{"id":50207,"date":"2023-12-28T06:00:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T12:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=50207"},"modified":"2023-12-21T09:30:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T15:30:27","slug":"goodreads-choice-awards-2023-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/goodreads-choice-awards-2023-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"GoodReads Choice Awards 2023 Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-50420 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/goodreads-logo.jpg?resize=632%2C135&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"632\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/goodreads-logo.jpg?resize=632%2C135&amp;ssl=1 632w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/goodreads-logo.jpg?resize=1020%2C218&amp;ssl=1 1020w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/goodreads-logo.jpg?resize=768%2C164&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/goodreads-logo.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Goodreads has announced their 15th Annual Choice Awards winners for 2023. Even though there is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/pw\/by-topic\/childrens\/childrens-industry-news\/article\/93762-goodreads-category-removal-sparks-outcry.html#:~:text=Nominations%20for%20the%202023%20Goodreads,%2C%20Romantasy%2C%20has%20been%20added.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">controversy<\/a> regarding category removals, we still want to highlight the winners as they are decided by readers! Below you will find the results of these annual awards from 15 different categories with 300 nominated books. The chosen categories are fiction, historical fiction, mystery &amp; thriller, romance, romantasy, fantasy, science fiction, horror, young adult fantasy, young adult fiction, debut novel, nonfiction, memoir &amp; autobiography, history &amp; autobiography, and humor.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of this writing, all of these titles are owned by the Davenport Public Library. The descriptions are provided by the publishers.<\/p>\n<p>__________________<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=76f11111-03f6-5440-81de-ab7c5e9ffb64&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-50319\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/yellowface1.jpg?resize=150%2C227&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a>Fiction: <a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=76f11111-03f6-5440-81de-ab7c5e9ffb64&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Yellowface<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by R.F. Kuang<\/p>\n<p><em>Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars. But Athena\u2019s a literary darling. June Hayward is literally nobody. Who wants stories about basic white girls, June thinks.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>So when June witnesses Athena\u2019s death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena\u2019s just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers during World War I.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>So what if June edits Athena\u2019s novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song\u2014complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? Doesn\u2019t this piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller? That\u2019s what June claims, and the New York Times bestseller list seems to agree.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But June can\u2019t get away from Athena\u2019s shadow, and emerging evidence threatens to bring June\u2019s (stolen) success down around her. As June races to protect her secret, she discovers exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves.<\/em> &#8211; HarperCollins<\/p>\n<p>This title is also available as a Libby eBook, Libby eAudiobook, and large print.<\/p>\n<p>__________________<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=56e7e8b2-fa86-50f3-96e5-35f81bff0e19&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-50323\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/weyward.jpg?resize=150%2C228&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"228\" \/><\/a>Historical Fiction: <a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=56e7e8b2-fa86-50f3-96e5-35f81bff0e19&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Weyward<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Emilia Hart<\/p>\n<p><em>I am a Weyward, and wild inside.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>2019: Under cover of darkness, Kate flees London for ramshackle Weyward Cottage, inherited from a great-aunt she barely remembers. With its tumbling ivy and overgrown garden, the cottage is worlds away from the abusive partner who tormented Kate. But she suspects that her great-aunt had a secret. One that lurks in the bones of the cottage, hidden ever since the witch-hunts of the 17th century.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>1619: Altha is awaiting trial for the murder of a local farmer who was stampeded to death by his herd. When Altha was a girl, her mother taught her their magic, a kind not rooted in spell casting but in a deep knowledge of the natural world. But unusual women have always been deemed dangerous, and as the evidence of witchcraft is laid out against Altha, she knows it will take all her powers to maintain her freedom.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>1942: As World War II rages, Violet is trapped in her family&#8217;s grand, crumbling estate. Straitjacketed by societal convention, she longs for the robust education her brother receives\u2013\u2013and for her mother, long deceased, who was rumored to have gone mad before her death. The only traces Violet has of her are a locket bearing the initial W and the word weyward scratched into the baseboard of her bedroom.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Weaving together the stories of three extraordinary women across five centuries, Emilia Hart&#8217;s Weyward is an astonishing debut, and an enthralling novel of female resilience.<\/em> &#8211; Macmillan Publishers<\/p>\n<p>This title is also available as a Libby ebook, Libby eAudiobook, and large print.<\/p>\n<p>__________________<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=e256ce9d-c635-5b98-b57e-e131089cd017&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-50324\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/the-housemaids-secret.jpg?resize=150%2C237&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"237\" \/><\/a>Mystery &amp; Thriller: <a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=e256ce9d-c635-5b98-b57e-e131089cd017&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>The Housemaid&#8217;s Secret<\/em><\/strong><\/a> by Freida McFadden<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cDon\u2019t go in the guest bedroom.\u201d A shadow falls on Douglas Garrick\u2019s face as he touches the door with his fingertips. \u201cMy wife\u2026 she\u2019s very ill.\u201d As he continues showing me their incredible penthouse apartment, I have a terrible feeling about the woman behind closed doors. But I can\u2019t risk losing this job\u2014not if I want to keep my darkest secret safe\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It\u2019s hard to find an employer who doesn\u2019t ask too many questions about my past. So I thank my lucky stars that the Garricks miraculously give me a job, cleaning their stunning penthouse with views across the city and preparing fancy meals in their shiny kitchen. I can work here for a while, stay quiet until I get what I want.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It\u2019s almost perfect. But I still haven\u2019t met Mrs Garrick, or seen inside the guest bedroom. I\u2019m sure I hear her crying. I notice spots of blood around the neck of her white nightgowns when I\u2019m doing laundry. And one day I can\u2019t help but knock on the door. When it gently swings open, what I see inside changes everything\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>That\u2019s when I make a promise. After all, I\u2019ve done this before. I can protect Mrs Garrick while keeping my own secrets locked up safe.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Douglas Garrick has done wrong. He is going to pay. It\u2019s simply a question of how far I\u2019m willing to go<\/em>\u2026 &#8211; Bookouture<\/p>\n<p>__________________<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=88eb5c99-420f-51bb-80ea-be2955727c73&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-50363\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/happy-place.jpg?resize=150%2C227&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a>Romance: <a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=88eb5c99-420f-51bb-80ea-be2955727c73&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Happy Place<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>by Emily Henry<\/p>\n<p><em>Harriet and Wyn have been the perfect couple since they met in college\u2014they go together like salt and pepper, honey and tea, lobster and rolls. Except, now\u2014for reasons they\u2019re still not discussing\u2014they don\u2019t.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>They broke up five months ago. And still haven\u2019t told their best friends.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Which is how they find themselves sharing a bedroom at the Maine cottage that has been their friend group\u2019s yearly getaway for the last decade. Their annual respite from the world, where for one vibrant, blissful week they leave behind their daily lives; have copious amounts of cheese, wine, and seafood; and soak up the salty coastal air with the people who understand them most.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Only this year, Harriet and Wyn are lying through their teeth while trying not to notice how desperately they still want each other. Because the cottage is for sale and this is the last week they\u2019ll all have together in this place. They can\u2019t stand to break their friends\u2019 hearts, and so they\u2019ll play their parts. Harriet will be the driven surgical resident who never starts a fight, and Wyn will be the laid-back charmer who never lets the cracks show. It\u2019s a flawless plan (if you look at it from a great distance and through a pair of sunscreen-smeared sunglasses). After years of being in love, how hard can it be to fake it for one week\u2026in front of those who know you best?<\/em> &#8211; Penguin Random House<\/p>\n<p>This title is also available as a Libby eBook, large print, CD audiobook, Libby eAudiobook, and Playaway audiobook.<\/p>\n<p>__________________<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=536909c5-3729-551e-a23d-62cd48995fd7&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-50364\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fourth-wing.jpg?resize=150%2C226&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a>Romantasy: <a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=536909c5-3729-551e-a23d-62cd48995fd7&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Fourth Wing<\/strong><\/em> <\/a>by Rebecca Yarros<\/p>\n<p><em>Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general\u2014also known as her tough-as-talons mother\u2014has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But when you\u2019re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away&#8230;because dragons don\u2019t bond to \u201cfragile\u201d humans. They incinerate them.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother\u2019s daughter\u2014like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>She\u2019ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom&#8217;s protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda\u2014because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.<\/em> &#8211; Entangled Publishing<\/p>\n<p>This title is also available as a Libby eBook, Libby eAudiobook, and Playaway audiobook.<\/p>\n<p>__________________<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=368ea54d-7804-531d-af3d-1da42a8033cf&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-50402\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/hell-bent.jpg?resize=150%2C229&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"229\" \/><\/a>Fantasy: <a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=368ea54d-7804-531d-af3d-1da42a8033cf&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Hell Bent<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>by Leigh Bardugo<\/p>\n<p><em>Find a gateway to the underworld. Steal a soul out of hell. A simple plan, except people who make this particular journey rarely come back. But Galaxy \u201cAlex\u201d Stern is determined to break Darlington out of purgatory\u2014even if it costs her a future at Lethe and at Yale.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Forbidden from attempting a rescue, Alex and Dawes can\u2019t call on the Ninth House for help, so they assemble a team of dubious allies to save the gentleman of Lethe. Together, they will have to navigate a maze of arcane texts and bizarre artifacts to uncover the societies\u2019 most closely guarded secrets, and break every rule doing it. But when faculty members begin to die off, Alex knows these aren\u2019t just accidents. Something deadly is at work in New Haven, and if she is going to survive, she\u2019ll have to reckon with the monsters of her past and a darkness built into the university\u2019s very walls.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Thick with history and packed with Bardugo\u2019s signature twists, Hell Bent brings to life an intricate world full of magic, violence, and all too real monsters.<\/em> &#8211; Macmillan Publishers<\/p>\n<p>This title is also available as a Libby eBook, Libby eAudiobook, and in large print.<\/p>\n<p>__________________<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=aa741060-ea02-5ba6-bd7a-e1238024a72c&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-50403\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/in-the-lives-of-puppets.jpg?resize=150%2C233&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a>Science Fiction: <a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=aa741060-ea02-5ba6-bd7a-e1238024a72c&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>In the Lives of Puppets<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by TJ Klune<\/p>\n<p><em>In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots\u2014fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They\u2019re a family, hidden and safe.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The day Vic salvages and repairs an unfamiliar android labelled \u201cHAP,\u201d he learns of a shared dark past between Hap and Gio\u2013a past spent hunting humans.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>When Hap unwittingly alerts robots from Gio\u2019s former life to their whereabouts, the family is no longer hidden and safe. Gio is captured and taken back to his old laboratory in the City of Electric Dreams. So together, the rest of Vic\u2019s assembled family must journey across an unforgiving and otherworldly country to rescue Gio from decommission, or worse, reprogramming.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Along the way to save Gio, amid conflicted feelings of betrayal and affection for Hap, Vic must decide for himself: Can he accept love with strings attached?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Inspired by Carlo Collodi&#8217;s The Adventures of Pinocchio, and like Swiss Family Robinson meets Wall-E, In the Lives of Puppets is a masterful stand-alone fantasy adventure from the beloved author who brought you The House in the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door.<\/em> &#8211; Macmillan Publishers<\/p>\n<p>This title is also available as Libby eBook and Libby eAudiobook.<\/p>\n<p>__________________<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=df8a4820-e88c-53eb-b1b1-b38ce65d7c02&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-50404\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/holly.jpg?resize=150%2C230&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"230\" \/><\/a>Horror: <a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=df8a4820-e88c-53eb-b1b1-b38ce65d7c02&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Holly<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Stephen King<\/p>\n<p><em>Stephen King\u2019s Holly marks the triumphant return of beloved King character Holly Gibney. Readers have witnessed Holly\u2019s gradual transformation from a shy (but also brave and ethical) recluse in Mr. Mercedes to Bill Hodges\u2019s partner in Finders Keepers to a full-fledged, smart, and occasionally tough private detective in The Outsider. In King\u2019s new novel, Holly is on her own, and up against a pair of unimaginably depraved and brilliantly disguised adversaries.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>When Penny Dahl calls the Finders Keepers detective agency hoping for help locating her missing daughter, Holly is reluctant to accept the case. Her partner, Pete, has Covid. Her (very complicated) mother has just died. And Holly is meant to be on leave. But something in Penny Dahl\u2019s desperate voice makes it impossible for Holly to turn her down.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Mere blocks from where Bonnie Dahl disappeared live Professors Rodney and Emily Harris. They are the picture of bourgeois respectability: married octogenarians, devoted to each other, and semi-retired lifelong academics. But they are harboring an unholy secret in the basement of their well-kept, book-lined home, one that may be related to Bonnie\u2019s disappearance. And it will prove nearly impossible to discover what they are up to: they are savvy, they are patient, and they are ruthless.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Holly must summon all her formidable talents to outthink and outmaneuver the shockingly twisted professors in this chilling new masterwork from Stephen King.<\/em> &#8211; Simon &amp; Schuster<\/p>\n<p>This title is also available as a Libby eBook, Libby eAudiobook, large print, CD audiobook, and Playaway audiobook.<\/p>\n<p>__________________<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=e0d1c3d5-c2ba-57b4-b350-674cfa7b3bb2&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-50405\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/divine-rivals.jpg?resize=150%2C228&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"228\" \/><\/a>Young Adult Fantasy: <a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=e0d1c3d5-c2ba-57b4-b350-674cfa7b3bb2&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Divine Rivals<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Rebecca Ross<\/p>\n<p><em>When two young rival journalists find love through a magical connection, they must face the depths of hell, in a war among gods, to seal their fate forever.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>After centuries of sleep, the gods are warring again. But eighteen-year-old Iris Winnow just wants to hold her family together. Her mother is suffering from addiction and her brother is missing from the front lines. Her best bet is to win the columnist promotion at the Oath Gazette.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>To combat her worries, Iris writes letters to her brother and slips them beneath her wardrobe door, where they vanish\u2014into the hands of Roman Kitt, her cold and handsome rival at the paper. When he anonymously writes Iris back, the two of them forge a connection that will follow Iris all the way to the front lines of battle: for her brother, the fate of mankind, and love.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Shadow and Bone meets Lore in Rebecca Ross&#8217;s Divine Rivals, an epic enemies-to-lovers fantasy novel filled with hope and heartbreak, and the unparalleled power of love.<\/em> &#8211; Macmillan Publishers<\/p>\n<p>This title is also available as Libby eBook and Libby eAudiobook.<\/p>\n<p>__________________<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=dcb308f4-b3de-5c81-a75d-6bf26518350f&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-50407\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/check-and-mate.jpg?resize=150%2C226&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a>Young Adult Fiction: <a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=dcb308f4-b3de-5c81-a75d-6bf26518350f&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Check &amp; Mate<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Ali Hazelwood<\/p>\n<p><em>Mallory Greenleaf is done with chess. Every move counts nowadays; after the sport led to the destruction of her family four years earlier, Mallory\u2019s focus is on her mom, her sisters, and the dead-end job that keeps the lights on. That is, until she begrudgingly agrees to play in one last charity tournament and inadvertently wipes the board with notorious \u201cKingkiller\u201d Nolan Sawyer: current world champion and reigning Bad Boy of chess.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Nolan\u2019s loss to an unknown rook-ie shocks everyone. What\u2019s even more confusing? His desire to cross pawns again. What kind of gambit is Nolan playing? The smart move would be to walk away. Resign. Game over. But Mallory\u2019s victory opens the door to sorely needed cash-prizes and despite everything, she can\u2019t help feeling drawn to the enigmatic strategist\u2026.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>As she rockets up the ranks, Mallory struggles to keep her family safely separated from the game that wrecked it in the first place. And as her love for the sport she so desperately wanted to hate begins to rekindle, Mallory quickly realizes that the games aren\u2019t only on the board, the spotlight is brighter than she imagined, and the competition can be fierce (-ly attractive. And intelligent\u2026and infuriating\u2026)<\/em> &#8211; Penguin Random House<\/p>\n<p>This title is also available as Libby eBook and Libby eAudiobook.<\/p>\n<p>__________________<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=56e7e8b2-fa86-50f3-96e5-35f81bff0e19&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-50409\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/weyward-1.jpg?resize=100%2C152&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a>Debut Novel: <a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=56e7e8b2-fa86-50f3-96e5-35f81bff0e19&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Weyward<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Emilia Hart<\/p>\n<p>See above!<\/p>\n<p>This title also won the Historical Fiction category for 2023.<\/p>\n<p>__________________<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=46f050b2-dc63-5f4a-a8ba-5b7d83b9217b&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-50411\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/poverty-by-america1.jpg?resize=150%2C227&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a>Nonfiction: <a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=46f050b2-dc63-5f4a-a8ba-5b7d83b9217b&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Poverty, By America<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Matthew Desmond<\/p>\n<p><em>The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why? Why does this land of plenty allow one in every eight of its children to go without basic necessities, permit scores of its citizens to live and die on the streets, and authorize its corporations to pay poverty wages? <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In this landmark book, acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond draws on history, research, and original reporting to show how affluent Americans knowingly and unknowingly keep poor people poor. Those of us who are financially secure exploit the poor, driving down their wages while forcing them to overpay for housing and access to cash and credit. We prioritize the subsidization of our wealth over the alleviation of poverty, designing a welfare state that gives the most to those who need the least. And we stockpile opportunity in exclusive communities, creating zones of concentrated riches alongside those of concentrated despair. Some lives are made small so that others may grow.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Elegantly written and fiercely argued, this compassionate book gives us new ways of thinking about a morally urgent problem. It also helps us imagine solutions. Desmond builds a startlingly original and ambitious case for ending poverty. He calls on us all to become poverty abolitionists, engaged in a politics of collective belonging to usher in a new age of shared prosperity and, at last, true freedom.<\/em> &#8211; Penguin Random House<\/p>\n<p>This title is also available as a Libby eBook.<\/p>\n<p>__________________<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=0134fa40-21c1-5f67-9b35-5eb16f2c13d9&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-50412\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/the-woman-in-me.jpg?resize=150%2C228&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"228\" \/><\/a>Memoir &amp; Autobiography: <a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=0134fa40-21c1-5f67-9b35-5eb16f2c13d9&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>The Woman in Me<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Britney Spears<\/p>\n<p><em>The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith, and hope.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice\u2014her truth\u2014was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the lives of countless others. The Woman in Me reveals for the first time her incredible journey\u2014and the strength at the core of one of the greatest performers in pop music history.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Written with remarkable candor and humor, Spears\u2019s groundbreaking book illuminates the enduring power of music and love\u2014and the importance of a woman telling her own story, on her own terms, at last.<\/em> &#8211; Simon &amp; Schuster<\/p>\n<p>This title is also available as a Libby eBook, Libby eAudiobook, and CD audiobook.<\/p>\n<p>__________________<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=bec3c7c7-4114-58a3-9de4-72c437ba3430&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-50413\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/the-wager.jpg?resize=150%2C228&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"228\" \/><\/a>History &amp; Biography: <a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=bec3c7c7-4114-58a3-9de4-72c437ba3430&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>The Wager<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>by David Grann<\/p>\n<p><em>On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty\u2019s Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While the Wager had been chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon known as \u201cthe prize of all the oceans,\u201d it had wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia. The men, after being marooned for months and facing starvation, built the flimsy craft and sailed for more than a hundred days, traversing nearly 3,000 miles of storm-wracked seas. They were greeted as heroes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But then \u2026 six months later, another, even more decrepit craft landed on the coast of Chile. This boat contained just three castaways, and they told a very different story. The thirty sailors who landed in Brazil were not heroes \u2013 they were mutineers. The first group responded with countercharges of their own, of a tyrannical and murderous senior officer and his henchmen. It became clear that while stranded on the island the crew had fallen into anarchy, with warring factions fighting for dominion over the barren wilderness. As accusations of treachery and murder flew, the Admiralty convened a court martial to determine who was telling the truth. The stakes were life-and-death\u2014for whomever the court found guilty could hang.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by one of our greatest nonfiction writers. Grann\u2019s recreation of the hidden world on a British warship rivals the work of Patrick O\u2019Brian, his portrayal of the castaways\u2019 desperate straits stands up to the classics of survival writing such as The Endurance, and his account of the court martial has the savvy of a Scott Turow thriller. As always with Grann\u2019s work, the incredible twists of the narrative hold the reader spellbound. <\/em>&#8211; Penguin Random House<\/p>\n<p>This title is also available in large print, Libby eBook, Libby eAudiobook, CD audiobook, and in Playaway audiobook.<\/p>\n<p>__________________<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=5bd5002e-47e3-5a4f-bed2-f672b2f47ae5&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-50414\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/being-henry.jpg?resize=150%2C222&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"222\" \/><\/a>Humor: <a href=\"https:\/\/davenportlibrary-bett.na2.iiivega.com\/search\/card?id=5bd5002e-47e3-5a4f-bed2-f672b2f47ae5&amp;entityType=FormatGroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Being Henry<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Henry Winkler<\/p>\n<p><em>From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply thoughtful memoir of the lifelong effects of stardom and the struggle to become whole.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Henry Winkler, launched into prominence as \u201cThe Fonz\u201d in the beloved Happy Days, has transcended the role that made him who he is. Brilliant, funny, and widely-regarded as the nicest man in Hollywood (though he would be the first to tell you that it\u2019s simply not the case, he\u2019s really just grateful to be here), Henry shares in this achingly vulnerable memoir the disheartening truth of his childhood, the difficulties of a life with severe dyslexia, the pressures of a role that takes on a life of its own, and the path forward once your wildest dream seems behind you.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Since the glorious era of Happy Days fame, Henry has endeared himself to a new generation with roles in such adored shows as Arrested Development, Parks and Recreation, and Barry, where he\u2019s been revealed as an actor with immense depth and pathos, a departure from the period of his life when he was so distinctly typecast as The Fonz, he could hardly find work.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Filled with profound heart, charm, and self-deprecating humor, Being Henry is a memoir about so much more than a life in Hollywood and the curse of stardom. It is a meaningful testament to the power of sharing truth and kindness and of finding fulfillment within yourself.<\/em> &#8211; Macmillan Publishers<\/p>\n<p>This title is also available in large print, Libby eAudiobook, and CD audiobook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goodreads has announced their 15th Annual Choice Awards winners for 2023. Even though there is controversy regarding category removals, we still want to highlight the winners as they are decided by readers! Below you will find the results of these annual awards from 15 different categories with 300 nominated books.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/goodreads-choice-awards-2023-winners\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[361,10,14,13,1,8],"tags":[7322,6099,3161,7983,442,7981,7978,6591,7630,1809,7975,7316,6306,742,402,7969,7961,4413,7962,7971,7984,616,330,7974,863,165,7973,7972,7185,1187,333,7979,7976,7970,7257,408,7968,774,4051,7960,7982,7980,444,6081,7315,7256,6625,6624],"class_list":["post-50207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio-books","category-books","category-library-news","category-news-you-can-use","category-reference","category-staff-picks","tag-7322","tag-ali-hazelwood","tag-autobiography","tag-being-henry","tag-biography","tag-britney-spears","tag-check-mate","tag-choice-awards","tag-david-grann","tag-debut-novel","tag-divine-rivals","tag-emilia-hart","tag-emily-henry","tag-fantasy","tag-fiction","tag-fourth-wing","tag-freida-mcfadden","tag-goodreads","tag-happy-place","tag-hell-bent","tag-henry-winkler","tag-historical-fiction","tag-history","tag-holly","tag-horror","tag-humor","tag-in-the-lives-of-puppers","tag-leigh-bardugo","tag-matthew-desmond","tag-memoir","tag-mystery","tag-nonfiction-poverty-by-america","tag-rebecca-ross","tag-rebecca-yarros","tag-rf-kuang","tag-romance","tag-romantasy","tag-science-fiction","tag-stephen-king","tag-the-housemaids-secret","tag-the-wager","tag-the-woman-in-me","tag-thriller","tag-tj-klune","tag-weyward","tag-yellowface","tag-young-adult-fantasy","tag-young-adult-fiction"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-d3N","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50207"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50421,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50207\/revisions\/50421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}