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Best Fiction: The Wedding People by Alison Espach<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n About<\/b>: A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help her start anew.<\/i><\/p>\n It\u2019s a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at the grand Cornwall Inn wearing a green dress and gold heels, not a bag in sight, alone. She’s immediately mistaken by everyone in the lobby for one of the wedding people, but she\u2019s actually the only guest at the Cornwall who isn\u2019t here for the big event. Phoebe is here because she\u2019s dreamed of coming for years\u2014she hoped to shuck oysters and take sunset sails with her husband, only now she\u2019s here without him, at rock bottom, and determined to have one last decadent splurge on herself. Meanwhile, the bride has accounted for every detail and every possible disaster the weekend might yield except for, well, Phoebe and Phoebe’s plan\u2014which makes it that much more surprising when the two women can\u2019t stop confiding in each other.<\/p>\n In turns absurdly funny and devastatingly tender, Alison Espach\u2019s The Wedding People is ultimately an incredibly nuanced and resonant look at the winding paths we can take to places we never imagined\u2014and the chance encounters it sometimes takes to reroute us.<\/p>\n votes<\/b>: 94,733<\/p>\n 2nd<\/b>: Intermezzo by Sally Rooney (67,268 votes) Best Mystery & Thriller: The God of the Woods by Liz Moore<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n About<\/b>: When a teenager vanishes from her Adirondack summer camp, two worlds collide.<\/i><\/p>\n Early morning, August 1975: a camp counselor discovers an empty bunk. Its occupant, Barbara Van Laar, has gone missing. Barbara isn\u2019t just any thirteen-year-old: she\u2019s the daughter of the family that owns the summer camp and employs most of the region\u2019s residents. And this isn\u2019t the first time a Van Laar child has disappeared. Barbara\u2019s older brother similarly vanished fourteen years ago, never to be found.<\/p>\n As a panicked search begins, a thrilling drama unfolds. Chasing down the layered secrets of the Van Laar family and the blue-collar community working in its shadow, Moore\u2019s multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore\u2019s most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet.<\/p>\n votes<\/b>: 82,603<\/p>\n 2nd<\/b>: First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston (74,753 votes) Best Romance: Funny Story by Emily Henry<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n About<\/b>: A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.<\/i><\/p>\n Daphne always loved the way her fianc\u00e9, Peter, told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it… right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra.<\/p>\n Which is how Daphne begins her new story: stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a children\u2019s librarian (that barely pays the bills), and proposing to be roommates with the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra\u2019s ex, Miles Nowak.<\/p>\n Scruffy and chaotic\u2014with a penchant for taking solace in the sounds of heart break love ballads\u2014Miles is exactly the opposite of practical, buttoned-up Daphne, whose coworkers know so little about her they have a running bet that she\u2019s either FBI or in witness protection. The roommates mainly avoid one another, until one day, while drowning their sorrows, they form a tenuous friendship and a plan. If said plan also involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their summer adventures together, well, who could blame them?<\/p>\n But it\u2019s all just for show, of course, because there\u2019s no way Daphne would actually start her new chapter by falling in love with her ex-fianc\u00e9\u2019s new fianc\u00e9e\u2019s ex… right?<\/p>\n votes<\/b>: 179,349 <\/p>\n 2nd<\/b>: Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez (140,786 votes) Best Science Fiction: The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n About<\/b>: A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the nature of power and the potential for love to change it all:<\/i><\/p>\n In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what project she\u2019ll be working on. A recently established government ministry is gathering \u201cexpats\u201d from across history to establish whether time travel is feasible\u2014for the body, but also for the fabric of space-time.<\/p>\n She is tasked with working as a \u201cbridge\u201d: living with, assisting, and monitoring the expat known as \u201c1847\u201d or Commander Graham Gore. As far as history is concerned, Commander Gore died on Sir John Franklin\u2019s doomed 1845 expedition to the Arctic, so he\u2019s a little disoriented to be living with an unmarried woman who regularly shows her calves, surrounded by outlandish concepts such as \u201cwashing machines,\u201d \u201cSpotify,\u201d and \u201cthe collapse of the British Empire.\u201d But with an appetite for discovery, a seven-a-day cigarette habit, and the support of a charming and chaotic cast of fellow expats, he soon adjusts.<\/p>\n Over the next year, what the bridge initially thought would be, at best, a horrifically uncomfortable roommate dynamic, evolves into something much deeper. By the time the true shape of the Ministry\u2019s project comes to light, the bridge has fallen haphazardly, fervently in love, with consequences she never could have imagined. Forced to confront the choices that brought them together, the bridge must finally reckon with how\u2014and whether she believes\u2014what she does next can change the future.<\/p>\n votes<\/b>: 78,459<\/p>\n 2nd<\/b>: The Family Experiment by John Marrs (34,821 votes) Best Memoir: The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir by by Kelly Bishop<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n About<\/b>: \u201cCome for the Gilmore Girls anecdotes, stay for the revealing truths about what it takes to build a lifelong career in and out of Hollywood\u201d (The A.V. Club) in this candid and captivating memoir from award-winning and beloved actress Kelly Bishop, spanning her six decades in show business from A Chorus Line, Dirty Dancing, Gilmore Girls, and much more.<\/i><\/p>\n Kelly Bishop\u2019s long, storied career has been defined by landmark achievements, from winning a Tony Award for her turn in the original Broadway cast of A Chorus Line to her memorable performance as Jennifer Grey\u2019s mother in Dirty Dancing. But it is probably her iconic role as matriarch Emily in the modern classic Gilmore Girls that cemented her legacy.<\/p>\n Now, Bishop reflects on her remarkable life and looks towards the future with The Third Gilmore Girl. She shares some of her greatest stories and the life lessons she\u2019s learned on her journey. From her early transition from dance to drama, to marrying young to a compulsive gambler, to the losses and achievements she experienced\u2014among them marching for women\u2019s rights and losing her second husband to cancer\u2014Bishop offers a rich, genuine celebration of her life.<\/p>\n Full of witty insights, The Third Gilmore Girl is a warm, unapologetic, and spirited memoir from a woman who has left indelible impressions on her audiences for decades and has no plans on slowing down.<\/p>\n votes<\/b>: 80,050<\/p>\n 2nd<\/b>: Sociopath: A Memoir by Patric Gagne (29,641 votes) favorite book(s) you read this year?? <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
3rd<\/b>: Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum (51,958 votes)<\/p>\n![\"ezgif-7-c81db29bbe.jpg\"](\"https:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/theemii\/50582761\/1754847\/1754847_original.jpg\" "\\"ezgif-7-c81db29bbe.jpg\\"")
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3rd<\/b>: The Boyfriend by Freida McFadden (57,069 votes)<\/p>\n![\"ezgif-7-b571055632.jpg\"](\"https:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/theemii\/50582761\/1754983\/1754983_original.jpg\" "\\"ezgif-7-b571055632.jpg\\"")
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3rd<\/b>: Bride by Ali Hazelwood (99,290 votes)<\/p>\n![\"ezgif-7-6e68088f0c.jpg\"](\"https:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/theemii\/50582761\/1755289\/1755289_original.jpg\" "\\"ezgif-7-6e68088f0c.jpg\\"")
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3rd<\/b>: Annie Bot by Sierra Greer (30,208 votes)<\/p>\n![\"ezgif-4-9c6d5c0b52.jpg\"](\"https:\/\/ic.pics.livejournal.com\/theemii\/50582761\/1755555\/1755555_original.jpg\" "\\"ezgif-4-9c6d5c0b52.jpg\\"")
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3rd<\/b>: From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir by Lisa Marie Presley, Riley Keough (25,638 votes)
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