Canadians Rupi Kaur, Lilly Singh win 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards

With over 3.8 million votes cast by readers, Goodreadshas announced the winners of their 2017 Choice Awards, which includepoet RupiKaurfor her collectionThe Sun and Her Flowersand YouTuberLilly Singh for her debut bookHow to Be a Bawse.

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Goodreads is a freeonline community where book lovers can rate books they've read, write reviews and converse with other members. Each year, Goodreadshosts several rounds of voting with its members to find the most popular books of the year across 20 genres.

Kaur, a perennial name on bestseller lists, is originally from Brampton, Ont. Like her first collectionmilk and honey,The Sun and Her Flowersdeals in themes of love, heartbreak, trauma and femininity. She won the poetry category with 35,856 votes.

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Singh, who rocketed to success with her YouTube channelIISuperwomanII, won the nonfiction category for her debut bookHow to Be a Bawse. In the book, the Scarborough, Ont., raised performer details the secrets behind becoming one of YouTube's biggest stars. She won the nonfiction category with 25,891 votes.

The fiction category was won by American author Celeste Ng forLittle Fires Everywhere with 39,077 votes. In the novel, the life of a mother in a sleepy Cleveland suburb is upended by her charismatic and mysterious tenants, a mother and daughter named Mia and Pearl.

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Angie Thomas' breakout debutThe Hate U Givewon in two categories: young adult fiction and debut Goodreads author. A New York Times bestseller, the novel addresses police brutality and racism from the perspective of a young black girl named Starr. Between both categories, Thomas received over 100,000 votes.

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Other winners include Hillary Clinton's election memoirWhat Happened,Paula Hawkins' sophomore thrillerInto the Water, J.K. Rowling's debut screenplayFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Gilmore Girlsactress Lauren Graham's memoirTalking As Fast as I Can,Andy Weir's sci-fi novelArtemis,Stephen and Owen King's horror novel Sleeping Beauties and astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson's bookAstrophysics for People in a Hurry.

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Check out all the winners on the Goodreadswebsite.