The Top 100 Romances of the Past Three Years

Since the dawn of publishing—of storytelling itself, really—people have been drawn to romance. As a culture, we seem to appreciate the idea of people falling in love with other people (or, occasionally, vampires). Sometimes the love is elevated and noble. Sometimes it’s dangerous and exciting. Often it’s delightfully explicit. Everybody wins! We wanted...

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Fall in Love with Readers' Most Anticipated New February Romances

  Some people love books. Some people fall in love. And some people love books about falling in love. Every month our team sorts through the new romance books and sees how early readers are responding via their shelvings and initial reviews. We use this information to curate a list of soon-to-be-beloved favorites. New in February: Horny Greek...

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Reader-Recommended New Young Adult Books for February

 As dedicated readers already know, some of the best and most innovative stories on the shelves come from the constantly evolving realm of young adult fiction. Every month our team looks at the books being published and how they're resonating with early readers in terms of Want to Read shelvings and pre-release reviews. We use this information to put...

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39 Doorstopper Books to Spend Some Time With

It's a good time of year for big plans. You’ve got most of 2023 ahead of you. Why not dream big? In this spirit, we’ve collected below our semi-annual listing of “doorstopper” books – massive tomes with big page counts for the truly intrepid reader. In fact, this year we went really big. All the books below have official counts of more than 500 pages....

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Uncanny (Silicon) Valley! New Fiction about Technology, Startups, and Social Media

Many years in the future, when the history of our era is written—by robots, probably—we will be remembered as a people seriously conflicted about our relationship to technology. You can find examples of this throughout the culture—in movies, music, TV shows, and especially in our books. We’ve collected below a grouping of recent novels about this fraught...

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2023 Heats Up with These Highly Anticipated Romance Novels

Falling in love, as a human endeavor, may be the single most popular story template in the history of books. As well it should be. Falling in love is both fun and terrifying—like surfing, but without the sharks. Usually. Below is our month-by-month breakdown of the most anticipated romance novels of the new year, as determined by an alchemy of the titles...

Jan 2023

2023's Most Anticipated New Fantasy and Science Fiction

As usual, the new year means we're neck-deep in the data about upcoming books here at Goodreads World Headquarters. The upside is that certain things are becoming clear. For instance: This year is shaping up to be a seriously good one for those of us who savor thoughtful and ambitious speculative fiction. We’ve gathered below the year’s most anticipated...

Jan 2023

2023's Most Anticipated Young Adult Books

As always, the new year brings new books, new authors, and new young adults with interesting problems. Navigating a summer fling, say. Or turning into a feral ghoul. Sorting through the upcoming YA novels for the new year, we’ve noticed a definite trend developing. Readers are demonstrating an interest in the dark side, with a decided uptick of interest...

Jan 2023

The Most Anticipated Horror Novels of 2023

Here at Goodreads World Headquarters, we have noticed, of late, a decided uptick in the number of readers interested in horror novels. Is it a symptom of the pandemic? Of the general vibe on the planet right now? Is the world just a scarier place? Maybe. It may also be much simpler: This particular genre has seen an influx of very good new writers in...

Jan 2023

Girls Who Bite! Holly Black Recommends Monstrously Good YA Reads

  Holly Black is the author of more than 30 fantasy novels, including Tithe, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, and her 2022 adult debut, Book of Night. She won the 2019 and 2020 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction for The Wicked King and The Queen of Nothing, the second and third books in her The Folk of the Air series.This...

Jan 2023