Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Chris (19 Lists)



Blood and Thunder by Hampton SidesEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
Great books about the Old West
280 books — 33 voters
Over the Edge of the World by Laurence Bergreen
Historical Fiction About Indigenous Peoples
16 books — 21 voters

Blood and Thunder by Hampton SidesEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
Enlightening Books About Western Colonization
121 books — 16 voters
To End All Wars by Adam Hochschild
The Great War
682 books — 599 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonEndurance by Alfred LansingThe Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten TroostIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Favorite Travel Books
2,017 books — 3,939 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickBorn to Run by Christopher McDougallThe Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,222 books — 8,064 voters

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGhost Soldiers by Hampton Sides
Best History Books
3,686 books — 3,722 voters
A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Worst Hard Time by Timothy EganThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBlood and Thunder by Hampton Sides
Best American History Books
2,111 books — 2,479 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonLamb by Christopher MooreUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandSeabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,857 books — 21,932 voters
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XCannery Row by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,815 books — 49,778 voters

In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandIn Harm's Way by Doug Stanton
Endurance in Fact and Fiction
94 books — 24 voters
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan
Non-fiction Disaster Books
321 books — 328 voters

East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,399 books — 119,660 voters
Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandIn Harm's Way by Doug StantonThe Longest Winter by Alex Kershaw
Best World War II History (nonfiction)
678 books — 494 voters

Shot All to Hell by Mark Lee GardnerEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. GwynneBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownBlood and Thunder by Hampton SidesThe Last Stand by Nathaniel Philbrick
The American Frontier
684 books — 154 voters
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Best Historical Travel Journals
335 books — 238 voters

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Best Biographies
1,652 books — 2,934 voters
Dark Summit by Nick Heil
Worshipping Mountains
166 books — 67 voters

Dark Summit by Nick Heil
Climbing and Mountaineering
215 books — 170 voters