The Goodreads Choice Awards is a yearly award program, first launched on Goodreads in 2009.
Winners are determined by users voting on books that Goodreads has nominated or books of their choosing, released in the given year. Most books that Goodreads nominates are from verified Goodreads authors. The final voting round collects the top 10 books from 20 different categories.
Winners 2000s YearCategoryAuthorTitle2009Children'sDiary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog DaysFantasyDead and GoneFictionGraphic NovelBatman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?Mystery & ThrillerNonfictionColumbineRomanceScience FictionLeviathanYoung Adult FictionAlong for the Ride Chick Lit Picture BookBlueberry Girl Young Adult SeriesCatching Fire
2010s YearCategoryAuthorTitle2010Children's & Middle GradeDiary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly TruthFantasy and Brandon SandersonTowers of MidnightFictionRoomGoodreads Debut Author Graphic NovelTwilight: The Graphic NovelHistorical FictionFall of GiantsHistory & BiographyHumorBite Me: A Love StoryMemoir & AutobiographyUnbearable LightnessMystery & ThrillerNonfictionPoetryCome On All You GhostsRomanceLover MineScience FictionFeedYoung Adult FantasyMockingjayYoung Adult FictionBefore I Fall Cover ArtTorment Paranormal FantasyDead in the Family Picture BookIt's a Book 2011Children's & Middle GradeFantasyFiction1Q84Graphic Novel & ComicsVampire Academy: The Graphic NovelHistorical FictionHistory & BiographySteve JobsHorrorGraveminderHumorBossypantsMemoir & AutobiographyTwo Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss & LoveMystery & ThrillerSmokin' SeventeenNonfictionPoetryHoroscopes for the DeadRomanceLover UnleashedScience Fiction11/22/63Young Adult Fantasy & Science FictionDivergentYoung Adult FictionWhere She Went Food & CookingMy Father's Daughter Goodreads AuthorCity of Fallen Angels Paranormal FantasyShadowfever Picture BookWhen I Grow Up Travel & OutdoorsLittle Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal 2012Children's & Middle GradeFantasyFictionGraphic Novel & Comics, Vol. 16: A Larger WorldHistorical FictionHorrorHumorLet's Pretend This Never HappenedMemoir & AutobiographyWild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest TrailMystery & ThrillerGone GirlNonfictionQuiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop TalkingPoetryRomanceFifty Shades FreedScience Fiction and Stephen BaxterYoung Adult Fantasy & Science FictionInsurgentYoung Adult Fiction Food & Cooking Goodreads AuthorInsurgentParanormal FantasyShadow of Night Picture BookOlivia and the Fairy Princesses 2013Children's & Middle GradeFantasyFictionAnd the Mountains EchoedGoodreads Debut Author TangledGraphic Novel & Comics, Margaret Stohl, and artist Cassandra JeanBeautiful CreaturesHistorical FictionLife After LifeHistory & BiographyJim Henson: The BiographyHorrorDoctor SleepHumorHyperbole & a HalfMemoir & AutobiographyI am MalalaMystery & ThrillerInfernoNonfiction and Richard PanekPoetryRomanceLover at LastScience FictionMaddAddamYoung Adult Fantasy & Science FictionAllegiantYoung Adult FictionEleanor & Park Food & CookingTequila Mockingbird: Cocktails with a Literary Twist Paranormal FantasyCold Days Picture Book and Oliver Jeffers 2014Children's & Middle GradeFantasyFictionLandlineGoodreads Debut Author Red RisingGraphic Novel & Comics, Fábio Moon, and Daniel Dos SantosSerenity: Leaves on the WindHistorical FictionAll the Light We Cannot SeeHistory & BiographyHorrorPrince LestatHumorYes PleaseMemoir & AutobiographyThis Star Won't Go OutMystery & ThrillerMr. MercedesNonfictionPoetryLullabiesRomanceWritten in My Own Heart's BloodScience FictionYoung Adult Fantasy & Science FictionCity of Heavenly FireYoung Adult FictionWe Were LiarsBusiness#GIRLBOSS Food & CookingMake It Ahead: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook Picture Book 2015Children's & Middle GradeFantasyTrigger Warning: Short Fictions & DisturbancesFictionGo Set a WatchmanGoodreads Debut Author Red QueenGraphic Novel & Comics and Fiona StaplesSaga,Volume 4Historical FictionHistory & BiographyDead Wake: The Last Crossing of the LusitaniaHorrorSaint OddHumorWhy Not Me?Memoir & AutobiographyMystery & ThrillerNonfiction and Eric KlinenbergModern Romance: An InvestigationPoetryRomanceConfessScience FictionGolden SonYoung Adult Fantasy & Science FictionQueen of ShadowsYoung Adult FictionAll the Bright PlacesFood & Cooking Picture Book and Oliver Jeffers Science & TechnologyBeneath the Surface: Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish 2016Children's & Middle GradeFantasyHarry Potter and the Cursed ChildFictionTruly Madly GuiltyGoodreads Debut Author Rebel of the SandsGraphic Novel & ComicsAdulthood is a MythHistorical FictionHistory & BiographyLeonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable ManHorrorHumorMemoir & AutobiographyWhen Breath Becomes AirMystery & ThrillerEnd of WatchNonfiction and Jeremy McCarterHamilton: The RevolutionPoetryRomanceIt Ends with UsScience FictionMorning StarYoung Adult Fantasy & Science FictionYoung Adult FictionSalt to the SeaFood & CookingCravings Picture Book Science & TechnologyAre We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? 2017Children's & Middle GradeFantasyFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original ScreenplayFictionLittle Fires EverywhereGoodreads Debut Author Graphic Novel & ComicsBig Mushy Happy LumpHistorical FictionBefore We Were YoursHistory & BiographyHorror and Owen KingSleeping BeautiesHumorTalking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between)Memoir & AutobiographyWhat HappenedMystery & ThrillerInto the WaterNonfictionHow to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering LifePoetryRomanceWithout MeritScience FictionArtemisYoung Adult Fantasy & Science FictionYoung Adult FictionFood & Cooking Picture BookWe're All Wonders Science & TechnologyAstrophysics for People in a Hurry 2018Children's & Middle GradeFantasyCirceFictionStill MeGoodreads Debut Author Children of Blood and BoneGraphic Novel & ComicsHerding CatsHistorical FictionHistory & BiographyHorrorElevationHumorMemoir & AutobiographyEducatedMystery & ThrillerNonfictionI'll Be Gone in the DarkPoetryRomanceScience FictionVengefulYoung Adult Fantasy & Science FictionKingdom of AshYoung Adult FictionLeah on the Offbeat Best of the Best Food & Cooking and Adeena SussmanCravings: Hungry for More Picture BookI Am Enough Science & Technology 2019Children's & Middle GradeDebut Novel Red, White & Royal BlueFantasyNinth HouseFictionGraphic Novel & Comics and Faith Erin HicksPumpkin HeadsHistorical FictionDaisy Jones & The SixHistory & BiographyHorrorHumorDear GirlsMemoir & AutobiographyOver the TopMystery & ThrillerNonfictionGirl, Stop ApologizingPoetryShoutRomanceRed, White & Royal BlueScience FictionRecursionYoung Adult Fantasy & Science FictionYoung Adult FictionFive Feet Apart Food & CookingAntoni in the Kitchen Picture Book and Luke Flowers Science & TechnologyWill My Cats Eat My Eyeballs?
2020s YearCategoryAuthorTitle2020Children's & Middle GradeDebut Novel Such a Fun AgeFantasyHouse of Earth and BloodFictionGraphic Novel & ComicsHeartstopper, Volume ThreeHistorical FictionHistory & BiographyCaste: The Origins of Our DiscontentsHorrorMexican GothicHumorStrange PlanetMemoir & AutobiographyMystery & ThrillerNonfiction and Ibram X. KendiStamped: Racism, Antiracism, & YouPoetryDearly: New PoemsRomanceFrom Blood & AshScience FictionTo Sleep in a Sea of StarsYoung Adult Fantasy & Science FictionYoung Adult FictionClap When You LandFood & CookingModern Comfort Food: A Barefoot Contessa CookbookI Picture Book and Ashley LukashevskyAntiracist Baby Science & Technology and Jonnie Hughes2021Children's & Middle GradeDaughter of the DeepDebut Novel FantasyFictionBeautiful World, Where Are YouGraphic Novel & ComicsLore OlympusHistorical FictionMalibu RisingHistory & BiographyEmpire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler DynastyHorrorHumorBroken (in the Best Possible Way)Memoir & AutobiographyCrying in H MartMystery & ThrillerNonfictionPoetryRomancePeople We Meet on VacationScience FictionProject Hail MaryYoung Adult Fantasy & Science FictionRule of WolvesYoung Adult FictionFirekeeper's Daughter2022Children's & Middle GradeI Am QuietDebut Novel Lessons in ChemistryFantasyHouse of Sky and BreathFictionTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and TomorrowGraphic Novel & ComicsHeartstopper, Volume FourHistorical FictionCarrie Soto Is BackHistory & Biography and Ben Miller (historian)Bad Gays: A Homosexual HistoryHorrorHidden PicturesHumor and Angela KinseyMemoir & AutobiographyI'm Glad My Mom DiedMystery & Thriller NonfictionAtlas of the HeartPoetryCall Us What We CarryRomanceBook LoversScience FictionSea of TranquilityYoung Adult Fantasy & Science FictionGallantYoung Adult Fiction2023Debut Novel WeywardFantasyHell BentFictionYellowfaceHistorical FictionWeywardHistory & BiographyThe Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and MurderHorrorHollyHumorBeing Henry: The Fonz . . . and BeyondMemoir & AutobiographyThe Woman in MeMystery & ThrillerThe Housemaid's Secret NonfictionPoverty, by AmericaRomanceHappy PlaceRomantasyFourth WingScience FictionIn the Lives of PuppetsYoung Adult FantasyDivine RivalsYoung Adult FictionCheck & Mate2024AudiobookEmily Henry (author) and Julia Whelan (narrator)Funny StoryDebut NovelYulin KuangHow to End a Love StoryFantasyT.J. KluneSomewhere Beyond the SeaFictionAlison EspachThe Wedding PeopleHistorical FictionKristin HannahThe WomenHistory & BiographyEvan FrissThe Bookshop: A History of the American BookstoreHorrorStephen KingYou Like It DarkerMemoirKelly BishopThe Third Gilmore Girl: A MemoirMystery & ThrillerLiz MooreThe God of the WoodsNonfictionJonathan HaidtThe Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental IllnessRomanceEmily HenryFunny StoryRomantasySarah J. MaasHouse of Flame and ShadowScience FictionKaliane BradleyThe Ministry of TimeYoung Adult FantasyRebecca RossRuthless VowsYoung Adult FictionAlice OsemanHeartstopper, Volume Five2025AudiobookRebecca Yarros (author) and Rebecca Soler (narrator) and Teddy Hamilton (narrator)Onyx StormDebut NovelSenLinYuAlchemisedFantasyV. E. SchwabBury Our Bones in the Midnight SoilFictionFredrik BackmanMy FriendsHistorical FictionTaylor Jenkins ReidAtmosphere (novel)History & BiographyZoe Venditozzi and Claire MitchellHow to Kill a WitchHorrorGrady HendrixWitchcraft for Wayward GirlsMemoirShari FrankeThe House of My MotherMystery & ThrillerHolly JacksonNot Quite Dead YetNonfiction John GreenEverything Is TuberculosisRomanceEmily HenryGreat Big Beautiful LifeRomantasyRebecca YarrosOnyx StormScience FictionAisling RawleThe CompoundYoung Adult Fantasy & Sci-FiSuzanne CollinsSunrise on the ReapingYoung Adult FictionLynn PainterFake Skating
Multiple wins Several authors have won multiple Goodreads Readers Choice Awards or the same award in multiple years. Stephen King and both his sons, Owen and Joe, have won The Goodreads Choice Awards. The table below sets out those authors to have won more than one award:
(Listed by number of wins, then alphabetically by surname)