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The annual 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards gives readers around the world a chance to recognize their favorite books of the year. With 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 Jan 2020
End: 31 Dec 2020

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 & nominees:

Fiction
Winner:
The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2) by Margaret Atwood
Nominees:
The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2) by Margaret Atwood Normal People by Sally Rooney Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum The Overdue Life of Amy Byler by Kelly Harms Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson When All Is Said by Anne Griffin The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner Find Me (Call Me By Your Name, #2) by André Aciman The Reckless Oath We Made by Bryn Greenwood Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo Lanny by Max Porter

Mystery & Thriller
Winner:
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Nominees:
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides Miracle Creek by Angie Kim The Lost Man by Jane Harper An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite The Whisper Man by Alex North Run Away by Harlan Coben Lock Every Door by Riley Sager The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware A Better Man (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #15) by Louise Penny The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell The Chain by Adrian McKinty Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips Searching for Sylvie Lee by Jean Kwok I'll Never Tell by Catherine McKenzie The Night Fire (Harry Bosch #22; Renée Ballard, #3; Harry Bosch Universe, #32) by Michael Connelly The Last Widow (Will Trent, #9) by Karin Slaughter My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing The Line Between (The Line Between #1) by Tosca Lee

Historical Fiction
Winner:
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Nominees:
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert The Huntress by Kate Quinn The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates The Dutch House by Ann Patchett The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo Lost Roses (Lilac Girls #2) by Martha Hall Kelly Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner Cilka's Journey (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #2) by Heather Morris The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger Nottingham by Nathan Makaryk The Summer Country by Lauren Willig

Fantasy
Winner:
Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1) by Leigh Bardugo
Nominees:
Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1) by Leigh Bardugo Storm Cursed (Mercy Thompson, #11) by Patricia Briggs Fire & Blood (A Targaryen History, #1) by George R.R. Martin The Red Scrolls of Magic (The Eldest Curses #1) by Cassandra Clare The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy, #1) by Marlon James Middlegame by Seanan McGuire The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon Of Blood and Bone (Chronicles of The One, #2) by Nora Roberts The Winter of the Witch (Winternight Trilogy, #3) by Katherine Arden The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia The Kingdom of Copper (The Daevabad Trilogy, #2) by S.A. Chakraborty The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, #2) by R.F. Kuang Darkdawn (The Nevernight Chronicle, #3) by Jay Kristoff Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey The Burning White (Lightbringer #5) by Brent Weeks Age of Legend (The Legends of the First Empire, #4) by Michael J. Sullivan A Little Hatred (The Age of Madness, #1) by Joe Abercrombie Holy Sister (Book of the Ancestor, #3) by Mark Lawrence

Romance
Winner:
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Nominees:
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonThe Savior (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #17) by J.R. Ward The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient, #2) by Helen Hoang The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis Graves The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary Verity by Colleen Hoover The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center The Kiss Thief by L.J. Shen Pretty Reckless (All Saints High, #1) by L.J. Shen Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez The Wedding Party (The Wedding Date, #3) by Jasmine Guillory Meet Cute by Helena Hunting Well Met (Well Met, #1) by Jen DeLuca Sapphire Flames (Hidden Legacy, #4) by Ilona Andrews Beard Necessities (Winston Brothers, #7) by Penny Reid The Best Thing by Mariana Zapata The Wallflower Wager (Girl Meets Duke, #3) by Tessa Dare Brazen and the Beast (The Bareknuckle Bastards, #2) by Sarah MacLean



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History & Biography
Winner:
The Five The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold
Nominees:
The Five The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold Midnight in Chernobyl The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham Say Nothing A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe Before and After The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society by Judy Christie A Woman of No Importance The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell The Only Plane in the Sky An Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff The Pioneers The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West by David McCullough First Sandra Day O'Connor by Evan Thomas The First Conspiracy The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington by Brad Meltzer The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee Native America from 1890 to the Present by David Treuer Madame Fourcade's Secret War The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler by Lynne Olson How to Hide an Empire A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr Dutch Girl Audrey Hepburn and World War II by Robert Matzen The Lady from the Black Lagoon Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O'Meara Code Name Lise. The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy by Larry Loftis Upheaval Turning Points for Nations in Crisis by Jared Diamond The British Are Coming The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 by Rick Atkinson Spearhead An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives In World War II by Adam Makos The Death and Life of Aida Hernandez A Border Story by Aaron Bobrow-Strain The Anarchy The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire by William Dalrymple

Science & Technology
Winner:
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty
Nominees:
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty Invisible Women Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado-Pérez The Body A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson How To Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems by Randall Munroe Mama's Last Hug Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves by Frans de Waal Digital Minimalism Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport The Uninhabitable Earth Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells Underland by Robert Macfarlane Crisis in the Red Zone The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come by Richard Preston We Are the Weather Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast by Jonathan Safran Foer Never Enough The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction by Judith Grisel Hacking Darwin Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity by Jamie Metzl Indistractable How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life by Nir Eyal Burnout The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski Because Internet Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch Lifespan Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To by David A. Sinclair The Perfect Predator A Scientist's Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug A Memoir by Steffanie Strathdee Super Pumped The Battle for Uber by Mike Isaac Something Deeply Hidden Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime by Sean Carroll Blueprint The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society by Nicholas A. Christakis

Food & Cookbooks
Winner:
Antoni in the Kitchen by Antoni Porowski
Nominees:
Antoni in the Kitchen by Antoni Porowski The Adventurous Eaters Club Mastering the Art of Family Mealtime by Misha Collins Notes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi The Little Women Cookbook Tempting Recipes from the March Sisters and Their Friends and Family by Wini Moranville Rachael Ray 50 Memories and Meals from a Sweet and Savory Life A Cookbook by Rachael Ray Plant-Based on a Budget Delicious Vegan Recipes for Under $30 a Week, for Less Than 30 Minutes a Meal by Toni Okamoto Let's Make Ramen! A Comic Book Cookbook by Hugh Amano Save Me the Plums My Gourmet Memoir by Ruth Reichl Indian-ish Recipes and Antics from a Modern American Family by Priya Krishna Happiness Is Baking Cakes, Pies, Tarts, Muffins, Brownies, Cookies Favorite Desserts from the Queen of Cake by Maida Heatter Forking Good A Cookbook Inspired by The Good Place by Valya Dudycz Lupescu The Clean Plate Eat, Reset, Heal by Gwyneth Paltrow Zaitoun Recipes from the Palestinian Kitchen by Yasmin Khan No Crumbs Left Whole30 Endorsed, Recipes for Everyday Food Made Marvelous by Teri Turner Sunny-Side Up More Than 100 Breakfast & Brunch Recipes from the Essential Egg to the Perfect Pastry A Cookbook by Waylynn Lucas Binging with Babish 100 Recipes Recreated from Your Favorite Movies and TV Shows by Andrew Rea Midnight Chicken & Other Recipes Worth Living For by Ella Risbridger Nothing Fancy Unfussy Food for Having People Over by Alison Roman Mostly Plants 101 Delicious Flexitarian Recipes from the Pollan Family by Tracy Pollan Burn the Place A Memoir by Iliana Regan

Graphic Novels & Comics
Winner:
Pumpkin Heads by Rainbow Rowell
Nominees:
Pumpkin Heads by Rainbow Rowell Heartstopper Volume Two (Heartstopper, #2) by Alice Oseman The Handmaid's Tale The Graphic Novel by Renée Nault They Called Us Enemy by George Takei Book Love by Debbie Tung Teen Titans Raven by Kami Garcia Shades of Magic Vol. 1 The Steel Prince by V.E. Schwab Hotel Oblivion (The Umbrella Academy, #3) by Gerard Way Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker Paper Girls, Vol. 5 by Brian K. Vaughan Kid Gloves Nine Months of Careful Chaos by Lucy Knisley Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki Bloom by Kevin Panetta Good Talk A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob Under The Moon A Catwoman Tale by Lauren Myracle The Adventure Zone Here There Be Gerblins by Clint McElroy Monstress, Vol. 4 The Chosen by Marjorie M. Liu Fence, Vol. 3 by C.S. Pacat "Okay" (The Wicked + The Divine #9) by Kieron Gillen Die, Vol. 1 Fantasy Heartbreaker by Kieron Gillen

Poetry
Winner:
Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson
Nominees:
Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #3) by Amanda Lovelace The Truth About Magic by Atticus Poetry Lord of the Butterflies by Andrea Gibson Great Goddesses Life Lessons from Myths and Monsters by Nikita Gill Love Looks Pretty on You by Lang Leav A Bound Woman Is a Dangerous Thing The Incarceration of African American Women from Harriet Tubman to Sandra Bland by DaMaris B. Hill When You Ask Me Where I'm Going by Jasmin Kaur Empty Bottles Full of Stories by R.H. Sin Life of the Party by Olivia Gatwood Magical Negro by Morgan Parker Almost Home Poems by Madisen Kuhn The Tradition by Jericho Brown Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky Soft Science by Franny Choi I'm Not Your Paper Princess by J.R. Rogue The Octopus Museum by Brenda Shaughnessy Aphrodite Made Me Do It by Trista Mateer A Fortune for Your Disaster by Hanif Abdurraqib The Girl Aquarium by Jen Campbell


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Debut Novel
Winner:
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Nominees:
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams Serpent & Dove (Serpent & Dove, #1) by Shelby Mahurin Miracle Creek by Angie Kim The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton When All Is Said by Anne Griffin House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig We Hunt the Flame (Sands of Arawiya, #1) by Hafsah Faizal Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1) by Tamsyn Muir The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Young Adult Fiction
Winner:
Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott
Nominees:
Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott On the Come Up by Angie Thomas With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys Again, but Better by Christine Riccio I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver The Vanishing Stair (Truly Devious, #2) by Maureen Johnson American Royals (American Royals, #1) by Katharine McGee The Rest of the Story by Sarah Dessen Capturing the Devil (Stalking Jack the Ripper, #4) by Kerri Maniscalco Internment by Samira Ahmed The Princess and the Fangirl (Once Upon a Con, #2) by Ashley Poston Frankly in Love (Frankly in Love, #1) by David Yoon Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds The Grace Year by Kim Liggett Lovely War by Julie Berry Love From A to Z by S.K. Ali Birthday by Meredith Russo

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
Winner:
The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2) by Holly Black
Nominees:
The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2) by Holly Black Wayward Son (Simon Snow, #2) by Rainbow Rowell Queen of Air and Darkness (The Dark Artifices, #3) by Cassandra Clare King of Scars (Nikolai Duology, #1) by Leigh Bardugo Wilder Girls by Rory Power The Toll (Arc of a Scythe, #3) by Neal Shusterman A Curse So Dark and Lonely (Cursebreakers, #1) by Brigid Kemmerer Finale (Caraval, #3) by Stephanie Garber Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson Aurora Rising (The Aurora Cycle, #1) by Amie Kaufman Supernova (Renegades, #3) by Marissa Meyer Defy Me (Shatter Me, #5) by Tahereh Mafi Bloodwitch (The Witchlands, #3) by Susan Dennard Call Down the Hawk (Dreamer, #1) by Maggie Stiefvater Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte Rebel (Legend, #4) by Marie Lu The Secret Commonwealth (The Book of Dust, #2) by Philip Pullman Serpent & Dove (Serpent & Dove, #1) by Shelby Mahurin We Hunt the Flame (Sands of Arawiya, #1) by Hafsah Faizal The Gilded Wolves (The Gilded Wolves, #1) by Roshani Chokshi

Middle Grade and Children's
Winner:
The Tyrant's Tomb (The Trials of Apollo, #4) by Rick Riordan
Nominees:
The Tyrant's Tomb (The Trials of Apollo, #4) by Rick Riordan Tunnel of Bones (Cassidy Blake, #2) by Victoria Schwab Guts by Raina Telgemeier The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart New Kid by Jerry Craft A Crystal of Time (The School for Good and Evil The Camelot Years, #2) by Soman Chainani Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid Rowley Jefferson's Journal by Jeff Kinney The Strangers (Greystone Secrets, #1) by Margaret Peterson Haddix Aru Shah and the Song of Death (Pandava Quartet, #2) by Roshani Chokshi The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga Keeper of the Lost Cities Legacy - Autographed / Signed by Shannon Messenger Shouting at the Rain by Lynda Mullaly Hunt To Night Owl from Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan Dead Voices (Small Spaces #2) by Katherine Arden The Unteachables by Gordon Korman A Tale of Magic... (A Tale of Magic, #1) by Chris Colfer Dear Sweet Pea by Julie Murphy Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Tristan Strong #1) by Kwame Mbalia

Picture Books
Winner:
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood The Poetry of Mister Rogers by Fred Rogers
Nominees:
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood The Poetry of Mister Rogers by Fred Rogers Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o The Good Egg by Jory John Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry Unicorn Day by Diana Murray A Tiger Like Me by Michael Engler Because by Mo Willems We Are (Not) Friends by Anna Kang Just Because by Mac Barnett A Piglet Named Mercy by Kate DiCamillo Pirates Don't Go to Kindergarten! by Lisa Robinson The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad How to Read a Book by Kwame Alexander It's Not Hansel and Gretel (It's Not a Fairy Tale, #2) by Josh Funk Fry Bread A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard What If Everybody Thought That? by Ellen Javernick Vacation for Dexter! (Dexter T. Rexter, #3) by Lindsay Ward The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander Rosie the Dragon and Charlie Make Waves by Lauren H. Kerstein Snow Globe Wishes by Erin Dealey


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Laura | 9707 comments Goodreads choice awards 2019

Duration: Jan 1- Dec 31, 2020

Level : Come What May

Already read in 2019:
Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks Run Away by Harlan Coben The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth A Better Man (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #15) by Louise Penny Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid Storm Cursed (Mercy Thompson, #11) by Patricia Briggs The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient, #2) by Helen Hoang Verity by Colleen Hoover The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren The Kiss Thief by L.J. Shen Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center The Wedding Party (The Wedding Date, #3) by Jasmine Guillory Meet Cute by Helena Hunting The Best Thing by Mariana Zapata Recursion by Blake Crouch Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott On the Come Up by Angie Thomas The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus

2020

Fiction


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Come What May
Jan-Dec 2020
22/20


Fiction
Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah
The Overdue Life of Amy Byler by Kelly Harms
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah The Overdue Life of Amy Byler by Kelly Harms The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2) by Margaret Atwood Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

Historical Fiction
What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon

What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon

Debut
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

Middle Grades & Children
New Kid by Jerry Craft
A Tale of Magic by Chris Colfer

New Kid (New Kid, #1) by Jerry Craft A Tale of Magic... (A Tale of Magic, #1) by Chris Colfer

Picture Books
Vacation for Dexter by Lindsay Ward
Just Because by Mac Barnett
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander
We Are (Not) Friends by Anna Kang
Fry Bread by Kevin Noble Maillard
Unicorn Day by Diana Murray
How to Read a Book by Kwame Alexander
What If Everybody Thought That? by Ellen Javernick
A Piglet Named Mercy by Kate DiCamillo
It's Not Hansel and Gretel by Josh Funk
Because by Mo Willems
Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry
The Proudest Blue by Ibtijah Muhammad
Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o
The Good Egg by Jory John

Vacation for Dexter! (Dexter T. Rexter, #3) by Lindsay Ward Just Because by Mac Barnett The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander We Are (Not) Friends by Anna Kang Fry Bread A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard Unicorn Day by Diana Murray How to Read a Book by Kwame Alexander What If Everybody Thought That? by Ellen Javernick A Piglet Named Mercy by Kate DiCamillo It's Not Hansel and Gretel by Josh Funk Because by Mo Willems Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o The Good Egg (The Bad Seed, #2) by Jory John


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Navi (nvsahota) | 730 comments Goodreads Choice Award 2019 Reading Challenge

Duration: January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Level: Read any combination of books that appeal to you:
Hard- 40 books

Progress: 17/40

FICTION
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams 3/24 ★★★
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo 6/8 ★★★★★

HISTORICAL FICTION
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett 3/29

FANTASY
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2/25 ★★★★

SCIENCE FICTION
Recursion by Blake Crouch 2/2 ★★★
The Deep by Rivers Solomon 4/9

ROMANCE
Verity by Colleen Hoover 3/31 ★★★★
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren 3/31 ★★★★★
Brazen and the Beast (The Bareknuckle Bastards, #2) by Sarah MacLean 5/2 ★★★★
The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary 4/23 ★★★★

NONFICTION
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb

MEMOIR & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones 2/6 ★★★★
Permanent Record by Edward Snowden 3/4 ★★★★★
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira Madden 1/25 ★★★★
Sounds Like Titanic by Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman 2/18 ★★★★★
The Unwinding of the Miracle A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After by Julie Yip-Williams 6/24 ★★★★★

HORROR
Bunny by Mona Awad 6/5 ★★★


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♞ Pat Gent | 916 comments Good Reads Choice Awards 2019

Come What May in 2020

In My TBR Pile
Fiction
The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff The Dutch House by Ann Patchett Blowout Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth by Rachel Maddow Inheritance A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love by Dani Shapiro The Five The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty Mama's Last Hug Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves by Frans de Waal

Completed
Things You Save in a Fire ~ 1.2.20
Ninth House ~ 1.5.20
This Is How You Lose the Time War ~ 1.9.20
The Turn of the Key ~ 1.21.20
Hope Rides Again ~ 1.31.20
Ask Again, Yes ~ 2.10.20

Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1) by Leigh Bardugo This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware Hope Rides Again (Obama Biden Mysteries, #2) by Andrew Shaffer Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane


I've already read these
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides Girl, Stop Apologizing A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals by Rachel Hollis The Overdue Life of Amy Byler by Kelly Harms The Lost Man by Jane Harper A Better Man (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #15) by Louise Penny The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes Cilka's Journey (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #2) by Heather Morris This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger Everything is F*cked A Book About Hope by Mark Manson


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Jan 1 - Dec 31 Jan 31
Level: Moderate
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Fiction
Normal People by Sally Rooney 8/14 The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman 12/16 Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson 12/20

Historical Fiction
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2/18

Romance
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston 4/11 Sapphire Flames (Hidden Legacy, #4) by Ilona Andrews 5/7 The Savior (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #17) by J.R. Ward 12/14 The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren 12/15 The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis Graves 1/1

Mystery & Thriller
The Line Between (The Line Between #1) by Tosca Lee 6/19 The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides 7/31 My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing 7/31 My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite 8/2

Fantasy
Storm Cursed (Mercy Thompson, #11) by Patricia Briggs 7/18

Debut Novel
House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig 4/4

Science Fiction
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb #1) by Tamsyn Muir 10/14

Horror
The Girl in Red by Christina Henry 10/14

Young Adult Fiction
Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett 12/19 American Royals (American Royals, #1) by Katharine McGee 12/25

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2) by Holly Black 1/9

Categories


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Welcome Cinthia, Pat, Navi, Laura & Cheryl!

All linked up in post #7


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Patty Smith (pinkpurlandprose) | 206 comments Goodreads Choice Awards 2019
Jan 1 - Dec 31
Officially Come What May (but I'm shooting for moderate - any category)


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Nele | 29 comments I'm going for Come what may. It's just interesting to keep those winners and nominees in mind

Read in 2019:
The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2) by Margaret Atwood Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Winter of the Witch (Winternight Trilogy, #3) by Katherine Arden Book Love by Debbie Tung

Read in 2020:
Ninth House (Alex Stern #1) by Leigh Bardugo - Fantasy
Recursion by Blake Crouch - Science-Fiction
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar - Science-Fiction
Dead Voices (Small Spaces, #2) by Katherine Arden - Middle Grade & Children's
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb - Non Fiction
Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell - Graphic Novels & Comics
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern - Fantasy

dnf:
We Are the Weather Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast by Jonathan Safran Foer


message 18: by Lesa (last edited Jan 04, 2020 09:00AM) (new)

Lesa Divine | 6 comments Goodreads Choice Awards 2019
Come What May
Jan-Dec 2020

See what I can do already read a lot of them. But interested in reading a few that just caught mu eye.

Books I read in 2019
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides The Institute by Stephen King An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite The Whisper Man by Alex North Lock Every Door by Riley Sager The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell The Chain by Adrian McKinty My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling Middlegame by Seanan McGuire The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Darkdawn (The Nevernight Chronicle, #3) by Jay Kristoff Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey Verity by Colleen Hoover The Girl in Red by Christina Henry The Invited by Jennifer McMahon With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo Wilder Girls by Rory Power Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson Aurora Rising (The Aurora Cycle, #1) by Amie Kaufman Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte Serpent & Dove (Serpent & Dove, #1) by Shelby Mahurin The Gilded Wolves (The Gilded Wolves, #1) by Roshani Chokshi Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha Lee

2020 reads...


message 19: by Cassandra (last edited Jun 02, 2020 06:05AM) (new)

Cassandra Struble (cstruble513) | 88 comments Read Any Combination Moderate Level (3/20)
1. The Silent Patient 4/4/20 Mystery & Thriller
2. The Whisper Man 5/24/20 Mystery & Thriller
3. Five Feet Apart 5/31/20 YA Fiction


message 20: by Diana (last edited Jan 03, 2020 03:33PM) (new)

Diana (purrana) | 32 comments Any Combination Moderate Level (0/20)

Already Read:
* The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (Historical Fiction)

January 2020:
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message 22: by Elizabeth (last edited Dec 26, 2020 08:48AM) (new)

Elizabeth | 61 comments I'm in! This is my favorite challenge of the year. :)

Duration
Start: 1/1/2020
End: 12/31/2020

Read in 2019: 3
An Anonymous Girl by Greer HendricksLock Every Door by Riley SagerRecursion by Blake Crouch

Read in 2020: 12 - YAY! I made it!


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

MAIN CATEGORIES:

Mystery & Thriller
The Whisper Man by Alex North

Fantasy
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow Of Blood and Bone (Chronicles of The One, #2) by Nora Roberts

Science Fiction
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar

Nonfiction
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb Girl, Stop Apologizing A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals by Rachel Hollis

Science & Technology
The Body A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson Burnout The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And Other Questions About Dead Bodies by Caitlin Doughty

Food & Cookbooks

BONUS CATEGORIES:

Humor
Dear Girls Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong

History & Biography
How to Hide an Empire A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr

Poetry
Life of the Party by Olivia Gatwood


message 23: by Ari (new)

Ari | 1 comments I'm aiming for a little bit of everything! The hard level! :)


message 24: by ♛primadonna♛ (last edited Dec 14, 2020 12:10PM) (new)

♛primadonna♛ (lavenderbird22) | 124 comments Duration
Start: 1 Jan 2020
End: 31 Dec 2020

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

(view spoiler)



Read in 2020:
Historical Fiction
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

Graphic Novel:
Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell Teen Titans Raven by Kami Garcia


message 25: by Kristina Simon (last edited Nov 07, 2020 01:30PM) (new)

Kristina Simon (kristinasimon) | 121 comments I'm going to start with easy and work my way up...

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

1. Sci-Fi: The Test by Sylvain Neuvel ★★★★ Read: 1/10/20
2. Historical Fiction: This Tender Land by William Kent KruegerRead: 3/21/20
3. Sci-Fi: This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar ★★★ Read: 3/30/20
4. Fantasy: Middlegame by Seanan McGuire ★★★★ Read: 5/31/20
5. Mystery & Thriller: The Whisper Man by Alex North ★★★★ Read: 6/28/20
6. Fiction: The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman ★★★★ Read: 8/22/20
7. Historical Fiction: Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid ★★★★★ Read: 9/3/20
8. Historical Fiction: The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates ★★★★ Read: 9/11/20
9. Graphic Novels & Comics: Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell ★★★★ Read: 9/17/20
10. Romance: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston ★★★ Read: 11/6/20

Read in 2020
The Test by Sylvain Neuvel This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar Middlegame (Middlegame, #1) by Seanan McGuire The Whisper Man by Alex North The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Read in 2019
Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite Lock Every Door by Riley Sager The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers Thick And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom They Called Us Enemy by George Takei Teen Titans Raven by Kami Garcia Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker Bloom by Kevin Panetta Good Talk A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob Here There Be Gerblins (The Adventure Zone Graphic Novels #1) by Clint McElroy Guts by Raina Telgemeier New Kid (New Kid, #1) by Jerry Craft


message 26: by Suzanne (last edited Dec 29, 2020 06:55PM) (new)

Suzanne | 5417 comments 2019 Goodreads Choice

Finished in 2019: 17 (the fewest GR Choice books I've ever read in a year!)
Finished in 2020: 18
Total: 35 - lowest year yet - I think its because I wasn't super interested in the fantasy section :)

I'd like to read as many as I can, plus Moderate A Little Bit of Everything (Read a book from a category)

Past Statistics:
(view spoiler)

Fiction

Read in 2020:

Mystery & Thriller

Read in 2020
The Whisper Man by Alex North The Last Widow (Will Trent, #9) by Karin Slaughter The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

Historical Fiction

Read in 2020
Mrs. Everything by Jennifer Weiner
Read in 2019
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Fantasy
Read in 2020
Age of Legend (The Legends of the First Empire, #4) by Michael J. Sullivan
Read in 2019
Storm Cursed (Mercy Thompson, #11) by Patricia Briggs The Burning White (Lightbringer, #5) by Brent Weeks Holy Sister (Book of the Ancestor, #3) by Mark Lawrence Of Blood and Bone (Chronicles of The One, #2) by Nora Roberts

Romance

Read in 2020
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston Verity by Colleen Hoover Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center Beard Necessities (Winston Brothers, #7) by Penny Reid

Read in 2019
Sapphire Flames (Hidden Legacy, #4) by Ilona Andrews

Science Fiction

Read in 2020
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers Dark Age (Red Rising Saga, #5) by Pierce Brown

Read in 2019
Recursion by Blake Crouch Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb #1) by Tamsyn Muir Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8) by James S.A. Corey One Word Kill (Impossible Times #1) by Mark Lawrence Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

Horror

Read in 2020

Read in 2019
The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher

Science and Technology

Read in 2020
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty 1/20

Debut Novel
Read in 2020
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

Read in 2019
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb #1) by Tamsyn Muir

Young Adult Fiction
Read in 2020
The Grace Year by Kim Liggett Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott

Read in 2019
Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen M. McManus

Young Adult Fantasy & SF
Read in 2020
The Toll (Arc of a Scythe, #3) by Neal Shusterman

Read in 2019
The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2) by Holly Black King of Scars (King of Scars, #1) by Leigh Bardugo Aurora Rising (The Aurora Cycle, #1) by Amie Kaufman Wilder Girls by Rory Power


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Miranda (mirandamitchell) | 5 comments Any combination: moderate (20)


message 28: by Shan ~A~ (last edited Feb 04, 2020 08:23PM) (new)

Shan ~A~ | 856 comments Goodreads Choice Awards 2019
Duration: 1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2020
★ Come What May: See how many you can finish!

Read in 2019: The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient, #2) by Helen Hoang Verity by Colleen Hoover The Wallflower Wager (Girl Meets Duke, #3) by Tessa Dare

Fiction

Mystery & Thriller

Historical Fiction

Fantasy

Romance
The Best Thing by Mariana Zapata ~ 01/19

Science Fiction

Horror

Humor

Nonfiction

Memoir & Autobiography

History & Biography

Science & Technology

Poetry

Debut Novel


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message 30: by Yvonne (last edited Jan 13, 2020 06:17PM) (new)

Yvonne (yvonnekinsreads) GoodReads Choice Award 2019 Reading Challenge
Duration: 1 Jan - 31 Dec
Come What May: See how Many You Can Finish!

Read in 2019:
Normal People by Sally Rooney Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1) by Leigh Bardugo Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Read in 2020:
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid


message 31: by Katherine (last edited Jan 13, 2020 08:38AM) (new)

Katherine | 298 comments 💜💙💚💚💙💜 Goodreads Choice Award 2019 Reading Challenge 💜💙💚💚💙💜
Level: ★ Come What May: See how many you can finish!

Read In 2019 (view spoiler)

Read So Far This Year:


To Read:
💛 The Tyrant's Tomb (The Trials of Apollo, #4) by Rick Riordan
💛 Fire & Blood (A Targaryen History, #1) by George R.R. Martin
💛 The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
💛 Holy Sister (Book of the Ancestor, #3) by Mark Lawrence
💛 Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
💛 Thrawn Treason (Star Wars Thrawn, #3) by Timothy Zahn
💛 William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Mean Girls by Ian Doescher
💛 Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty
💛 How To Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems by Randall Munroe
💛 The Little Women Cookbook Tempting Recipes from the March Sisters and Their Friends and Family by Wini Moranville
💛 Let's Make Ramen! A Comic Book Cookbook by Hugh Amano
💛 Book Love by Debbie Tung
💛 Teen Titans Raven by Kami Garcia
💛 Shades of Magic Vol. 1 The Steel Prince by V.E. Schwab
💛 Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker
💛 Kid Gloves Nine Months of Careful Chaos by Lucy Knisley
💛 The Adventure Zone Murder on the Rockport Limited! by Clint McElroy
💛 Monstress, Vol. 4 The Chosen by Marjorie M. Liu
💛 Fence, Vol. 3 by C.S. Pacat
💛 American Royals (American Royals, #1) by Katharine McGee
💛 Supernova (Renegades, #3) by Marissa Meyer
💛 Guts by Raina Telgemeier
💛 Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid Rowley Jefferson's Journal by Jeff Kinney


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message 33: by Kelsey (last edited Aug 06, 2020 06:17PM) (new)

Kelsey Frost (luv2teach) | 175 comments I am excited to be able to get back into a regular reading schedule again. I am going to go for Come What May this go around and see how many I can finish this year.

Books Read: 10

Fiction
Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah The Overdue Life of Amy Byler by Kelly Harms

Mystery and Thriller
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Horror
The Institute by Stephen King

Debut Novel
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Picture Books
It's Not Hansel and Gretel by Josh Funk Pirates Don't Go to Kindergarten! by Lisa Robinson Rosie the Dragon and Charlie Make Waves by Lauren H. Kerstein What If Everybody Thought That? by Ellen Javernick A Tiger Like Me by Michael Engler We Are (Not) Friends by Anna Kang


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