In this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we take another look at the Goodreads Choice Awards finalists and who we think will be voted the winner by the public. Do we love the Goodreads Choice Award? No, but we love talking about it! We're preparing for our end-of-the-year content - we hope you enjoy! Please check the trigger warning below for a dark book we talk about in this episode.  

What We’ve Read and What We Are Reading:

Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White and narrated by Shaan Dasani, Graham Halstead, & Avi Roque

Wicked Beauty (Dark Olympus #3) by Katee Robert and narrated by Alex Moorcock and Zara Hampton-Brown

The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery by Bill James & Rachel McCarthy James and narrated by John Bedford Lloyd

A Merry Little Meet Cute by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone

Still Beating by Jennifer Hartmann ** Definitely trigger warning for rape and sexual assault. This is a very dark book!! Check online for all the trigger warnings. 

Where the Drowned Girls Go (Wayward Children #7) by Seanan McGuire and narrated by Whitney Johnson

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

Heat Wave (The Extraordinaires #3) by T.J. Klune and narrated by Michael Lesley

The Words by Ashley Jade

Brutal Prince (Brutal Birthright #1) by Sophie Lark

Additional Book Mentions:

Radiant Sin (Dark Olympus #4) by Katee Robert

Cruel Seduction (Dark Olympus #5) by Katee Robert

Across the Green Grass Fields (Wayward Children #6) by Seanan McGuire

The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson

From a Buick 8 by Stephen King

Rose Madder by Stephen King

Our Predictions:

Fiction:

M=Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

S= Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

Mystery & Thriller:

M= The It Girl by Ruth Ware

S= The Maid by Nita Prose

Historical Fiction:

M= Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

S=Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus  

M & S= House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City #2) by Sarah J Maas

Romance:

M= It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover

S= Book Lovers by Emily Henry

Science Fiction:

M & S= Sea of Tranquility by St. John Mandel

Horror:

M= The Hacienda by Isabel Canas

S= Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

Humor:

M & S= Hello Molly! by Molly Shannon

Nonfiction:

M= Unmasked by Paul Holes

S= Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown

Memoir & Autobiography:

M & S= I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

History & Biography:

M & S= His Name is George Floyd by Robert Samuels

S= And There Was Light by John Meacham

Graphic Novels & Comics:

M & S= Heartstopper: Volume 4 by Alice Oseman

Poetry:

M & S= Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman

Debut Novel:

M & S= Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Young Adult Fiction:

M= I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

S= Loveless by Alice Oseman

Young Adult Fantasy:

M= The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber and  Bloodmarked by Tract Deonn

S= Cytonic by Brandon Sanderson

Middle Grade & Children’s:

M= Aru Shah and the Necar of Immortality by Roshani Chokshi

S= Amari and the Great Game by B.B. Alston