The winners of the 2024 annual Goodreads Choice Awards have been revealed, with some of this year’s top books coming from authors including Stephen King and Sarah J. Maas.
Chosen by readers from the online book community Goodreads, the Goodreads Choice Awards reflect the works that people truly enjoyed this year.
Across 15 categories, 300 books were nominated in total with more than 6.2 million readers voting for their favourites - a record number for the awards. From readers’ favourite “romantasy” book - the TikTok favourite genre which combines romance and fantasy - to more traditional categories such as historical fiction, mystery and horror, there is something for every reader.
This year’s winners include debut novelists such as English writer Kaliane Bradley as well as familiar names like the legendary Stephen King, with a few surprise additions thrown in for good measure.
So if you’re perhaps trying to find your next read over the Christmas period, or are looking for a present, here are all of the winners from the 2024 Goodreads Choice Awards.
5. Readers’ Favourite Romantasy: House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas
Blowing Emily Henry’s four Goodreads Choice Awards out the water with her eighth win is Sarah J. Maas’, whose latest entry into her Crescent City series took home the prize for Readers’ Favourite Romantasy. House of Flame and Shadow is the third installment in the series which features fallen angels and mortals who love them, and it won out over books such as Callie Hart’s Quicksilver and Sarah A Parker’s When the Moon Hatched. | Bloomsbury
6. Readers’ Favourite Fantasy: Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune
The follow-up novel to 2020 novel The House in the Cerulean Sea, author T.J. Klune won the Goodreads Choice Award for Readers’ Favourite Fantasy with Somewhere Beyond the Sea. With 69,854 votes, this sequel pleased fans with its return to Marsyas Island and its many magical children. | Tor
7. Readers’ Favourite Science Fiction: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
A book that takes readers on a journey not just through time, but through workplace comedy, espionage and roommate drama, The Ministry of Time is a book which answers the question of what it would be like to fall in love with a 19th-century polar explorer. Kaliane Bradley’s debut novel, it won Readers’ Favourite Science Fiction with 78,459 votes over works including Booker Prize winner Samantha Harvey’s Orbital. | Hachette UK
8. Readers’ Favourite Horror: You Like It Darker by Stephen King
Stephen King is the master of the horror novel, and his series of short stories You Like It Darker clearly pleased fans. Telling tales of fate, morality, tragedy and violence, some have even called it his best collection yet. It marks his eleventh Goodreads Choice Awards win across the Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy, and Science Fiction genres. | Hachette UK