Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Joy Virtue (7 Lists)



Persuasion by Jane Austen
Nice Heroes and Sweet Heroines
179 books — 89 voters
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
The Sweetest Thing (Guys to Love)
87 books — 84 voters

Legend by Marie LuCinder by Marissa MeyerGraceling by Kristin CashoreDivergent by Veronica RothThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Young Adult Novels with Decent Love Interests
346 books — 323 voters
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
The Best Good/Nice Guys
394 books — 378 voters

Persuasion by Jane AustenThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanEmma by Jane AustenSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenElla Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Best Love Stories
5,198 books — 9,629 voters
Divergent by Veronica RothThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsLegend by Marie LuCinder by Marissa MeyerScarlet by Marissa Meyer
YA Dystopia Novels
1,776 books — 11,238 voters

Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesCinder by Marissa MeyerDealing with Dragons by Patricia C. WredeJust Ella by Margaret Peterson HaddixThe Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
Non-Bitchy non-TSTL heroines
85 books — 52 voters