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December 9, 2021By Sophie Krichevsky

Goodreads Choice Winners 2021

December 9, 2021By Sophie Krichevsky

Goodreads announced the winners of its annual Choice Awards this morning. Notably, this year’s contest only includes 17 categories, as opposed to Goodreads’ traditional 20; Food & Cookbooks, Science & Technology and Picture Books were all scrapped this year. Topping the Middle Grade & Children’s category is Rick Riordan’s Daughter of the Deep, which is excerpted and available for download in our Fall/Winter 2021 Buzz Books sampler. The top vote earners in each category:

A Court of Silver Flames, by Sarah J. Maas (Fantasy, 111,498 votes)
Malibu Rising, by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Historical Fiction, 104,854 votes)
Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir (Science Fiction, 92,831 votes)
People We Meet on Vacation, by Emily Henry (Romance, 88,755 votes)
Beautiful World, Where Are You, by Sally Rooney (Fiction, 69,770 votes)
The Final Girl Support Group, by Grady Hendrix (Horror, 45,960 votes)
The Last Thing He Told Me, by Laura Dave (Mystery & Thriller, 58,406 votes)
The Spanish Love Deception, by Elena Armas (Debut Novel, 55,621 votes)
Lore Olympus: Volume One, by Rachel Smythe (Graphic Novels & Comics, 53,686 votes)
Crying in H Mart, by Michelle Zauner (Memoir & Autobiography, 51,361 votes)
The Hill We Climb, by Amanda Gorman (Poetry, 49,251 votes)
Rule of Wolves, by Leigh Bardugo (Young Adult Science Fiction, 48,212 votes)
The Anthropocene Reviewed, by John Green (Nonfiction, 41,649 votes)
Firekeeper’s Daughter, by Angeline Boulley (Young Adult Fiction, 35,648 votes)
Broken (in the Best Possible Way), by Jenny Lawson (Humor, 26,788 votes)
Daughter of the Deep, by Rick Riordan (Middle Grade & Children’s, 24,836 votes)*
Empire of Pain, by Patrick Radden Keefe (History & Biography, 19,969 votes)

Additional top vote-getters are listed here.

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