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Although a large part of it is down to the authors writing incredible books, I think another part is down to their popularity. Martin with A Dance With Dragons (2011), Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson’s with Tower of Midnight (2010) and Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris (2009), you quickly see that the name of the author is even more recognisable than the title of the book. When you look at the winners: Neil Gaiman with The Ocean At The End of The Lane (2013), Stephen King with The Wind Through The Keyhole (2012), George R.R.
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Over the years, the Goodreads Awards have been notorious for rewarding the already well known and (sorry to say it) already well off authors. I’m pretty sure the two of them will do quite well: possibly gaining surprise finalist spots.įrom the above you can probably see another reason why the “nomination” stage works. My personal favourite of the above list was Brent Weeks’s entry, closely followed by Mark Lawrence’s. I’d be surprised if authors such as Katherine Addison, Robert Jackson Bennett or Sebastien de Castell picked up the number of votes needed to progress – but in my opinion these three would rank very highly if this award was done by a panel of judges who were required to read every book (i.e. Lev Grossman is very popular and has done a lot of media work this year, so he could be a dark horse. It’ll be interesting to see how he does, especially as his latest novella – The Slow Regard of Silent Things – received mixed reaction. All those guys will have a very good chance of winning this time round, but Patrick Rothfuss – Fantasy’s megastar – is up there too. It is worth noting that Jim Butcher and Deborah Harkness have taken the “Paranormal Fantasy” award before and Brandon Sanderon has taken the “Fantasy” category too. Up From the Grave (Night Huntress #7) by Jeaniene Frost The Broken Eye (Lightbringer, #3) by Brent Weeks Traitor’s Blade (The Greatcoats #1) by Sebastien de Castell
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Skin Game (The Dresden Files, #15) by Jim Butcher Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2) by Brandon Sanderson The Magician’s Land (The Magicians, #3) by Lev Grossman The Witch With No Name (The Hollows, #13) by Kim Harrison The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss The Book of Life (All Souls Trilogy, #3) by Deborah Harkness
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Night Broken (Mercy Thompson, #8) by Patricia Briggs Magic Breaks (Kate Daniels, #7) by Ilona Andrews The Emperor’s Blades (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, #1) by Brian Staveley Prince of Fools (The Red Queen’s War, #1) by Mark Lawrence You may then think that it becomes Urban Fantasy them, but Vicious, Seduction, The Golem And The Jinni and The Ocean At The End of The Lane were all in the “Fantasy” section – so it was pretty confusing.Īnyway, I’ve rambled on long enough. For example, most people seemed to think “Paranormal Fantasy” was just another way of saying “Paranormal Romance”, but the Dresden Files found itself in there. It is probably a good thing because there was some confusion.
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This year is quite interesting, because Goodreads had ditched their “Paranormal Fantasy” category and grouped it with the “Fantasy” category. Knowing that thousands upon thousands of people had given each of these books a thumbs up meant I felt confident that I wasn’t wasting my money or my relatives’ time with poor books ? To draw upon a personal experience: I don’t read crime AT ALL, but my Mum and Grandma do, so last year I used the Goodreads semi-final Crime Fiction list to buy them two crime books each. This results in readers using such lists to buy books for their “to be read list” and as gifts for their friends and family. A book appearing on a “readers’ choice” list gives other readers a certain kind of assurance that the book is pretty good or at least worth their time. I think Mark Lawrence’s point that just a nomination in a category is important to an author is a good one. Mark Lawrence’s boost following his Choice Awards nomination