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The the winners of the 2023 Goodreads Choice Awards have been announced. I don't see any books by Brandon Sanderson. Resolving NO.

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Tress of the Emerald Sea has passed to the final round for Best Fantasy of 2023.

@LukeHanks The market responds with crickets! Maybe I should buy more No!

Thanks for the update!

Tress of the Emerald Sea has been nominated for Best Fantasy of 2023.

@LukeHanks I am trying to figure out where to put this. A vote is literally a popularity contest so as long as you got nominated, if you have a lot of fans you are in good shape. But I can't figure out how many of the other nominees have huge fanbases. Also whether he will personally activate/encourage his fan base or not.

I looked at the Goodreads rating count for other books in the category and this one is definitely mid-upper. I seem to recall that Brandon Sanderson has a very large following.

@Eliza Looks like he gets 50-75k views on weekly YouTube videos, so there is definitely interest and if he uses one of those videos to ask for votes, it would make a big difference most likely.

@Eliza Did anyone research how often he has been nominated in the past?

@Eliza I've moved it from 29% to 42%, not sure about more at this time.

if he uses one of those videos to ask for votes, it would make a big difference most likely.

@Eliza From what I've heard Brandon Sanderson say in the past, he doesn't care that much about these kinds of things. If he even mentions the nomination he won't directly ask his fans to vote for his book.

Dragonsteel 2023 (Brandon Sanderson fan convention) is Nov. 20-21, so his fans may be more active during the Goodreads Choice Awards Opening Round (Nov. 14-26) even if he doesn't say anything.

Did anyone research how often he has been nominated in the past?

I don't know where to find a comprehensive list, but here's what I've found.

• Winner for Best Fantasy (2010) Towers of Midnight

• Nominee for Best Fantasy (2011) The Alloy of Law

• Nominee for Best Fantasy (2012) The Emperor's Soul

• Nominee for Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2013) The Rithmatist

• Nominee for Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2013) Steelheart

• Nominee for Best Fantasy (2014) Words of Radiance

• Nominee for Best Fantasy (2015) Shadows of Self

• Nominee for Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2015) Firefight

• Nominee for Best Fantasy (2016) The Bands of Mourning

• Nominee for Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2016) Calamity

• Nominee for Best Middle Grade & Children's (2016) The Dark Talent

• Nominee for Best Graphic Novels & Comics (2016) White Sand, Volume 1

• Nominee for Best Fantasy (2017) Oathbringer

• Nominee for Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2018) Skyward

• Nominee for Best Fantasy (2020) Rhythm of War

• Nominee for Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2020) Starsight

• Nominee for Best Graphic Novels & Comics (2021) Dark One

• Nominee for Best Fantasy (2022) The Lost Metal

• Nominee for Best Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2022) Cytonic

• Nominee for Best Middle Grade & Children's (2022) Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians

• Nominee for Best Fantasy (2023) Tress of the Emerald Sea

@LukeHanks I guess it's just as likely he asks in a video to NOT vote for him, and to try voting for someone else. That's a long string of NOT winning. It won't matter to him or his sales figures one bit whether he gets an award.

Worldhoppers YouTube channel (Jessie Mae, christea, Angela) all agree that Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros is going to win in the Fantasy category. Brandon Sanderson is discussed at around 10:03 and 28:06.

@LukeHanks Looks like it did not even get nominated in the Fantasy category. Interesting, it got a different nomination instead.