Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Ryan (15 Lists)



A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan ThomasThe Stupidest Angel by Christopher MooreThe Snow Queen by Hans Christian AndersenWhere Snow Angels Go by Maggie O'FarrellTake Joy! The Tasha Tudor Christmas Book by Tasha Tudor
Contemporary Gift Book Ideas
5,202 books — 1,433 voters
The Power of Myth by Joseph CampbellA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique BaubySlouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
Favorite Books You Recommend
6,759 books — 1,338 voters

Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirLost in Shangri-la by Mitchell ZuckoffThe Midwife by Jennifer Worth
What's the Book You Can't Wait to Read This Summer?
13,848 books — 14,551 voters
In a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonHalf the Sky by Nicholas D. KristofThe Power of Myth by Joseph CampbellCapital in the Twenty First Century by Thomas Piketty
Recommended Nonfiction Books
3,943 books — 1,849 voters

Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan DidionCapital in the Twenty First Century by Thomas PikettyThe Brain that Changes Itself by Norman DoidgeHelter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi
favorite non-fiction
2,780 books — 1,132 voters
Ghettoside by Jill LeovyYou're Never Weird on the Internet by Felicia DayEveryday Sexism by Laura BatesNudge by Richard H. Thaler
Books That I Could Read Over and Over Again
7,310 books — 1,665 voters

A Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingLost in Shangri-la by Mitchell ZuckoffGenghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
Thought Provoking
2,845 books — 1,447 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauThe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom WolfeMy Graphic Bipolar Fantasies by R.B. Le`DeachFood Rules by Michael Pollan
Books Every Human Being Should Read
2,988 books — 1,982 voters

Mere Christianity by C.S. LewisH is for Hawk by Helen MacdonaldDeep Work by Cal NewportA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonWays of Seeing by John Berger
Books I Have Every Intention Of Reading This Year
7,781 books — 2,639 voters
In a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonA Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave EggersThe Psychopath Test by Jon RonsonDeep Work by Cal Newport
Must Reads - My Version
6,475 books — 1,276 voters

What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures by Malcolm GladwellA Long Way Home by Saroo BrierleyHolidays on Ice by David SedarisCapital in the Twenty First Century by Thomas PikettyH is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
14,355 books — 14,519 voters
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin FranklinThe Year of Living Biblically by A.J. JacobsTuesdays with Morrie by Mitch AlbomDewey by Vicki MyronWhy They Stay by Anne Michaud
Best for Book Clubs
14,510 books — 18,318 voters

Outliers by Malcolm GladwellGhettoside by Jill LeovyFood Rules by Michael PollanMy Graphic Bipolar Fantasies by R.B. Le`Deach
Must Read Books- Different Genres
13,711 books — 9,835 voters
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve BrusatteHolidays on Ice by David SedarisLost in Shangri-la by Mitchell ZuckoffThe Search for Mother Missing by Janine VanceShrill by Lindy West
Life Transformation Books
3,525 books — 2,170 voters

Fun Home by Alison BechdelThe Year of Living Biblically by A.J. JacobsThink and Grow Rich by Napoleon HillWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauThe Brain that Changes Itself by Norman Doidge
Books that scored a five by me
9,427 books — 2,344 voters