Goodreads Choice Award 2017

It's that time of year again...voting has started for the Goodreads Choice Award for the Best book of 2017. When it comes to this prestigious award, I've had more than my fair share of nods. Currently I have 5: 

• 2010 The Emerald Storm in Fantasy - the only self-published book that year
• 2012 Percepliquis in Fantasy
• 2013 The Crown Tower in Fantasy 
• 2015 Hollow World in Sci-fi
• 2016 Age of Myth in Fantasy

Except for Hollow World, each one of those nominations came in round one when the people at Goodreads select the top 15 based on (a) publication date eligibility (b) # of people who shelved the book (c) 3 # of review/ratings (d) total overall rating. Here are the nominees for this year: 

Title	Author	Shelved	# ratings	Rating
Norse Mythology	Neil Gaiman	145,040	47,533	4.11
Fantastic Beasts	J. K. Rowling	112,397	45,631	4.40
The Bear and the Nightingale	Katerine Arden	79,980	17,527	4.13
A Conjuring of Flight	V.E. Scwab	69,334	24,849	4.41
The Fate of Tearling	Erika Joansen	46,137	16,452	3.79
Red Sister	Mark Lawrence	45,549	7,560	4.32
Feversong	Karen Marie Moning	31,695	9,837	4.36
Assassin's Fate	Robin Hobb	25,952	10,903	4.67
The Stone Sky	N.K. Jemisin	22,490	7,065	4.45
Etched in Bone	Anne Bishop	21,694	9,666	4.31
Eleventh Grave in Moonlight	Darynda Jones	19,322	7,237	4.39
One Fell Sweep	Ilona Anrews	15,444	9,285	4.52
Sins of Empire	Brian McClellan	12,647	3,521	4.48
Kings of the Wyld	Nicholas Eames	9,544	3,004	4.42
The Witchwood Crown	Tad Williams	7,383	690	4.22

There were a number of notable titles missing form the list. The first two I can "kind of" understand as they were released late in the year and just barely squeaked onto the list (Brandon's is only 2 days shy of the eligibility period cut-off). As for my own title's omission, of course, I'm upset, but I'm also surprised as it beats The Watchword Crown on all three metrics: more shelving, more reviews, and a higher rating.

Title	Author	Shelved	# ratings	Rating
Oathbringer	Brandon Sanderson	47,262	1,073	4.61
The Core	Peter V. Brett	21,130	2,539	4.27
Age of Swords	Michael J. Sullivan	15,819	3,516	4.29

Oh, well, better luck next year, unless of course Age of Swords, gets into round two as a write-in, I'm very confident that the first two books will be. Here's to hoping! In any case, you can vote or write in your choice from this link.