Alert! Sarah Lotz’s Day Four and Chigozie Obioma’s The Fishermen have been nominated for 2015 Goodreads Choice Awards, the only major book awards to be decided by readers.
Nigerian Obioma’s first novel has been making waves internationally; it was shortlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize and won the inaugural FT/OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices Fiction Award. The Fisherman is up for Best Debut Goodreads Author.
Lotz has made the semifinals in the Best Horror category with Day Four, which is the follow-up to the bestselling, British Fantasy Award-winning The Three.
Horror legend Stephen King is a big Lotz fan, and recommended Day Four on Twitter, calling it “the cruise ship from hell”.
If you haven’t read it yet and that doesn’t convince you, Day Four also has a kick-ass animated cover:
Semifinal Round voting for the Goodreads Choice Awards closes on 15 November, and the Final Round starts on 17 November and closes on 23 November. The winners are usually announced in early December.
Ashlee Vance’s biography of South African-born entrepreneur Elon Musk: Inventing the Future is up for the Best Science & Technology Award.
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- Day Four by Sarah Lotz
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EAN: 9781444775372
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- Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of Spacex and Tesla is Shaping Our Future by Ashlee Vance
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EAN: 9780753555637
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- The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
EAN: 9780992918248
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