Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Rodolphe (18 Lists)



Cocktail by Paul HarringtonImbibe! by David WondrichThe Joy of Mixology by Gary ReganThe Craft of the Cocktail by Dale DeGroffThe Art of the Bar by Jeff Hollinger
Best Cocktail Books
94 books — 72 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books Everyone Must Read
42 books — 30 voters

A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonThe Histories by Herodotus
Best History Books
3,683 books — 3,718 voters
The Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best Books Ever
75,727 books — 281,563 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
Humorous Memoirs and Non-Fiction
934 books — 1,238 voters
Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
favorite non-fiction
2,778 books — 1,130 voters

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Disturbing Truths
555 books — 355 voters
The Audacity of Hope by Barack ObamaTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
934 books — 1,097 voters

A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Histories by HerodotusTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Power Broker by Robert A. Caro
History as Literature
727 books — 535 voters
The Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Pulitzer Winners: General Non-fiction
85 books — 343 voters

Peter the Great by Robert K. MassieThe Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund MorrisTruman by David McCulloughThe Power Broker by Robert A. CaroJackson Pollock by Gregory White Smith
Pulitzer Winners: Biographies & Autobiographies
121 books — 203 voters
The Joy of Cooking by Irma S. RombauerThe America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook by America's Test Kitchen
Best Cookbooks
1,440 books — 1,107 voters

Fast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,225 books — 1,634 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill BrysonAmerica (The Book) by Jon StewartA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
Best Humorous Books
4,300 books — 7,856 voters

A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanA World Lit Only by Fire by William ManchesterCathedral by David MacaulayThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Best Middle Ages Books
1,212 books — 1,685 voters
The Oxford Companion to Wine by Jancis RobinsonWorld Atlas of Wine by Hugh JohnsonFrench Wines by robert-josephThe New France by Andrew JeffordThe Art and Science of Wine by James Halliday
Best Wine Books
111 books — 93 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,222 books — 8,064 voters
Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonThe Power Broker by Robert A. CaroTruman by David McCulloughUndaunted Courage by Stephen E. AmbroseNothing Like It in the World by Stephen E. Ambrose
Best American History Books
2,110 books — 2,478 voters