Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

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The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaCall Me by Your Name by André AcimanMaurice by E.M. ForsterLie With Me by Philippe Besson
Literary Gay Romantic Novels
105 books — 259 voters
Baby Doll by Tennessee WilliamsThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Plague by Albert Camus1984 by George OrwellLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Richey Edwards' Favourite Books
60 books — 3 voters

Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas PynchonSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges
A Postmodernist "Canon"
273 books — 171 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerCall Me By Your Name by André AcimanGiovanni’s Room by James BaldwinMaurice by E.M. ForsterA Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
50 Essential Works of LGBT Fiction
17 books — 8 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
Postmodern Genius
508 books — 584 voters
The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerCall Me By Your Name by André AcimanAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzMaurice by E.M. ForsterThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Gay Fiction
2,649 books — 3,860 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerAnimal Farm by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Cult Classics
1,567 books — 2,122 voters
The Stranger by Albert Camus1984 by George OrwellSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Philosophical Literature
1,166 books — 2,724 voters

Everything by Simon Price1984 by George OrwellThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Stranger by Albert Camus
The Ultimate Manic Street Preachers Reading List
118 books — 22 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Stranger by Albert Camus
David Bowie's Top 100 Must Read Books
100 books — 311 voters

Please Kill Me by Legs McNeilJust Kids by Patti SmithChronicles, Volume One by Bob DylanLife by Keith RichardsOur Band Could Be Your Life by Michael Azerrad
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,419 books — 1,336 voters