The day that the final round of voting opens for the Goodreads Choice Awards can often contain its own surprises as the nominees for each category are cut in half, from 20 down to ten. In past years, it has been interesting to see which books move forward, and which ones are no longer in consideration, and 2023 is no exception.
There are no changes to report in Best Fiction, but only two of the four DSNs that were originally nominated in the Best Historical Fiction category have made it through. It seems neither River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer nor Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward made the cut.
There is one change in the Best Science Fiction category, but instead of a book being removed, there is a new DSN to be considered. I recently finished reading In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune (review will be posted on December 8), and enjoyed it so much that it will now receive my vote.
With Best Horror Fiction remaining the same as far as the one DSN that was nominated, Best Young Adult Fiction has lost two nominees, with both Suddenly a Murder by Lauren Munoz and Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis not getting enough votes. And it seems River Sing Me Home suffered the same fate in Best Debut Novel as it did in Best Historical Fiction, and will not be moving on into the top ten.
As for Best Nonfiction, Best Memoir & Autobiography, and Best History & Biography, which each had one DSN nominated, only Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond remains. They Called Us Exceptional by Prachi Gupta and When Crack Was King by Donovan X. Ramsey have both been eliminated in their respective categories.
With six DSNs not making it into the finals, that still leaves 14 books still in consideration. The final round of voting closes on Sunday, December 3, with the winners being announced on Thursday, December 7. As always, I am excited and curious to see the results, as there is always at least one upset. In the meantime, I am happy to continue researching all of the nominees I failed to take notice of before and schedule them for a spot on this blog in early 2024.
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