Thoughts on the Goodreads Choice Awards 2024 | First Round of Voting

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Thoughts on the GoodReads Readers Choice Awards 2024 | First Round of Voting

In today’s special episode of the Reading Under the Covers: Extra Bite podcast we teamed up with Victoria from

BiblioLifestyle Community

to bring you our thoughts on the GoodReads Choice Awards 2024, first round of voting. We chat about the things that would make the awards better and our opinions on the books nominated for each category. Our predictions coming this Friday, just in time for the final round picks are announced on November 26.

If you haven’t voted yet, be sure to head to GoodReads to do that: here.

If you aren’t a member and want to hear some of my thoughts on this topic, you can head to the blog where I did a little recap here.

Vote in the Novel Nights Readers Choice Awards 2024

In response to some of the limitations we see in these awards, Victoria and I are thrilled to launch our own award experience: the 2024 Novel Nights Readers Choice Awards! We’ve battled it out between ourselves and narrowed down a selection of eight books within specific categories also featured in the Goodreads Choice Awards, and now it’s up to you to pick the winners.

Cast your votes in our survey to enter a giveaway!

Three winners will be chosen to receive a free one-month upgraded subscription to both the Under the Covers and Bibliolifestyle Substack communities.

Ready to make your voice heard? Dive into our nominations, and let’s celebrate the books we love! The books are listed below in no particular order.

Romance

Here are the books that Victoria and Francesca picked for the best of romance. We tried to give more variety from the genre than all the contemporary romcoms you can find on GoodReads choices.

• A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams

• In a Not So Perfect World by Neely Tubati Alexander

• Lights Out by Navessa Allen

• Legacy of Temptation by Larissa Ione

• Let the Games Begin by Rufaro Faith Mazarura

• You Should Be So Lucky by Cat Sebastian

• Best Hex Ever by Nadia El-Fassi

• Isabel and the Rogue by Liana De la Rosa

Mystery/Thrillers

In this category we feel that GoodReads left out some big standouts of the year that were also hugely popular!

• Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson

• The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean

• The New Couple in 5B by Lisa Unger

• One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware

• The Unwedding by Ally Condie

• The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak

• Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra

• Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda

Historical Fiction

One of the categories that we struggled a little more in finding books to add, but still some amazing successful books and some hidden gems for your reading pleasure here.

• The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin

• Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray

• Finding Margaret Fuller by Allison Pataki

• The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier

• The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson

• The Briar Club by Kate Quinn

• The Outlaw Noble Salt by Amy Harmon

• The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali

Sci Fi/Fantasy

We decided to combine the Science Fiction and Fantasy categories into one here and yes, I also included romantasy here.

• Quicksilver by Callie Hart

• Phantasma by Kaylie Smith

• The Sky on Fire by Jenn Lyons

• The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown

• The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman

• Sun of Blood and Ruin by Mariely Lares

• The Mars House by Natasha Pulley

• The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei

Memoir

We actually feel that GoodReads did a pretty decent job with picking out Memoirs (and also Horror) for the GoodReads Choice Awards 2024. But here are our offerings with some edits.

• The Wives by Simone Gorrindo

• Mother Island by Jamie Figueroa

• Another Word for Love by Carvell Wallace

• Woman of Interest by Tracy O’Neill

• My Roman Year by André Aciman

• Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten

• From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir by Lisa Marie Presley, Riley Keough

• Knife by Salman Rushdie