Good Reads – Best Books of 2016 Winners!

good-reads-2016 The winners of the Good Reads Best Books of 2016 have been announced – did your favourite win?

Categories included: Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction, Horror, Humour, Non Fiction, Memoir & Autobiography, History & Biography, Science & Technology, Food & Cookbooks, Graphic Novels & Comics, Poetry, Debut Goodreads Author, Young Adult Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction, Middle Grade & Children’s, and Picturebook.

HINT – Click on the category below to see the winner and shortlisted books and click on the title to reserve your copy of the winner now. The Library has all of the winning books and many of the shortlisted ones.

Best Fiction Winner 30, 154 votes Truly, Madly, Guilty by Liane Moriarty

Best Mystery & Thriller Winner 42, 382 votes End of Watch by Stephen King

Best Historical Fiction Winner 24, 175 votes The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

Best Fantasy Winner 128, 543 votes Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by Jack Thorne & John Tiffany, based on a story by J.K. Rowling

Best Romance Winner 59, 546 votes It ends with us by Colleen Hoover

Best Science Fiction Winner 45, 353 votes Morning Star by Pierce Brown

Best Horror Winner 23, 289 votes The Fireman by Joe Hill

Best Humour Winner 41, 082 votes The girl with the lower back tattoo by Amy Schumer

Best Non Fiction Winner 52, 925 votes Hamilton: the revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Best Memoir & Autobiography Winner 26, 085 votes When breath becomes air by Paul Kalanithi

Best History & Biography Winner 16, 477 votes Leonard: my fifty year releationship with a remarkable man by William Shatner

Best Science & Technology Winner 12, 370 votes Are we smart enough to know how smart animals are? by Frans De Waal