Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Hasham Toor (14 Lists)



Why We Make Things and Why It Matters by Peter KornHandcrafted by Clint HarpThe Complete Manual of Woodworking by Albert JacksonThe Why & How of Woodworking by Michael PekovichTaunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Box Making by Doug Stowe
Woodworking Hobby
9 books — 1 voter
On Writing by Stephen King
Great Books on Writing
86 books — 43 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Winter Reads
10,119 books — 2,694 voters
The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling
13,613 books — 9,419 voters

The Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumThe Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick ForsythThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Cardinal of the Kremlin by Tom Clancy
Best Spy Novels
1,287 books — 2,246 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondGhost Wars by Steve CollOn China by Henry KissingerWhy Nations Fail by Daron AcemoğluThe Search For Modern China by Jonathan D. Spence
FSO Reading List
118 books — 58 voters

The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin HamidMoth Smoke by Mohsin HamidCapital by Rana DasguptaHow to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin HamidA Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif
Best South Asian Fiction
732 books — 1,891 voters
The Rats in the Walls by H.P. LovecraftBag of Bones by Stephen Kingوقصص أخرى 1408 by Stephen KingThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Haunted House Fiction That Isn't 'The Shining'
218 books — 228 voters

Taliban by Ahmed RashidDiplomacy by Henry KissingerDescent into Chaos by Ahmed RashidGhost Wars by Steve CollThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
American Foreign Policy
460 books — 270 voters
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanHow the Mind Works by Steven PinkerEmotional Intelligence by Daniel GolemanPredictably Irrational by Dan ArielyThe Geography of Thought by Richard E. Nisbett
Best Cognitive Science Books
405 books — 489 voters

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanNudge by Richard H. ThalerHow We Decide by Jonah LehrerMisbehaving by Richard H. ThalerYou Are Not So Smart by David McRaney
Behaviour change and social psychology: how people make decisions
264 books — 581 voters
Moth Smoke by Mohsin HamidUrdu Ki Akhri Kitaab / اردو کی آخری کتاب by Ibn e InshaThe Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin HamidA Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed HanifHow to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid
Notable Books by Pakistani Authors
269 books — 255 voters

The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussGardens of the Moon by Steven EriksonThe Color of Magic by Terry PratchettA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,157 books — 25,686 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienIt by Stephen King
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 7,002 voters