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According to the calendar, we’re already halfway through 2024.
What calendar do y'all use that says after 5 months that it's been 6 months? I often get anxious too about having only half the reading year remaining, but that only happens AFTER June.
Why are these mid year checks at the beginning of June? So bizarre.
I want to read First Lie Wins and The Women. I've read three books from this list, Bride, The Familiar and The Teacher, and all were disappointing.
Id like to second Alison's comment, this is an extremely one eyed list in terms of authors origins.
What an amazing list! I throughly enjoyed Kristin Hannah’s The Women.
Kim wrote: "Why are these mid year checks at the beginning of June? So bizarre."
Because it seems they do the awards before the end of December, seem to remember they came out in early December so to goodreads the year is already half over! 🥴
Another one in agreement with Alison and Dave. Please give us authors from anywhere else. Goodreads is so USA coded. Even if you give us POC/BAME authors, their stories are still USA centric. I now only use this app to tally up my reading challenge.
Law wrote: "I want to read First Lie Wins and The Women. I've read three books from this list, Bride, The Familiar and The Teacher, and all were disappointing."
I thought The Women was over-hyped & it read like a YA novel...very simply written and more like a romance than historical.
Murder Road was very disappointing. I love Simone St James, but this was my least favorite. I’m reading First Lie wins right now and I’m obsessed.
I have one of these novels that I can’t wait to read so very excited to eat his own book. Can’t wait to see how it how it is.
Dave wrote: "Id like to second Alison's comment, this is an extremely one eyed list in terms of authors origins." You're correct about that, but since the list is compiled by how many folks have read the books, it's definitely going to reflect what has actually been read rather than a more diverse set of titles, no matter how high the quality of those books few people seemed interested in reading.
James, First lie Wins and Other Valley are superb.
I have not read any of them and only 5 I think are on my tbr list. Not many of my usual reads on this list but I am not surprised.
Alison wrote: "Thanks for this! A lot of great recommendations. I noticed nearly all the books are from authors based in the US. Do you recommend books written by authors from the UK, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand..."
I would just like to ask, how do you comment? there is NOTHING to click!!! ?????
Marianne wrote: "Murder Road was very disappointing. I love Simone St James, but this was my least favorite. I’m reading First Lie wins right now and I’m obsessed."
good for you
Alison wrote: "Thanks for this! A lot of great recommendations. I noticed nearly all the books are from authors based in the US. Do you recommend books written by authors from the UK, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand..."
Simone St. James, Carley Fortune and Scott Alexander Howard are Canadian. I read "The Other Valley", but I didn't think it was very good (great premise, just not very well executed).
We won't be halfway through the year until 30th June. Seems like you're three weeks early with this.
Alison wrote: "Thanks for this! A lot of great recommendations. I noticed nearly all the books are from authors based in the US. Do you recommend books written by authors from the UK, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand..."
So many American books here. Where are the other ones?
Rhea wrote: "Marianne wrote: "Murder Road was very disappointing. I love Simone St James, but this was my least favorite. I’m reading First Lie wins right now and I’m obsessed."
good for you"
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Law wrote: "Rhea wrote: "Marianne wrote: "Murder Road was very disappointing. I love Simone St James, but this was my least favorite. I’m reading First Lie wins right now and I’m obsessed."
good for you"
The..."
Only works great on the desktop app. On phone (mine is an Android), the GR is horrible and the "reply" feature doesn't really work.
Would love to see middle grade get some love. I'm sure there were some great releases on the middle grade scene that we never get to hear about.
I look forward to this list and use it to plan my reading for the second half of the year. Doing so puts me in good shape to vote for The Choice Awards because many will be contenders.
The Women
By far the best book I've completed in 2024! Kristin Hannah kept me wanting more and more through every page. If not added add this to your top read for 2024!
Some books on this list are on my shelf. I can't wait to get started this summer.
Cool. When are you gonna give us a 10 star ratings system?
Binge read the Stephen Graham Jones Indian Lake trilogy ... absolutely loved it, like reading old school horror ...
I don't use the Want to Read shelf I use to read shelves for fiction, non-fiction etc.
There's no middle-grade, poetry or children's sections on this list.
It was nice having someone different doing the lists for the last few.
Katya wrote: "Cool. When are you gonna give us a 10 star ratings system?"
They're never going to allow us to rate 10 stars, half stars, quarter stars or three-quarter stars. They've said that more than once unfortunately.
Storygraph however does 5 stars but allows half, quarter or three-quarter stars.
Simone wrote: "Law wrote: "Rhea wrote: "Marianne wrote: "Murder Road was very disappointing. I love Simone St James, but this was my least favorite. I’m reading First Lie wins right now and I’m obsessed."
good f..."
That's why I use desktop version on my phone.
Alison wrote: "Thanks for this! A lot of great recommendations. I noticed nearly all the books are from authors based in the US. Do you recommend books written by authors from the UK, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand..."
I agree that I miss a list of “literary fiction” from this blog. I need more recommendations fro that genre,
Bring back graphic novels/manga/comics and Middle grade to these types of lists!
Nahhh....
I genuinely felt as if 2024 just started
Would def classify Bride by Ali Hazelwood as Romantasy not just romance but this book is great. Highly recommend
Alison wrote: "Thanks for this! A lot of great recommendations. I noticed nearly all the books are from authors based in the US. Do you recommend books written by authors from the UK, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand..."
I agree. I would like to see more diversity
I enjoy lists, but I don't know why contemporary and historical have to share a category. I mean if romantasy gets its own category...
Ministry of Time was very disappointing, it is too raw and needs more edits and revisions, really looking to read The Teacher.
As a bookseller in Australia, only a small handful of these are popular over here. Some recent bestsellers in our bookstore are Caledonian Road Lola in the Mirror What Happened to Nina? Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder Long Island Edenglassie
Sydney wrote: "Bring back graphic novels/manga/comics and Middle grade to these types of lists!"
Agreed. Goodreads has been leaving middle grade and graphic novels out. It feels like gatekeeping in a way.
I only see American authors. Where is everyone else?
For all the people complaining about the lack of certain genres, direct your complaints to the publishers/authors since they are the ones who are supplying the books. Goodreads is a vehicle not an author, publisher or distributor of books. Goodreads has no books. I am sure if authors/publishers of foreign authors, middle school books, etc. submitted their works, Goodreads would be happy to include them. You are just shouting into the wind.
Beryl wrote: "Because it seems they do the awards before the end of December"
Which then begs the question why they can't wait until the year is over to determine the best books of the year. They even add the number as if they are talking about the calendar year that yet has to finish.
@Carole "For all the people complaining about the lack of certain genres, direct your complaints to the publishers/authors "
If you believe there is no filtering done by Goodreads before they publish this list, you are far too trusting :)
That said, the user base of the site is probably very much skewed towards english speaking/reading countries, so it's pretty obvious that any list based on the number of people reading a certain book will have the same slant.
I'm sad that historical fiction isn't its own category in this list!
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According to the calendar, we’re already halfway through 2024. What calendar do y'all use that says after 5 months that it's been 6 months? I often get anxious too about having only half the reading year remaining, but that only happens AFTER June.
Why are these mid year checks at the beginning of June? So bizarre.
I want to read First Lie Wins and The Women. I've read three books from this list, Bride, The Familiar and The Teacher, and all were disappointing.
Id like to second Alison's comment, this is an extremely one eyed list in terms of authors origins.
What an amazing list! I throughly enjoyed Kristin Hannah’s The Women.
Kim wrote: "Why are these mid year checks at the beginning of June? So bizarre."Because it seems they do the awards before the end of December, seem to remember they came out in early December so to goodreads the year is already half over! 🥴
Another one in agreement with Alison and Dave. Please give us authors from anywhere else. Goodreads is so USA coded. Even if you give us POC/BAME authors, their stories are still USA centric. I now only use this app to tally up my reading challenge.
Law wrote: "I want to read First Lie Wins and The Women. I've read three books from this list, Bride, The Familiar and The Teacher, and all were disappointing."I thought The Women was over-hyped & it read like a YA novel...very simply written and more like a romance than historical.
Murder Road was very disappointing. I love Simone St James, but this was my least favorite. I’m reading First Lie wins right now and I’m obsessed.
I have one of these novels that I can’t wait to read so very excited to eat his own book. Can’t wait to see how it how it is.
Dave wrote: "Id like to second Alison's comment, this is an extremely one eyed list in terms of authors origins." You're correct about that, but since the list is compiled by how many folks have read the books, it's definitely going to reflect what has actually been read rather than a more diverse set of titles, no matter how high the quality of those books few people seemed interested in reading.
James, First lie Wins and Other Valley are superb.
I have not read any of them and only 5 I think are on my tbr list. Not many of my usual reads on this list but I am not surprised.
Alison wrote: "Thanks for this! A lot of great recommendations. I noticed nearly all the books are from authors based in the US. Do you recommend books written by authors from the UK, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand..."I would just like to ask, how do you comment? there is NOTHING to click!!! ?????
Marianne wrote: "Murder Road was very disappointing. I love Simone St James, but this was my least favorite. I’m reading First Lie wins right now and I’m obsessed."good for you
Alison wrote: "Thanks for this! A lot of great recommendations. I noticed nearly all the books are from authors based in the US. Do you recommend books written by authors from the UK, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand..."Simone St. James, Carley Fortune and Scott Alexander Howard are Canadian. I read "The Other Valley", but I didn't think it was very good (great premise, just not very well executed).
We won't be halfway through the year until 30th June. Seems like you're three weeks early with this.
Alison wrote: "Thanks for this! A lot of great recommendations. I noticed nearly all the books are from authors based in the US. Do you recommend books written by authors from the UK, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand..."So many American books here. Where are the other ones?
Rhea wrote: "Marianne wrote: "Murder Road was very disappointing. I love Simone St James, but this was my least favorite. I’m reading First Lie wins right now and I’m obsessed."good for you"
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Law wrote: "Rhea wrote: "Marianne wrote: "Murder Road was very disappointing. I love Simone St James, but this was my least favorite. I’m reading First Lie wins right now and I’m obsessed."good for you"
The..."
Only works great on the desktop app. On phone (mine is an Android), the GR is horrible and the "reply" feature doesn't really work.
Would love to see middle grade get some love. I'm sure there were some great releases on the middle grade scene that we never get to hear about.
I look forward to this list and use it to plan my reading for the second half of the year. Doing so puts me in good shape to vote for The Choice Awards because many will be contenders.
The WomenBy far the best book I've completed in 2024! Kristin Hannah kept me wanting more and more through every page. If not added add this to your top read for 2024!
Some books on this list are on my shelf. I can't wait to get started this summer.
Cool. When are you gonna give us a 10 star ratings system?
Binge read the Stephen Graham Jones Indian Lake trilogy ... absolutely loved it, like reading old school horror ...
I don't use the Want to Read shelf I use to read shelves for fiction, non-fiction etc.There's no middle-grade, poetry or children's sections on this list.
It was nice having someone different doing the lists for the last few.
Katya wrote: "Cool. When are you gonna give us a 10 star ratings system?"They're never going to allow us to rate 10 stars, half stars, quarter stars or three-quarter stars. They've said that more than once unfortunately.
Storygraph however does 5 stars but allows half, quarter or three-quarter stars.
Simone wrote: "Law wrote: "Rhea wrote: "Marianne wrote: "Murder Road was very disappointing. I love Simone St James, but this was my least favorite. I’m reading First Lie wins right now and I’m obsessed."good f..."
That's why I use desktop version on my phone.
Alison wrote: "Thanks for this! A lot of great recommendations. I noticed nearly all the books are from authors based in the US. Do you recommend books written by authors from the UK, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand..."I agree that I miss a list of “literary fiction” from this blog. I need more recommendations fro that genre,
Bring back graphic novels/manga/comics and Middle grade to these types of lists!
Nahhh....I genuinely felt as if 2024 just started
Would def classify Bride by Ali Hazelwood as Romantasy not just romance but this book is great. Highly recommend
Alison wrote: "Thanks for this! A lot of great recommendations. I noticed nearly all the books are from authors based in the US. Do you recommend books written by authors from the UK, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand..."I agree. I would like to see more diversity
I enjoy lists, but I don't know why contemporary and historical have to share a category. I mean if romantasy gets its own category...
Ministry of Time was very disappointing, it is too raw and needs more edits and revisions, really looking to read The Teacher.
As a bookseller in Australia, only a small handful of these are popular over here. Some recent bestsellers in our bookstore are Caledonian Road Lola in the Mirror What Happened to Nina? Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder Long Island Edenglassie
Sydney wrote: "Bring back graphic novels/manga/comics and Middle grade to these types of lists!"Agreed. Goodreads has been leaving middle grade and graphic novels out. It feels like gatekeeping in a way.
I only see American authors. Where is everyone else?
For all the people complaining about the lack of certain genres, direct your complaints to the publishers/authors since they are the ones who are supplying the books. Goodreads is a vehicle not an author, publisher or distributor of books. Goodreads has no books. I am sure if authors/publishers of foreign authors, middle school books, etc. submitted their works, Goodreads would be happy to include them. You are just shouting into the wind.
Beryl wrote: "Because it seems they do the awards before the end of December"Which then begs the question why they can't wait until the year is over to determine the best books of the year. They even add the number as if they are talking about the calendar year that yet has to finish.
@Carole "For all the people complaining about the lack of certain genres, direct your complaints to the publishers/authors "
If you believe there is no filtering done by Goodreads before they publish this list, you are far too trusting :)
That said, the user base of the site is probably very much skewed towards english speaking/reading countries, so it's pretty obvious that any list based on the number of people reading a certain book will have the same slant.
I'm sad that historical fiction isn't its own category in this list!
(also, did you forget Literary Fiction?)