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The annual Goodreads Choice Award gives readers around the world a chance to recognize their favorite books of the year. With over 20 categories of books and more than half a million votes, it's clear that this award is in a league of its own. Here at NBRC, we like to utilize this award by making a reading challenge out of it- after all, it's what we do best.

Duration
Start: 1/1/2018
End: 12/31/2018

Levels
There are a couple different ways to play:

★ A Little Bit of Everything: Read 1 Book from each category
✩ Easy: 1 book from 5 different categories
✩ Moderate: 1 book from 10 different categories
✩ Hard: 1 book from all 20 categories

★ Category Demolisher: Read all books from same category
✩ Easy: 1/2 a category (10 books from any 1 category)
✩ Moderate: 1 category (20 books)
✩ Hard: 2 categories (40 books)
(In case you've already read some of the books, you can count them also, or read nominee/winner for same category from previous years.)

★ Read any combination of books that appeal to you:
✩ Easy- 10 Books
✩ Moderate- 20 books
✩ Hard- 40 books

★ Come What May: See how many you can finish!


Rules/Explanation
◈You are not limited to Choice Award winners; runner ups and nominees in each category will also count.
◈You can read more than one book from each category.
◈When updating your challenge on this thread please include the category.
◈Audio books are acceptable.
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Categories, winners and nominees:

Fiction
Winner
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Nominees
Beartown (Björnstad, #1) by Fredrik BackmanEleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanMy Not So Perfect Life by Sophie KinsellaThe Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth HoganExit West by Mohsin HamidSing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardRich People Problems (Crazy Rich Asians, #3) by Kevin KwanThe Identicals by Elin HilderbrandAnything Is Possible by Elizabeth StroutThe Refugees by Viet Thanh NguyenThis is How It Always Is by Laurie FrankelThe Leavers by Lisa KoWhat It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka ArimahThe Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati RoyHome Fire by Kamila ShamsieThe Almost Sisters by Joshilyn JacksonSourdough by Robin SloanMy Absolute Darling by Gabriel TallentYoung Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin


Mystery & Thriller
Winner
Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
Nominees
Origin (Robert Langdon, #5) by Dan BrownGlass Houses (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #13) by Louise PennyThe Good Daughter by Karin SlaughterThe Dry (Aaron Falk, #1) by Jane HarperSecrets in Death (In Death, #45) by J.D. RobbThe Girl Before by J.P. DelaneyStillhouse Lake (Stillhouse Lake, #1) by Rachel CaineMississippi Blood (Penn Cage, #6) by Greg IlesThe Breakdown by B.A. ParisNever Let You Go by Chevy StevensSilent Child by Sarah A. DenzilGolden Prey (Lucas Davenport #27) by John SandfordThe Marriage Lie by Kimberly BelleThe Ghostwriter by Alessandra TorreBehind Her Eyes by Sarah PinboroughThe Night Bird (Frost Easton, #1) by Brian FreemanRighteous (IQ, #2) by Joe IdeLast Breath (Detective Erika Foster, #4) by Robert BryndzaThe Fourth Monkey (A 4MK Thriller, #1) by J.D. Barker


Historical Fiction
Winner
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
Nominees
Lincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersA Column of Fire (Kingsbridge, #3) by Ken FollettThe Alice Network by Kate QuinnBeneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. SullivanThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidThe Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa SeePachinko by Min Jin LeeMoonglow by Michael ChabonFrom Sand and Ash by Amy HarmonThe Last Tudor (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #14) by Philippa GregoryManhattan Beach by Jennifer EganThe Stars Are Fire by Anita ShreveThe Heart's Invisible Furies by John BoyneA Piece of the World by Christina Baker KlineThe Women in the Castle by Jessica ShattuckWe Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia HunterSalt Houses by Hala AlyanLove and Other Consolation Prizes by Jamie FordLilli de Jong by Janet Benton


Fantasy
Winner
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling
Nominees
Norse Mythology by Neil GaimanA Conjuring of Light (Shades of Magic, #3) by V.E. SchwabThe Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy, #1) by Katherine ArdenOathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3) by Brandon SandersonOne Fell Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles, #3) by Ilona AndrewsFeversong (Fever, #9) by Karen Marie MoningAssassin's Fate (The Fitz and the Fool, #3) by Robin HobbThe Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3) by N.K. JemisinThe Fate of the Tearling (The Queen of the Tearling, #3) by Erika JohansenEtched in Bone (The Others, #5) by Anne BishopRed Sister (Book of the Ancestor, #1) by Mark LawrenceEleventh Grave in Moonlight (Charley Davidson, #11) by Darynda JonesSilence Fallen (Mercy Thompson, #10) by Patricia BriggsKings of the Wyld (The Band, #1) by Nicholas EamesThe Witchwood Crown (The Last King of Osten Ard, #1) by Tad WilliamsSins of Empire (Gods of Blood and Powder, #1) by Brian McClellanThe Land Raiders (Chaos Seeds, #6) by Aleron KongAge of Swords (The Legends of the First Empire, #2) by Michael J. SullivanCity of Miracles (The Divine Cities, #3) by Robert Jackson Bennett


Romance
Winner
Without Merit by Colleen Hoover
Nominees
Come Sundown by Nora RobertsDevil in Spring (The Ravenels, #3) by Lisa KleypasWhite Hot (Hidden Legacy, #2) by Ilona AndrewsBlood Vow (Black Dagger Legacy, #2) by J.R. WardWait for It by Mariana ZapataEgomaniac by Vi KeelandThe Gravity of Us (Elements, #4) by Brittainy C. CherryRoyally Matched (Royally, #2) by Emma ChaseSilver Silence (Psy-Changeling Trinity, #1; Psy-Changeling, #16) by Nalini SinghVicious (Sinners of Saint, #1) by L.J. ShenTease (Temptation, #4) by Ella FrankDirty Filthy Rich Men (Dirty Duet, #1) by Laurelin PaigeBeard in Mind (Winston Brothers, #4) by Penny ReidDating-ish (Knitting in the City, #6) by Penny ReidBreathless (Old West, #2) by Beverly JenkinsForged in Desire (The Protectors #1) by Brenda JacksonThe Duchess Deal (Girl Meets Duke, #1) by Tessa DareDamaged Like Us (Like Us, #1) by Krista RitchieDrive by Kate Stewart


Science Fiction
Winner
Artemis by Andy Weir
Nominees
Waking Gods (Themis Files, #2) by Sylvain NeuvelThrawn (Star Wars Thrawn, #1) by Timothy ZahnAmerican War by Omar El AkkadHome (Binti, #2) by Nnedi OkoraforBorne by Jeff VanderMeerBabylon's Ashes (The Expanse, #6) by James S.A. CoreyAll Our Wrong Todays by Elan MastaiThe Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency #1) by John ScalziAnd the Rest is History (The Chronicles of St Mary’s, #8) by Jodi TaylorFor We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2) by Dennis E. TaylorAll Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) by Martha WellsProvenance by Ann LeckieThe Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal StephensonRaven Stratagem (The Machineries of Empire, #2) by Yoon Ha LeeSix Wakes by Mur LaffertyFields of Fire (Frontlines, #5) by Marko KloosThe Stars Are Legion by Kameron HurleyThe Punch Escrow by Tal M. KleinSeven Surrenders (Terra Ignota, #2) by Ada Palmer


Horror
Winner
Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King
Nominees
Final Girls by Riley SagerPrince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis (The Vampire Chronicles, #12) by Anne RiceMeddling Kids by Edgar CanteroThe Boy on the Bridge (The Hungry Plague, #2) by M.R. CareyLost Boy The True Story of Captain Hook by Christina HenryFull Wolf Moon (Jeremy Logan, #5) by Lincoln ChildThe Changeling by Victor LaValleRoses of May (The Collector #2) by Dot HutchisonA Game of Ghosts (Charlie Parker, #15) by John ConnollyThe Awakening (Graveyard Queen #6) by Amanda StevensDusk or Dark or Dawn or Day by Seanan McGuireWhat the Hell Did I Just Read (John Dies at the End #3) by David WongWhite Tears by Hari KunzruStrange Weather by Joe HillThe Delirium Brief (Laundry Files, #8) by Charles StrossThe Kill Society (Sandman Slim, #9) by Richard KadreyThe Grip of It by Jac JemcA God in the Shed by J-F DubeauBone White by Ronald Malfi


Humor
Winner
Talking as Fast as I Can From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between by Lauren Graham
Nominees
I Can't Make This Up Life Lessons by Kevin HartUnqualified by Anna FarisWe Are Never Meeting In Real Life by Samantha IrbyThis Is Just My Face Try Not to Stare by Gabourey SidibeThe Daily Show An Oral History as Told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff and Guests by Chris SmithTheft by Finding Diaries 1977-2002 by David SedarisBelieve Me A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens by Eddie IzzardOne Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi KoulThe Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell Tales of a 6' 4", African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian by W. Kamau BellAl Franken, Giant of the Senate by Al FrankenI'm Fine...and Other Lies by Whitney CummingsRhett & Link's Book of Mythicality A Field Guide to Curiosity, Creativity, and Tomfoolery by Rhett McLaughlinRevolution for Dummies Laughing through the Arab Spring by Bassem YoussefVacationland True Stories from Painful Beaches by John HodgmanStephen Colbert's Midnight Confessions by Stephen ColbertI Need a Lifeguard Everywhere But the Pool by Lisa ScottolineThis Is Really Happening by Erin ChackEverything Is Awful And Other Observations by Matt BellassaiWaiting for the Punch Words to Live by from the WTF Podcast by Marc Maron


Nonfiction
Winner
How to Be a Bawse A Guide to Conquering Life by Lilly Singh
Nominees
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Stranger in the Woods The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael FinkelThe Lost City of the Monkey God A True Story by Douglas PrestonFrom Here to Eternity Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin DoughtyWe Were Eight Years in Power An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi CoatesOption B Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy by Sheryl SandbergOf Mess and Moxie Wrangling Delight Out of This Wild and Glorious Life by Jen HatmakerWord by Word The Secret Life of Dictionaries by Kory StamperHallelujah Anyway Rediscovering Mercy by Anne LamottTears We Cannot Stop A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric DysonTools of Titans The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers by Timothy FerrissA Colony in a Nation by Chris HayesBraving the Wilderness The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone by Brené BrownAmerican Kingpin The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk Road by Nick BiltonPaperbacks from Hell The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction by Grady HendrixUnshakeable by Tony RobbinsNo Is Not Enough Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need by Naomi KleinAmerican Fire Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land by Monica HesseDaring to Hope Finding God's Goodness in the Broken and the Beautiful by Katie Davis Majors


Memoir & Autobiography
Winner
What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton
Nominees
Hunger A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane GayUnfiltered No Shame, No Regrets, Just Me by Lily CollinsDaring to Drive A Saudi Woman’s Awakening by Manal Al-SharifYou Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman AlexieThe Most Beautiful My Life with Prince by Mayte GarciaMy Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward by Mark LukachHow to Murder Your Life by Cat MarnellHow Dare the Sun Rise Memoirs of a War Child by Sandra UwiringiyimanaThe Fact of a Body A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-LesnevichAt Home in the World Reflections on Belonging While Wandering the Globe by Tsh OxenreiderThe Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel LevyThe Bright Hour A Memoir of Living and Dying by Nina RiggsWhen We Rise My Life in the Movement by Cleve JonesInsomniac City New York, Oliver, and Me by Bill HayesThe Polygamist's Daughter by Anna LeBaronHappiness The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After by Heather HarphamVoice Lessons A Sisters Story by Cara MentzelI Was Told to Come Alone My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad by Souad MekhennetPriestdaddy A Memoir by Patricia Lockwood


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History & Biography
Winner
The Radium Girls The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
Nominees
Killers of the Flower Moon The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David GrannVictoria The Queen An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire by Julia BairdJane Austen at Home by Lucy WorsleyApollo 8 The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon by Jeffrey KlugerGrant by Ron ChernowA Hope More Powerful Than the Sea One Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival by Melissa FlemingThe Undoing Project A Friendship That Changed Our Minds by Michael LewisOn Tyranny Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy SnyderThe Blood of Emmett Till by Timothy B. TysonThe Road to Jonestown Jim Jones and Peoples Temple by Jeff GuinnLeonardo da Vinci by Walter IsaacsonGet Well Soon History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them by Jennifer WrightChurchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat by Giles MiltonThe Gatekeepers How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency by Chris WhippleAll the Gallant Men An American Sailor's Firsthand Account of Pearl Harbor by Donald StrattonHuế 1968 A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam by Mark BowdenThe Storm Before the Storm The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic by Mike DuncanKilling England The Brutal Struggle for American Independnce by Bill O'ReillyLast Hope Island Britain, Occupied Europe, and the Brotherhood That Helped Turn the Tide of War by Lynne Olson


Science & Technology
Winner
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Nominees
Inferior How Science Got Women Wrong—and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story by Angela SainiEverybody Lies Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are by Seth Stephens-DavidowitzWe Have No Idea A Guide to the Unknown Universe by Jorge ChamThe Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan EganOther Minds The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-SmithThe Case Against Sugar by Gary TaubesCannibalism A Perfectly Natural History by Bill SchuttThe Nature Fix Why Nature Makes us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative by Florence WilliamsHit Makers The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction by Derek ThompsonBehave The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert M. SapolskyBarking Up the Wrong Tree The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong by Eric BarkerIrresistible The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked by Adam AlterPandora's Lab Seven Stories of Science Gone Wrong by Paul A. OffitThe Greatest Story Ever Told—So Far Why Are We Here? by Lawrence M. KraussA Crack in Creation Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution by Jennifer A. DoudnaWhiplash How to Survive Our Faster Future by Joichi ItoSoonish Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything by Kelly WeinersmithCaesar's Last Breath Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us by Sam KeanLife 3.0 Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark


Food & Cookbooks
Winner
The Pioneer Woman Cooks Come and Get It! Simple, Scrumptious Recipes for Crazy Busy Lives by Ree Drummond
Nominees
5 Ingredients – Quick Easy Food by Jamie OliverStirring Up Fun with Food Over 100 Amazing and Easy Food Crafting Projects by Sarah Michelle GellarGive a Girl a Knife by Amy ThielenWhole New You How Real Food Transforms Your Life, for a Healthier, More Gorgeous You by Tia MowrySmitten Kitchen Every Day Triumphant and Unfussy New Favorites by Deb PerelmanBraveTart Iconic American Desserts by Stella ParksThe Cooking Gene A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. TwittyFood, Health and Happiness 115 On-Point Recipes for Great Meals and a Better Life by Oprah WinfreySalt, Fat, Acid, Heat Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking by Samin NosratCork Dork A Wine-Fueled Adventure Among the Obsessive Sommeliers, Big Bottle Hunters, and Rogue Scientists Who Taught Me to Live for Taste by Bianca BoskerGrocery The Buying and Selling of Food in America by Michael RuhlmanThe Wellness Mama Cookbook 200 Easy-to-Prepare Recipes and Time-Saving Advice for the Busy Cook by Katie WellsComing to My Senses The Making of a Counterculture Cook by Alice WatersReady or Not! 150+ Make-Ahead, Make-Over, and Make-Now Recipes by Nom Nom Paleo by Michelle TamLove Real Food More Than 100 Feel-Good Vegetarian Favorites to Delight the Senses and Nourish the Body by Kathryne TaylorEight Flavors The Untold Story of American Cuisine by Sarah LohmanA Really Big Lunch Meditations on Food and Life from the Roving Gourmand by Jim HarrisonSweet by Yotam OttolenghiHalf Baked Harvest Cookbook Recipes from My Barn in the Mountains by Tieghan Gerard



Graphic Novel & Comics
Winner
Big Mushy Happy Lump (Sarah's Scribbles, #2) by Sarah Andersen
Nominees
Wonder Woman, Volume 1 The Lies by Greg RuckaSaga, Vol. 7 (Saga, #7) by Brian K. VaughanWires and Nerve, Volume 1 (Wires and Nerves, #1) by Marissa MeyerMonstress, Vol. 2 The Blood (Monstress, #2) by Marjorie M. LiuReal Friends by Shannon HaleMs. Marvel, Vol. 6 Civil War II by G. Willow WilsonEveryone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too by Jomny SunThe Best We Could Do by Thi BuiPaper Girls, Vol. 2 (Paper Girls, #2) by Brian K. VaughanLumberjanes, Vol. 5 Band Together by Noelle StevensonMy Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 by Emil FerrisThe Legend of Korra Turf Wars Part One (Turf Wars #1) by Michael Dante DiMartinoThe Vision, Volume 2 Little Better than a Beast by Tom KingThe Black Monday Murders, Vol. 1 All Hail, God Mammon by Jonathan HickmanBlack Hammer, Vol. 1 Secret Origins by Jeff LemireBitch Planet, Vol. 2 President Bitch by Kelly Sue DeConnickThe Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 5 Imperial Phase I by Kieron GillenUsername Uprising by Joe SuggSpill Zone (Spill Zone, #1) by Scott Westerfeld



Poetry
Winner
The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur
Nominees
Depression & Other Magic Tricks by Sabrina BenaimSolo by Kwame AlexanderLove Her Wild by Atticus PoetryLong Way Down by Jason ReynoldsWe Come Apart by Sarah CrossanNew American Best Friend by Olivia GatwoodThere Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé by Morgan ParkerPlum by Hollie McNishElectric Arches by Eve L. EwingMagdalene by Marie HoweAdultolescence by Gabbie HannaBroken Wishbones and Empty Spaces by PyrokardiaWhen I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities by Chen ChenNature Poem by Tommy PicoExits, Desires, & Slow Fires by J.R. RogueMagic with Skin On by Morgan Nikola-WrenPortrait of the Alcoholic by Kaveh AkbarDon't Call Us Dead by Danez SmithHard Child by Natalie Shapero


Debut Goodreads Author
Winner
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Nominees
Caraval (Caraval, #1) by Stephanie GarberThe Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy, #1) by Katherine ArdenWe Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia HunterMidnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. SullivanThe Dry (Aaron Falk, #1) by Jane HarperAmerican War by Omar El AkkadThe Chilbury Ladies' Choir by Jennifer RyanMy Absolute Darling by Gabriel TallentThe Leavers by Lisa KoStay with Me by Ayobami AdebayoAll Our Wrong Todays by Elan MastaiGoodbye, Vitamin by Rachel KhongThe Animators by Kayla Rae WhitakerI Liked My Life by Abby FabiaschiWhat We Lose by Zinzi ClemmonsKings of the Wyld (The Band, #1) by Nicholas EamesThe Coppersmith Farmhouse (Jamison Valley, #1) by Devney PerryThe Idea of You by Robinne LeeThe Caledonian Gambit by Dan Moren


Young Adult Fiction
Winner
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Nominees
Turtles All the Way Down by John GreenOne of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManusThe Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Guide, #1) by Mackenzi LeeAlways and Forever, Lara Jean (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #3) by Jenny HanGeekerella by Ashley PostonEliza and Her Monsters by Francesca ZappiaOnce and for All by Sarah DessenWhen Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya MenonBy Your Side by Kasie WestThe Upside of Unrequited by Becky AlbertalliHistory Is All You Left Me by Adam SilveraThe Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire SáenzA List of Cages by Robin RoeThey Both Die at the End by Adam SilveraStranger Than Fanfiction by Chris ColferWe Are Okay by Nina LaCourGoodbye Days by Jeff ZentnerAutoboyography by Christina LaurenMoxie by Jennifer Mathieu


Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
Winner
A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3) by Sarah J. Maas
Nominees
Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices, #2) by Cassandra ClareKing's Cage (Red Queen, #3) by Victoria AveyardStrange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer, #1) by Laini TaylorCaraval (Caraval, #1) by Stephanie GarberTower of Dawn (Throne of Glass, #6) by Sarah J. MaasWarcross (Warcross, #1) by Marie LuScythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1) by Neal ShustermanCarve the Mark (Carve the Mark, #1) by Veronica RothOur Dark Duet (Monsters of Verity, #2) by Victoria SchwabWintersong (Wintersong, #1) by S. Jae-JonesFlame in the Mist (Flame in the Mist, #1) by Renee AhdiehLa Belle Sauvage (The Book of Dust, #1) by Philip PullmanThe Language of Thorns Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic (Grisha Verse, #0.5, #2.5, #2.6) by Leigh BardugoTraitor to the Throne (Rebel of the Sands, #2) by Alwyn HamiltonThe Song Rising (The Bone Season, #3) by Samantha ShannonAll the Crooked Saints by Maggie StiefvaterCrystal Storm (Falling Kingdoms, #5) by Morgan RhodesIn Other Lands by Sarah Rees BrennanThe Black Witch (The Black Witch Chronicles, #1) by Laurie Forest


Middle Grade & Children's
Winner
The Ship of the Dead (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #3) by Rick Riordan
Nominees
The Dark Prophecy (The Trials of Apollo, #2) by Rick RiordanBeauty and the Beast Lost in a Book by Jennifer DonnellyWorlds Collide (The Land of Stories, #6) by Chris ColferAmina's Voice by Hena KhanSee You in the Cosmos by Jack ChengBeyond the Bright Sea by Lauren WolkDragonwatch (Dragonwatch #1) by Brandon MullStar-Crossed by Barbara DeeRise of the Isle of the Lost (Descendants #3) by Melissa de la CruzThe Goldfish Boy by Lisa ThompsonFlying Lessons and Other Stories by Ellen OhQuests for Glory (The School for Good and Evil The Camelot Years #1) by Soman ChainaniWishtree by Katherine ApplegateTalons of Power (Wings of Fire, #9) by Tui T. SutherlandThe Ethan I Was Before by Ali StandishThe Someday Birds by Sally J. PlaThe Empty Grave (Lockwood & Co. #5) by Jonathan StroudThe War I Finally Won (The War That Saved My Life, #2) by Kimberly Brubaker BradleyI Love You, Michael Collins by Lauren Baratz-Logsted



Picture Books
Winner
We're All Wonders by R.J. Palacio
Nominees
Malala's Magic Pencil by Malala YousafzaiShe Persisted 13 American Women Who Changed the World by Chelsea ClintonOver and Under the Pond by Kate MessnerA Greyhound, A Groundhog by Emily JenkinsTriangle by Mac BarnettThe Book of Mistakes by Corinna LuykenLittle Fox in the Forest by Stephanie GraeginThe Legend of Rock Paper Scissors by Drew DaywaltThe Youngest Marcher The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist by Cynthia LevinsonA Different Pond by Bao PhiDuck and Hippo in the Rainstorm (Duck and Hippo, #1) by Jonathan LondonSpunky Little Monkey by Bill Martin Jr.Franklin's Flying Bookshop by Jen CampbellBe Quiet! by Ryan T. HigginsNot Quite Narwhal by Jessie SimaJabari Jumps by Gaia CornwallThe Case of the Stinky Stench (Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast, #2) by Josh FunkTrollbella Throws a Party A Tale from the Land of Stories by Chris ColferAfter the Fall How Humpty Dumpty Got Back up Again by Dan Santat


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Laura | 9707 comments Goodreads Choice Awards 2017

Level: Come What May!

Fiction
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
read in 2018

Mystery & Thriller
Read in 2018
The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1) by Jane Harper Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough

read in 2017:
Glass Houses (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #13) by Louise Penny Stillhouse Lake (Stillhouse Lake, #1) by Rachel Caine The Girl Before by J.P. Delaney The Breakdown by B.A. Paris Never Let You Go by Chevy Stevens Secrets in Death (In Death, #45) by J.D. Robb

Historical Ficton
read in 2018
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Fantasy
read in 2017:
Silence Fallen (Mercy Thompson, #10) by Patricia Briggs A Conjuring of Light (Shades of Magic, #3) by V.E. Schwab

read in 2018
The Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy, #1) by Katherine Arden One Fell Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles, #3) by Ilona Andrews Etched in Bone (The Others, #5) by Anne Bishop

Romance
read in 2017:
Without Merit by Colleen Hoover

Science Fiction

Horror
read in 2018
The Awakening (Graveyard Queen #6) by Amanda Stevens

Humor

Non-Fiction
read in 2017
The Stranger in the Woods The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel

Memoir & Autobiography

History & Biography

Science & Technology

Food & Cookbooks

Graphic Novels & Comics

Poetry

Debut Goodreads Author
read in 2017:
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Read in 2018
What We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons The Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy, #1) by Katherine Arden The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1) by Jane Harper

Young Adult Fiction
read in 2017
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Read in 2018
By Your Side by Kasie West Turtles All the Way Down by John Green Geekerella by Ashley Poston Always and Forever, Lara Jean (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #3) by Jenny Han

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
read in 2018
Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1) by Neal Shusterman

Middle Grade & Children's

Picture Books


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2017 Goodreads Choice:
Finished in 2017: 30
Finished in 2018: 18
Total: 48


Previous Years' Stats:
2016 Goodreads Choice:
Finished in 2016: 22
Finished in 2017: 24
Total: 46

2015 Goodreads Choice
Finished in 2015: 23 books
Finished in 2016: 15
Total: 38

Fiction
Read in 2017:
Beartown (Beartown, #1) by Fredrik Backman Sourdough by Robin Sloan

Read in 2018
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Mystery & Thriller
Read in 2017:
Glass Houses (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #13) by Louise Penny

Read in 2018:
Origin (Robert Langdon, #5) by Dan Brown The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter Stillhouse Lake (Stillhouse Lake, #1) by Rachel Caine

Historical Fiction
Read in 2017:
From Sand and Ash by Amy Harmon Love and Other Consolation Prizes by Jamie Ford

Read in 2018:
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

Fantasy
Read in 2017:
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman A Conjuring of Light (Shades of Magic, #3) by V.E. Schwab The Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy, #1) by Katherine Arden One Fell Sweep (Innkeeper Chronicles, #3) by Ilona Andrews Assassin's Fate (The Fitz and the Fool, #3) by Robin Hobb The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3) by N.K. Jemisin Etched in Bone (The Others, #5) by Anne Bishop Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor #1) by Mark Lawrence Eleventh Grave in Moonlight (Charley Davidson, #11) by Darynda Jones Silence Fallen (Mercy Thompson, #10) by Patricia Briggs Sins of Empire (Gods of Blood and Powder, #1) by Brian McClellan Age of Swords (The Legends of the First Empire, #2) by Michael J. Sullivan City of Miracles (The Divine Cities, #3) by Robert Jackson Bennett

Read in 2018:
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling The Fate of the Tearling (The Queen of the Tearling, #3) by Erika Johansen

Romance
Read in 2017
Devil in Spring (The Ravenels, #3) by Lisa Kleypas

Read in 2018
White Hot (Hidden Legacy, #2) by Ilona Andrews The Duchess Deal (Girl Meets Duke, #1) by Tessa Dare

Science Fiction
Read in 2017
Artemis by Andy Weir Waking Gods (Themis Files, #2) by Sylvain Neuvel Babylon's Ashes (The Expanse, #6) by James S.A. Corey The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency #1) by John Scalzi For We Are Many (Bobiverse, #2) by Dennis E. Taylor Provenance by Ann Leckie Fields of Fire (Frontlines, #5) by Marko Kloos

Read in 2018
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) by Martha Wells

Horror

Read in 2018
The Boy on the Bridge (The Girl With All the Gifts #2) by M.R. Carey Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day by Seanan McGuire


History and Biography
Read in 2018
Apollo 8 The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon by Jeffrey Kluger Get Well Soon History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them by Jennifer Wright

Debut Goodreads Author
Read in 2017
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas The Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy, #1) by Katherine Arden

Young Adult Fiction
Read in 2017
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Read in 2018
Geekerella by Ashley Poston

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
Read in 2017:
Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer, #1) by Laini Taylor

Read in 2018:
Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1) by Neal Shusterman Warcross (Warcross, #1) by Marie Lu


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Dec 23, 2017 11:15PM

Cheryl | 910 comments I am excited to participate again this year! This is always one of my favorite challenges!

Goodreads Choice Awards (2017)
Come What May
(34/20)

Fiction
The Identicals by Elin Hilderbrand
Beartown by Fredrik Backman
My Not So Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

The Identicals by Elin Hilderbrand Beartown (Beartown, #1) by Fredrik Backman My Not So Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Mystery and Thriller
Into the Water by Paula Hawkins

Into the Water by Paula Hawkins

Historical Fiction
Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan
From Sand and Ash by Amy Harmon
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan From Sand and Ash by Amy Harmon Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See The Alice Network by Kate Quinn We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

Fantasy
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J. K. Rowling
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling The Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy, #1) by Katherine Arden

Debut Goodreads Author
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
We Were the Lucy Ones by Georgia Hunter
Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong

Young Adult Fiction
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus Always and Forever, Lara Jean (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #3) by Jenny Han

Picture Books
The Case of the Stinky Stench by Josh Funk
The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken
Be Quiet by Ryan T. Higgins
Triangle by Mac Barnett
Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall
A Different Pond by Bao Phi
Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner
Spunky Little Monkey by Bill Martin Jr.
The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors by Drew Daywalt
Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie Sima
After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again by Dan Santat

The Case of the Stinky Stench (Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast, #2) by Josh Funk The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken Be Quiet! by Ryan T. Higgins Triangle by Mac Barnett Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall A Different Pond by Bao Phi Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner Spunky Little Monkey by Bill Martin Jr. The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors by Drew Daywalt Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie Sima After the Fall How Humpty Dumpty Got Back up Again by Dan Santat


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Dec 30, 2017 05:22PM

Kelsey Frost (luv2teach) | 175 comments Love this challenge!!! Ready to start the Goodreads 2017 Choice Awards Challenge

Any Combination of Books-Moderate (20)
(20/20)
Read in 2018
Fiction
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Historical Fiction
The Alice Network by Kate Quinn Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan
Horror
Strange Weather by Joe Hill
Non-Fiction
The Stranger in the Woods The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel
History and Biography
The Radium Girls The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
Memoir/Biography
The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward by Mark Lukach How Dare the Sun Rise Memoirs of a War Child by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
Debut Goodreads Author
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Young Adult Fiction
Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Turtles All the Way Down by John Green They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Middle Grade and Children's
Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
Picture Books
The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors by Drew Daywalt Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie Sima After the Fall How Humpty Dumpty Got Back up Again by Dan Santat Duck and Hippo in the Rainstorm (Duck and Hippo, #1) by Jonathan London Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall Be Quiet! by Ryan T. Higgins

Read in 2017
Picture Books
We're All Wonders by R.J. Palacio Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner Triangle by Mac Barnett The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken


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Dec 30, 2017 10:11PM

JoLene (trvl2mtns) | 705 comments Excited to do this one again!

JoLene's GR Reader's Choice Challenge
Duration: 1/1/17-12/31/18
(counting already read books)

The List

Levels
★ A Little Bit of Everything: Read 1 Book from each category
✩ Moderate: 1 book from 10 different categories/
3/10
✔ Fantasy: A Conjuring of Light - 12/26/17
✔ Cookbooks: Ready or Not!: 150+ Make-Ahead, Make-Over, and Make-Now Recipes by Nom Nom Paleo - 11/15/17
✔ Historical Fiction: Lincoln in the Bardo - 9/10/17




★ Any Combo
✩ Moderate: 20 books 2/20
Historical Fiction:
✔ The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane - 10/5/17
✔ The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - 12/17/17


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Dec 31, 2017 09:00AM

Krissy (krissystewart) | 316 comments KRISSY'S SPOT

COMPLETED MODERATE LEVEL

Fiction
Read in 2017: 0
Read in 2018: 4
•Sing, Unburied, Sing, 01/16 ★★★
•Little Fires Everywhere, 06/12 ★★
•My Not So Perfect Life, 09/21 ★★★
•Exit West, 09/23 ★
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng My Not So Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

Mystery & Thriller
Read in 2017: 4
(view spoiler)
The Night Bird (Frost Easton, #1) by Brian Freeman Into the Water by Paula Hawkins Stillhouse Lake (Stillhouse Lake, #1) by Rachel Caine The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter
Read in 2018: 2
•Behind Her Eyes, 04/05 ★
•The Dry, 04/22 ★★★★
Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1) by Jane Harper

Historical Fiction
Read in 2017: 1
(view spoiler)
Love and Other Consolation Prizes by Jamie Ford
Read in 2018: 2
•Lincoln in the Bardo, 01/17 DNF
•Before We Were Yours, 08/30 ★★★
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

Fantasy
Read in 2017: 0
Read in 2018:

Romance
Read in 2017: 0
Read in 2018: 3
•Egomaniac, 04/13 ★★★★
•The Duchess Deal, 09/30 ★★★★★
•Dirty Filthy Rich Men, 11/01 ★★★★
Egomaniac by Vi Keeland The Duchess Deal (Girl Meets Duke, #1) by Tessa Dare Dirty Filthy Rich Men (Dirty Duet, #1) by Laurelin Paige

Science Fiction
Read in 2017: 0
Read in 2018:

Horror
Read in 2017: 0
Read in 2018:

Humor
Read in 2017: 1
(view spoiler)
I Can't Make This Up Life Lessons by Kevin Hart
Read in 2018: 2
•Unqualified, 01/01 ★★★
•Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between, 02/11 ★★★★★
Unqualified by Anna Faris Talking as Fast as I Can From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between by Lauren Graham

Nonfiction
Read in 2017: 0
Read in 2018:


message 18: by Krissy (last edited Nov 17, 2018 09:15PM) (new)
Dec 31, 2017 09:00AM

Krissy (krissystewart) | 316 comments KRISSY'S SPOT 2

Memoir & Autobiography
Read in 2017: 0
Read in 2018: 1
•Unfiltered: No Shame, No Regrets, Just Me, 09/25 ★★★
Unfiltered No Shame, No Regrets, Just Me by Lily Collins

History & Biography
Read in 2017: 0
Read in 2018: 1
•Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them, 11/11 ★★★★★
Get Well Soon History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them by Jennifer Wright

Science & Technology
Read in 2017: 0
Read in 2018:

Graphic Novel & Comics
Read in 2017: 0
Read in 2018: 3
•Big Mushy Happy Lump, 03/06 ★★★★
•Spill Zone, 06/04 ★★★
•Saga, Vol. 7, 06/08 ★★★★
Big Mushy Happy Lump (Sarah's Scribbles, #2) by Sarah Andersen Spill Zone (Spill Zone, #1) by Scott Westerfeld Saga, Vol. 7 (Saga, #7) by Brian K. Vaughan

Poetry
Read in 2017: 0
Read in 2018:

Debut GR Author
Read in 2017: 0
Read in 2018: 1
•The Dry, 04/22 ★★★★
The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1) by Jane Harper

Young Adult Fiction
Read in 2017: 3
(view spoiler)
Stranger Than Fanfiction by Chris Colfer Turtles All the Way Down by John Green One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
Read in 2018: 1
•When Dimple Met Rishi, 09/06 ★★★★
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
Read in 2017: 1
(view spoiler)
All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater
Read in 2018:

Middle Grade & Children's
Read in 2017: 0
Read in 2018: 2
•Wishtree, 11/14 ★★★
•See You in the Cosmos, 11/17 ★★★★
Wishtree by Katherine Applegate See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng

Picture Books
Read in 2017: 0
Read in 2018: 5
•Duck and Hippo in the Rainstorm, 01/04 ★★★★
•Malala's Magic Pencil, 04/23 ★★★★★
•Little Fox in the Forest, 05/20 ★★★★★
•We're All Wonders, 11/11 ★★★★
•Triangle, 11/17 ★★★★
Duck and Hippo in the Rainstorm (Duck and Hippo, #1) by Jonathan London Malala's Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai Little Fox in the Forest by Stephanie Graegin We're All Wonders by R.J. Palacio Triangle by Mac Barnett


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Dec 31, 2017 06:49PM

Christy (christy_t) | 34 comments I'm going to try this 2 ways! I always love seeing the winners and trying to read as many of them as I can.
★ A Little Bit of Everything: Read 1 Book from each category
✩ Easy: 1 book from 5 different categories


★ Read any combination of books that appeal to you:
✩ Easy- 10 Books


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message 21: by Elizabeth (last edited Nov 14, 2018 03:05PM) (new)
Jan 01, 2018 07:27PM

Elizabeth | 61 comments Love this challenge! I'm in again. :)

NBRC: Goodreads Choice Awards (2017) Reading Challenge
Duration: 1/1/18 - 12/31/18
Level:
★ Read any combination of books that appeal to you:
✩ Easy - 10 books

Finished in 2017: 2
Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel KhongThe Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker

Finished in 2018: 7

Fiction
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Mystery & Thriller
The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1) by Jane Harper

Historical Fiction

Fantasy

Science Fiction

Horror

Humor

Nonfiction
From Here to Eternity Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty Tools of Titans The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers by Timothy Ferriss

Memoir & Autobiography
My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward by Mark Lukach Revolution for Dummies Laughing through the Arab Spring by Bassem Youssef

History & Biography
Apollo 8 The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon by Jeffrey Kluger

Science & Technology

Debut Goodreads Author


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Jan 01, 2018 09:23PM

Shan ~A~ | 856 comments Goodreads Choice Awards 2017
Duration: 1/1/18 - 12/31/18
★ Read any combination of books that appeal to you:
✩ Easy- 10 Books 0/10
✩ Moderate- 20 books
✩ Hard- 40 books

Rules/Explanation
◈You are not limited to Choice Award winners; runner ups and nominees in each category will also count.
◈You can read more than one book from each category.
◈When updating your challenge on this thread please include the category.
◈Audio books are acceptable.
List 1
List 2


Fiction

Historical Fiction

Mystery & Thriller

Fantasy

Romance

Science Fiction

Horror

Humor

Non-Fiction

Memoir & Autobiography

History & Biography

Science & Technology

Food & Cookbooks

Graphic Novels & Comics

Poetry

Debut Goodreads Author

Young Adult Fiction

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction

Middle Grade & Children's

Picture Books


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Jan 01, 2018 09:25PM

Shan ~A~ | 856 comments reserved


message 24: by Allegra (new)
Jan 01, 2018 10:05PM

Allegra | 219 comments I'd like the encouragement to read some of these (I tend toward less-current books), but these challenges all sound so great, I've got a lot going on. I'm going to commit to Come What May and see where I can work these in. My spirit is willing...


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Jan 02, 2018 01:20PM

Lauren (laurenv) | 137 comments Reserved!


message 26: by Caraina (new)
Jan 02, 2018 03:02PM

Caraina (raina79) I'm in

Level: Come What May


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Jan 03, 2018 06:16AM

Kristy Goodreads Choice Awards
Level: Come What May


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Jan 04, 2018 05:34AM

Mave | 68 comments Goodreads Choice Awards 2017
Any Combination of Books-Moderate (20)
(0/20)
Fiction

Historical Fiction

Mystery & Thriller

Fantasy

Romance

Science Fiction

Horror

Humor

Non-Fiction

Memoir & Autobiography

History & Biography

Science & Technology

Food & Cookbooks

Graphic Novels & Comics

Poetry

Debut Goodreads Author

Young Adult Fiction

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction

Middle Grade & Children's

Picture Books


message 31: by Tina ❣ (last edited Aug 18, 2018 11:23PM) (new)
Jan 04, 2018 05:52AM

Tina ❣ (nutrinut) | 2000 comments Ooh this challenge sounds great!

Start: 1/1/2018
End: 12/31/2018
Read any combination of books that appeal to you:
Moderate: 20 books

Total read: 17

I'm going to use books I have already read.

Fiction

Mystery & Thriller
Into the Water by Paula Hawkins 11/08/18

Historical Fiction

Fantasy
The Fate of the Tearling (The Queen of the Tearling, #3) by Erika Johansen 10/04/18

Romance

Science Fiction
Artemis by Andy Weir 17/05/18

Horror

Humor

Nonfiction

Memoir and Autobiography

History & Biography

Science & Technology

Poetry

Debut Goodreads Author

Young Adult Fiction
Read in 2017: 1
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

Read in 2018: 4
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings, #1) by Mackenzi Lee 11/04/18 Turtles All the Way Down by John Green 04/05/18 The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Sáenz 21/07/18 Once and for All by Sarah Dessen 27/07/18

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
Read in 2017: 4
A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #3) by Sarah J. Maas King's Cage (Red Queen, #3) by Victoria Aveyard Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass, #6) by Sarah J. Maas Carve the Mark (Carve the Mark, #1) by Veronica Roth

Read in 2018: 5
Warcross (Warcross, #1) by Marie Lu 22/03/18 This Savage Song (Monsters of Verity, #1) by Victoria Schwab (for Our Dark Duet) 15/05/18 Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1) by Neal Shusterman 10/06/18 All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater 22/06/18 Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer, #1) by Laini Taylor 29/07/18


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Jan 04, 2018 04:36PM

Cai (princesscai) | 167 comments Duration: 01.01.18 - 31.12.18
Level: Come What May

1. The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1) by Jane Harper 30/10/18


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Jan 06, 2018 10:41PM

Missy | 5 comments a little bit of everything
level: hard (20 books)


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message 37: by Colleen (last edited Jan 25, 2018 04:19PM) (new)
Jan 08, 2018 07:30AM

Colleen (colls) | 114 comments Goodreads Choice Awards 2017
Level: Come What May!
Completed 3/?


Fantasy
01/16/2018 - The Bear and the Nightingale

Science Fiction
01/20/2018 - Waking Gods

Non-Fiction
01/24/2018 - We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy

The Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy, #1) by Katherine Arden Waking Gods (Themis Files, #2) by Sylvain Neuvel We Were Eight Years in Power An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates


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Saionee Moderators of NBRC wrote: "

The annual Goodreads Choice Award gives readers around the world a chance to recognize their favorite books of the year. With over 20 categories of books and more than half a million votes, it's ..."

Please add me as a participant.


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Jan 19, 2018 08:40AM

Srividya Vijapure (theinkedmermaid) | 1160 comments Ooh I love this one. Am in. Am mixing two levels for this.

Goodreads Choice Awards 2017
Duration: 1/1/18- 12/31/18
Books read:

Level: A little bit of everything
Easy: 0/5

Level: Read a combination that suits you best
Moderate: 0/20


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Jan 29, 2018 02:16PM

Tabitha English | 93 comments Goodreads Choice Awards 2017
Start date: 1/1/2018

A little bit of everything: Moderate
Category demolisher: none
Any combo: Hard (complete)

Fiction
The Leavers by Lisa Ko What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah The Almost Sisters by Joshilyn Jackson Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman My Not So Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella Sourdough by Robin Sloan

Mystery thrillers
Into the Water by Paula Hawkins

Historical fiction
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

Fantasy
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman The Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy, #1) by Katherine Arden

Romance
Royally Matched (Royally, #2) by Emma Chase Without Merit by Colleen Hoover Breathless (Old West, #2) by Beverly Jenkins The Duchess Deal (Girl Meets Duke, #1) by Tessa Dare

Science fiction
Artemis by Andy Weir All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai American War by Omar El Akkad Hit Makers The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction by Derek Thompson

Horror

Humor
Talking as Fast as I Can From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between by Lauren Graham We Are Never Meeting In Real Life by Samantha Irby Believe Me A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens by Eddie Izzard The Daily Show An Oral History as Told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff and Guests by Chris Smith Theft by Finding Diaries 1977-2002 by David Sedaris

Nonfiction
How to Be a Bawse A Guide to Conquering Life by Lilly Singh Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Autobiography
Unfiltered No Shame, No Regrets, Just Me by Lily Collins How to Murder Your Life by Cat Marnell I Was Told to Come Alone My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad by Souad Mekhennet How Dare the Sun Rise Memoirs of a War Child by Sandra Uwiringiyimana The Fact of a Body A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie Hunger A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay The Bright Hour A Memoir of Living and Dying by Nina Riggs The Most Beautiful My Life with Prince by Mayte Garcia When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

History
On Tyranny Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea One Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival by Melissa Fleming The Radium Girls The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore Victoria The Queen An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire by Julia Baird

Science
Barking Up the Wrong Tree The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong by Eric Barker Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson The Nature Fix Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative by Florence Williams The Case Against Sugar by Gary Taubes

Food

Comics

Poetry

Debut
The Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy, #1) by Katherine Arden The Leavers by Lisa Ko All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai Stay with Me by Ayobami Adebayo Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. Sullivan

Ya fiction
One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Ya fantasy
King's Cage (Red Queen, #3) by Victoria Aveyard Flame in the Mist (Flame in the Mist, #1) by Renee Ahdieh Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer #1) by Laini Taylor Warcross (Warcross, #1) by Marie Lu

Middle grade
Beauty and the Beast Lost in a Book by Jennifer Donnelly Amina's Voice by Hena Khan The Dark Prophecy (The Trials of Apollo, #2) by Rick Riordan

Picture books
Malala's Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner After the Fall How Humpty Dumpty Got Back up Again by Dan Santat She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton


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Jan 31, 2018 04:16PM

Beth | 503 comments Here's my new post for 2018. I read 7 out of a goal of 10 last year.

2018 GR Choice Awards
Jan 1, 2018-Dec 31, 2018

Read any combination of books that appeal to you:
✩ Easy - 10 Books
books read: 10/10!
1. March: Book Two 1/8/2018 (Comics, nominee, 2015)
2. March: Book Three1/14/2018 (Comics, nominee, 2016)
3. Too Like the Lightning 2/9/2018 (SF, nominee, 2016)
4. The Stars Are Legion 3/2/2018 (SF, nominee, 2017)
5. Seven Surrenders 3/7/2018 (SF, nominee, 2017)
6. The Fifth Season 3/20/2018 (fantasy, nominee, 2015)
7. The Obelisk Gate (fantasy, nominee, 2016)
8. The Stone Sky 9/19/2018 (fantasy, nominee, 2017)
9. The Accursed 9/28/2018 (horror, nominee, 2013)
10. The Ballad of Black Tom 10/16/2018 (horror, nominee, 2016)


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Jan 31, 2018 04:49PM

Kristie | 3595 comments I guess I didn't sign up of this one yet! I'm in. :)

Duration: 1/1/2018 - 12/31/2018
Level: Moderate
Categories Completed: 8/10
Total BooksCompleted: 11/20

Read in 2017: 9
(view spoiler)

2018 reads:
1. Stillhouse Lake (mystery & thriller)
2. Little Fires Everywhere (fiction)
3. We're All Wonders (picture books)
4. Roses of May (horror)
5. The Wellness Mama Cookbook (food & cookbooks)
6. Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body (memoir & autobiography)
7. We Were the Lucky Ones (historical fiction / debut GR author)
8. The Hate U Give (YA / debut GR author)
9.

Repeat genres:
11. Sing, Unburied, Sing (fiction)
12. She Persisted (picture books)
13. Smitten Kitchen Every Day (food & cookbooks)
14. Last Breath (mystery & thriller)
15.


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Feb 01, 2018 07:16AM

Melanie (melrosemagic) | 15 comments Goodreads Choice Awards 2017
Duration: 1/1/18-12/31/18
Level: ★ Read any combination of books that appeal to you
Moderate: 13/20 books

Fiction
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

Mystery & Thriller
Stillhouse Lake (Stillhouse Lake, #1) by Rachel Caine Into the Water by Paula Hawkins

Historical Fiction
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate

Fantasy
Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor #1) by Mark Lawrence

Science Fiction
Artemis by Andy Weir

Humor
We Are Never Meeting In Real Life by Samantha Irby

Nonfiction
How to Be a Bawse A Guide to Conquering Life by Lilly Singh

Science & Technology
Soonish Ten Emerging Technologies That'll Improve and/or Ruin Everything by Kelly Weinersmith

Graphic Novels & Comics
Saga, Vol. 7 (Saga, #7) by Brian K. Vaughan

Young Adult Fiction
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1) by Neal Shusterman


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Feb 01, 2018 07:50AM

Lane (crookshanksandcoffee) Duration: 1/1/18-12/31/18
Read any combination - Hard

2017 reads:
Young Adult Fiction
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

2018 reads:
Debut Goodreads Author
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Young Adult Fiction
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
Warcross (Warcross, #1) by Marie Lu Caraval (Caraval, #1) by Stephanie Garber


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Welcome to the challenge; everyone!

Challenge posts are linked above


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Feb 16, 2018 03:59PM

Ashley M (read-a-hol-ic) | 762 comments Goodreads Choice Awards (2017)
Duration: 1/1/18-12/31/18
Level: Read any combination of books that appeal to you
Moderate: 20/20 books

COMPLETED 11/20/2018

Read in 2017
Graphic Novel & Comics
Wonder Woman, Volume 1 The Lies by Greg Rucka Wires and Nerve (Wires and Nerve, #1) by Marissa Meyer Real Friends by Shannon Hale My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #1) by Emil Ferris

Young Adult Fiction
Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
Flame in the Mist (Flame in the Mist, #1) by Renee Ahdieh

Middle Grade & Children's
Flying Lessons & Other Stories by Ellen Oh

Picture Books
She Persisted 13 American Women Who Changed the World by Chelsea Clinton Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner A Greyhound, A Groundhog by Emily Jenkins Triangle by Mac Barnett The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken The Youngest Marcher The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist by Cynthia Levinson Duck and Hippo in the Rainstorm (Duck and Hippo, #1) by Jonathan London Be Quiet! by Ryan T. Higgins After the Fall How Humpty Dumpty Got Back up Again by Dan Santat The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors by Drew Daywalt

Read in 2018
Poetry
Long Way Down 3/3/2018
Solo 11/6/2018

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Solo by Kwame Alexander

Debut Goodreads Author
Stay with Me 5/30/2018

Stay with Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀

Young Adult Fiction
Turtles All the Way Down 5/3/2018
The Upside of Unrequited 11/20/2018

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

Middle Grade & Children's
Star-Crossed 5/11/2018
Wishtree 5/25/2018
Amina's Voice 11/14/2018
Beyond the Bright Sea 11/15/2018
Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book 11/18/2018

Star-Crossed by Barbara Dee Wishtree by Katherine Applegate Amina's Voice by Hena Khan Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk Beauty and the Beast Lost in a Book by Jennifer Donnelly

Picture Books
Spunky Little Monkey 2/17/2018
Malala's Magic Pencil 2/17/2018
We're All Wonders 2/24/2018
A Different Pond 3/2/2018
Little Fox in the Forest 3/12/2018
The Case of the Stinky Stench 3/22/2018
Jabari Jumps 3/22/2018
Not Quite Narwhal 3/22/2018
Franklin's Flying Bookshop 3/26/2018
Trollbella Throws a Party: A Tale from the Land of Stories 3/26/2018

Spunky Little Monkey by Bill Martin Jr. Malala's Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai We're All Wonders by R.J. Palacio A Different Pond by Bao Phi Little Fox in the Forest by Stephanie Graegin The Case of the Stinky Stench (Lady Pancake & Sir French Toast, #2) by Josh Funk Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie Sima Franklin's Flying Bookshop by Jen Campbell Trollbella Throws a Party A Tale from the Land of Stories by Chris Colfer


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