GoodReads Choice Awards 2014 Semi Finals
It’s time to choose best books of 2014. This year there are 20 categories and in each category there are 20 books. In each category 5 books are selected by write-in votes. Here are the categories and some of my favorite choices, I voted for the first ones.
I list my favorite genres at top; Fantasy, Science-Fiction and Mystery&Thriller. I could not find to vote any books for some categories. There are already more than 2M votes cast (2,061,719)
This year there are lots of books to read in fantasy genre, unfortunately I could not find any chance to read them. I hope to read first five books in the list below.
To see my final votes, you can check this page.
Best Fantasy Books of 2014
- Fool's Assassin (The Fitz and The Fool Trilogy #1) by Robin Hobb
- Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive #2) by Brandon Sanderson
- Prince of Fools (The Red Queen’s War #1) by Mark Lawrence
- The Slow Regard of Silent Things (Tales from Temerant) by Patrick Rothfuss
- The Broken Eye (Lightbringer #3) by Brent Weeks
- Skin Game (The Dresden Files #15) by Jim Butcher
- The Emperor's Blades (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne #1) by Brian Staveley
Best Science Fiction Books of 2014
- Lock In (Lock In #1) by John Scalzi
- Earth Awakens (The First Formic War #3) by Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston
- Influx by Daniel Suarez
- Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch #2) by Ann Leckie
- The Long Mars (The Long Earth #3) by Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter
- Hollow World by Michael J. Sullivan
- The Martian by Andy Weir
- Cibola Burn (Expanse #4) by James S.A. Corey
Best Mystery & Thriller of 2014
- Mr. Mercedes (Bill Hodges Trilogy #1) by Stephen King
- The Target (Will Robie #3) by David Baldacci
- Missing You by Harlan Coben
- The Son by Jo Nesbø
Best Fiction of 2014
- The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
- Stone Mattress: Nine Tales by Margaret Atwood
- Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
Best Horror of 2014
- The Purge of Babylon: A Novel of Survival(Purge of Babylon #1) by Sam Sisavath
Best Historical Fiction of 2014
- Some Luck (Last Hundred Years: A Family Saga #1) by Jane Smiley
Best Romance of 2014
- Written in My Own Heart's Blood (Outlander #8) by Diana Gabaldon
Best Humor of 2014
- William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back (William Shakespeare's Star Wars #2) by Ian Doescher
Best Nonfiction of 2014
- The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert
Best Business Books of 2014
- How Google Works by Eric Schmidt
Best Debut Goodreads Author of 2014
- The Emperor's Blades (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne #1) by Brian Staveley
Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction of 2014
- City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments #6) by Cassandra Clare
Best Middle Grade & Children's of 2014
- The Blood of Olympus (The Heroes of Olympus #5) by Rick Riordan