Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club discussion

2023 Group Read Calendar


January

Winner - Fiction: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Winner - Non Fiction: Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience

Additional Nominee Read – Horror: House of Hunger


February

Winner - Mystery & Thriller: The Maid

Winner - Memoir & Biography: I'm Glad My Mom Died

Additional Nominee Read – Graphic Novel & Comics: Lore Olympus: Volume Two


March

Winner – Historical Fiction: Carrie Soto Is Back

Winner – Poetry: Call Us What We Carry

Additional Nominee Read – Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction: The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea


April

Winner – Fantasy: House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City #2)

Winner – History & Biography: Bad Gays: A Homosexual History

Additional Nominee Read – Fiction: Demon Copperhead


May

Winner – Romance: Book Lovers

Winner – Middle Grade & Children's: I Am Quiet: A Story for the Introvert in All of Us

Additional Nominee Read - Mystery & Thriller: The Housemaid


June

Winner - Science Fiction: Sea of Tranquility

Series Read - The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games #1)

Additional Nominee Read - Historical Fiction: The Marriage Portrait


July

Winner - Humour: The Office BFFs: Tales of The Office from Two Best Friends Who Were There

Series Read: The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games #2)

Additional Nominee Read – Fantasy: Babel: An Arcane History


August

Winner - Young Adult: The Final Gambit (The Inheritance Games #3)

Additional Nominee Read – Romance: The Bodyguard

Additional Nominee Read - Non Fiction: Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases


September

Winner - Debut: Lessons in Chemistry

Additional Nominee Read – Science Fiction: The Measure

Additional Nominee Read - Memoir & Autobiography: Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman


October

Winner – Horror: Hidden Pictures

Additional Nominee Read – Humour: The Nineties

Additional Nominee Read - History & Biography: The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World


November

Winner - Graphic Novel & Comics: Heartstopper: Volume Four

Additional Nominee Read - Young Adult: As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

Additional Nominee Read - Poetry: Time Is a Mother


December

Winner - Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction: Gallant

Additional Nominee Read - Debut: Remarkably Bright Creatures

Additional Nominee Read - Middle Grade & Children's: Amari and the Great Game

Yay!! Thanks, Lynn!

Exciting!

Yes prepping for this now so that I can plan my books for the year.

Thanks, Lynn. Great Books

Thanks Lynn!

You are awesome Lynn! Always getting the calendar done so quick!

Thank you!

I'm adding these to my "group reads: shelf, and I just noticed a typo: May's selection I Am Quiet: A Story for the Introvert in All of Us was a Winner, not an Additional Nominee.

Nyssa wrote: "I'm adding these to my "group reads: shelf, and I just noticed a typo: May's selection I Am Quiet: A Story for the Introvert in All of Us was a Winner, not an Additional Nominee."

Thanks :)
(That's what happens when you copy and past the previous year for a template lol)

These things happen! LOL

It's almost time for the annual voting! Probably around another week. I've started keeping my eye out for any announcements or updates on the Choice Awards page. I can't wait to see which books are in the polls this year!

Me too, Kristie! I've been reading a bunch of 2023 releases in the hopes I'll have books I can vote for in some of the categories.

Yes! I always hope I've read at least a few of them in different categories. Are there any you're hoping to see?

Kristie wrote: "It's almost time for the annual voting! Probably around another week. I've started keeping my eye out for any announcements or updates on the Choice Awards page. I can't wait to see which books are..."

SO EXCITED! I love this time of year.

Kristie wrote: "Yes! I always hope I've read at least a few of them in different categories. Are there any you're hoping to see?"

Fourth Wing definitely in the YA / Fantasy category!

Savanes wrote: "Kristie wrote: "Yes! I always hope I've read at least a few of them in different categories. Are there any you're hoping to see?"

Fourth Wing definitely in the YA / Fantasy categor..."

I'm reading that now and so far I definitely have to agree!

There's also Tress of the Emerald Sea. It's such a cosy, intelligent fantasy book. I loved it!

I haven't read that one, Savanes. It wasn't even on my radar. I'll have to check it out.

Kristie wrote: "I haven't read that one, Savanes. It wasn't even on my radar. I'll have to check it out."

Good grief, you weren't aware of Year of Sanderson? It was huuuuge lol

During Covid, Sanderson wrote 4 secret books (nothing to do with his ongoing series - although three of them are set in the Cosmere world), he then did a big secret announcement for a Kickstarter that ended up the most successful campaign in it's history.

The four books were released each quarter of this year, with title and plot etc kept secret until release date and 2023 was dubbed The Year of Sanderson

Tress was the first book of this, released on Jan 1st and it is excellent.

I thought the same thing. I don't know how I missed it. Maybe I forgot. lol I've been pretty brain fogged lately. Although, after reading your post, I also don't recall The Year of Sanderson so maybe I've just been under a rock. 🤦🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️

Edit - In fairness to myself and my oblivious status, I've only ever read one book by Sanderson. (I know... shocking!) I haven't even read The Final Empire yet, though it's been on my TBR forever. The only one I read was Steelheart.

Kristie wrote: "I thought the same thing. I don't know how I missed it. Maybe I forgot. lol I've been pretty brain fogged lately. Although, after reading your post, I also don't recall The Year of Sanderson so may..."

How about The Way of Kings?

@Lynn which one was your favorite of the 4?

Savanes wrote: "Kristie wrote: "I thought the same thing. I don't know how I missed it. Maybe I forgot. lol I've been pretty brain fogged lately. Although, after reading your post, I also don't recall The Year of ..."

I've only read Tress.

I've read hardly any Cosmere Sanderson (but most of his other stuff) with the exception of Warbreaker, so listened to what others had to say about the connections.

So I read Tress because I was told while there are Easter Eggs it doesn't matter, and after reading I agree.
I tried Wizard, because there's no connection, but it wasn't interesting me (and had heard it was the weakest) so DNF'd
Yuri and Sunlit I heard that knowing the Cosmere helped when reading these (especially Sunlit), so didn't bother with those.

Savanes wrote: "Kristie wrote: "I thought the same thing. I don't know how I missed it. Maybe I forgot. lol I've been pretty brain fogged lately. Although, after reading your post, I also don't recall The Year of ..."

How about The Way of Kings?"

Haven't read it.