If reading happens to be your favorite pastime, you probably spend a lot of time on Goodreads discovering new books. Their users selected the winners of the annual Goodreads Choice Awards, with R.F. Kuang’s Yellowface coming out victorious in the coveted best fiction category.
Yellowface was selected as the best fiction book by over 200,000 Goodreads users. It easily defeated its competition, including Ann Napolitano’s Hello Beautiful, Meg Shaffer’s The Wishing Game, and Ann Patchett’s Tom Lake, while the remaining contenders in this category received under 50,000 votes
Goodread’s official announcement describes Yellowface as “a combination of satire, metafiction, and slow-burn thriller, [which] ultimately delivers a sly cultural critique concerning race and tokenism in the book business” and praises its author for delivering “a lacerating parable about the publishing industry itself.”
The list of major winners also includes Emilia Hart’s Weyward (best debut and best historical fiction), Emily Henry’s Happy Place (best romance), Leigh Bardugo’s Hell Bent (best fantasy), and Stephen King’s Holly (best horror).
Several celebrities also made it to Goodreads’ list this year, including Britney Spears with The Woman in Me (best memoir & autobiography) and Henry Winkler with Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond (best humor).
FULL LIST OF THE 2023 GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS WINNERS:
Best Fiction
Yellowface – R.F. Kuang
Best Science Fiction
In the Lives of Puppets – T.J. Klune
Best Romance
Emily Henry – Happy Place
Best Fantasy
Hell Bent – Leigh Bardugo
Best Young Adult Fantasy
Divine Rivals – Rebecca Ross
Best Young Adult Fiction
Check & Mate – Ali Hazelwood
Best Romantasy
Fourth Wing – Rebecca Yarros
Best Mystery & Thriller
The Housemaid’s Secret – Freida McFadden
Best Horror
Holly – Stephen King
Best Debut Novel
Weyward – Emilia Hart
Best Historical Fiction
Weyward – Emilia Hart
Best Non-Fiction
Poverty, by America – Matthew Desmond
Best History & Biography
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder – David Grann
Best Memoir & Autobiography
Britney Spears – The Woman in Me
Best Humor
Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond – Henry Winkler
