Best Books of 2012
Goodreads announced today its equivalent to the People's Choice Awards for books. Their readers cast more than a million votes for their favorites in twenty categories. J.K. Rowling's The Casual Vacancy took first place as the best work of fiction for the year. Here are the other winners:
Nonfiction
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
Mystery and Thriller
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Historical Fiction
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
Memoir and Autobiography
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
History and Biography
Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch by Sally Bedell Smith
Poetry
A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver
Science Fiction
The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett
Horror
The Twelve by Justin Cronin
Young Adult Fiction
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Fantasy
The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King
Paranormal Fantasy
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
Romance
Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James
Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Humor
Let’s Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson
Goodreads Author Veronica Roth
Food and Cookbook
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl by Ree Drummond
Graphic Novel and Comic
The Walking Dead, Vol 16: A Larger World by Robert Kirkman, Illustrated by Charlie Adlard
Children’s Book
The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
Picture Book
Olivia and the Fairy Princesses by Ian Falconer