Announcing the winners of the 2012 Goodreads Choice Awards, the only major book awards decided by readers. Congratulations to the best books of the year!
Best Fiction
- The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
Best Mystery & Thriller
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Best Historical Fiction
- The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
Best Fantasy
- The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King, Jae Lee
Best Paranormal Fantasy
- Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
Best Science Fiction
- The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter
Best Romance
- Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James
Best Horror
- The Twelve by Justin Cronin
Best Memoir & Autobiography
- Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
Best History & Biography
- Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch by Sally Bedell Smith
Best Nonfiction
- Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
Best Food & Cookbooks
- The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier by Ree Drummond
Best Humor
- Let’s Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson
Best Graphic Novels & Comics
- The Walking Dead, Vol. 16: A Larger World by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard
Best Poetry
- A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver
Best Goodreads Author
- Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Best Young Adult Fiction
- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
- Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Best Middle Grade & Children’s
- The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
Best Picture Books
- Olivia and the Fairy Princesses by Ian Falconer
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