Subject: Goodreads Newsletter: December 6, 2017
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Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2017 17:53:49 +0000

The readers have spoken! Meet the winners of the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards, the only major book awards that are decided by you, the readers.       

  
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 The readers have spoken! And now we're thrilled to announce the winners of the <a href='https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2017?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=dec62017&utm_content=editorlettergca'>2017 Goodreads Choice Awards</a>. See what you and your fellow readers selected as the best books of the year across 20 categories. Thanks to everyone who cast the more than 3.8 million votes!     

  

    

  
     
   Readers&#x27; Favorites

https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/1113-announcing-the-winners-of-the-2017-goodreads-choice-awards
The Goodreads Choice Awards Winners 
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Your Goodreads Choice Awards Winners!
It's celebration time for the winning authors of the <a href='https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2017?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=dec62017&utm_content=gcawinners'>2017 Goodreads Choice Awards</a>. We asked these talented writers to send us their reactions to their victories, and to thank their voters. See what they have to say!
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   Winner: Debut Author &amp; Best YA Book

https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1321.Angie_Thomas
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Readers Shower Love on &lt;i&gt;The Hate U Give&lt;/i&gt;
Voters awarded two  <a href='https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-books-2017?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=dec62017&utm_content=gcalink'>Goodreads Choice Awards</a> to author <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15049422.Angie_Thomas?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=dec62017&utm_content=angielink'">Angie Thomas</a>' young adult novel, <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32075671-the-hate-u-give?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=dec62017&utm_content=hateugivelink'">The Hate U Give</a></i>. This searing account of a teenage girl whose friend is killed by a police officer won both the <a href='https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-young-adult-fiction-books-2017?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=dec62017&utm_content=yalink'>Young Adult Fiction</a> and <a href='https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-debut-goodreads-author-2017?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=dec62017&utm_content=debutlink'>Debut Author</a> categories. Thomas talks to Goodreads about her whirlwind year.
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   Winner: Humor

https://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/1322.Lauren_Graham
Lauren Graham 
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Lauren Graham Nabs Best Humor Award
Actress and author <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1906497.Lauren_Graham?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=dec62017&utm_content=grahamlink'">Lauren Graham</a>'s <i><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30253864-talking-as-fast-as-i-can?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=dec62017&utm_content=fasttalklink'">Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between)</a></i> took home his year's <a href='https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-humor-books-2017?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=dec62017&utm_content=gcahumor'>Goodreads Choice Award for Humor</a>. Graham tells us about her writing process, her book club, and the best life advice she can offer.
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   Quick Reads

https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/1103-32-short-books-to-help-you-win-your-reading-challenge
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32 Short Books to Crush Your 2017 Reading Challenge
The end of the year is fast approaching, which means there are only a few weeks left to reach your <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/show/5493-2017-reading-challenge?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=dec62017&utm_content=readingchallengelink">2017 Reading Challenge goal!</a> These quick reads will help you achieve a new personal best!
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 &quot;Choice&quot; Excerpts

https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/1110Ree Drummond[https://images.gr-assets.com/misc/1510691452-1510691452_goodreads_misc.png]
<i>The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Come and Get It!</i>
Ree Drummond serves up her recipe for waffle iron hash browns from the <a href='https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-food-cookbooks-2017?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=dec62017&utm_content=gcacook'>Goodreads Choice Award-winning cookbook</a>.
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https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/1111Neil deGrasse Tyson[https://images.gr-assets.com/misc/1510691405-1510691405_goodreads_misc.png]
<i>Astrophysics for People in a Hurry</i>
Neil deGrasse Tyson, the winner of the 2017 <a href='https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-science-technology-books-2017?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=dec62017&utm_content=gcascience'>Goodreads Choice Award for Science</a>, shares this passage from his book on the cosmos and kinship.
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https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/1109How to be a Bawse[https://images.gr-assets.com/misc/1510691433-1510691433_goodreads_misc.png]
<i>How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life</i>
Lilly Singh, the winner of the 2017 <a href='https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-nonfiction-books-2017?rto=x_gr_e_nl_general&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=dec62017&utm_content=gcanonfict'>Goodreads Choice Award for Nonfiction</a>, offers this excerpt about letting go and finding your way.
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  Book Ends

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