Goodreads Choice Awards Opening Round

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John Adams by David McCulloughThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer1776 by David McCulloughThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Best History Books
4,173 books — 4,823 voters
Norwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiBattle Royale by Koushun Takami1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
719 books — 3,269 voters

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiSnow Country by Yasunari KawabataRashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese Literature
311 books — 389 voters
The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanCinder by Marissa MeyerThe Lost Hero by Rick RiordanClockwork Angel by Cassandra ClareLegend by Marie Lu
Young Adult and Middle Grade Books that should be TV Shows
180 books — 201 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardStarship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinOld Man's War by John ScalziThe Forever War by Joe HaldemanOn Basilisk Station by David Weber
Military Science Fiction
863 books — 1,176 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best War Novels
1,723 books — 1,474 voters

A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England by Ian MortimerThe Plantagenets by Dan JonesEleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir1453 by Roger Crowley
Best Medieval History Books
839 books — 360 voters
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
What Book Got You Hooked?
4,465 books — 11,076 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best for Book Clubs
15,757 books — 20,593 voters
Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesBared to You by Sylvia DayFifty Shades Darker by E.L. JamesFifty Shades Freed by E.L. JamesReflected in You by Sylvia Day
Best M/F Erotic Romance like Fifty Shades of Grey (not paranormal, high school, gay or sci-fi)
3,396 books — 10,041 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieAngels & Demons by Dan BrownA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,593 books — 16,870 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonThe Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,891 books — 27,123 voters


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