J.K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy Named Best Fiction of 2012 by Goodreads Users
Goodreads, the book-focused social networking site that is becoming increasingly important in book marketing, has named its best books of the year. Or, more accurately, its readers have named them.
Taking top honors for fiction is J.K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy (Hachette); for nonfiction, Susan Cain’s Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking (Random House).
Below is the complete list of winners.
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Best Fiction
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
Best Nonfiction
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
Best Goodreads Author
Veronica Roth
Best Mystery
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Best Historical Fiction
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
Best Memoir
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
Best History & Biography
Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch by Sally Bedell Smith
Best Fantasy
The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King
Best Paranormal Fantasy
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
Best Romance
Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James
Best Science Fiction
The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett
Best Horror
The Twelve by Justin Cronin
Best Young Adult Fiction
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Best Humor
Let’s Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson
Best Poetry
A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver
Best Food & Cookbook
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl by Ree Drummond
Best Graphic Novel & Comic
The Walking Dead, Vol 16: A Larger World by Robert Kirkman, Illustrated by Charlie Adlard
Best Children’s Book
The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
Best Picture Book
Olivia and the Fairy Princesses by Ian Falconer
