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Goodreads Choice Awards Reading Challenge

Challenge idea from Moderators of NBRC

January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Goodreads Choice Awards has been around for 14 years. It gives readers a chance to vote for their favorite books in 17 catagories. It is also a good way to find new favorites that is what this challenge is all about. For this challenge you can read the winners in each catagory for a specific year, winners in one or more catagories in multiple years or a combination of winners and nominees of one or more years. Here is the link for Goodreads Choice Awards: https://www.goodreads.com/choiceaward...

Challenge Levels:
1. Beginner – read 5-17 books
2. Intermediate – read 18- 25 books
3. Advanced – read 26+ books

Example:
1. (2011 Paranormal Fantasy winner)


EVERYONE TO FINISH THIS CHALLENGE WILL RECEIVE THIS BADGE

Goodreads Choice Awards Reading Challenge
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Challenge Level: Beginner – read 5 -17 books
Progress: 6/6

Goodreads Choice Awards has been around for 14 years. It gives readers a chance to vote for their favorite books in 17 categories. It is also a good way to find new favorites; that is what this challenge is all about.

For this challenge, you can read the winners in each category for a specific year, winners in one or more categories in multiple years, or a combination of winners and nominees of one or more years.

For the Goodreads Choice Awards, go here: https://www.goodreads.com/choiceaward...

1. The Personal Librarian - Marie Benedict
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2021)

2. The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tatooist of Auschwitz, #1) - Heather Morris
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Best Historical Fiction (2018), Nominee for Best Debut Author (2018)

3. Last Stop on Market Street - Matt de la Peña
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Best Picture Books (2015)

4. The Day the Crayons Quit - Drew Daywalt
Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Picture Books (2013)

5. I Want My Hat Back - Jon Klassen
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Best Picture Books (2011)

6. Let Us Descend - Jesmyn Ward
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Best Historical Fiction (2023)

Level: Advanced
https://www.goodreads.com/choiceaward...

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Welcome everyone!

Goodreads Choice Awards Reading Challenge

Challenge idea from Moderators of NBRC

January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
https://www.goodreads.com/choiceaward...

Challenge Levels: Advanced – read 26+ books
Completed: 27/26+

2022 -
(Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction winner)1/11
( Winner for Best Debut Novel (2022)1/30
(Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy and for Debut Novel)2/1
(Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction)2/8
(Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science Fiction)5/6

2021 -
(Best Historical Fiction nominee)1/22
(Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction nominee)1/26
(Best Historical Fiction nominee)2/6

2020 -
(Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Mystery & Thriller)2/9
(Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy)2/13
(Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction)4/26

2019 -
(Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction)4/10

2018 -
(Nominee for Best Historical Fiction (2018)2/20
(Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Mystery & Thriller) 3/29
Nominee for Best Fantasy (2018)8/2

2017 -
Nominee for Best Fantasy (2017)2/23

2016 -
(Nominee for Best Fantasy (2016)7/24
Winner for Best Science Fiction (2016)9/6

2015 -
(Nominee for Middle Grade & Children) 5/3
(Nominee for Best Fantasy (2015)) 7/19
(Winner for Best Science Fiction (2015)8/31

2014 -
(Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy)5/14
(Winner for Best Debut Goodreads Author (2014)8/25

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(Nominee for Best Paranormal Fantasy (2012)7/14

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(Best Historical Fiction)1/16
( Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Romance (2011) 3/11
Winner for Best Paranormal Fantasy (2011)7/11

I'll try for 10 books for a start.

Challenge Levels:
1. Beginner – read 5-17 books
2. Intermediate – read 18- 25 books
3. Advanced – read 26+ books

Progress: 4/10

The First to Die at the End (nominee for best young adult fiction 2022) ✓ 01/25
Young Mungo (nominee for best historical fiction 2022) ✓ 03/27
Eine Frage der Chemie (best debut novel 2022) ✓ 06/01
Böses Blut (nominee for best mystery & thriller 2020) ✓ 07/16
Shuggie Bain (nominee for best debut novel 2020) - reading
Red, White & Royal Blue (best romance 2019) - reading

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Welcome to the challenge.

January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
https://www.goodreads.com/choiceaward...

Challenge Levels: Advanced – read 26+ books
Completed: 22/26

2023:Nominee (best mystery/thriller)-Bright Young Women-1/1/24
-Nominee (Best Mystery/Thriller)-The Villa-1/10/24
-Nominee (Best Memoir)-Pageboy-2/1/24
-Nominee (Best Romantasy)-A Soul of Ash and Blood-3/30/24
-Winner (Best Romance)-Happy Place-4/2/24🏆
-Nominee (Best Mystery/Thriller)-The Coworker-5/20/24
-Nominee (Best Romance)-Love, Theoretically-9/30/24



2022 -Winner (Romance)-Book Lovers-2/19/23🏆
-Winner (Humor)-The Office BFFs: Tales of The Office from Two Best Friends Who Were There-2/25/23🏆
-Nominee (best fantasy)-The War of Two Queens-6/7/23
-Nominee (best romance)-Hook, Line, and Sinker-6/9/23
-Nominee (Best fantasy)-The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches-7/5/23
-Nominee (Mystery/Thriller)-Killers of a Certain Age-7/8/23
-Nominee (best romance)-The Kiss Curse-8/22/23
-Winner (best memoir)-I'm Glad My Mom Died-9/8/23🏆
-Winner (best nonfiction)-Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience-10/22/23🏆
-Nominee (best fantasy)-Nettle & Bone-1/4/24
-Nominee (Mystery & Thriller)-Wrong Place Wrong Time-3/1/24
-Nominee (best romance)-It Starts with Us-3/17/24
-Nominee (Best Romance)-Terms and Conditions-5/2/24
-Winner (Debut Novel) & Nominee (Historical Fiction)-Lessons in Chemistry-10/25/24
-Nominee (best romance)-Love on the Brain-11/1/24
-Nominee (best Romance)-Thank You for Listening-1/11/25
-Nominee (Best Romance)-Twisted Hate-1/17/25



2021 -Nominee-The Ex Hex (romance)-2/12/23
-Nominee-The ​Crown of Gilded Bones (best fantasy)-4/2/23
-Nominee (Romance)-The Heart Principle-4/25/23
-Nominee (Romance)-It Happened One Summer-5/10/23
-Winner (Romance)-People We Meet on Vacation-5/31/23🏆
-Nominee (Debut Novel & Historical Fiction)-The Lost Apothecary-7/23/23
-Nominee (Mystery/Thriller)-Local Woman Missing-3/5/24
-Nominee (Best Romance)-The Love Hypothesis-4/5/24
-Nominee (best Mystery/Thriller)-The Wife Upstairs-4/9/24
-Winner (best Horror)-The Final Girl Support Group-5/25/24 🏆
-Winner (Best Historical Fiction)-Malibu Rising-8/30/24🏆
-Nominee (Best romance)-Life’s Too Short-11/16/24
-Nominee (Young adult fiction)-As Good As Dead-2/17/25



2020 -Winner-From Blood and Ash (romance)-1/7/23🏆
Winner-The Midnight Library (Fiction)-1/27/23🏆
winner-Mexican Gothic (Horror)-3/8/23🏆
Nominee-The House in the Cerulean Sea (Best Fantasy)-5/2/23
Nominee-One of Us Is Next (Young Adult Fiction)-5/4/23
Nominee-Beach Read (Best Romance)-5/7/23
Nominee-Greenlights (Best Memoir)-8/11/23
Nominee-The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue (Best Fantasy)-9/26/23
Nominee (Horror):The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires-10/13/23
-Winner (Best mystery/thriller)-The Guest List-4/6/24🏆
-Nominee (Best Romance)-The Happy Ever After Playlist-6/11/24



2019 -Nominee (Best debut & Best Romance-The Friend Zone-1/2/24
-Nominee (Best horror)-The Invited-5/28/24
-Nominee (Best Romance)-The Unhoneymooners-6/5/24
-Nominee (Best science and technology)-Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men-11/26/24
-Nominee (Young Adult Fiction)-Two Can Keep a Secret-2/8/25



2018 -Winner-The Kiss Quotient (best romance)-3/9/23🏆
-Winner-Educated (best Memoir/Autobiography)-1/21/24🏆
-Nominee (best Mystery and Best Debut Author)-The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle-2/10/24



2017 -Nominee (Historical Fiction)-The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo-2/9/23
-Nominee (Young Adult Fantasy)-The Black Witch-2/17/23
-Nominee (best young adult fiction)-One of Us Is Lying-4/11/23
-winner (best romance)-Without Merit-10/25/23🏆
-Nominee (Fav young adult fantasy &SF)-King's Cage-2/3/25



2016 -Nominee (young adult fantasy)-Glass Sword-12/1/23
-Winner (best romance)-It Ends with Us-2/23/24🏆
-Nominee (best romance)-Because of Miss Bridgerton-5/22/24
-Nominee (Best Fantasy)-Marked in Flesh-8/11/24



2015 -Winner (best debut author)-Red Queen-10/24/23🏆
-Nominee (Best fantasy)-5/29/24



2014 -Winner (best humor)-Yes Please-3/14/24🏆
-Nominee (best fantasy)-Murder of Crows-5/19/24
-Nominee (Romance)-Maybe Someday-6/21/24
-Nominee (Best Young Adult Fantasy)-The One-9/14/24



2013 -Nominiee (Best Paranormal Fantasy)-Written in Red-4/29/24
-Nominee (Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction)-Crown of Midnight-6/2/24
-Nominee (Best Young Adult Fantasy)-The Elite-9/7/24



2012 -Winner-Shadow of Night (Paranormal Fantasy)-1/22/23🏆
-Nominee (best romance)-Bared to You-6/7/23
-Nominee (best paranormal fantasy)-Third Grave Dead Ahead-8/31/23
-Nominee- (Young Adult Fantasy)-Throne of Glass-9/22/23
-Nominee (Best Young Adult Fantasy)-The Selection-9/1/24



2011 -Nominee (Best Parnormal fantasy)-Second Grave on the Left-7/21/23
-Nominee (Best Humor)-Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?-4/28/24
-Winner (Favorite Mystery Thriller) & Nominee (Favorite Goodreads Author)-Smokin' Seventeen-2/1/25🏆

Heather wrote: "January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
https://www.goodreads.com/choiceaward...

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Goodreads Choice Awards Reading Challenge
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Challenge Levels: Advanced – read 26+ books
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Caraina wrote: "Goodreads Choice Awards Reading Challenge
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
https://www.goodreads.com/choiceaward...

Challenge Levels: Advanced – read 26+ books
Completed: 0/26

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Enjoy the challenge.

I think I'm going to try the intermediate on this one, but I may increase that if I make it too quickly.
Challenge Levels: Intermediate – read 18 - 25 books
Completed: 18/25

2022 -
Nominee for YA Fantasy (Finished: 1/9/2023)
Winner for Romance (Finished: 2/14/2023)
Nominee for YA Fantasy (Finished: 4/17/2023)

2021 -
Nominee for YA Fantasy (Finished 06/24/2023)

2020 -
Nominee for YA Fantasy (Finished: 2/9/2023)
Nominee for YA Fantasy (Finished 04/22/2023)

2019 -
Nominee for Fantasy (Finished 05/06/2023)
Winner for YA Fantasy (Finished: 08/27/2023)

2018 -
Nominee for YA Fantasy (Finished: 01/15/2023)
Nominee for Fantasy (Finished: 01/27/2023)
Nominee for YA Fantasy (Finished: 03/14/2023)
Winner for YA Fantasy (Finished 06/07/2023)

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Nominee for YA Fantasy (Finished 05/21/2023)

2016 -
Nominee for YA Fantasy (Finished 05/21/2023)
Nominee for Fantasy (Finished 12/22/2023)

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Winner for Historical Fiction (Finished: 3/31/2023)

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Nominee for YA Fantasy (Finished 8/24/2023)

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Nominee for YA Fantasy (Finished: 2/24/2023)

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Mary wrote: "I think I'm going to try the intermediate on this one, but I may increase that if I make it too quickly.
Challenge Levels: Intermediate – read 18 - 25 books
Completed: 0/25

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Welcome to the challenge.

January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Goodreads Choice Awards has been around for 14 years. It gives readers a chance to vote for their favorite books in 17 catagories. It is also a good way to find new favorites that is what this challenge is all about. For this challenge you can read the winners in each catagory for a specific year, winners in one or more catagories in multiple years or a combination of winners and nominees of one or more years. Here is the link for Goodreads Choice Awards: https://www.goodreads.com/choiceaward...

Challenge Levels:
1. Beginner – read 5-17 books
2. Intermediate – read 18- 25 books
3. Advanced – read 26+ books

Katie wrote: "January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Goodreads Choice Awards has been around for 14 years. It gives readers a chance to vote for their favorite books in 17 catagories. It is also a good way to find..."

Welcome to the challenge.

1. Beginner – 5-17 books

2022 -
- (Winner of Best Fiction) 28/01
- (Nominee for Best Mystery & Thriller) 15/01
- (Nominee for Best Horror & Best Debut Novel) 23/02
- (Nominee for Best Historical Fiction) 18/05
- (Nominee for Best Historical Fiction) 31/08

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(Winner of Best Historical Fiction) 11/08
(Nominee for Best Historical Fiction & Best Debut Author) 08/05

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(Nominee for Best Mystery & Thriller) 30/03

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(Nominee for Best Debut Goodreads Author) 19/06

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Jess wrote: "1. Beginner – 5-17 books

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- (Winner of Best Fiction) 28/01
- (Nominee for Best Mystery & Thrill..."

Welcome to the challenge.

Level: Beginner 5-17 Books

1.) The Hawthorne Legacy 2021 Young Adult Fiction Nominee
2.) Beach Read 2020 Romance Nominee
3.) One of Us Is Next 2020 Young Adult Fiction Nominee
4.) The Inheritance Games 2020 Young Adult Fiction Nominee
5.) The Turn of the Key 2019 Mystery and Thriller Nominee
6.) Two Can Keep a Secret 2019 Young Adult Fiction Nominee
7.) Defy Me 2019 Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction Nominee
8.) Where the Crawdads Sing 2018 Historical Fiction Nominee
9.) Baby Teeth 2018 Horror Nominee
10.) Restore Me 2018 Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction Nominee
11.) A Court of Thorns and Roses 2015 Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction Nominee
12.) It Happened One Summer 2021 Romance Nominee
13.) Geekerella 2017 Young Adult Fiction Nominee
14.) Little Fires Everywhere 2017 Fiction Winner
15.) Opposite of Always 2019 Young Adult Fiction Nominee
16.) Shadow and Bone 2012 Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction Nominee
17.) Lessons in Chemistry 2022 Debut Novel Winner
18.) The Sun Trail 2013 Middle Grade and Children's Nominee
19.) Until Friday Night 2015 Young Adult Fiction Nominee
20.) It Starts with Us 2022 Romance Nominee
21.) The Sun Down Motel 2020 Mystery and Thriller Nominee
22.) A Court of Mist and Fury 2016 Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction Winner
23.) Serafina and the Black Cloak 2015 Middle Grade and Children's Nominee
24.) A Tale of Witchcraft... 2020 Middle Grade and Children's Nominee
25.) The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue 2020 Fantasy Nominee
26.) The Final Gambit 2022 Young Adult Fiction Winner


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Lilli Gilliam wrote: "Level: Beginner 5-17 Books

1.) The Hawthorne Legacy 2021 Young Adult Fiction Nominee
2.) Beach Read 2020 Romance Nominee
3.) One of Us Is Next 2020 ..."

Welcome to the challenge

I completed the beginner level by reading 17 books

Lilli Gilliam wrote: "I completed the beginner level by reading 17 books"

Congrats!

Goodreads Choice Awards Reading Challenge
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Challenge Level: Beginner – read 5 -17 books
Progress: 10/17

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Christene Paula✨ wrote: "Goodreads Choice Awards Reading Challenge
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Challenge Level: Beginner – read 5 -17 books
Progress: 10/17

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Read in 2022:
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Enjoy the challenge!

Final Update to Msg. #2 - Challenge Level: Beginner
Progress: Completed 6/6

Are we not getting the badge for this challenge? Was it canceled?

Karen wrote: "Final Update to Msg. #2 - Challenge Level: Beginner
Progress: Completed 6/6"

Congrats!

Karen wrote: "Are we not getting the badge for this challenge? Was it canceled?"

I'm sorry. I didn't see your comment.

Leigh wrote: "Karen wrote: "Are we not getting the badge for this challenge? Was it canceled?"

I'm sorry. I didn't see your comment."

No worries. I mistakenly thought the last entry was a completion in August. Now I see she was just updating.