Goodreads has launched the opening round for their yearly awards for the best books just recently. I skimmed through the categories myself, yet already saw quite mixed reviews about the suggestions for this year’s nominees.
Some categories like poetry and children books were removed (yeah, you can say that children ain’t a target audience for the Goodreads yet this platform always seemed to be well rounded).
Graphic novels is also something that was removed unfortunately. Although these ain’t my cup of tea, I’m almost sure it must be upsetting for a large group of people.
This year I’d only read 23 across all categories, which is way less than normal. I’ll probably try some other ones from the longlists in the new year.
I’m SO GLAD they finally split romantasy out of fantasy. I like both, but they’ve diverged enough that they have totally different fanbases and I really think it makes sense for them to be separate categories.
I was surprised they axed graphic novels, poetry, and children’s books, though I don’t generally read any of that so I’ve never voted. If I was in charge I would change up the nonfiction to lump together the biography/autobiography/memoirs, have a separate category for science, and then have all other nonfiction books together.
My votes:
They used to have a separate category for science and tech books. I don’t know why they cut it (I can understand cutting food/cookbooks, but also if the goal is to sell during the holiday season, then they should have kept that too).
I’d probably keep history and biography together, but split memoir/autobiography into celebrity and non-celebrity simply because celebrity ones are popular based on the person, not the actual book. And I’d cut humor --if it is a memoir put it in memoirs, and the rest can go in general nonfiction.