The Olive Reader

It’s time for the Goodreads Choice Awards!

2011 Goodreads Choice Awards Vote now for your favorite books!

We and our friends at other imprints within Harper have a number of nominations this year, and we’d love it if you’d consider voting for us. I’d especially like to put in a plea for Matthew Norman’s Domestic Violets, up against some big guns in the humor category. It’s our one paperback original on the list! Here’s our hot list:

Favorite Book of 2011:
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

Fiction
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

Mystery and Thriller
Before I Go to Sleep by SJ Watson
Reamde by Neal Stephenson

Historical Fiction
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt

Fantasy
Snuff by Terry Pratchett
Don’t Breathe a Word by Jennifer McMahon

Paranormal Fantasy
Pale Demon by Kim Harrison
This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost

Horror
Graveminder by Melissa Marr

Romance
Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn
When Beauty Tamed the Beast by Eloisa James
Call Me Irresistible by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Humor
Domestic Violets by Matthew Norman
Electric Barracuda by Tim Dorsey

Nonfiction
Cinderella Ate My Daughter by Peggy Orenstein

History & Biography
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Lost in Shangri-La by Mitchell Zuckoff

Memoir & Autobiography
Girls Like Us by Rachel Lloyd
This is Gonna Hurt by Nikki Sixx

Travel & Outdoors
Fire Season by Phillip Connors
Big In China by Alan Paul
Little Princes by Connor Grennan

Young Adult Fiction
The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson
Twisted by Sara Shepard

Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Darkest Mercy by Melissa Marr
Unearthly by Cynthia Hand

Congrats to all the authors!

For the history buffs:

Truly epic, Simon Winchester’s Atlantic tells the story of the ocean from its geological origins to the age of exploration—covering the Vikings, the Irish, the Basques, John Cabot, and Christopher Columbus in the north, and the Portuguese and the Spanish in the south—and from World War II battles to today’s struggles with pollution and overfishing. Equally epic is Michael Korda’s Hero, which tells the story of the man known as Lawrence of Arabia. Both books are available today in paperback.

For the historical fiction buffs:
Matt Rees’ Mozart’s Last Aria ponders an intriguing hypothetical question: who murdered Mozart? Tess Gerritsen said that “Mozart, music, and murder seamlessly blend together in this fascinating historical mystery” and called it “a perfect read to go with a crackling fire and a pot of hot chocolate.”

For fans of outsider lit:
The Marbled Swarm is the long-awaited new novel from Dennis Cooper. It’s hard for me to describe this book. All I can say is that it is both grisly and beautiful.