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.
I’m not a fantasy reader at all, but some criticism of the fantasy category that I have seen is that it gets filled with fantasy-romance books (like those by Sarah J. Mass for example) which tend to be shoo-ins for the top spot. So, giving those their own category frees up the fantasy category for more traditional fantasy books.