Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Julia (8 Lists)



Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëEmma by Jane Austen
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,150 books — 5,184 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Cult Classics
1,567 books — 2,122 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Russian Literature
512 books — 2,279 voters
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Best Historical Fiction
7,326 books — 25,531 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyGreat Expectations by Charles DickensFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyLalka by Bolesław PrusEmma by Jane Austen
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,705 books — 6,872 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Books on Loneliness
513 books — 495 voters

The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,815 books — 49,781 voters
2001 by Arthur C. ClarkeGreat Expectations by Charles DickensFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Memoirs of Moominpappa by Tove JanssonThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Books Ever
75,796 books — 281,753 voters