Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by David (16 Lists)



The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellC by Tom McCarthyKraken by China Miéville
Not the Booker Prize 2010
86 books — 179 voters
Capital by John Lanchester
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2012
151 books — 269 voters

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanThe Cuckoo's Calling by Robert GalbraithThe Shining Girls by Lauren BeukesThe Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2013
176 books — 322 voters
The Goldfinch by Donna TarttThe Bone Clocks by David MitchellStation Eleven by Emily St. John MandelThe Circle by Dave EggersThe Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Di... by Jonas Jonasson
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2014
164 books — 694 voters

A Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaSeveneves by Neal StephensonCity on Fire by Garth Risk HallbergThe Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2015
143 books — 357 voters
Slade House by David MitchellThe Sympathizer by Viet Thanh NguyenCity on Fire by Garth Risk Hallberg
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2016
176 books — 196 voters

4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2017
178 books — 240 voters
The Bone Clocks by David MitchellA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt2666 by Roberto Bolaño
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,857 books — 21,934 voters

Tours of the Black Clock by Steve EricksonThe New York Trilogy by Paul AusterMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieBeloved by Toni MorrisonSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Larry McCaffery: The 20th Century's Greatest Hits (English Language)
106 books — 51 voters
Tours of the Black Clock by Steve EricksonThe New York Trilogy by Paul AusterSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Catch-22 by Joseph HellerUnderworld by Don DeLillo
The 20th Century’s Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction
100 books — 5 voters

Tours of the Black Clock by Steve EricksonDays Between Stations by Steve EricksonArc d'X by Steve Erickson
Books Neil Gaiman Recommends
104 books — 37 voters
Trainspotting by Irvine WelshThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksThe Road by Cormac McCarthy2666 by Roberto BolañoCloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Contemporary Cult Fiction
492 books — 449 voters

Tours of the Black Clock by Steve EricksonMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. DickCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyLanark by Alasdair Gray
100 Best Novels
104 books — 20 voters
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,644 books — 14,148 voters

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Man Booker 2015 Long List
13 books — 174 voters
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoWatchmen by Alan MooreBeloved by Toni MorrisonCloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Best Books Ever
75,805 books — 281,765 voters