Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Bob (23 Lists)



The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieEye of the Needle by Ken FollettThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Firm by John Grisham
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,305 books — 15,555 voters
Dissolution by C.J. SansomA Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch
Favorite Historical Mystery Series
944 books — 1,190 voters

Old Man's War by John ScalziThe Martian by Andy WeirThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins11/22/63 by Stephen KingCatching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,193 books — 8,933 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Books that Make you Laugh
3,489 books — 4,998 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonShutter Island by Dennis LehaneThe Firm by John GrishamThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Thrillers You Must Read!
4,687 books — 6,501 voters
Eye of the Needle by Ken FollettCasino Royale by Ian FlemingJackdaws by Ken FollettThe Unlikely Spy by Daniel SilvaThe Key to Rebecca by Ken Follett
Espionage
983 books — 1,016 voters

Under the Black Flag by David CordinglyTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonPeter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Pirates!
654 books — 783 voters
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittTrue Grit by Charles Portis
Best Westerns
1,373 books — 1,496 voters

Odd Thomas by Dean KoontzThe Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
Best Horror Novels
1,978 books — 5,439 voters
Joyland by Stephen King11/22/63 by Stephen KingThe Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
178 books — 3,874 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsReady Player One by Ernest ClineFeed by Mira GrantStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,731 books — 25,955 voters
Old Man's War by John ScalziDune by Frank Herbert
Excellent Space Opera
1,006 books — 3,569 voters

J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Belgariad Boxed Set by David EddingsThe Diamond Throne by David EddingsThe Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,157 books — 25,684 voters
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleTwilight by Stephenie MeyerOdd Thomas by Dean KoontzThe Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
Books to get you in the Halloween Mood
667 books — 443 voters

The Martian by Andy WeirMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsHillbilly Elegy by J.D. VanceA Nation Rising by Kenneth C. Davis11/22/63 by Stephen King
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,644 books — 14,148 voters
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Bring on the Creepy!
695 books — 467 voters

The Martian by Andy WeirDoomsday Book by Connie WillisWilliam Shakespeare's The Phantom of Menace by Ian Doescher
Sci Fi Must Read
57 books — 10 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Belgariad, Vol. 1 by David EddingsThe Diamond Throne by David EddingsThe Sword of Shannara Trilogy by Terry BrooksThe Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,064 books — 11,662 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
100 Mysteries and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
2,199 books — 4,446 voters
Dissolution by C.J. SansomA Beautiful Blue Death by Charles FinchThe Winter Queen by Boris AkuninEye of the Needle by Ken Follett
Best Historical Mystery
2,061 books — 4,510 voters

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonDune by Frank HerbertThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsWatership Down by Richard Adams
Best Books Ever
75,792 books — 281,740 voters