Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Walkingthecircle (10 Lists)



Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,222 books — 8,064 voters
The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAngels & Demons by Dan BrownAlong Came a Spider by James PattersonThe Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
Thrillers
4,582 books — 5,581 voters

Barbarians at the Gate by Bryan BurroughToo Big to Fail by Andrew Ross SorkinLiar's Poker by Michael LewisThe Big Short by Michael Lewis
Business History
439 books — 188 voters
Black Hawk Down by Mark BowdenLone Survivor by Marcus LuttrellThe Rape of Nanking by Iris ChangAn Army at Dawn by Rick AtkinsonRetribution by Max Hastings
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,117 books — 2,348 voters

Blood, Bones, and Butter by Gabrielle HamiltonThe Soul of a Chef by Michael RuhlmanThe Making of a Chef by Michael RuhlmanOn Food and Cooking by Harold McGeeEating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,225 books — 1,634 voters
Moneyball by Michael LewisThe Blind Side by Michael Lewis
Top reads for sports fans
955 books — 769 voters

Uhura's Song by Janet KaganThe Romulan Way by Diane DuaneSpock's World by Diane Duane
Best Star Trek Books
395 books — 275 voters
V for Vendetta by Alan MooreThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanBatman by Frank MillerY by Brian K. VaughanFables, Vol. 1 by Bill Willingham
Best Graphic Novels
3,456 books — 6,765 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,694 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinSnow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,329 books — 24,579 voters