Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Vail (11 Lists)



The Light Bearer by Donna GillespieTatham Mound by Piers AnthonySnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Best Historical Fiction
7,318 books — 25,521 voters
Captal's Tower by Melanie RawnAllegiant by Veronica RothTaste of Darkness by Maria V. SnyderLover at Last by J.R. Ward
Books I Need to Complete a Series
173 books — 16 voters

The Elvenbane by Andre NortonThe Light Bearer by Donna GillespieThe Ballad Of Cat Ballou by Roy ChanslorThe Glass Harmonica by Louise Marley
Books You Wish More People Knew About
17,381 books — 10,356 voters
The Black Jewels Trilogy by Anne BishopKushiel's Dart by Jacqueline CareySoulless by Gail CarrigerMystic and Rider by Sharon ShinnTouch of Power by Maria V. Snyder
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,444 books — 18,180 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardGod of Tarot by Piers AnthonySnow Crash by Neal StephensonIsle of Woman by Piers Anthony
Books That Have Made An Impression
3,873 books — 1,970 voters
Water for Elephants by Sara GruenFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
I Had No Idea This Book Would Be So Good
8,246 books — 3,075 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,396 books — 119,657 voters
The Elvenbane by Andre NortonThe Neverending Story by Michael EndeThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienPuff, the Magic Dragon by Peter YarrowDragon Prince by Melanie Rawn
Dragons
1,785 books — 2,539 voters

Poison Study by Maria V. SnyderMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,192 books — 68,027 voters
Dark Lover by J.R. WardMistral's Kiss by Laurell K. HamiltonThe Host by Stephenie MeyerClaimed by Evangeline Anderson
Steamy Paranormal Romance
563 books — 498 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Best Books Ever
75,784 books — 281,680 voters