An author may receive multiple nominations within a single category if he or she has more than one eligible series or more than one eligible stand-alone book. Only one book in a series may be nominated per category. A book may be nominated in no more than one genre category, but can also be nominated in the Debut Novel category. Write-in votes may be cast for eligible books with any average rating, and write-in votes will be weighted by the book's Goodreads statistics to determine the top five books to be added as official nominees in the Semifinal Round. The fifth and final book in The Trials of Apollo series sees the god, sent to Earth in the form. Opening round official nominees must have an average rating of 3.50 or higher at the time of launch. Riordan is speaking by Zoom from Boston, with a pile of copies of The Tower of Nero behind him. We analyze statistics from the millions of books added, rated, and reviewed on Goodreads to nominate 15 books in each category. Books published between November 18, 2020, and November 17, 2021, will be eligible for the 2021 awards. The field narrows to the top 10 books in each category, and members have one last chance to vote!īooks published in the United States in English, including works in translation and other significant rereleases, between November 16, 2019, and November 17, 2020, are eligible for the 2020 Goodreads Choice Awards. The top five write-in votes in each of the categories become official nominees. Now the former god Apollo and his demigod master Meg must follow a prophecy uncovered by Ella the harpy. Voting opens to 15 official nominees, and write-in votes can be placed for any eligible book (see eligibility below). Lester’s demigod friends at Camp Jupiter just helped him survive attacks from bloodthirsty ghouls, an evil Roman king and his army of the undead, and the lethal emperors Caligula and Commodus. Winners will be announced December 08, 2020. The 2020 Goodreads Choice Awards have three rounds of voting open to all registered Goodreads members.

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