Goodreads Choice Awards 2026 reaction and what I'll be voting for ✨ [and books that got snubbed!]

And then we also have Anatomy of an Alibi by Ashley St, which this is one that I personally DNFed. I wasn't the biggest fan of First Lie Wins, so I really wasn't looking forward to this book that much to be honest. And this book just didn't really do anything for me.

And now, Back to You by BK Boris. This is a romance that I knew would be on this list. It was so good. I really enjoyed this one, so I'm glad that it's here.

And then this one, As I Dream of You, a young adult graphic novel. I have read this one and I thought it was so beautiful. And this one felt very like supernatural inspired.

This is one that I've been really curious to read because I have enjoyed Ask Again by this author in the past, but I haven't read from this author in a while.

Bad Words is a book that I loved. Okay, like that was like a four and a half out of five stars for me. Like I loved Bad Words.

And then we have Best Offer Wins, which is another thriller. I'm very happy to see this here. I gave this one four stars. I really enjoyed it.

I ended up dnfing Buffalo Hunter, but The Only Good Indians, I think I gave that one like three stars.

Dive Bar at the End of the Road. Let's go, Very happy to see this one here. I really enjoyed this one. I gave it four and a half stars.

I feel like CG Drews is like a one-h hit wonder for me at this point with Don't Let the Forest In.

Okay, we have Fabulous Bodies by Chuck Tingle. God tier. Five stars. Loved it.

I wasn't the biggest fan of First Lie Wins, so I really wasn't looking forward to this book that much to be honest.

I personally DNFed Fruitfly. I don't really I don't really fully get the hype for Fruitfly. Like I wanted to love it so badly, but I just thought the writing was like not for me.

I didn't love this one. I think this is another book that I probably dnfed pretty early on. I just really wasn't vibing with the two main characters in this one.

Heart of Glass by Jennifer Hillier. I mean I should have expected to see this one here, but I personally wasn't the biggest fan. I also DNFed this book.

I gave it three stars personally. I thought it was just fine.

Coming down, we have Hollywood Ending by John Green, which I just read recently and I loved.

I think this one was a huge success this year. I gave this book four stars. I really enjoyed it.

We have Lisa Jewel. It could have been her. It was a DNF from me. not a fan.

And then we have Mary Cuba. It's not her. I enjoyed this one actually. I think I gave it like four stars. It was a good time.

Same with Japanese Gothic. Kylie Lee Baker can do no wrong. I'm so happy Japanese Gothic is on the list.

I personally DNFed this book. I thought it was like so poorly written in my opinion. Like I don't know. I just wasn't really vibing with the writing style.

I'm only really curious to read this one because it's from the same author as Lessons in Chemistry, which is a book that I absolutely loved.

I understand why it made this list, but like this book was not really for me. I think I gave this like two and a half stars or maybe like a generous three star.

Then we have Maisy Wood by Tan Reef Du. I loved this book. I gave this one four stars. Very happy to see it here.

Okay, so we have Mocha first thing. One of my top favorite books of this entire year. Five stars. God tier. Monica Kim can do no wrong.

Monsters in the Archives. This is one that I have read. I gave it four stars. I really enjoyed it.

This book is probably going to make it into like my top five, maybe my top 10 of the year. Like I really, really loved My Husband's Wife. I think it's one of the best by Alice Feny.

And then nothing tastes as good is another one that I really loved. I gave it four stars.

I did read One and Only. I think I gave it like three to three and a half stars. It wasn't my favorite, but I am happy to see it included on the list.

But did I personally hate this book? Yes. Yes, I did. I DNFed this one. And I DNFed this book after like 50 or 60 pages. Like these characters, they were insufferable to me.

I'm almost done with this book right now. I have like a 100 pages left and this book is so good and it's so trippy and weird.

And then also I just realized Romantic Hero by Christy Greenwood was one that I loved that didn't make the list.

Okay, we have Scorpion Deep, which this unfortunately for me was a DNF. I feel like CG Drews is like a one-h hit wonder for me at this point with Don't Let the Forest In.

This one was so good. I really enjoyed this one. I actually just listened to this one on audio. I gave it four stars.

I would be convinced to vote for Solace House.

One of my top favorite romances of this year, if not my favorite romance of this year. So, I'm really happy to see Staripped on here.

And then we have The Burning Side, which I guess I was expecting it to be here, but this was not a personal favorite of mine. I gave it three stars. I thought it was just fine.

I loved The Immortalist by this author.

I would have loved to see like the mashup make the list. Like I really loved the mashup this year.

I gave this book one star. I ranted about it in the vlog where I read it. Like I think this is one of my worst books of the year.

I ended up dnfing Buffalo Hunter, but The Only Good Indians, I think I gave that one like three stars.

We have The Open Era, which is a book that I read that I gave three stars. I thought this one was just okay.

And this is probably like my favorite thriller that I've read this year. So, unless this book pops up in the horror category, like there is a chance that maybe they categorize this one as horror, like I could see that. But if it's not, then like The Secret Dinner just got snubbed and I will be very sad if I don't see this book on here because this book was incredible.

I am happy to see this book here even though it wasn't my personal favorite. I think I gave it like three stars, but I am happy for Riley Sager to be on this list.

To be honest, out of any of the Freedom McFatens, this is the one that I was hoping would make it onto the list because I do think this is one of her better books.

I do have this one on my TBR because this is from the same author as the library at Mount Char, which is a book that I just read for the first time this year and I thought it was really interesting.

Oh my god, I'm so happy to see this here because this is definitely one of my favorite mystery thrillers of the year. And this book also has a touch of romance. Okay, that like really worked for me.

Yeah, I definitely thought Victorious was going to make it into this category, and I am really glad to see it here, even though I only gave it three stars personally.

I really did like, you know, like Yellowface by RF Kuang.

Yester Year is one of my favorite books of the year. Could some people say that it's being a little bit overhyped? for sure. But like I loved Yester Year.