Annual Reader Poll: Interim Results
The AAR Annual Reader poll is well underway, with voting closing at midnight on February 17th.
With two weeks left to go, we know that many of you are still waiting to cast your ballot. We hope the interim results presented here will be helpful.
We’d ask you to keep a few things in mind as you look through the results. First, we’ve listed the results in each category in alphabetical order by author. In no way does this reflect the actual vote order for the books, authors, or characters.
Second, our goal was to list the top five authors, books, or characters in each category. In cases in which there are ties, we have listed more. In two categories there simply haven’t been enough votes yet to report any results at this time.
Last, don’t be disappointed if your favorites aren’t among the leaders. Voting is very tight in virtually every category and, at this point, there are no sure winners. In fact, in some cases, if a book, character, or author not listed on the interim results were to get just two more votes, it might actually be the winner for its category.
Ready for the interim results? (And don’t forget to vote!)
Best Romance
The Spymaster’s Lady by Joanna Bourne
Your Scandalous Ways by Loretta Chase
Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Blue-Eyed Devil by Lisa Kleypas
Seduce Me at Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas
Private Arrangements by Sherry Thomas
Funniest Romance
Not Another Bad Date by Rachel Gibson
Just One of the Guys by Kristan Higgins
Just the Sexiest Man Alive by Julie James
Like No Other Lover by Julie Anne Long
The Lost Duke of Wyndham by Julia Quinn
Biggest Tearjerker
His Captive Lady by Anne Gracie
Broken Wing by Judith James
Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Blue-Eyed Devil by Lisa Kleypas
Dawn’s Awakening by Lora Leigh
Best Love Scenes
Your Scandalous Ways by Loretta Chase
To Seduce a Sinner by Elizabeth Hoyt
To Taste Temptation by Elizabeth Hoyt
Seduce Me at Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas
Blue-Eyed Devil by Lisa Kleypas
Flat Out Sexy by Erin McCarthy
Dangerous Secrets by Lisa Marie Rice
Private Arrangements by Sherry Thomas
Best Erotica
There have been too few votes in this category to report results.
Best Romance Hero
Robert Grey, The Spymaster’s Lady by Joanna Bourne
James Cordier, Your Scandalous Ways by Loretta Chase
Morgan McKinnon, Untamed by Pamela Clare
Jason Andrews, Just the Sexiest Man Alive by Julie James
Hardy Cates, Blue-eyed Devil by Lisa Kleypas
Acheron, Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Reno, Fire and Ice by Anne Stuart
Best Romance Heroine
Annique Villiers, The Spymaster’s Lady by Joanna Bourne
Melisande Fleming, To Seduce a Sinner by Elizabeth Hoyt
Harriet, Duchess of Berrow, Duchess by Night by Eloisa James
Taylor Donovan, Just the Sexiest Man Alive by Julie James
Winnifred Hathaway, Seduce Me at Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas
Best Romance Couple
Annique and Grey, The Spymaster’s Lady by Joanna Bourne
Melisande and Jasper, To Seduce a Sinner by Elizabeth Hoyt
Haven and Hardy, Blue-Eyed Devil by Lisa Kleypas
Winnifred and Kev, Seduce Me at Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas
Grace and Jack, The Lost Duke of Wyndham by Julia Quinn
Best Debut Romance Author
Meredith Duran
Judith James
Julie James
Sherry Thomas
Guiltiest Pleasure Romance
Not Another Bad Date by Rachel Gibson
Death Angel by Linda Howard
Killer Secrets by Lora Leigh
At the Bride Hunt Ball by Olivia Parker
Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward
Best Historical Romance Set in the U.K.
The Spymaster’s Lady by Joanna Bourne
To Seduce a Sinner by Elizabeth Hoyt
Duchess by Night by Eloisa James
Seduce Me at Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas
Private Arrangements by Sherry Thomas
Best Historical Romance Not Set in the U.K.
Your Scandalous Ways by Loretta Chase
Untamed by Pamela Clare
Duke of Shadows by Meredith Duran
Shades of Gray by Jessica James
Broken Wing by Judith James
Sam’s Creed by Sarah McCarty
Tall Dark and Texan by Jodi Thomas
Best Contemporary Romance
Letters to a Secret Lover by Toni Blake
Not Another Bad Date by Rachel Gibson
Just One of the Guys by Kristan Higgins
Just the Sexiest Man Alive by Julie James
Blue-Eyed Devil by Lisa Kleypas
Flat Out Sexy by Erin McCarthy
Best Series Romance Book
Wild Hunt by Lori Devoti
His Secret Past by Ellen Hartman
A Most Unconventional Match by Julia Justiss
Ms. Match by Jo Leigh
The Son Between Them by Molly O’Keefe
Does She Dare? by Tawny Weber
Best Romantic Suspense
Into the Fire by Suzanne Brockmann
Unlawful Contact by Pamela Clare
Death Angel by Linda Howard
Strangers in Death by J.D. Robb
Tribute by Nora Roberts
Scream for Me by Karen Rose
Fire and Ice by Anne Stuart
Best Paranormal Romance
Dark Desires at Dusk by Kresley Cole
Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Hostage to Pleasure by Nalini Singh
Mine to Possess by Nalini Singh
Lover Enshrined by JR Ward
Best E-Book
There have been too few votes in this category to report results.
Best Chick Lit/Women’s Fiction
Queen of Babble Gets Hitched by Meg Cabot
Not Another Bad Date by Rachel Gibson
Just One of the Guys by Kristan Higgins
This Charming Man by Marian Keyes
Remember Me by Sophie Kinsella
Best Romance Short Story
Spellbound from It Happened One Night by Mary Balogh
From This Moment On from It Happened One Night by Candice Hern
When Sparks Flew in Snowy Night with a Stranger by Sabrina Jeffries
Christmas Heat from The Magical Christmas Cat by Lora Leigh
Ritual in Death from Suite 606 by J.D. Robb
Stroke of Enticement from The Magical Christmas Cat by Nalini Singh
The Story of Son from Dead After Dark by J.R. Ward
Romance Author You Gave Up On
Julie Garwood
Stephanie Laurens
Julia Quinn
Nora Roberts
J.R. Ward
Worst Romance Novel
Morning Light, by Catherine Anderson
A Notorious Proposition by Adele Ashworth
Secret Desires of a Gentleman by Laura Lee Guhrke
Mr. Cavendish, I Presume by Julia Quinn
Untamed by Hope Tarr
Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward
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I am amazed that there were too few votes for both eBooks and Erotica. I am getting hundreds of posts about erotica, all on eBooks, at MobileRead Forum.
I am opening up a new eBook Store for my company and asked for opinions from women. One sent me here… but there is no poll on the two most important subjects.
Is there an RSS feed I can sign up to to get updates?
When I went over my bookshelf, I realized that a some of the books I read ages ago (last winter) — like Guhrke’s Wicked Ways of a Duke and Goodman’s Price of Desire — were 2008 books. Maybe you should consider a semi-annual poll so books that get published in January and February don’t get forgotten by people as disorganized as I am.
I am a bit late to the party here. I didn’t want to look at the results until I had figured out my own ballot and voted which I FINALLY did this week. I seem to be out of the mainstream with much of my reading and didn’t want to feel that my vote wouldn’t matter. And after looking at the results, I was actually surprised that a few of my choices were actually on the interim list! And as the pollsters reminded us, things are fluid and could change. I read mostly historicals so my votes are skewed in that direction. I am anxious to see the final results. I always pick up a title/author or two for my TBR pile.
When I filled out the poll, most of my books were paranormal romance (i.e., Best Romance was “”Demon Night”” by Meljean Brook). I’m just surprised, because I thought more people read paranormal….
My vote goes to,Does She Dare? by Tawny Weber – BEST SERIES ROMANCE BOOK
Gr8 story ! You will never look at a Harley quite the same ;-) !
A lot of those were books I voted on (or thought about voting on). Nice to know my fellow readers have good taste. The hardest thing about voting was trying to remember all the books I read last year (which was hard). There were some good ones I didn’t vote on because I didn’t even realize they came out in 2008 or what their names were.
I haven’t voted yet and I still have so much I’d like to read. So little time, so many books.
BEST SERIES ROMANCE BOOK.
MY VOTE GOES TO TAWNY WEBER’S DOES SHE DARE.
GREAT TITLE. GRABS THE READER. WHAT DOES SHE DARE? SEDUCING THE GUY, MAKING LOVE TO HIM, HAVING AN AFFAIRE?
AND-D-D-D, DOES SHE????
JACLYN
It’s been really amazing being one of the pollsters tallying the results for the Annual Poll. There is such a variety of favorite books, characters, and authors just from 2008. All of the races still are very tight, and we won’t be at all surprised if entries not posted in the interim results sneak up over the remaining two weeks and actually win.
Happy reading!
Wow, I’m really surprises by some of the books — some more than other. But to me that’s the beauty of reading — I may be crazy about a book and someone else may not.
Wow, my tastes are so out of touch with the other voters obviously.
I loved Mr. Cavendish, I Presume and would rate The Lost Duke of Wyndham in the worst category (To me Thomas & Amelia were so much more interesting than Jack & Grace). Then again there are quite a few “”bests”” here that I would vote “”worst.””
But I will vote anyway. I’m still trying to finish up some other books in the hopes I’ll be able to add a category or two to the ones I’ve already decided about.