Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

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



A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady MartineThe Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2021
597 books — 1,494 voters
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
2019 Queer SFF
152 books — 367 voters

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
Hugo 2020 Eligible Novels
135 books — 357 voters
The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussEmperor of Thorns by Mark LawrenceThe Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
Best Fantasy of the 2010s
1,629 books — 1,905 voters

The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussMistborn by Brandon SandersonThe Black Prism by Brent Weeks
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,049 books — 9,876 voters
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Most unique, original, and interesting magical systems
152 books — 152 voters

1984 by George OrwellEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,730 books — 25,951 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
Epic-Fantasy Must-Reads
264 books — 331 voters

The Fire Rose by Mercedes LackeyFirebird by Mercedes Lackey
Favorite Mercedes Lackey
119 books — 90 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussMistborn by Brandon SandersonAssassin's Apprentice by Robin HobbThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonSabriel by Garth Nix
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,143 books — 25,672 voters

Abarat by Clive BarkerThe 13 Clocks by James Thurber
Best strange fantasy
196 books — 117 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussPrince of Thorns by Mark LawrenceThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussMistborn by Brandon Sanderson
Must Read SciFi/Fantasy
201 books — 207 voters

The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
2011 DGLA Fantasy Book Nominees
103 books — 433 voters
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom StoppardEquus by Peter ShafferThe Merchant of Venice by William ShakespeareAll My Sons by Arthur MillerAll in the Timing by David Ives
Best Plays Ever
853 books — 1,127 voters

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchLuck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling
Thieves
659 books — 1,255 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussMistborn by Brandon SandersonThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonSabriel by Garth NixAssassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
Most Interesting Magic System
2,612 books — 8,762 voters