Goodreads Choice Awards Opening Round

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kris (11 Lists)



The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Every Man, Woman and Child
1,760 books — 120 voters
An American Marriage by Tayari JonesWhen They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-CullorsThe Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn JoukhadarHeavy by Kiese Laymon
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2018
261 books — 285 voters

Moloka'i by Alan Brennert
Best Fiction set in Hawaii
54 books — 42 voters
Educated by Tara WestoverThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasThe Nix by Nathan HillSmall Great Things by Jodi PicoultA Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Kris' Favorite books
48 books — 1 voter

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,322 books — 5,916 voters
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
I'm glad someone made me read this book
11,622 books — 11,313 voters

Lilac Girls by Martha Hall KellyA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesThe Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Historical Fiction 2016
358 books — 893 voters
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Historical Fiction 2015
440 books — 2,143 voters

The Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonOh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. SeussHeart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,801 books — 49,896 voters
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. MilneMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
33,259 books — 126,219 voters

Water for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,208 books — 28,382 voters