Goodreads Choice Award winners

Readers’ annual favorites across fiction, nonfiction and books for younger readers.

Included: All 180 category winners, 2016–2025, including the 2018 Best of the Best category and audiobook categories.

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Goodreads Choice Awards

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  • Truly Madly Guilty — Liane Moriarty (2016) · Fiction · winner · Source
  • End of Watch — Stephen King (2016) · Mystery & Thriller · winner · Source
  • The Underground Railroad — Colson Whitehead (2016) · Historical Fiction · winner · Source
  • Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two — John Tiffany and Jack Thorne and J.K. Rowling (2016) · Fantasy · winner · Source
  • It Ends with Us — Colleen Hoover (2016) · Romance · winner · Source
  • Morning Star — Pierce Brown (2016) · Science Fiction · winner · Source
  • The Fireman — Joe Hill (2016) · Horror · winner · Source
  • The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo — Amy Schumer (2016) · Humor · winner · Source
  • Hamilton: The Revolution — Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter (2016) · Nonfiction · winner · Source
  • When Breath Becomes Air — Paul Kalanithi (2016) · Memoir & Autobiography · winner · Source
  • Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man — William Shatner and David Fisher (2016) · History & Biography · winner · Source
  • Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? — Frans de Waal (2016) · Science & Technology · winner · Source
  • Cravings: Recipes for All the Food You Want to Eat — Chrissy Teigen and Adeena Sussman (2016) · Food & Cookbooks · winner · Source
  • Adulthood Is a Myth — Sarah Andersen (2016) · Graphic Novels & Comics · winner · Source
  • The Princess Saves Herself in This One — Amanda Lovelace (2016) · Poetry · winner · Source
  • Rebel of the Sands — Alwyn Hamilton (2016) · Debut Goodreads Author · winner · Source
  • Salt to the Sea — Ruta Sepetys (2016) · Young Adult Fiction · winner · Source
  • A Court of Mist and Fury — Sarah J. Maas (2016) · Young Adult Fantasy · winner · Source
  • The Hidden Oracle — Rick Riordan (2016) · Middle Grade & Children's · winner · Source
  • The Thank You Book — Mo Willems (2016) · Picture Books · winner · Source
  • Little Fires Everywhere — Celeste Ng (2017) · Fiction · winner · Source
  • Into the Water — Paula Hawkins (2017) · Mystery & Thriller · winner · Source
  • Before We Were Yours — Lisa Wingate (2017) · Historical Fiction · winner · Source
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay — J.K. Rowling (2017) · Fantasy · winner · Source
  • Without Merit — Colleen Hoover (2017) · Romance · winner · Source
  • Artemis — Andy Weir (2017) · Science Fiction · winner · Source
  • Sleeping Beauties — Stephen King and Owen King (2017) · Horror · winner · Source
  • Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between — Lauren Graham (2017) · Humor · winner · Source
  • How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life — Lilly Singh (2017) · Nonfiction · winner · Source
  • What Happened — Hillary Rodham Clinton (2017) · Memoir & Autobiography · winner · Source
  • The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women — Kate Moore (2017) · History & Biography · winner · Source
  • Astrophysics for People in a Hurry — Neil deGrasse Tyson (2017) · Science & Technology · winner · Source
  • The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Come and Get It! Simple, Scrumptious Recipes for Crazy Busy Lives — Ree Drummond (2017) · Food & Cookbooks · winner · Source
  • Big Mushy Happy Lump — Sarah Andersen (2017) · Graphic Novels & Comics · winner · Source
  • The Sun and Her Flowers — Rupi Kaur (2017) · Poetry · winner · Source
  • The Hate U Give — Angie Thomas (2017) · Debut Goodreads Author · winner · Source
  • The Hate U Give — Angie Thomas (2017) · Young Adult Fiction · winner · Source
  • A Court of Wings and Ruin — Sarah J. Maas (2017) · Young Adult Fantasy · winner · Source
  • The Ship of the Dead — Rick Riordan (2017) · Middle Grade & Children's · winner · Source
  • We're All Wonders — R.J. Palacio (2017) · Picture Books · winner · Source
  • Still Me — Jojo Moyes (2018) · Fiction · winner · Source
  • The Outsider — Stephen King (2018) · Mystery & Thriller · winner · Source
  • The Great Alone — Kristin Hannah (2018) · Historical Fiction · winner · Source
  • Circe — Madeline Miller (2018) · Fantasy · winner · Source
  • The Hate U Give — Angie Thomas (2018) · Best of the Best · winner · Source
  • The Kiss Quotient — Helen Hoang (2018) · Romance · winner · Source
  • Vengeful — V.E. Schwab (2018) · Science Fiction · winner · Source
  • Elevation — Stephen King (2018) · Horror · winner · Source
  • The Last Black Unicorn — Tiffany Haddish (2018) · Humor · winner · Source
  • I'll Be Gone in the Dark — Michelle McNamara (2018) · Nonfiction · winner · Source
  • Educated — Tara Westover (2018) · Memoir & Autobiography · winner · Source
  • The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers — Maxwell King (2018) · History & Biography · winner · Source
  • The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World — Steve Brusatte (2018) · Science & Technology · winner · Source
  • Cravings: Hungry for More — Chrissy Teigen and Adeena Sussman (2018) · Food & Cookbooks · winner · Source
  • Herding Cats — Sarah Andersen (2018) · Graphic Novels & Comics · winner · Source
  • The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One — Amanda Lovelace (2018) · Poetry · winner · Source
  • Children of Blood and Bone — Tomi Adeyemi (2018) · Debut Author · winner · Source
  • Leah on the Offbeat — Becky Albertalli (2018) · Young Adult Fiction · winner · Source
  • Kingdom of Ash — Sarah J. Maas (2018) · Young Adult Fantasy · winner · Source
  • The Burning Maze — Rick Riordan (2018) · Middle Grade & Children's · winner · Source
  • I Am Enough — Grace Byers (2018) · Picture Books · winner · Source
  • The Testaments — Margaret Atwood (2019) · Fiction · winner · Source
  • The Silent Patient — Alex Michaelides (2019) · Mystery & Thriller · winner · Source
  • Daisy Jones & The Six — Taylor Jenkins Reid (2019) · Historical Fiction · winner · Source
  • Ninth House — Leigh Bardugo (2019) · Fantasy · winner · Source
  • Red, White & Royal Blue — Casey McQuiston (2019) · Romance · winner · Source
  • Recursion — Blake Crouch (2019) · Science Fiction · winner · Source
  • The Institute — Stephen King (2019) · Horror · winner · Source
  • Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life — Ali Wong (2019) · Humor · winner · Source
  • Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals — Rachel Hollis (2019) · Nonfiction · winner · Source
  • Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love — Jonathan Van Ness (2019) · Memoir & Autobiography · winner · Source
  • The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper — Hallie Rubenhold (2019) · History & Biography · winner · Source
  • Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death — Caitlin Doughty (2019) · Science & Technology · winner · Source
  • Antoni in the Kitchen — Antoni Porowski and Mindy Fox (2019) · Food & Cookbooks · winner · Source
  • Pumpkinheads — Rainbow Rowell (2019) · Graphic Novels & Comics · winner · Source
  • Shout — Laurie Halse Anderson (2019) · Poetry · winner · Source
  • Red, White & Royal Blue — Casey McQuiston (2019) · Debut Novel · winner · Source
  • Five Feet Apart — Rachael Lippincott and Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis (2019) · Young Adult Fiction · winner · Source
  • The Wicked King — Holly Black (2019) · Young Adult Fantasy · winner · Source
  • The Tyrant's Tomb — Rick Riordan (2019) · Middle Grade & Children's · winner · Source
  • A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: The Poetry of Mister Rogers (Mister Rogers Poetry Books) — Fred Rogers (2019) · Picture Books · winner · Source
  • The Midnight Library — Matt Haig (2020) · Fiction · winner · Source
  • The Guest List — Lucy Foley (2020) · Mystery & Thriller · winner · Source
  • The Vanishing Half — Brit Bennett (2020) · Historical Fiction · winner · Source
  • House of Earth and Blood — Sarah J. Maas (2020) · Fantasy · winner · Source
  • From Blood and Ash — Jennifer L. Armentrout (2020) · Romance · winner · Source
  • To Sleep in a Sea of Stars — Christopher Paolini (2020) · Science Fiction · winner · Source
  • Mexican Gothic — Silvia Moreno-Garcia (2020) · Horror · winner · Source
  • Strange Planet — Nathan W. Pyle (2020) · Humor · winner · Source
  • Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You — Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi (2020) · Nonfiction · winner · Source
  • A Promised Land — Barack Obama (2020) · Memoir & Autobiography · winner · Source
  • Caste The Origins of Our Discontents — Isabel Wilkerson (2020) · History & Biography · winner · Source
  • A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future — David Attenborough (2020) · Science & Technology · winner · Source
  • Modern Comfort Food: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook — Ina Garten (2020) · Food & Cookbooks · winner · Source
  • Heartstopper: Volume Three — Alice Oseman (2020) · Graphic Novels & Comics · winner · Source
  • Dearly — Margaret Atwood (2020) · Poetry · winner · Source
  • Such a Fun Age — Kiley Reid (2020) · Debut Novel · winner · Source
  • Clap When You Land — Elizabeth Acevedo (2020) · Young Adult Fiction · winner · Source
  • The Queen of Nothing — Holly Black (2020) · Young Adult Fantasy · winner · Source
  • The Tower of Nero — Rick Riordan (2020) · Middle Grade & Children's · winner · Source
  • Antiracist Baby — Ibram X. Kendi (2020) · Picture Books · winner · Source
  • Beautiful World, Where Are You — Sally Rooney (2021) · Fiction · winner · Source
  • The Last Thing He Told Me — Laura Dave (2021) · Mystery & Thriller · winner · Source
  • Malibu Rising — Taylor Jenkins Reid (2021) · Historical Fiction · winner · Source
  • A Court of Silver Flames — Sarah J. Maas (2021) · Fantasy · winner · Source
  • People We Meet on Vacation — Emily Henry (2021) · Romance · winner · Source
  • Project Hail Mary — Andy Weir (2021) · Science Fiction · winner · Source
  • The Final Girl Support Group — Grady Hendrix (2021) · Horror · winner · Source
  • Broken (In the Best Possible Way) — Jenny Lawson (2021) · Humor · winner · Source
  • The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet — John Green (2021) · Nonfiction · winner · Source
  • Crying in H Mart — Michelle Zauner (2021) · Memoir & Autobiography · winner · Source
  • Empire of Pain The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty — Patrick Radden Keefe (2021) · History & Biography · winner · Source
  • Lore Olympus: Volume One — Rachel Smythe (2021) · Graphic Novels & Comics · winner · Source
  • The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country — Amanda Gorman (2021) · Poetry · winner · Source
  • The Spanish Love Deception — Elena Armas (2021) · Debut Novel · winner · Source
  • Firekeeper's Daughter — Angeline Boulley (2021) · Young Adult Fiction · winner · Source
  • Rule of Wolves — Leigh Bardugo (2021) · Young Adult Fantasy · winner · Source
  • Daughter of the Deep — Rick Riordan (2021) · Middle Grade & Children's · winner · Source
  • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow — Gabrielle Zevin (2022) · Fiction · winner · Source
  • The Maid — Nita Prose (2022) · Mystery & Thriller · winner · Source
  • Carrie Soto Is Back — Taylor Jenkins Reid (2022) · Historical Fiction · winner · Source
  • House of Sky and Breath — Sarah J. Maas (2022) · Fantasy · winner · Source
  • Book Lovers — Emily Henry (2022) · Romance · winner · Source
  • Sea of Tranquility — Emily St. John Mandel (2022) · Science Fiction · winner · Source
  • Hidden Pictures — Jason Rekulak (2022) · Horror · winner · Source
  • The Office BFFs: Tales of The Office from Two Best Friends Who Were There — Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey (2022) · Humor · winner · Source
  • Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience — Brené Brown (2022) · Nonfiction · winner · Source
  • I'm Glad My Mom Died — Jennette McCurdy (2022) · Memoir & Autobiography · winner · Source
  • Bad Gays: A Homosexual History — Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller (2022) · History & Biography · winner · Source
  • Heartstopper: Volume Four — Alice Oseman (2022) · Graphic Novels & Comics · winner · Source
  • Call Us What We Carry — Amanda Gorman (2022) · Poetry · winner · Source
  • Lessons in Chemistry — Bonnie Garmus (2022) · Debut Novel · winner · Source
  • The Final Gambit — Jennifer Lynn Barnes (2022) · Young Adult Fiction · winner · Source
  • Gallant — V.E. Schwab (2022) · Young Adult Fantasy · winner · Source
  • I Am Quiet: A Story for the Introvert in All of Us — Andie Powers (2022) · Middle Grade & Children's · winner · Source
  • Yellowface — R.F. Kuang (2023) · Fiction · winner · Source
  • Weyward — Emilia Hart (2023) · Historical Fiction · winner · Source
  • The Housemaid's Secret — Freida McFadden (2023) · Mystery & Thriller · winner · Source
  • Happy Place — Emily Henry (2023) · Romance · winner · Source
  • Fourth Wing — Rebecca Yarros (2023) · Romantasy · winner · Source
  • Hell Bent — Leigh Bardugo (2023) · Fantasy · winner · Source
  • In the Lives of Puppets — T.J. Klune (2023) · Science Fiction · winner · Source
  • Holly — Stephen King (2023) · Horror · winner · Source
  • Divine Rivals — Rebecca Ross (2023) · Young Adult Fantasy · winner · Source
  • Check & Mate — Ali Hazelwood (2023) · Young Adult Fiction · winner · Source
  • Weyward — Emilia Hart (2023) · Debut Novel · winner · Source
  • Poverty, by America — Matthew Desmond (2023) · Nonfiction · winner · Source
  • The Woman in Me — Britney Spears (2023) · Memoir & Autobiography · winner · Source
  • The Wager A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder — David Grann (2023) · History & Biography · winner · Source
  • Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond — Henry Winkler and James Kaplan (2023) · Humor · winner · Source
  • The Wedding People — Alison Espach (2024) · Fiction · winner · Source
  • The Women — Kristin Hannah (2024) · Historical Fiction · winner · Source
  • The God of the Woods — Liz Moore (2024) · Mystery & Thriller · winner · Source
  • Funny Story — Emily Henry (2024) · Romance · winner · Source
  • House of Flame and Shadow — Sarah J. Maas (2024) · Romantasy · winner · Source
  • Somewhere Beyond the Sea — T.J. Klune (2024) · Fantasy · winner · Source
  • The Ministry of Time — Kaliane Bradley (2024) · Science Fiction · winner · Source
  • You Like It Darker — Stephen King (2024) · Horror · winner · Source
  • How to End a Love Story — Yulin Kuang (2024) · Debut Novel · winner · Source
  • Funny Story — Emily Henry (2024) · Audiobook · winner · Source
  • Ruthless Vows — Rebecca Ross (2024) · Young Adult Fantasy · winner · Source
  • Heartstopper: Volume Five — Alice Oseman (2024) · Young Adult Fiction · winner · Source
  • The Anxious Generation How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness — Jonathan Haidt (2024) · Nonfiction · winner · Source
  • The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir — Kelly Bishop (2024) · Memoir · winner · Source
  • The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore — Evan Friss (2024) · History & Biography · winner · Source
  • My Friends — Fredrik Backman (2025) · Fiction · winner · Source
  • Atmosphere — Taylor Jenkins Reid (2025) · Historical Fiction · winner · Source
  • Not Quite Dead Yet — Holly Jackson (2025) · Mystery & Thriller · winner · Source
  • Great Big Beautiful Life — Emily Henry (2025) · Romance · winner · Source
  • Onyx Storm — Rebecca Yarros (2025) · Romantasy · winner · Source
  • Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil — V.E. Schwab (2025) · Fantasy · winner · Source
  • The Compound — Aisling Rawle (2025) · Science Fiction · winner · Source
  • Witchcraft for Wayward Girls — Grady Hendrix (2025) · Horror · winner · Source
  • Alchemised — SenLinYu (2025) · Debut Novel · winner · Source
  • Onyx Storm — Rebecca Yarros (2025) · Audiobook · winner · Source
  • Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games) — Suzanne Collins (2025) · Young Adult Fantasy & Sci-Fi · winner · Source
  • Fake Skating — Lynn Painter (2025) · Young Adult Fiction · winner · Source
  • Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection — John Green (2025) · Nonfiction · winner · Source
  • The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom — Shari Franke (2025) · Memoir · winner · Source
  • How to Kill a Witch: The Patriarchy's Guide to Silencing Women — Zoe Venditozzi and Claire Mitchell (2025) · History & Biography · winner · Source