this year I did choose a novel that ultimately made #1 this year, Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus nominated in both the debut and historical fiction categories, winning Best Debut with 64,107 votes. Also, last year I enjoyed six nominees in three categories, while this year I had three in two categories (best fiction and mystery and thriller), two in historical fiction and one each in memoir & autobiography, and debut for a total of ten in my five categories.
So I have to ask:
How many of the above did you read?
In how many different categories do you participate?
Do you look for reading ideas from the Goodreads winners?
Will you be choosing one of the 2023 trending books next year?
And, lastly—have you gone to any movies or viewed series based on one of your choices?
I’ve always appreciated Goodreads for the extensive resource they are. In the past, I participated often with Giveaways until they changed the entry to land in the “Want to Read” column. Yes, I did, but I didn’t want it accumulating in that column particularly if I didn’t win the book. I recently went through the column, some entries dating back years, and deleted them.
Now, besides the forums in which I’m a participant, I do mine their New Releases section under “Browse” and often crosscheck those against the offerings in NetGalley. Are you feeling lucky? Well, are you?
How many ways do you use Goodreads?
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