Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Erwin (49 Lists)



City of Thieves by Ian LivingstoneThe Shamutanti Hills by Steve JacksonKharé - Cityport of Traps by Steve JacksonThe Crown of Kings by Steve JacksonThe Seven Serpents by Steve Jackson
Best Fighting Fantasy Books
57 books — 52 voters
Flight from the Dark by Joe DeverFire on the Water by Joe DeverThe Chasm Of Doom by Joe DeverShadow on the Sand by Joe DeverThe Kingdoms of Terror by Joe Dever
80s gamebooks
164 books — 12 voters

Heartstone by C.J. Sansom
Tudor Era Historical Mystery
106 books — 7 voters
The Strange Death of Europe by Douglas Murray
Books Every White Person Should Read in 2020
33 books — 11 voters

Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss
Best Children's Books Most People Haven't Heard of...
1,689 books — 773 voters
Das fliegende Klassenzimmer by Erich KästnerDer Räuber Hotzenplotz by Otfried Preußler
Best German Authors
606 books — 703 voters

Die kleine Hexe by Otfried PreußlerDas fliegende Klassenzimmer by Erich KästnerEmil and the Detectives by Erich Kästner
German Childrens' Books in German
304 books — 113 voters
A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke MooreHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. SeussThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
Best Christmas-Themed Books/Stories
841 books — 726 voters

Enemy of God by Bernard CornwellExcalibur by Bernard CornwellThe Winter King by Bernard Cornwell
Best Arthurian Fiction
476 books — 1,442 voters
The Keep on the Borderlands by E. Gary GygaxNight's Dark Terror by Graeme MorrisThe Isle of Dread by David Zeb CookCastle Amber (Château d' Amberville) by Tom MoldvayDungeons and Dragons Expert Module Monster of the Desert Nomad by David Zeb Cook
Dungeons and Dragons BECMI and Mystara Adventure Modules
55 books — 4 voters

The Madness of Crowds by Douglas MurrayCynical Theories by Helen PluckroseThe Coddling of the American Mind by Jonathan HaidtThe Strange Death of Europe by Douglas Murray
Critical Thinking in the Age of Woke
155 books — 59 voters
Putin's People by Catherine BeltonIrreversible Damage by Abigail ShrierEat the Buddha by Barbara Demick
The Economist - Books of the Year, 2020
41 books — 21 voters

The Horde by Marie FavereauLondon and the Seventeenth Century by Margarette Lincoln
History Published in Year: 2021
580 books — 111 voters
Children of Ash and Elm by Neil PriceTwilight of the Gods by Ian W. TollThe Habsburgs by Martyn RadyPhilip and Alexander by Adrian GoldsworthyEight Days at Yalta by Diana Preston
History Published in Year: 2020
441 books — 90 voters

The Anarchy by William Dalrymple
Cundill History Prize 2020 Longlist
16 books — 5 voters
The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
Books Employed to Greatly Harmful Ends
244 books — 227 voters

The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray
The Intellectual Dark Web
256 books — 52 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieThe Rape of Nanking by Iris ChangKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Books White People Need to Read
1,302 books — 1,568 voters

501 German Verbs by Henry Strutz
German Language Learning Resources
66 books — 12 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasFlashman by George MacDonald FraserRoyal Flash by George MacDonald FraserFlashman in the Great Game by George MacDonald Fraser
Swashbucklers
559 books — 496 voters

A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. Tuchman
French History
289 books — 83 voters
A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. Tuchman
Non-fiction books about the Hundred Years' War
119 books — 29 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettWorld Without End by Ken FollettHere Be Dragons by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Last Kingdom by Bernard CornwellThe Reckoning by Sharon Kay Penman
Best Historical Fiction Set in UK and Ireland
1,345 books — 1,582 voters
I, Claudius by Robert GravesCaesar by Adrian GoldsworthyHow the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill1066 by David Howarth
History Books (Pre-1650)
58 books — 8 voters

The Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanAgincourt by Bernard CornwellEmpire of Blue Water by Stephan Talty1066 by David Howarth
Major Battles in History and Fiction
232 books — 80 voters
A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanWorld Without End by Ken FollettThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettFalls the Shadow by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Bruce Trilogy by Nigel Tranter
Best Middle Ages Books
1,215 books — 1,688 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Best Location-Based and History-Based Books to Read While Traveling
1,065 books — 500 voters
The Grass Crown by Colleen McCullough
The Unknown, Hidden Gems of Historical Fiction
2,276 books — 1,250 voters

King Leopold's Ghost by Adam HochschildThe Road to Jerusalem by Jan Guillou
Crusaders, Conquistadores and Colonial Empires
261 books — 76 voters
King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,753 books — 1,629 voters


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