Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Alex Mcginnis (17 Lists)



The Couple Next Door by Shari LapenaThe Last Thing He Told Me by Laura DaveFinal Girls by Riley SagerHome Before Dark by Riley SagerThen She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
Judge A Book By Its Cover!
15,109 books — 16,966 voters
The Only One Left by Riley SagerFinal Girls by Riley SagerThe Couple Next Door by Shari LapenaThe Last Thing He Told Me by Laura DaveHome Before Dark by Riley Sager
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,404 books — 119,670 voters

Metro 2033 by Dmitry GlukhovskyThe Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C. ClarkeSix Wakes by Mur LaffertyThe Snow Queen by Joan D. VingeNerilka's Story by Anne McCaffrey
Yuletide Reads
5,293 books — 1,110 voters
The Hammer of God by Arthur C. ClarkeSummer Frost by Blake CrouchHer Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr.The Invincible by Stanisław LemThe Prefect by Alastair Reynolds
Best Ebooks To Give As Gifts
5,157 books — 1,258 voters

Robot Dreams by Isaac AsimovBreakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.New York 2140 by Kim Stanley RobinsonThe Children of the Sky by Vernor VingeZodiac by Neal Stephenson
Christmas/Birthday gift
5,113 books — 1,084 voters
Nerilka's Story by Anne McCaffreyThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsWayward by Blake CrouchReplay by Ken GrimwoodThe Courtship of Princess Leia by Dave Wolverton
Winter Seasonal Reads
5,390 books — 1,402 voters

The Courtship of Princess Leia by Dave WolvertonCourageous by Jack CampbellGridlinked by Neal AsherThe Stainless Steel Rat by Harry HarrisonBreakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling
13,613 books — 9,419 voters
The Vanished Birds by Simon JimenezSix Wakes by Mur LaffertyExcession by Iain M. BanksRiot Baby by Tochi OnyebuchiThe Book of Koli by M.R. Carey
Christmas List
4,841 books — 1,080 voters

The Humans by Matt HaigThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsInfected by Scott SiglerThe Courtship of Princess Leia by Dave WolvertonHow Long 'til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin
Best Reads of the Holiday Season
5,452 books — 1,433 voters
Wayward by Blake CrouchThey Both Die at the End by Adam SilveraThe City of Gold and Lead by John ChristopherThe Abyss Beyond Dreams by Peter F. HamiltonThe Book of M by Peng Shepherd
Best Christmas guilty pleasures
5,197 books — 1,146 voters

In Enemy Hands by David WeberReplay by Ken GrimwoodShades of Grey by Jasper FfordeImago by Octavia E. ButlerThe Ringworld Throne by Larry Niven
Christmas Break
5,251 books — 1,167 voters
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
Self-help and advice
1,907 books — 1,281 voters

Mayflower by Nathaniel PhilbrickFood Rules by Michael PollanAmerican Marxism by Mark R. Levin
Inspiring Books
4,650 books — 3,298 voters
The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienHow to Change Your Mind by Michael PollanGarlic and Sapphires by Ruth ReichlSchindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
Inspiring Books For All Ages
2,596 books — 1,331 voters

Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth ReichlFar from the Tree by Andrew Solomon
Best Books for Reluctant Readers
2,590 books — 2,611 voters
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleDown and Out in Paris and London by George OrwellThe Opposite of Loneliness by Marina KeeganA Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
Most inspiring Nonfiction
2,635 books — 1,306 voters

The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienThe Library Book by Susan OrleanThe Undoing Project by Michael LewisFood Rules by Michael PollanThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule
Motivational and Self-Improvement Books
2,965 books — 3,004 voters