The first round of voting is open for the 2012 Goodreads Choice Awards! Check out the nominees and vote for your favorites. We’re pleased to see a bunch of Orbit books on the ballot, in a variety of categories.

Fantasy

• THE KING’S BLOOD by Daniel Abraham (US | UK | ANZ)
• THE TRAITOR QUEEN by Trudi Canavan (US | UK | ANZ)
• THE KILLING MOON by N.K. Jemisin (US | UK | ANZ)
• PERCEPLIQUIS by Michael J. Sullivan. The final book of the Riyria Revelations from HEIR OF NOVRON [US | UK | ANZ])
• THE BLINDING KNIFE by Brent Weeks (US | UK | ANZ)

Paranormal Fantasy

• THIRTEEN by Kelley Armstrong (UK)
• TIMELESS by Gail Carriger (US | UK | ANZ)
• TRICKED by Kevin Hearne (UK | ANZ)

Science Fiction

• CALIBAN’S WAR by James S.A. Corey (US | UK | ANZ)

Horror

• BLACKOUT by Mira Grant (US | UK | ANZ)

Graphic Novels and Comics

• SOULLESS, The Manga Vol 1 by Gail Carriger (US | UK | AUS)