Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

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



An Olive Grove in Ends by Moses McKenzie
Books set in Bristol, England
19 books — 8 voters
Compass, Vol. 1 by Robert MacKenzieThe Crusades Through Arab Eyes by Amin MaaloufThe House of Wisdom by Jim Al-KhaliliPathfinders by Jim Al-KhaliliIn the Wake of the Mongols by Jinping Wang
Compass + Its Inspirations
10 books — 1 voter

The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher BuehlmanIll Met in Lankhmar by Fritz LeiberSlow Horses by Mick HerronQuillifer by Walter Jon Williams
Things We Read Whilst Agonizingly Waiting for the Next Gentleman Bastards Book
85 books — 12 voters
Believing Is Seeing by Errol MorrisBitter Root, Vol. 1 by David F. WalkerThe Blacktongue Thief by Christopher BuehlmanCoda Vol. 1 by Simon SpurrierHarlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
Tony's Favorite Reads of 2021
11 books — 1 voter

Gun, With Occasional Music by Jonathan LethemAltered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
Best Offbeat Detective Novel Genre Mashups
136 books — 83 voters
The Butchers' Blessing by Ruth GilliganCity of Bohane by Kevin BarryDogfight, A Love Story by Matt BurgessA Sailor of Austria by John BigginsThree by D.A. Mishani
Tony's Favorite Reads of 2020
11 books — 1 voter

Earth and Ashes by Atiq Rahimi
Afghan-fiction
41 books — 53 voters
Zoo City by Lauren Beukes
Best South African reads
313 books — 171 voters

The Thorn of Emberlain by Scott LynchThe Ministry of Necessity by Scott Lynch
Hurry Up and Release It!!!
252 books — 3,792 voters
Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi
Man Booker International Prize: Eligible Books 2018
76 books — 59 voters

Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes
Mods in Fiction
8 books — 9 voters
The Stone of Laughter by Hoda Barakat هدى بركات
The Lebanese Civil War in Literature
68 books — 24 voters

The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
Science Fiction Detective Novels
230 books — 155 voters