It's coming down to the end of 2021 and that means Goodreads is holding the annual Goodreads Choice Awards. In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we react to the nominees in each category and talk about the ones we have and haven't read, as well as our predictions for each genre. Have you checked out the nominees? Who do you think will win?
Books we mention:
Goodreads Choice Awards Nominees:
https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2021
Our Predictions:
Best Fiction:
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
The Wish by Nicholas Sparks
The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
Mystery & Thriller:
Billy Summers by Stephen King
The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
The Push by Ashley Audrain
Historical Fiction:
Malibu RIsing by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
Fantasy:
A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas
Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
The Crown of Gilded Bones by Jennifer L. Armentrout
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
Romance:
The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
Science Fiction:
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Horror:
Later by Stephen King
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
All’s Well by Mona Awad
Humor:
Broken (in the Best Possible Way) by Jenny Lawson
Yearbook by Seth Rogen
Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside by Nick Offerman
Non-Fiction:
The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
The Comfort Book by Matt Haig
Memoirs & Autobiographies:
Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement by Tarana Burke
Taste: My Life through Food by Stanley Tucci
History & Biographies:
Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire by Brad Stone
Graphic Novels & Comics:
Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe
Poetry:
Shine Your Icy Crown by Amanda Lovelace
The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country by Amanda Gorman
Debut:
The Push by Ashley Audrain
The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Young Adult Fiction:
Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
Young Adult Fantasy:
How the King m of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black
Chain of Iron by Cassanda Clare
Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard
These Hollow Vows by Lexi Ryan
We Free the Stars by Hafsah Faizal
Middle Grade & Childrens:
Ground Zero by Alan Gratz
Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston
Bridge of Souls by Victoria Schwab
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