Goodreads Choice Award Winners, 2020-2023

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Clap when you land [electronic resource].
Acevedo, Elizabeth.
Ebook
An Odyssey Honor Audiobook In a novel-in-verse that brims with grief and love, National Book Award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo writes about the devastation of loss, the difficulty of forgiveness, and the bittersweet bonds that shape our lives. Don...

2020 Young Adult Fiction Winner

The spanish love deception [electronic resource] A novel
Armas, Elena.
Ebook
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A TikTok sensation, this rom-com about a young woman who agrees to fake date a colleague and bring him to her sister's wedding has "everything you could want in a romance" (Helen Hoang, New York Times bestselling author).

2021 Debut Novel Winner

From blood and ash [electronic resource] Blood and ash series, book 1.
Armentrout, Jennifer L.
Ebook
Captivating and action-packed, From Blood and Ash is a sexy, addictive, and unexpected fantasy perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Laura Thalassa.A Maiden?Chosen from birth to usher in a new era, Poppy's life has never been her own. The life of the Maiden is solitary. Never to be touched. Never to...

2020 Romance Winner

Rule of wolves [electronic resource]
Bardugo, Leigh.
Ebook
Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! 2021 Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Young Adult Fantasy! See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with the Netflix series, Shadow and Bone -- Season 2 streaming now! Discover what...

2021 Young Adult Fantasy Winner

The vanishing half [electronic resource] A novel.
Bennett, Brit.
Ebook
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2020 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES * THE WASHINGTON POST * NPR * PEOPLE * TIME MAGAZINE * VANITY FAIR * GLAMOUR New York Times<...

2020 Historical Fiction Winner

Atlas of the heart [electronic resource] Mapping meaningful connection and the language of human experience.
Brown, Brené
Ebook
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In her latest book, Brené Brown writes, "If we want to find the way back to ourselves and one another, we need language and the grounded confidence to both tell our stories and be stewards of the stories that we hear. This is the framework for meaningful...

2022 Nonfiction Winner

The last thing he told me [electronic resource] A novel.
Dave, Laura.
Ebook
A Goodreads Top 60 Book of the Last 5 Years Don't miss the #1 New York Times bestselling blockbuster and Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick that's sold over 3 million copies--now streaming on Apple TV+ starring Jennifer Garner! The "page-turning, exhilarating...

2021 Mystery & Thriller Winner

Poverty, by America
Desmond, Matthew
Ebook
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Evicted reimagines the debate on poverty, making a "provocative and compelling" (NPR) argument about why it persists in America: because the rest of us benefit from it. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR...

2023 Nonfiction Winner

The guest list [electronic resource] A novel.
Foley, Lucy.
Ebook
Don't miss Lucy Foley's new book, The Midnight Feast, coming June 18th! A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST THRILLERS OF THE YEAR "I loved this book. It gave me the same waves of happiness I get from curling up with a...

2020 Mystery & Thriller Winner

Lessons in chemistry
Garmus, Bonnie
Paper Book
#1 GLOBAL BESTSELLER WITH MORE THAN 8 MILLION COPIES SOLD * Meet Elizabeth Zott: "a gifted research chemist, absurdly self-assured and immune to social convention" (The Washington Post) in 1960s California whose career takes a detour when she becomes the unlikely star of a ...

2022 Debut Novel Winner

The midnight library
Haig, Matt, 1975- author.
Paper Book
The life-changing reader-favourite, from the acclaimed author of How To Stop Time, Reasons to Stay Alive and The Comfort Book.

2020 Fiction Winner

The final girl support group
Hendrix, Grady
Paper Book
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER VOTED GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD BEST HORROR NOVEL OF 2021 A Good Morning America Buzz Pick "The horror master...puts his unique spin on slasher movie tropes."-USA Today A can't-miss summer...

2021 Horror Winner

Book lovers [electronic resource]
Henry, Emily.
Ebook
"One of my favorite authors."--Colleen Hoover An insightful, delightful, instant #1 New York Times bestseller from the author of Beach Read and People We Meet on Vacation. Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Oprah Daily ∙ Today ∙...

2022 Romance Winner

People we meet on vacation [electronic resource]
Henry, Emily.
Ebook
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers and Beach Read comes a sparkling novel that will leave you with the warm, hazy afterglow usually reserved for the best vacations. Two best friends. Ten summer trips. One last chance to fall...

2021 Romance Winner

Empire of pain [electronic resource] The secret history of the sackler dynasty.
Keefe, Patrick Radden, 1976-
Ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR * A grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin. From...

2021 History & Biography Winner

Antiracist baby [electronic resource]
Kendi, Ibram X.
Ebook
A #1 New York Times Bestseller! From the National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning and How to Be an Antiracist comes a fresh new board book that empowers parents and children to uproot racism in our society and in ourselves.

2020 Picture Book Winner

Yellowface [electronic resource] A reese's book club pick.
Kuang, R. F. (Rebecca F.)
Ebook
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK "Hard to put down, harder to forget." -- Stephen King, #1 New York Times bestselling author White lies. Dark humor. Deadly consequences... Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says she...

2023 Fiction Winner

A court of silver flames [electronic resource] A court of thorns and roses series, book 4.
Maas, Sarah J.
Ebook

2021 Fantasy Winner

Crescent city 3 [electronic resource].
Maas, Sarah J.
Ebook

2020 Fantasy Winner

House of sky and breath [electronic resource] Crescent city series, book 2
Maas, Sarah J.
Ebook

2022 Fantasy Winner

I'm glad my mom died
McCurdy, Jennette, 1992- author.
Paper Book
* #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * MORE THAN 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD! A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor--including eating...

2022 Memoir & Autobiography Winner

Mexican gothic [electronic resource].
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia.
Ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "It's Lovecraft meets the Brontës in Latin America, and after a slow-burn start Mexican Gothic gets seriously weird."--The Guardian   ONE OF TIME'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME * WINNER OF THE LOCUS...

2020 Horror Winner

A promised land [electronic resource]
Obama, Barack.
Ebook
A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making--from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINEE * NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK...

2020 Memoir & Autobiography Winner

Heartstopper
Oseman, Alice
Paper Book
*Now an acclaimed live-action Netflix series!* *Winner of Best Book I Wish I Could Read Again For The First Time - TikTok Book Awards* Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. A bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel about life, love, and...
  • 2020 Graphic Novels & Comics Winner
  • 2022 Graphic Novels & Comics Winner
I am quiet a story for the introvert in all of us
Powers, Andie

2022 Middle Grade & Children's Winner

The maid a novel
Prose, Nita author.
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK * "A heartwarming mystery with a lovable oddball at its center" (Real Simple), this cozy whodunit introduces a one-of-a-kind heroine who will steal your heart.   FINALIST FOR...

2022 Mystery & Thriller Winner

Strange planet
Pyle, Nathan W. author, illustrator.
Paper Book
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES ON APPLE TV+ Based on the phenomenally popular Instagram comic, a hilariously perceptive and hugely addictive look at an alien world not unlike our own From the mind of New York Times...

2020 Humor Winner

Such a fun age [electronic resource]
Reid, Kiley.
Ebook
A Best Book of the Year: The Washington Post * Chicago Tribune * NPR * Vogue * Elle * Real Simple * InStyle * Good Housekeeping * Parade * Slate...

2020 Debut Novel Award

Malibu rising [electronic resource] A novel.
Reid, Taylor Jenkins.
Ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as Featured on Today * From the author of Carrie Soto Is Back, Daisy Jones & The Six, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo . . . "Irresistible . . . High drama at the beach,...

2021 Historical Fiction Winner

The woman in me
Spears, Britney
Paper Book
Named a Best Book of the Year by Elle, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, NPR, Financial Times, Vanity Fair, and more! "In Britney Spears's memoir, she's stronger than ever." --The New York Times Over 2 million...

2023 Memoir & Autobiography Winner

Project Hail Mary a novel
Weir, Andy author.
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING RYAN GOSLING AND DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER LORD AND PHIL MILLER From the author of The Martian, a lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this "propulsive" (Entertainment...

2021 Science Fiction Winner

Caste (oprah's book club) [electronic resource] The origins of our discontents.
Wilkerson, Isabel.
Ebook
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NEW YORK TIMES READERS PICK: 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY * OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * "An instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far."--Dwight Garner, The New York Times

2020 History & Biography Winner

Being Henry [electronic resource] The fonz . . . and beyond
Winkler, Henry, 1945-
Ebook

2023 Humor Winner

Fourth wing [electronic resource]
Yarros, Rebecca.
Ebook
A #1 New York Times bestseller * TV series in development at MGM Amazon Studios with Michael B. Jordan's Outlier Society * Amazon Best Books of the Year, #4 * Apple Best Books of the Year 2023 * Barnes & Noble Best Fantasy Book of 2023 * NPR "Books We Love" 2023 * Audible Best Books of...
2023 Romantasy Winner
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow [electronic resource] A novel
Zevin, Gabrielle.
Ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Sam and Sadie--two college friends, often in love, but never lovers--become creative partners in a dazzling and intricately imagined world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality. It...

2022 Fiction Winner


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