2019 Goodreads Choice Awards
Winners of the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards for the “best books of 2019” as chosen by users of the site, have been announced. There are several winners of genre interest:
Best Fiction
- The Testaments, Margaret Atwood (Nan A. Talese) 98,291 votes
Best Fantasy
- Ninth House, Leigh Bardugo (Flatiron) 53,430 votes
Best Science Fiction
- Recursion, Blake Crouch (Crown) 41,261 votes
Best Horror
- The Institute, Stephen King (Scribner) 75,717 votes
Best Young Adult Fantasy
- The Wicked King, Holly Black (Little, Brown BFYR) 48,181 votes
Best Middle Grade & Children’s
- The Tyrant’s Tomb, Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion) 33,333 votes
Goodreads reported 4,659,701 total votes cast, down from 5,027,741 in 2018. For the full list of categories and nominees, see the official website.
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