Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Ancient Weaver (24 Lists)



Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates by Tom Robbins
Best Books You've Never Heard Of
1,266 books — 791 voters
Fear and Loathing by Hunter S. ThompsonFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
The Best of Hunter S. Thompson
10 books — 25 voters

The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,374 voters
Dreams from My Father by Barack ObamaA Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,607 books — 16,239 voters

Naked by David SedarisMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisAmerica (The Book) by Jon StewartAssassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
Best Humorous Books
4,300 books — 7,856 voters
Human, All Too Human by Friedrich NietzscheThe Gay Science by Friedrich NietzscheDaybreak by Friedrich NietzscheTwilight of the Idols/The Antichrist by Friedrich NietzscheOn the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo by Friedrich Nietzsche
Best/Favorite Books of Essays
554 books — 248 voters

Beyond Theology by Alan W. WattsThe Power of Myth by Joseph CampbellThe Flight of the Wild Gander by Joseph CampbellMeeting Jesus Again for the First Time by Marcus J. BorgEssays and Lectures by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Different Takes on Religion & Spirituality
1,380 books — 1,115 voters
Tao Te Ching by Lao TzuThe Upanishads by Anonymous
Best Holy Books
267 books — 531 voters

Batman by Frank MillerBatman by Frank MillerDaredevil by Frank MillerSwamp Thing, Vol. 1 by Alan Moore
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,173 books — 2,010 voters
The Anti-Christ, Ecce Homo, Twilight of the Idols, and Other ... by Friedrich NietzscheSuperstition In All Ages by Jean MeslierThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan
Notable Atheist Books
543 books — 937 voters

Misery by Stephen KingThe Gunslinger by Stephen KingThe Long Walk by Richard BachmanThe Stand by Stephen King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
178 books — 3,873 voters
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward GibbonThe Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
Thickest Books Ever
889 books — 2,490 voters

1984 by George OrwellWhat Uncle Sam Really Wants by Noam Chomsky
This Is the End...
997 books — 1,589 voters
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheLes Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Epistolary Fiction
852 books — 825 voters

Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculo... by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Russian Literature
512 books — 2,277 voters
The Stranger by Albert CamusLes Fleurs du Mal by Charles BaudelaireThe Complete Essays by Michel de MontaigneMaxims by François de La RochefoucauldThe Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays by Albert Camus
Best French Literature
870 books — 1,552 voters

Batman by Frank MillerWatchmen by Alan MooreBatman by Frank MillerDaredevil Visionaries by Frank MillerV for Vendetta by Alan Moore
Best Graphic Novels
3,456 books — 6,764 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Waste Lands by Stephen KingThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,608 voters

Notes from Underground & The Grand Inquisitor by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,439 books — 8,374 voters
Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Godfather by Mario Puzo
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,132 books — 10,101 voters

The Invaders Plan by L. Ron HubbardMind Siege by Tim LaHayeThe Heart of Mid-Lothian by Walter Scott
The Worst Books of All Time
8,100 books — 19,874 voters
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,141 books — 25,667 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,729 books — 25,949 voters
Heart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Gay Science by Friedrich NietzscheLes Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire
Best Books Ever
75,721 books — 281,530 voters