Good choice awards 2024 opening round nominations: Want to read, favorites

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Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering 4.04 avg rating — 45,668 ratings
2.
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder 4.01 avg rating — 24,314 ratings
2.
The Blueprint
The Blueprint 3.82 avg rating — 2,052 ratings
4.
The Frozen River
The Frozen River 4.39 avg rating — 409,929 ratings
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Grief Is for People
Grief Is for People 3.85 avg rating — 15,703 ratings
6.
We Used to Live Here
We Used to Live Here 3.65 avg rating — 173,779 ratings
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Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum
Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum 4.23 avg rating — 6,038 ratings
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Wandering Stars
Wandering Stars 3.83 avg rating — 32,876 ratings
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The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War 4.18 avg rating — 50,533 ratings
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Sandwich
Sandwich 3.58 avg rating — 144,932 ratings
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The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World
The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World 4.38 avg rating — 5,350 ratings
12.
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop 3.92 avg rating — 69,029 ratings
12.
Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed
Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed 4.10 avg rating — 17,624 ratings
14.
The Cinnamon Bun Book Store (Dream Harbor, #2)
The Cinnamon Bun Book Store (Dream Harbor, #2) 3.71 avg rating — 149,898 ratings
14.
The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty
The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty 4.46 avg rating — 9,924 ratings
16.
The Booklover's Library
The Booklover's Library 3.97 avg rating — 18,120 ratings
16.
Disney High: The Untold Story of the Rise and Fall of Disney Channel's Tween Empire
Disney High: The Untold Story of the Rise and Fall of Disney Channel's Tween Empire 3.99 avg rating — 5,918 ratings
18.
Where the Library Hides (Secrets of the Nile, #2)
Where the Library Hides (Secrets of the Nile, #2) 3.82 avg rating — 30,981 ratings
18.
The Sing Sing Files: One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a Twenty-Year Fight for Justice
The Sing Sing Files: One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a Twenty-Year Fight for Justice 4.47 avg rating — 2,409 ratings
20.
The Bullet Swallower
The Bullet Swallower 3.78 avg rating — 12,021 ratings
20.
Nuclear War: A Scenario
Nuclear War: A Scenario 4.39 avg rating — 36,912 ratings
22.
Bury Your Gays
Bury Your Gays 4.10 avg rating — 19,214 ratings
22.
I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This [But I'm Going to Anyway]
I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This [But I'm Going to Anyway] 3.89 avg rating — 6,202 ratings
24.
Dungeons and Drama (Dungeons and Drama, #1)
Dungeons and Drama (Dungeons and Drama, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 33,069 ratings
24.
A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy
A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy 4.30 avg rating — 23,743 ratings
26.
A Crane Among Wolves
A Crane Among Wolves
by: June Hur
3.96 avg rating — 12,546 ratings
26.
Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You
Feel-Good Productivity: How to Do More of What Matters to You 3.98 avg rating — 18,113 ratings
28.
Gwen & Art Are Not in Love
Gwen & Art Are Not in Love 3.97 avg rating — 27,940 ratings
28.
The House of Hidden Meanings
The House of Hidden Meanings
by: RuPaul
3.79 avg rating — 27,984 ratings
30.
Heartstopper: Volume Five (Heartstopper, #5)
Heartstopper: Volume Five (Heartstopper, #5) 4.47 avg rating — 186,080 ratings
30.
Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 31,661 ratings
30.
The Great Divide
The Great Divide 3.67 avg rating — 23,799 ratings
33.
Death at Morning House
Death at Morning House 3.73 avg rating — 12,698 ratings
34.
Under the Surface
Under the Surface 3.83 avg rating — 3,861 ratings
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The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness 4.34 avg rating — 134,812 ratings
36.
Where Sleeping Girls Lie
Where Sleeping Girls Lie really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17,215 ratings
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How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom
How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom 3.78 avg rating — 1,020 ratings
38.
The Reappearance of Rachel Price
The Reappearance of Rachel Price 4.09 avg rating — 180,271 ratings
38.
The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis 4.35 avg rating — 9,620 ratings
40.
That's Not My Name
That's Not My Name 4.06 avg rating — 170,052 ratings
40.
The Manicurist's Daughter
The Manicurist's Daughter 3.91 avg rating — 4,824 ratings
42.
Icarus
Icarus
by: K. Ancrum
4.01 avg rating — 6,919 ratings
42.
The Wives: A Memoir
The Wives: A Memoir 3.77 avg rating — 8,287 ratings
42.
The Storm We Made
The Storm We Made 3.83 avg rating — 22,832 ratings
45.
The Grandest Game (The Grandest Game, #1)
The Grandest Game (The Grandest Game, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 57,284 ratings
45.
An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s 4.62 avg rating — 14,068 ratings
47.
Most Ardently
Most Ardently 3.96 avg rating — 12,554 ratings
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The Third Gilmore Girl
The Third Gilmore Girl 4.34 avg rating — 101,785 ratings
49.
Don't Let the Forest In
Don't Let the Forest In 4.10 avg rating — 24,581 ratings
49.
Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me
Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me 4.29 avg rating — 15,313 ratings
51.
American Scary: A History of Horror, from Salem to Stephen King and Beyond
American Scary: A History of Horror, from Salem to Stephen King and Beyond 3.61 avg rating — 782 ratings
51.
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension 4.29 avg rating — 11,386 ratings
53.
The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder
The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder 3.77 avg rating — 5,204 ratings
53.
The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir
The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir 4.06 avg rating — 19,963 ratings
55.
The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore 3.92 avg rating — 8,319 ratings
55.
My Side of the River
My Side of the River 3.76 avg rating — 5,309 ratings
57.
Sociopath
Sociopath 3.76 avg rating — 79,358 ratings
57.
Be Ready When the Luck Happens
Be Ready When the Luck Happens 4.25 avg rating — 97,962 ratings
59.
From Here to the Great Unknown
From Here to the Great Unknown 4.27 avg rating — 85,264 ratings
59.
The Backyard Bird Chronicles
The Backyard Bird Chronicles
by: Amy Tan
4.01 avg rating — 12,676 ratings
61.
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space 4.52 avg rating — 14,507 ratings
61.
Here One Moment
Here One Moment 4.01 avg rating — 231,438 ratings
63.
When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day
When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day 4.50 avg rating — 2,807 ratings
63.
The Things We Didn’t Know
The Things We Didn’t Know 3.85 avg rating — 3,390 ratings
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The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement 4.41 avg rating — 32,787 ratings
65.
James
James 4.47 avg rating — 372,582 ratings
67.
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis 4.47 avg rating — 6,881 ratings
67.
The Lion Women of Tehran
The Lion Women of Tehran 4.49 avg rating — 104,626 ratings
69.
Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong
Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong 3.91 avg rating — 983 ratings
70.
Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age
Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age 3.51 avg rating — 1,527 ratings
70.
Long Island (Eilis Lacey, #2)
Long Island (Eilis Lacey, #2) 3.72 avg rating — 69,662 ratings
70.
The Ministry of Time
The Ministry of Time 3.59 avg rating — 170,304 ratings
73.
By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land
By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land 4.42 avg rating — 3,183 ratings
73.
Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2)
Leather & Lark (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 251,850 ratings
75.
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook 4.46 avg rating — 15,135 ratings
75.
King of Sloth (Kings of Sin, #4)
King of Sloth (Kings of Sin, #4)
by: Ana Huang
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 196,607 ratings
77.
The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science
The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science 3.96 avg rating — 2,728 ratings
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Masquerade
Masquerade 3.92 avg rating — 3,948 ratings
79.
Eden Undone: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II
Eden Undone: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II 3.76 avg rating — 1,342 ratings
79.
Shred Sisters
Shred Sisters 3.82 avg rating — 11,199 ratings
81.
When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion
When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion 3.91 avg rating — 4,731 ratings
81.
Sky Full of Elephants
Sky Full of Elephants 3.84 avg rating — 8,238 ratings
83.
Here After
Here After
by: Amy Lin
4.24 avg rating — 10,257 ratings
83.
Victim
Victim 3.83 avg rating — 3,894 ratings
85.
The Message
The Message 4.51 avg rating — 34,582 ratings
85.
The Darkness Within Us (The Shadows Between Us, #2)
The Darkness Within Us (The Shadows Between Us, #2) 3.90 avg rating — 18,008 ratings
87.
The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism 4.41 avg rating — 15,666 ratings
87.
Daughters of Shandong
Daughters of Shandong 4.48 avg rating — 13,994 ratings
89.
I'm Sorry for My Loss: An Urgent Examination of Reproductive Care in America
I'm Sorry for My Loss: An Urgent Examination of Reproductive Care in America 4.39 avg rating — 2,056 ratings
89.
All We Were Promised
All We Were Promised 3.81 avg rating — 8,579 ratings
91.
Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions 4.12 avg rating — 20,712 ratings
92.
Blue Sisters
Blue Sisters 3.94 avg rating — 227,201 ratings
92.
Glorious Exploits
Glorious Exploits 4.15 avg rating — 14,978 ratings
94.
Colored Television
Colored Television 3.55 avg rating — 20,894 ratings
94.
Immortal Dark (Immortal Dark Trilogy, #1)
Immortal Dark (Immortal Dark Trilogy, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 19,151 ratings
96.
Martyr!
Martyr! 4.19 avg rating — 111,747 ratings
96.
Where the Dark Stands Still
Where the Dark Stands Still 4.06 avg rating — 24,560 ratings
98.
Margo's Got Money Troubles
Margo's Got Money Troubles 3.85 avg rating — 129,541 ratings
98.
Your Blood, My Bones
Your Blood, My Bones 3.68 avg rating — 8,274 ratings
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Intermezzo
Intermezzo 3.85 avg rating — 264,760 ratings
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