Goodreads users select the best books of 2011
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Goodreads, a social network of sorts for readers, has announced its best books of the year according to a poll opened up to more than 6.5 million users. More than pretty much any other literary award, the Goodreads Choice Awards could be considered the People’s Choice Awards of books, since it’s a list decided by user recommendations and votes rather than critical reviews. Think of the books below as strong recommendations from a whole lot of your reader friends:
BEST BOOK OF 2011
Divergent by Veronica Roth
BEST FICTION
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
BEST NONFICTION
The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth by Alexandra Robbins
BEST MEMOIR AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Two Kisses for Maddy by Matthew Logelin
BEST PARANORMAL FANTASY
Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning
BEST TRAVEL AND OUTDOORS
Little Princes by Conor Grennan
BEST HISTORICAL FICTION
The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
BEST FANTASY
A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin
BEST HUMOR
Bossypants by Tina Fey
BEST ROMANCE
Lover Unleashed by J.R. Ward
BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER
Smokin’ Seventeen by Janet Evanovich
BEST HORROR
Graveminder by Melissa Marr
BEST SCIENCE FICTION
11/22/63 by Stephen King
BEST HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL
Vampire Academy: The Graphic Novel by Richelle Mead
BEST FOOD AND COOKING
My Father’s Daughter by Gwyneth Paltrow
BEST POETRY
Horoscopes for the Dead by Billy Collins
BEST YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Where She Went by Gayle Forman
BEST YOUNG ADULT FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION
Divergent by Veronica Roth
BEST MIDDLE GRADE AND CHILDREN’S
The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
BEST PICTURE BOOK
When I Grow Up by Al Yankovic
BEST GOODREADS AUTHOR
Cassandra Clare, author of the Mortal Instruments series
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