With the first round of voting closed, each of the 17 categories of the 2022 Goodreads Choice Awards has cut the list of nominees down from 20 to 10. It is always interesting to see which books will continue on, and which ones did not quite gather the votes to be considered for the top prize.
When it comes to Best Fiction, there were originally three DSNs that were nominated, but it looks like Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez will not be advancing. And the same is true for Brendan Slocumb's The Violin Conspiracy in the Best Mystery & Thriller category, which was the only DSN in that group.
While my favorite for the Best Historical Fiction category, Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson, has advanced, the same could not be said for either Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow, or Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang. And I could not be more pleased (or surprised) the three out of the four DSNs that were nominated for the Best Science Fiction category are still in this thing. Only Station Eternity by Mur Laffterty will not be moving on.
There are no changes to report in the Best Humor category, with both The Office BFFs by Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey, and Hello, Molly! by Molly Shannon holding strong. However, the same could not be said for Best Nonfiction, as South to America by Imani Perry did not gain enough votes, and neither did The Man Who Could Move Clouds by Ingrid Rojas Contreras, which was originally nominated for Best Memoir & Autobiography. But both Oddball by Sarah Andersen and Ducks by Kate Beaton remain in the running for Best Graphic Novels & Comics.
Quite a bit has happened in the Best Debut Novel category. There were six DSNs that were originally nominated, but only two remain. It seems The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb, Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez, Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow, and How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu will not be moving on, but the last book in that list is still in it for Best Science Fiction.
Oh my young adult fiction...the Best Young Adult Fiction category is always an interesting one, and that still remains true for 2022. Only three DSNs remain in that group, and I am surprised that not one of them is either You'll Be the Death of Me, or Nothing More to Tell, both by Karen M. McManus. Tiffany D. Jackson's The Weight of Blood will also not be advancing. And as for the Best Young Adult Fantast & Science Fiction category, neither nominated DSN made the cut, so the journey ends for Hotel Magnifique by Emily J. Taylor, and A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin.
There are 16 total DSNs that remain as contenders in the 2022 Goodreads Choice Awards, and really, anything can happen. The final round of voting ends this Sunday, December 4th, and the winners will be announced the following Thursday, December 8th. It will be interesting for sure.
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