It is the final round of the 2021 Goodreads Choice Awards, which means this is the last chance to make your voice heard and support your favorite books of the year.
This is when readers get to see which books from the opening round made the cut for the final top ten in their categories. And it looks like none of the DSNs that were nominated for Best Fiction (This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith, Infinite Country by Patricia Engel, and Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour) were able to make it to this final round. And it looks like A Slow Fire Burning also did not garner enough votes to remain in the Best Mystery & Thriller category, but Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead remains and still has my vote.
With no changes in Best Historical Fiction, I will continue in my support of The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles. But of the four DSNs that were nominated for Best Science Fiction, only three get to move on. Unfortunately, Constance by Matthew Fitzsimmons - an intense look at the possible future of cloning - was not one of them. Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro holds strong, and I will be surprised if it does not end up in the top five.
Jenny Lawson's Broken hold steady in Best Humor, as does the Anthropocene Reviewed in Best Nonfiction. And while Between Two Kingdoms is still in it for Best Memoir & Autobiography, Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang is not. And The Woman They Could Not Silence remains in Best History & Biography.
The Best Debut Novel category is always a bit of a wild card. Askaripour's Black Buck failed to make the top ten in this category as well, but Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley is still available as an option.
Boulley's novel has also made the top ten in the Best Young Adult Fiction category. Initially, seven DSNs were nominated in this category, and only four remain. The Project by Courtney Summers, A Pho Love Story by Loan Le, and Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean have all been left out of the running for the final prize. And in the last category of Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction, The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna remains, but The Ones We're Meant to Find by Joan He has not.
So of the 27 DSNs that could have gone on to the final round, only 17 have done so. This final round of voting will close Sunday, December 5th, and the winners will be announced on Thursday, December 9th. So be sure to support your favorite books of 2021.
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