Open voting has started in the semifinal round of the Goodreads Choice Awards 2020 and will continue until November 15. There are 20 categories overall.

Five popular write-ins have been added to the 15 books listed in the opening round. Here are the titles readers lifted onto the ballot in the primary categories of genre interest – Best Fantasy, Best Science Fiction, and Best Horror.

BEST SCIENCE FICTION

• A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (The Carls, #2) by Hank Green 
• The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut #3) by Mary Robinette Kowal 
• The First Sister (The First Sister Trilogy, #1) by Linden A. Lewis 
• Age of Deception by T.A. White 
• Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick (Zoey Ashe, #2) by David Wong 

BEST FANTASY

• The Trouble With Peace (The Age of Madness, #2) by Joe Abercrombie
• Smoke Bitten (Mercy Thompson, #12) by Patricia Briggs
• Battle Ground (The Dresden Files, #17) by Jim Butcher 
• Age of Empyre (Legends of the First Empire, #6) by Michael J. Sullivan 
• Wintersteel by Will Wight 

BEST HORROR

• Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
• World Departed (The Cascadia Series) by Sarah Lyons Fleming 
• The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry 
• Houndings of Hell (a CoC spin-off Novella) by Hunter Holmes 
• Secret Santa (A Horror For the Holidays Novel) by Andrew Shaffer 

There also are some genre works in the Best Graphic Novels and Comics, Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction, Best Middle Grade & Children’s categories.

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