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Find Winners of the 2014 Goodreads Choice Awards at the Library
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The books listed below were chosen as winners of the 2014 Goodreads Choice Awards, "the major book award decided by readers." There is something for everyone! Children, teens, and adults.
Please note: Books published in the United States in English, including works in translation and other significant rereleases, between November 17, 2013, and November 15, 2014, are eligible for the 2014 Goodreads Choice Awards. Books published between November 16, 2014, and December 31, 2014, will be eligible for the 2015 awards.
Have you read any of them?
Best Fiction: Landline by Rainbow Rowell
Best Mystery & Thriller: Mr Mercedes by Stephen King
Best Historical Fiction: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Best Fantasy: The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
Best Science Fiction: The Martian by Andy Weir
Best Romance: Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon
Best Horror: Prince Lestat by Anne Rice
Best Memoir & Autobiography: This Star Won't Go Out by Esther Earl
Best History & Biography: The Romanov Sisters by Hellen Rappaport
Best Nonfiction: The Opposite of Loneliness by Marina Keegan
Best Business Book: #GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amoruso
Best Food & Cookbooks: Make It Ahead by Ina Garten
Best Humor: Yes Please by Amy Poehler
Best Graphic Novels & Comics: Serenity: Leaves on the Wind by Zack Whedon,Georges Jeanty, Fábio Moon
Best Poetry: Lullabies by Lang Leav
Best Debutant Goodreads Author: Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Best Young Adult Fiction: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction: City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare
Best Middle Grade & Children's: The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan
Best Picture Books: The Pigeon Needs a Bath! by Mo Willems
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