Goodreads Choice Awards Opening Round

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



The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Horror Books of the 21st Century
509 books — 1,507 voters
The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
The Great American Novel
703 books — 1,119 voters

Carthage by Peter Huby
Carthage
41 books — 17 voters
The Price of Glory by Alistair Horne
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,293 books — 2,650 voters

Homicide by David Simon
Best True Crime
1,538 books — 2,231 voters
King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Africa - Nonfiction
402 books — 175 voters

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazAmerican Pastoral by Philip Roth
Major Award-Winning Fiction Since 1990
253 books — 570 voters
Das Reich by Max Hastings
World War Two - Firsthand Accounts (nonfiction)
707 books — 506 voters

Master & Commander by Patrick O'Brian
Best Historical Fiction (Literary)
343 books — 116 voters
Homicide by David SimonMoneyball by Michael LewisThe Right Stuff by Tom WolfeThe Corner by David Simon
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,539 books — 8,281 voters

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazGhost Wars by Steve CollThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Pulitzer Books: 2000 to Present
42 books — 15 voters
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,816 books — 22,875 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyReady Player One by Ernest ClineCloud Atlas by David MitchellOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,236 books — 9,186 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryCryptonomicon by Neal StephensonThe Shining by Stephen King
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,879 books — 7,005 voters

Friday Night Lights by H.G. BissingerThe Blind Side by Michael LewisThe Education of a Coach by David HalberstamNext Man Up by John Feinstein
Best (American) Football Books
235 books — 253 voters
March Violets by Philip KerrThe Fall of Berlin 1945 by Antony BeevorThe Forger by Cioma SchönhausThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
best books about Nazi Germany
122 books — 54 voters

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
Best Contemporary Western Novels
121 books — 147 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardChildhood’s End by Arthur C. ClarkeNeuromancer by William GibsonThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinSnow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Best Science Fiction
3,958 books — 8,230 voters

Wizard and Glass by Stephen KingThe Golden Ocean by Patrick O'BrianThe Corner by David SimonLife and Fate by Vasily GrossmanWelcome to Hard Times by E.L. Doctorow
the best, IMHO, and in no particular order
20 books — 3 voters
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,940 books — 26,349 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckCatch-22 by Joseph HellerAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
33,261 books — 126,263 voters