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Were there a lot of nominees in the 2018 Goodreads Choice Awards that you didn't get to read before voting?

If you would like to read the books that "everyone" was talking about, or just branch out from your normal favorite genres, you can participate in this easy and casual challenge.

This list includes books nominated in 12 different categories, so you only need to read one each month to complete it!


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Farren (mmmcookies) | 302 comments Here are the nominees:

YA Fiction

Sadie by Courtney Summers What If It's Us by Adam Silvera All the Little Lights by Jamie McGuire The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy (Montague Siblings, #2) by Mackenzi Lee The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan Save the Date by Morgan Matson Truly Devious (Truly Devious, #1) by Maureen Johnson Puddin' by Julie Murphy Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi Love, Life, and the List by Kasie West Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann Starry Eyes by Jenn Bennett The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas The Case for Jamie (Charlotte Holmes #3) by Brittany Cavallaro Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman The Accidentals by Sarina Bowen
The winner: Leah on the Offbeat (Creekwood, #2) by Becky Albertalli

YA Fantasy & Sci-Fi

Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1) by Tomi Adeyemi The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1) by Holly Black War Storm (Red Queen, #4) by Victoria Aveyard A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3.1) by Sarah J. Maas Obsidio (The Illuminae Files, #3) by Amie Kaufman Thunderhead (Arc of a Scythe, #2) by Neal Shusterman Restore Me (Shatter Me, #4) by Tahereh Mafi A Reaper at the Gates (An Ember in the Ashes, #3) by Sabaa Tahir Wildcard (Warcross, #2) by Marie Lu The Belles (The Belles #1) by Dhonielle Clayton Dread Nation (Dread Nation, #1) by Justina Ireland The Fates Divide (Carve the Mark, #2) by Veronica Roth Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young Muse of Nightmares (Strange the Dreamer, #2) by Laini Taylor Skyward by Brandon Sanderson The Hazel Wood (The Hazel Wood, #1) by Melissa Albert Legendary (Caraval, #2) by Stephanie Garber Lifel1k3 (Lifelike, #1) by Jay Kristoff Sightwitch (The Witchlands, #2.5) by Susan Dennard
The winner: Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7) by Sarah J. Maas

Debut Author

The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo There There by Tommy Orange The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) by R.F. Kuang The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao Everything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras Witchmark (The Kingston Cycle, #1) by C.L. Polk The Terminal List (James Reece, #1) by Jack Carr
The winner: Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha, #1) by Tomi Adeyemi

Best of the Best

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2) by Sarah J. Maas The Help by Kathryn Stockett The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah The Martian by Andy Weir Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) by Suzanne Collins The Fault in Our Stars by John Green 11/22/63 by Stephen King Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4) by Sarah J. Maas A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5) by George R.R. Martin Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover Red Rising (Red Rising, #1) by Pierce Brown A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3) by Sarah J. Maas Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
The winner: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Fantasy

The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik Year One (Chronicles of The One, #1) by Nora Roberts Iron and Magic (The Iron Covenant, #1) by Ilona Andrews The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) by R.F. Kuang Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children, #3) by Seanan McGuire High Voltage (Fever, #10) by Karen Marie Moning Burn Bright (Alpha & Omega, #5; Mercy Thompson World - Complete, #15) by Patricia Briggs Grey Sister (Book of the Ancestor, #2) by Mark Lawrence The Book of M by Peng Shepherd The Girl in the Tower (Winternight Trilogy, #2) by Katherine Arden Age of War (The Legends of the First Empire, #3) by Michael J. Sullivan The Land Predators (Chaos Seeds, #7) by Aleron Kong Time's Convert by Deborah Harkness Magic Triumphs (Kate Daniels, #10) by Ilona Andrews Senlin Ascends (The Books of Babel, #1) by Josiah Bancroft Wrath of Empire (Gods of Blood and Powder, #2) by Brian McClellan Foundryside (Founders, #1) by Robert Jackson Bennett Bloody Rose (The Band, #2) by Nicholas Eames
The winner: Circe by Madeline Miller

Science Fiction

Iron Gold (Red Rising, #4) by Pierce Brown Vox by Christina Dalcher Only Human (Themis Files, #3) by Sylvain Neuvel Red Clocks by Leni Zumas The Night Masquerade (Binti, #3) by Nnedi Okorafor Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7) by James S.A. Corey Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2) by Martha Wells The Oracle Year by Charles Soule Head On (Lock In, #2) by John Scalzi Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers, #3) by Becky Chambers Thrawn Alliances (Star Wars) by Timothy Zahn Severance by Ling Ma The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut, #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal Rosewater by Tade Thompson Ball Lightning by Liu Cixin Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch Revenant Gun (The Machineries of Empire, #3) by Yoon Ha Lee The Consuming Fire (The Interdependency, #2) by John Scalzi
The winner: Vengeful (Villains, #2) by V.E. Schwab

Mystery & Thriller

The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn Lethal White (Cormoran Strike, #4) by Robert Galbraith The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell The President Is Missing by Bill Clinton The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware The Witch Elm by Tana French Force of Nature (Aaron Falk, #2) by Jane Harper Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor The Widows of Malabar Hill (Perveen Mistry, #1) by Sujata Massey Leverage in Death (In Death, #47) by J.D. Robb Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris The Broken Girls by Simone St. James The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager Jane Doe by Victoria Helen Stone Wrecked (IQ #3) by Joe Ide
The winner: The Outsider by Stephen King

Horror

Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage Dracul by Dacre Stoker The Passion of Cleopatra (Ramses the Damned #2) by Anne Rice The Woman in the Woods (Charlie Parker, #16) by John Connolly The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay Craven Manor by Darcy Coates The Hunger by Alma Katsu We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix Flight or Fright by Stephen King The Anomaly by Michael Rutger The Merry Spinster Tales of Everyday Horror by Mallory Ortberg Foe by Iain Reid The Carrow Haunt by Darcy Coates The Summer Children (The Collector, #3) by Dot Hutchison The Siren and the Specter by Jonathan Janz Generation Z (Generation Z #1) by Peter Meredith Zero Day (The Hatching, #3) by Ezekiel Boone The Devil and the Deep by Ellen Datlow The Labyrinth Index (Laundry Files, #9) by Charles Stross
The winner: Elevation by Stephen King

Historical Fiction

The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar Transcription by Kate Atkinson Warlight by Michael Ondaatje The Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams My Dear Hamilton A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton by Stephanie Dray Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver The Tuscan Child by Rhys Bowen Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras Love and Ruin by Paula McLain White Rose, Black Forest by Eoin Dempsey War of the Wolf (The Saxon Stories, #11) by Bernard Cornwell Bellewether by Susanna Kearsley The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
The winner: The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah

Romance

All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory The Thief (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #16) by J.R. Ward Darker (Fifty Shades as Told by Christian, #2) by E.L. James Pestilence (The Four Horsemen, #1) by Laura Thalassa From Lukov with Love by Mariana Zapata Roomies by Christina Lauren The Hookup (Moonlight and Motor Oil, #1) by Kristen Ashley Hello Stranger (The Ravenels, #4) by Lisa Kleypas Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas Sex, Not Love by Vi Keeland A Princess in Theory (Reluctant Royals, #1) by Alyssa Cole Robbie (Confessions, #1) by Ella Frank Wicked and the Wallflower (The Bareknuckle Bastards, #1) by Sarah MacLean Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren Dr. Strange Beard (Winston Brothers, #5) by Penny Reid The Simple Wild by K.A. Tucker Marriage of Inconvenience (Knitting in the City, #7) by Penny Reid Alphas Like Us (Like Us, #3) by Krista Ritchie
The winner: The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

Middle Grade & Childrens

City of Ghosts (Cassidy Blake, #1) by Victoria Schwab The Magic Misfits (Magic Misfits, #1) by Neil Patrick Harris Aru Shah and the End of Time (Pandava Quartet, #1) by Roshani Chokshi Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes The Penderwicks at Last (The Penderwicks, #5) by Jeanne Birdsall Willa of the Wood (Willa, #1) by Robert Beatty The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty Bob by Wendy Mass Front Desk by Kelly Yang Sunny (Track, #3) by Jason Reynolds You Go First by Erin Entrada Kelly The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani The Serpent's Secret (Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond, #1) by Sayantani DasGupta Louisiana's Way Home by Kate DiCamillo The Golden Tower (Magisterium, #5) by Holly Black Wrath of the Dragon King (Dragonwatch, #2) by Brandon Mull Small Spaces (Small Spaces #1) by Katherine Arden The Unforgettable Guinevere St. Clair by Amy Makechnie
The winner: The Burning Maze (The Trials of Apollo, #3) by Rick Riordan

Other
Choose any book from these remaining categories:

Fiction
Nonfiction
Humor
Graphic Novels & Comics
Poetry
History & Biography
Memoir & Autobiography
Science & Technology

If you are not interested in any of the books in a particular category, feel free to go back to older years and choose any of those nominees instead!


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Goodreads Choice Awards Challenge
Duration: 6/1/2019 - 12/31/2019

Progress: 4 out of 7

Were there a lot of nominees in the 2018 Goodreads Choice Awards that you didn't get to read before voting?

If you would like to read the books that "everyone" was talking about, or just branch out from your normal favorite genres, you can participate in this easy and casual challenge.

This list includes books nominated in 12 different categories, so you only need to read one each month to complete it!

My Goodreads Choice Award 2018 shelf

June:
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas - ***** - 6/21/2019 - 512 Pages

July
Year One by Nora Roberts - ***** - 8/6/2019 - 419 Pages

August
A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole - ***** - 9/23/2019 - 360 Pages

September

October
Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard - **** - 10/22/2019 - 383 Pages

November

December

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Year One (Chronicles of The One, #1) by Nora Roberts A Princess in Theory (Reluctant Royals, #1) by Alyssa Cole Red Queen (Red Queen, #1) by Victoria Aveyard


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