Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

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



Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana GabaldonA King's Ransom by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Red Lily Crown by Elizabeth LoupasDaughter of the Gods by Stephanie Marie Thornton
Historical Fiction 2014
376 books — 1,971 voters
The Summer Queen by Elizabeth ChadwickShadow on the Crown by Patricia BracewellThe Tudor Conspiracy by C.W. GortnerThe Forgotten Queen by D.L. Bogdan
Historical Fiction 2013
385 books — 2,104 voters

The Queen's Vow by C.W. GortnerHer Highness, the Traitor by Susan HigginbothamThe Sister Queens by Sophie PerinotThe Winter Palace by Eva Stachniak
Historical Fiction 2012 Releases - Which books are you looking forward to the most?
134 books — 1,088 voters
Outlander by Diana GabaldonHere Be Dragons by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Greatest Knight by Elizabeth Chadwick
Male characters we DESPERATELY wish were real!
1,486 books — 1,179 voters

Twilight by Stephenie MeyerThe King's Daughter. A Novel of the First Tudor Queen by Sandra WorthThe Other Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Queen's Fool by Philippa GregoryBlood Royal by Vanora Bennett
What book(s) would you NOT want to be stranded with on a desert island?
688 books — 176 voters
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerCatch Me If You Can by Frank W. AbagnaleFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisChocolat by Joanne Harris
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,222 books — 6,123 voters

Elizabeth I by Margaret GeorgeThe Queen of Last Hopes by Susan HigginbothamThe Darling Strumpet by Gillian Bagwell
Historical Fiction 2011
108 books — 573 voters
I, Elizabeth by Rosalind MilesLeonardo's Swans by Karen Essex
Books So Bad I Couldn't Finish...
644 books — 578 voters

Shadow Princess by Indu SundaresanFrenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier
Beautiful Book Covers
518 books — 348 voters
The King's Daughter. A Novel of the First Tudor Queen by Sandra WorthSignora da Vinci by Robin MaxwellLeonardo's Swans by Karen EssexThe Sixth Wife by Suzannah DunnThe Queen's Sorrow by Suzannah Dunn
Huh? I Thought That Book Would Be Better Than It Was
882 books — 750 voters

The Twilight Saga by Stephenie MeyerSignora da Vinci by Robin MaxwellI, Elizabeth by Rosalind Miles
OverHyped and Not Worth It
204 books — 149 voters
The Greatest Knight by Elizabeth ChadwickHere Be Dragons by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Vampire Armand by Anne RiceThe Seventh Son by Reay Tannahill
Character You Most Want to Sleep With
4,193 books — 5,442 voters

Gossip Girl by Cecily von ZiegesarBarack Obama by Nikki GrimesSarah Palin by Joe HilleyThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,637 books — 5,996 voters
Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Greatest Knight by Elizabeth ChadwickOutlander by Diana GabaldonThe Sunne In Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Seventh Son by Reay Tannahill
Hunks in History
209 books — 309 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Popular Books that Annoy You
1,033 books — 2,015 voters
Once Upon a Nightwish by Mape Ollila
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,418 books — 1,335 voters

The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn by Eric IvesSex with Kings by Eleanor Herman
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,222 books — 8,064 voters
Interview with the Vampire by Anne RiceGuilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton
Best Paranormal/Urban Fantasy Books
1,900 books — 4,338 voters

The Eye of the World by Robert JordanThe Belgariad, Vol. 1 by David EddingsThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienDragonlance Chronicles by Margaret Weis
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,062 books — 11,661 voters
The Eye of the World by Robert JordanThe Belgariad Boxed Set by David Eddings
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,149 books — 25,681 voters

Interview with the Vampire by Anne RiceThe Eye of the World by Robert JordanGuilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton
Best Series
3,343 books — 9,418 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Fantasy Books
1,687 books — 1,997 voters

The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir
Best Books About Tudor England
605 books — 1,621 voters
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret GeorgeThe Son of Light by Christian Jacq
Best Historical Fiction
7,318 books — 25,520 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,103 voters
The Vampire Armand by Anne RiceThe Queen of the Damned by Anne RiceThe Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret GeorgeThe Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir
Best Books Ever
75,781 books — 281,657 voters

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryTwilight by Stephenie MeyerInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceThe Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,694 voters