Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Øystein (21 Lists)



The Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin
Left-wing Science Fiction and Fantasy
335 books — 252 voters
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Best of Cyberpunk
370 books — 1,181 voters

Blindsight by Peter Watts
Hard Science Fiction Space Horror
8 books — 3 voters
Diaspora by Greg EganBlindsight by Peter WattsTimelike Infinity by Stephen BaxterQuarantine by Greg EganStories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
Mind-bending Science Fiction
222 books — 161 voters

Blindsight by Peter WattsRendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Big Dumb Objects
68 books — 77 voters
Blindsight by Peter Watts
First Contact
259 books — 358 voters

Timelike Infinity by Stephen BaxterRing by Stephen Baxter
Time Dilation
10 books — 5 voters
Diaspora by Greg EganBlindsight by Peter Watts
Best Intelligent Sci-Fi
270 books — 248 voters

Diaspora by Greg EganBlindsight by Peter WattsAccelerando by Charles Stross
Transhuman Science Fiction
152 books — 186 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best History Books
3,686 books — 3,722 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Books with Non-Linear Time
83 books — 27 voters
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
The Worst Books of All Time
8,099 books — 19,875 voters

1984 by George OrwellDiaspora by Greg EganBlindsight by Peter WattsA Storm of Swords by George R.R. MartinSapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Best Books Ever
75,780 books — 281,660 voters
Raft by Stephen Baxter
Excellent Space Opera
1,006 books — 3,569 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,323 books — 5,836 voters
Diaspora by Greg EganBlindsight by Peter WattsRing by Stephen BaxterTimelike Infinity by Stephen BaxterSeveneves by Neal Stephenson
best hard science fiction
392 books — 718 voters

Blindsight by Peter WattsSeveneves by Neal StephensonAccelerando by Charles Stross
Best Hard Science Fiction of the 21st Century
191 books — 1,498 voters
Blindsight by Peter WattsSeveneves by Neal StephensonAccelerando by Charles Stross
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,193 books — 8,929 voters

1984 by George OrwellDiaspora by Greg EganBlindsight by Peter WattsBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyRing by Stephen Baxter
Best Science Fiction
3,644 books — 6,900 voters
War and Peace by Leo TolstoyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,286 books — 10,018 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,731 books — 25,954 voters