Goodreads Choice Awards: The Fantasy Finalists

Well, we didn't make it to the finals, but I meant it when I said it was an honor to be nominated in the first round. So who has advanced on? Here's the group of 10.

There's a lot of great things to note in this list.

• Like the US midterms, women are really kicking butt and taking names.  7 of the ten titles are written by women, just two by men, and one by a man/woman pair. That's so great to see!
• A debut novel made the list (R.F. Kuang's The Poppy War). This is an amazing achievement, and my congratulations and good wishes go to her for continued success.
• None of the write-ins advanced, but that's usually the case given they miss an entire round of voting. Still, they each should be proud to make the semi-finals. So good for them!

Here are links (and updated status) to aid you in the final round of voting.

Title	Author	Series	Rating	# Ratings	Shelved by
Beneath the Sugared Sky	Seanan McGuire	Wayward Children #3	4.09	9,656	27,215
Burn Bright	Patricia Briggs	Alpha & Omega #5	4.29	12,332	30,141
Circe	Madeline Miller	N/A	4.35	50,020	65,001
Grey Sister	Mark Lawrence	Book of the Ancestor #2	4.47	8,041	22,980
High Voltage	Karen Marie Moning	Fever #10	4.33	7,838	30,595
Iron and Magic	Ilona Andrews	Iron Covenant #1	4.45	10,784	27,373
The Poppy War	R.F. Kuang	Poppy War #1	4.09	7,633	48,826
The Shape of Water	Guillermo del Toro & Daniel Kraus	N/A	3.99	6,924	30,805
Spinning Silver	Naomi Novik	N/A	4.31	17,549	76,478
Year One	Nora Roberts	Chronicles of The One #1	4.07	30,171	76,499

Voting is open for the final round and it ends November 26th, so cast your ballot now!