Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Rindis (13 Lists)



Cordelia's Honor by Lois McMaster BujoldOn Basilisk Station by David WeberSpots the Space Marine by M.C.A. HogarthSassinak by Anne McCaffreyTrading in Danger by Elizabeth Moon
Girls With Guns: Military Space Opera Starring Female Soldiers
212 books — 469 voters
Digger by Ursula VernonKismet by Watts MartinXanadu by Vicky WymanFlight of the Godkin Griffin by M.C.A. HogarthThe Godson's Triumph by M.C.A. Hogarth
Furry Fiction
269 books — 91 voters

The Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraIsland of Ghosts by Gillian BradshawThe First Man in Rome by Colleen McCulloughA Thousand Ships by Eric ShanowerSacrifice by Eric Shanower
Best Historical Fiction
7,317 books — 25,515 voters
The Normans by Lars BrownworthThe Conquering Family by Thomas B. CostainHastings 1066 by Christopher GravettThe Norman Conquest of Southern Italy and Sicily by Gordon S. BrownThe Normans by David Nicolle
Best Non-Fiction About The Normans: Their Conquests & Dynasties AD 1066 - 1154
127 books — 32 voters

Cordelia's Honor by Lois McMaster BujoldThe Foundation Trilogy by Isaac AsimovThe Mote in God's Eye by Larry NivenThe Uplift War by David BrinThe War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Best Science Fiction
3,644 books — 6,901 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienA Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster BujoldCordelia's Honor by Lois McMaster BujoldA World Out of Time by Larry Niven
Fantasy & Science Fiction to read before you die.
1,127 books — 952 voters

A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanOrigins of the French Revolution by William Doyle
French History
272 books — 82 voters
Early Medieval Europe 300-1000 by Roger CollinsEmpires and Barbarians by Peter HeatherThe World of Late Antiquity by Peter BrownHow Rome Fell by Adrian GoldsworthyBefore France and Germany by Patrick J. Geary
Dark age European history
202 books — 67 voters

A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanCathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel by Frances GiesA History of the Crusades, Volume 1 by Steven RuncimanThe Magnificent Century by Thomas B. CostainThe Three Edwards by Thomas B. Costain
Best Medieval History Books
808 books — 326 voters
A Bridge Too Far by Cornelius RyanThe Longest Day by Cornelius Ryan
World War Two - Firsthand Accounts (nonfiction)
662 books — 453 voters

Uhura's Song by Janet KaganEnterprise by Vonda N. McIntyreQ-in-Law by Peter DavidDreadnought! by Diane CareyMy Enemy, My Ally by Diane Duane
Best Star Trek Books
395 books — 275 voters
Ivanhoe by Walter ScottA History of the Crusades, Volume 1 by Steven RuncimanCathedral by David MacaulayCastle by David MacaulayA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best Middle Ages Books
1,212 books — 1,685 voters

The Magnificent Century by Thomas B. Costain
Retro Reads
163 books — 133 voters