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.
Prolific, yes, exclusively new releases, no, if you’re prolific enough. I read 23 on the list so far, out of 346 total books so far, and I do still plan to read two more before the voting ends (Bookshops and Bonedust, and System Collapse, both on hold at the library).
You could also be medium-prolific and get a lot of hits if you mostly read specific genres.