Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Joe Noir (15 Lists)



The Godfather by Mario PuzoMarathon Man by William GoldmanJaws by Peter BenchleyThe Word by Irving WallaceThe Seven-percent Solution by Nicholas Meyer
Very Popular Novels of Mid-Century America
248 books — 57 voters
True Grit by Charles PortisThe Shootist by Glendon SwarthoutBreakheart Pass by Alistair MacLeanFrom noon till three; by Frank D. GilroyButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid by William Goldman
Best Westerns
1,373 books — 1,496 voters

Firefox by Craig ThomasFireFox Down by Craig ThomasThe Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonFlight of the Intruder by Stephen CoontsThe Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
Best Technothrillers Ever
684 books — 994 voters
Ghost Story by Peter Straub’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingDracula by Bram StokerCarrion Comfort by Dan SimmonsThey Thirst by Robert McCammon
Best Horror Novels
1,978 books — 5,438 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsNeuromancer by William GibsonLogan's Run by William F. Nolan
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,731 books — 25,954 voters
The Long Goodbye by Raymond ChandlerThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettDouble Indemnity by James M. CainThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
700 books — 877 voters

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. CainThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerDouble Indemnity by James M. CainStrangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith
Pages of Noir: The Books that Became Film Noir
102 books — 98 voters
Dracula by Bram Stoker’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattyI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonGhost Story by Peter Straub
The Definitive Horror Book List
1,379 books — 1,974 voters

’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonThey Thirst by Robert McCammonAnno Dracula by Kim NewmanThe Strain by Guillermo del Toro
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,778 books — 4,914 voters
Danse Macabre by Stephen KingThe Hellbound Heart by Clive BarkerI Am Legend by Richard Matheson’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingAt the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
Must-Read Books for the Aspiring Horror Writer
91 books — 37 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAngels & Demons by Dan BrownThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisThe Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
Thrillers
4,579 books — 5,576 voters
Gerald's Game by Stephen KingThe Tommyknockers by Stephen KingDreamcatcher by Stephen KingRose Madder by Stephen KingThe Colorado Kid by Stephen King
Worst Stephen King books
62 books — 482 voters

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. CainThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler
HRF Keating 100 Best Crime and Mystery Books
100 books — 46 voters
Doctor No by Ian FlemingThe Hunter by Richard StarkFrom Russia with Love by Ian FlemingThe Godfather by Mario PuzoFlashman by George MacDonald Fraser
Best Manfiction
2,214 books — 554 voters

Dracula by Bram StokerFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Best Books Ever
75,791 books — 281,699 voters