Goodreads Choice Awards
Winners are determined by users voting on books that Goodreads has nominated or books of their choosing, released in the given year. Most books that Goodreads nominates are from verified Goodreads authors. The final voting round collects the top 10 books from 20 different categories.
Winners
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2020s
Multiple wins
Several authors have won multiple Goodreads Readers Choice Awards or the same award in multiple years. Stephen King and both his sons, Owen and Joe, have won The Goodreads Choice Awards. The table below sets out those authors to have won more than one award:| Number of wins | Author | Winning categories |
| 11 | Rick Riordan | Best Children's & Middle Grade |
| 10 | Stephen King | Best Science Fiction, Best Fantasy, Best Horror, Best Mystery & Thriller |
| 7 | Sarah J. Maas | Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction, Best Fantasy |
| 5 | Veronica Roth | Best Book, Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction, Best Goodreads Author |
| 5 | Suzanne Collins | Best Book, Best Young Adult Series, Best Young Adult Fantasy, Best Young Adult Fantasy & Sci-Fi |
| 4 | Neil Gaiman | Best Fantasy, Best Graphic Novel, Best Picture Book |
| 4 | Emily Henry | Best Romance |
| 4 | Taylor Jenkins Reid | Best Historical Fiction |
| 3 | Sarah Andersen | Best Graphic Novel and Comics |
| 3 | Margaret Atwood | Best Science Fiction, Best Fiction, Best Poetry |
| 3 | Pierce Brown | Best Goodreads Debut Author, Best Science Fiction |
| 3 | Ree Drummond | Best Food & Cooking |
| 3 | Colleen Hoover | Best Romance |
| 3 | Rainbow Rowell | Best Fiction, Best Young Adult Fiction, Best Graphic Novels & Comics |
| 3 | J. K. Rowling | Best Fiction, Best Fantasy |
| 3 | Angie Thomas | Best Goodreads Debut Author, Best Young Adult Fiction, Best of the Best |
| 3 | J. R. Ward | Best Romance |
| 3 | Andy Weir | Best Science Fiction |
| 3 | John Green | Best Young Adult Fiction, Best Nonfiction |
| 3 | V. E. Schwab | Best Science Fiction, Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 3 | Leigh Bardugo | Best Fantasy, Best Young Adult Fantasy |
| 2 | Holly Black | Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 2 | Cassandra Clare | Best Goodreads Author, Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 2 | Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers | Best Picture Book |
| 2 | Diana Gabaldon | Best Romance |
| 2 | Ina Garten | Best Food & Cooking |
| 2 | Kristin Hannah | Best Historical Fiction |
| 2 | Deborah Harkness | Best Paranormal Fantasy, Best Fantasy |
| 2 | Charlaine Harris | Best Fantasy, Best Paranormal Fantasy |
| 2 | Paula Hawkins | Best Mystery & Thriller |
| 2 | Jeff Kinney | Best Children's & Middle Grade |
| 2 | Stieg Larsson | Best Mystery & Thriller |
| 2 | Jenny Lawson | Best Humor |
| 2 | Amanda Lovelace | Best Poetry |
| 2 | Casey McQuiston | Best Romance, Best Debut Novel |
| 2 | Rebecca Skloot | Best Nonfiction, Best Debut Author |
| 2 | Chrissy Teigen & Adeena Sussman | Best Food & Cooking |
| 2 | Mo Willems | Best Picture Book |
| 2 | Amanda Gorman | Best Poetry |
| 2 | Rebecca Yarros | Best Romantasy |
| 2 | Alice Oseman | Best Graphic Novels & Comics |
| 2 | Emilia Hart | Best Historical Fiction, Best Debut Novel |