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Originally Posted by bgalbrecht
I don't know what your tastes are, but since 2000, the best novel winners included Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, The Yiddish Policeman's Union, The Graveyard Book, and Redshirts, all of which made the NYT bestsellers list.
I think a lot of the winners sold well within the genre readership because most of the winners had a fair amount of buzz in my SF circles before winning.
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They HAD to have Harry Potter win.
No self-respecting award could deny that book its day. The Graveyard Book didn't grab me and it should be my thing because it's generally a part of the genre I like (ghosts/adventure). I might have been being stubborn about that one because my reading buddy loved it and sometimes I am contrary. But I didn't finish it. She's a big Gaiman fan and I just can't get interested in any of the blurbs.
Haven't read the others.
I'm not knocking the Hugo winners as chaff or garbage. I haven't like the ones I've tried, although I did like the first 3 Harry Potter books.