Cast Your Vote in the 2018 Goodreads Choice Awards Semifinal Round!

The 2018 Goodreads Choice Awards continue apace! Following the close of the Opening Round, the semifinalists have been determined in each category, with more than a few write-ins including John Scalzi’s The Consuming Fire, Mary Robinette Kowal’s The Calculating Stars, Catherynne M. Valente’s Space Opera, Brandon Sanderson’s Skyward, and Melissa Albert’s The Hazel Wood. Below you’ll find your choices for the Semifinal Round in science fiction, fantasy, horror, the Best of the Best, and more.

Best Science Fiction

Iron Gold (Red Rising #4) by Pierce Brown
Revenant Gun (The Machineries of Empire #3) by Yoon Ha Lee
Record of a Spaceborn Few (Wayfarers #3) by Becky Chambers
The Oracle Year by Charles Soule
Head On (Lock In #2) by John Scalzi
Persepolis Rising (The Expanse #7) by James S.A. Corey
Vox by Christina Dalcher
Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries #2) by Martha Wells
Red Clocks by Leni Zumas
Only Human (Themis Files #3) by Sylvain Neuvel
Severance by Ling Ma
Vengeful (Villains #2) by V.E. Schwab
Rosewater by Tade Thompson
Ball Lightning by Cixin Liu
Binti: The Night Masquerade (Binti #3) by Nnedi Okorafor
Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente
The Consuming Fire (The Interdependency #2) by John Scalzi
Alliances (Star Wars: Thrawn #2) by Timothy Zahn
The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch
The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut #1) by Mary Robinette Kowal

Best Fantasy

The Book of M by Peng Shepherd
Circe by Madeline Miller
Year One (Chronicles of the One, #1) by Nora Roberts
Wrath of Empire (Gods of Blood and Powder #2) by Brian McClellan
The Poppy War (The Poppy War #1) by R.F. Kuang
Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children #3) by Seanan McGuire
The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro and Daniel Kraus
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Senlin Ascends (The Books of Babel #1) by Josiah Bancroft
Grey Sister (Book of the Ancestor #2) by Mark Lawrence
Burn Bright (Alpha & Omega #5) by Patricia Briggs
Age of War (The Legends of the First Empire #3) by Michael J. Sullivan
The Land: Predators (Chaos Seeds #7) by Aleron Kong
High Voltage (Fever #10) by Karen Marie Moning
Iron and Magic (The Iron Covenant #1) by Ilona Andrews
Time’s Convert by Deborah Harkness
The Girl in the Tower (Winternight Trilogy #2) by Katherine Arden
Magic Triumphs (Kate Daniels #10) by Ilona Andrews
Foundryside (Founders #1) by Robert Jackson Bennett
Bloody Rose (The Band #2) by Nicholas Eames

Best Horror

The Hunger by Alma Katsu
We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix
The Siren and the Specter by Jonathan Janz
Dracul by Dacre Stoker and J.D. Barker
Foe by Iain Reed
The Devil and the Deep: Horror Stories of the Sea edited by Ellen Datlow
The Woman in the Woods (Charlie Parker #16) by John Connolly
Craven Manor by Darcy Coates
The Carrow Haunt by Darcy Coates
Flight or Fright edited by Stephen King and Bev Vincent
Zero Day (The Hatching #3) by Ezekiel Boone
The Anomaly by Michael Rutger
Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
Ramses the Damned: The Passion of Cleopatra by Anne Rice and Christopher Rice
Elevation by Stephen King
The Labyrinth Index by Charles Stross
The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
The Summer Children by Dot Hutchison
Generation Z (Generation Z #1) by Peter Meredith
The Merry Spinster by Daniel Mallory Ortberg

Best Graphic Novels & Comics

Bingo Love by Tee Franklin (writer), Jenn St-Onge (artist), Joy San (colorist), and Cardinal Rae (letterer)
Paper Girls, Vol. 4 by Brian K. Vaughan (writer), Cliff Chiang (artist), and Matt Wilson (artist)
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 8: Mecca by G. Willow Wilson (writer), Marco Failla (artist), and Diego Olortegui (artist)
Fence, Vol. 1 by C.S. Pacat (writer/artist), Johanna the Mad (artist), and Joana Lafuente (colorist)
Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Pénélope Bagieu (writer/artist)
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 6: Imperial Phase, Part 2 by Kieron Gillen (writer), Jamie McKelvie (artist), and Matt Wilson (artist)
Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol (writer/artist)
The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins by Clint McElroy (writer), Griffin McElroy (writer), Justin McElroy (writer), Travis McElroy (writer), and Carey Pietsch (artist)
Black Hammer, Vol. 2: The Event by Jeff Lemire (writer), Dean Ormston (artist), and Dave Stewart (artist)
Am I There Yet? The Loop-de-Loop, Zigzagging Journey to Adulthood by Mari Andrew (writer/artist)
Black Bolt, Vol. 1: Hard Time by Saladin Ahmed (writer) and Christian Ward (artist)
Little Moments of Love by Catana Chetwynd (writer/artist)
Sabrina by Nick Drnaso (writer/artist)
Herding Cats by Sarah Andersen (writer/artist)
Saga, Vol. 8 by Brian K. Vaughan (writer) and Fiona Staples (artist)
Monstress, Vol. 3: Haven by Marjorie Liu (writer) and Sana Takeda (artist)
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang (writer/artist)
Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka (writer/artist)
Gone Rogue (Wires and Nerve #2) by Marissa Meyer (writer), Stephen Gilpin (artist), and Douglas Holgate (artist)
Check, Please!: #Hockey, Vol. 1 by Ngozi Ukazu (writer/artist)

Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction

Obsidio (The Illuminae Files #3) by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Reaper at the Gates (An Ember in the Ashes #3) by Sabaa Tahir
The Fates Divide (Carve the Mark #2) by Veronica Roth
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha #1) by Tomi Adeyemi
Restore Me (Shatter Me #4) by Tahereh Mafi
War Storm (Red Queen #4) by Victoria Aveyard
A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses #3.1) by Sarah J. Maas
Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass #7) by Sarah J. Maas
Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
Thunder Head (Arc of a Scythe #2) by Neal Shusterman
Wildcard (Warcross #2) by Marie Lu
Lifel1k3 (Lifelike #1) by Jay Kristoff
The Belles (The Belles #1) by Dhonielle Clayton
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air #1) by Holly Black
Skyward (Skyward #1) by Brandon Sanderson
Muse of Nightmares (Strange the Dreamer #2) by Laini Taylor
Sightwitch (The Witchlands #0.5) by Susan Dennard
Legendary (Caraval #2) by Stephanie Garber
The Hazel Wood (The Hazel Wood #1) by Melissa Albert

Best Debut Author

The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao
Everything Here is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo
Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha #1) by Tomi Adeyemi
There There by Tommy Orange
The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor
The Poppy War (The Poppy War #1) by R.F. Kuang
Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman
A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan
Witchmark (The Kingston Cycle #1) by C.L. Polk
The Terminal List (James Reece #1) by Jack Karr
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

The massive Best of the Best list has been pared down to 20 titles, with an impressive SFF/horror showing. Behold, the semifinalists for the Goodreads Choice Award winner from the past ten years:

Best of the Best

Catching Fire (The Hunger Games #2) by Suzanne Collins (All-Time Favorite of 2009)
The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Best Fiction of 2009)
A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire #5) by George R.R. Martin (Best Fantasy of 2011)
11/22/63 by Stephen King (Best Science Fiction of 2011)
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Best Mystery & Thriller of 2012)
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Best Young Adult Fiction of 2012)
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (Best Fantasy of 2013)
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell (Best Young Adult Fiction of 2013)
The Martian by Andy Weir (Best Science Fiction of 2014)
Red Rising (Red Rising #1) by Pierce Brown (Best Debut Goodreads Author of 2014)
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (Best Historical Fiction of 2014)
Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass #4) by Sarah J. Maas (Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction of 2015)
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven (Best Young Adult Fiction of 2015)
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (Best Historical Fiction of 2015)
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses #2) by Sarah J. Maas (Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction of 2016)
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover (Best Romance of 2016)
A Court of Wings and Ruin (A Court of Thorns and Roses #3) by Sarah J. Maas (Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction of 2017)
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (Best Fiction of 2017)
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate (Best Historical Fiction of 2017)
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (Best Debut Goodreads Author of 2017)

Click here for the complete list of categories and nominees. You can vote in the Semifinal Round from November 6-11, and the Final Round from November 13-26. The winners will be announced December 4.