The social cataloging website for book lovers, Goodreads, has just announced their readers’ Choice Awards for 2020. The Texas Talking Book Program has a good number of them in our collection. Are you looking for a good suspenseful novel? Goodreads members chose GUEST LIST by Lucy Foley (DB 99917) as their favorite mystery and thriller book for this past year. Are you more interested in non-fiction? LIFE ON OUR PLANET: MY WITNESS STATEMENT AND A VISION FOR THE FUTURE by David Attenborough (DB 100970) was chosen as the best science and technology non-fiction book. Perhaps you’re in the market for a new author to explore. Goodreads readers awarded Kiley Reid the honor of Debut Goodreads Author for SUCH A FUN AGE (DB 97929). No matter which genre you enjoy, the bibliophiles at Goodreads have chosen a favorite book published this year. Contact us at TBPRAL@tsl.texas.gov and we can help you find your next favorite book.
For more information: https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2020
Here are all of the winners in the NLS collection:
Fiction
MIDNIGHT LIBRARY by Matt Haig (DB 100906)
Mystery and Thriller
GUEST LIST by Lucy Foley (DB 99917)
Historical Fiction
VANISHING HALF by Brit Bennett (DB 99791; BR 23212)
Fantasy
HOUSE OF EARTH AND BLOOD by Sarah J. Maas (DB 99138)
Romance
BLOOD AND ASH, BOOKS 1-2 by Jennifer Armentrout (In Process)
Science Fiction
TO SLEEP IN A SEA OF STARS by Christopher Paolini (In Process)
Horror
MEXICAN GOTHIC by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (DB 99404)
Nonfiction
STAMPED: RACISM, ANTIRACISM, AND YOU by Jason Reynolds (DB 98926; BR 23102)
Best Memoir and Autobiography
PROMISED LAND by Barak Obama (DB 100966)
Best History and Biography
CASTE: THE ORIGINS OF OUR DISCONTENTS by Isabel Wilkerson (DB 100088)
Science and Technology
LIFE ON OUR PLANET: MY WITNESS STATEMENT AND A VISION FOR THE FUTURE by David Attenborough (DB 100970)
Best Food and Cookbooks
MODERN COMFORT FOOD by Ina Garten (In Process)
Best Debut Novel
SUCH A FUN AGE by Kiley Reid (DB 97929; BR 23303)
Best Young Adult Fiction
CLAP WHEN YOU LAND by Elizabeth Acevedo (DB 99823)
YA Fantasy and Science Fiction
QUEEN OF NOTHING by Holly Black (DB 97610)