Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Alan (14 Lists)



Bone White by Ronald MalfiThose Across the River by Christopher BuehlmanBlue World by Robert McCammonDeeper by James A. MoorePenpal by Dathan Auerbach
Books Of Horror FB Group
153 books — 66 voters
Dead Sea by Brian KeeneThe Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. CareyCell by Stephen KingWarm Bodies by Isaac MarionWorld War Z by Max Brooks
Best Zombie Books
1,438 books — 3,075 voters

The Stand by Stephen KingIt by Stephen King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingPet Sematary by Stephen KingMisery by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
178 books — 3,873 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
YA Books Far Better than Twilight
3,258 books — 4,886 voters

The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. LovecraftTales of the Cthulhu Mythos by Jim TurnerThe Shadow over Innsmouth by H.P. LovecraftThe Case of Charles Dexter Ward by H.P. LovecraftThe Horror in the Museum by H.P. Lovecraft
Best of the Cthulhu Mythos
250 books — 140 voters
NOS4A2 by Joe HillBird Box by Josh MalermanWorld War Z by Max BrooksHorns by Joe HillThe Terror by Dan Simmons
Best Horror Books of the 21st Century
483 books — 1,248 voters

Ready Player One by Ernest ClineThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsWorld War Z by Max BrooksNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroCatching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,192 books — 8,923 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica RothTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Young Adult Books
13,098 books — 80,150 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,392 books — 119,636 voters
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Not The "Normal" Paranormal
1,160 books — 1,312 voters

The 5th Wave by Rick YanceyV for Vendetta by Alan MooreReady Player One by Ernest ClineInsurgent by Veronica Roth
YA Dystopia Novels
1,775 books — 11,235 voters
Dark Hollow by Brian KeeneGhoul by Michael SladeThe Source by Brian LumleyI Am Legend by Richard MathesonHaunted by James Herbert
The Definitive Horror Book List
1,379 books — 1,973 voters

It by Stephen King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisGhost Story by Peter Straub
Best Horror Novels
1,977 books — 5,437 voters
Ghost Story by Peter StraubSummer of Night by Dan SimmonsThe Secret of Crickley Hall by James Herbert
Ghost Stories
1,482 books — 1,876 voters