Goodreads Choice Awards Opening Round

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Andrew (27 Lists)



Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinJohn Adams by David McCulloughHis Excellency by Joseph J. EllisThe Last Founding Father by Harlow Giles UngerAmerican Lion by Jon Meacham
Best Presidential Biographies (nonfiction)
476 books — 535 voters
The Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraThe Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanTai-Pan by James ClavellShōgun by James ClavellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Best Historical Fiction
8,406 books — 27,600 voters

The Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraShōgun by James ClavellThe Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman
Recommended Historical Fiction
4,046 books — 4,515 voters
The Two Koreas by Don OberdorferYour Republic Is Calling You by Young-ha KimI Have The Right To Destroy Myself by Young-ha Kim
Understanding Korea and Korean culture
49 books — 45 voters

The Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
100 books — 950 voters
Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
Best Books of 2009
1,772 books — 6,930 voters

The Jungle by Upton SinclairI Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max
The Worst Books of All Time
8,129 books — 19,915 voters
The Constitution of the United States of America by Founding FathersThe Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
995 books — 1,241 voters

Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónJohn Adams by David McCulloughKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,816 books — 22,877 voters
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsAmerica (The Book) by Jon StewartChoke by Chuck Palahniuk
Books that Make you Laugh
3,579 books — 5,145 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
What Book Got You Hooked?
4,493 books — 11,081 voters
Advise and Consent by Allen Drury
Political Thrillers
572 books — 770 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,593 books — 16,889 voters
Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukDracula by Bram StokerHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,123 books — 10,101 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckDune by Frank HerbertThe Bourne Supremacy by Robert Ludlum
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,657 books — 18,680 voters
The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz ZafónJuliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
Books for 2009
590 books — 2,404 voters

Macbeth by William ShakespeareHamlet by William ShakespeareThe Lion in Winter by James GoldmanRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareOthello by William Shakespeare
Best Plays Ever
870 books — 1,140 voters
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinJohn Adams by David McCullough
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,207 books — 28,379 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Ilium by Dan SimmonsOlympos by Dan SimmonsEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,931 books — 26,343 voters
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Wall Bangers!
747 books — 482 voters

Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonKidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
Pirates!
732 books — 791 voters
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,215 books — 10,229 voters

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiSputnik Sweetheart by Haruki MurakamiAfter Dark by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiNorwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
720 books — 3,271 voters
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,399 books — 4,740 voters

John Adams by David McCullough
Pulitzer Winners: Biographies & Autobiographies
128 books — 217 voters
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Best Humorous Books
4,514 books — 8,396 voters

Founding Brothers by Joseph J. EllisJohn Adams by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin1776 by David McCullough
Best American History Books
2,351 books — 3,165 voters