the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016

The Goodreads Choice Awards are published every Novemeber, and encourage readers to vote on what they believe the best books of the year to be with the awards being separated into 19 different categories:

1. Fiction
2. Mystery & Thriller
3. Historical Fiction
4. Fantasy
5. Romance
6. Science Fiction
7. Horror
8. Humor
9. Nonfiction
10. Memoir & Autobiography
11. History & Biography
12. Science & Technology
13. Food & Cookbooks
14. Graphic Novels & Comics
15. Debut Goodreads Author
16. Young Adult Fiction
17. Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
18. Middle Grade & Children's
19. Picture Books

I did not vote in all of the categories listed above, this was because for some categories I had not read a book that fell within them. Therefore I chose to leave them out. But listed below is the categories I voted in, and what I chose to vote for.

• Fiction: Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
• Fantasy: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, John Tiffany
• Humor: Dan & Phill Go Outside by Danisnotonfire and AmazingPhill
• Memoir & Autobiography: Buffering by Hannah Hart
• Graphic Novels & Comics: Saga, Volume Six by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples
• Debut Goodreads Author: Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton
• Young Adult Fiction: The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
• Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction: Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare
• Middle Grade & Children's: The Land of Stories: An Author's Odyssey by Chris Colfer

So there we have it, my votes for 9 out of 19 of the categories in this years Goodreads Choice Awards. Have you voted? If so, what did you vote for? I found it particularly difficult to pick one for the Young Adult Fiction section. Did you?

Let me know in the comments below, I'd love to hear what you thought of this years categories.

                                                     bye for now my little pumpkins