Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Graham Dauncey (14 Lists)



Mushroom Blues by Adrian M. GibsonRunelight by J.A. AndrewsThe Forest at the Heart of Her Mage by HiyodoriBy Blood, by Salt by J.L. OdomGates of Hope by J.E. Hannaford
SPFBO X Finalists
10 books — 7 voters
The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. WangSmall Miracles by Olivia AtwaterThe Lost War by Justin Lee AndersonMurder at Spindle Manor by Morgan Stang
SPFBO Champions
10 books — 27 voters

The Fall is All There Is by C.M. CaplanMaster of the Void by Wend RavenMurder at Spindle Manor by Morgan StangCold West by Clayton W. SnyderDaughter of the Beast by E.C. Greaves
SPFBO 9 Finalists
10 books — 6 voters
The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. WangSmall Miracles by Olivia AtwaterThe Lost War by Justin Lee AndersonMurder at Spindle Manor by Morgan Stang
SPFBO Winners
10 books — 6 voters

The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. WangSmall Miracles by Olivia AtwaterThe Lost War by Justin Lee Anderson
SPFBO Champions League
10 books — 5 voters
Nightfall by Isaac AsimovThe Minority Report by Philip K. Dick
Best Short Stories of All Time
611 books — 387 voters

The Court of Broken Knives by Anna Smith SparkBlack Stone Heart by Michael R. FletcherPriest of Bones by Peter McLeanPrince of Thorns by Mark LawrenceThe Darkness That Comes Before by R. Scott Bakker
The Grimdarks
474 books — 1,170 voters
Priest of Bones by Peter McLeanA Little Hatred by Joe AbercrombieThe Bone Ships by R.J. BarkerThe Trouble with Peace by Joe AbercrombieHarrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Best Fantasy of the 2020s
450 books — 475 voters

Wind and Truth by Brandon SandersonMirrored Heavens by Rebecca RoanhorseHeavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay ZhaoThe Book That Broke the World by Mark Lawrence
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2024
496 books — 933 voters
The Bone Shard War by Andrea StewartThe Tyranny of Faith by Richard SwanLords of Uncreation by Adrian TchaikovskyThe Sword Defiant by Gareth Ryder-HanrahanThe Shadow Casket by Chris Wooding
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2023
468 books — 1,086 voters

Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn MuirFevered Star by Rebecca RoanhorseLocklands by Robert Jackson BennettThe Justice of Kings by Richard SwanThe Thousand Eyes by A.K. Larkwood
Can't Wait Science Fiction/Fantasy of 2022
543 books — 1,412 voters
A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady MartineThe Wisdom of Crowds by Joe AbercrombieThe Broken God by Gareth Ryder-HanrahanThe Bone Shard Emperor by Andrea StewartThe Fall of Babel by Josiah Bancroft
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2021
597 books — 1,494 voters

The Trouble with Peace by Joe AbercrombieRhythm of War by Brandon SandersonThe Girl and the Stars by Mark LawrenceThe Burning God by R.F. Kuang
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2020
516 books — 1,305 voters
1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodDune by Frank Herbert
Best Books Ever
75,702 books — 281,344 voters