Goodreads Choice Awards Opening Round

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



The Stranger by Albert CamusFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo TolstoyThe Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Great Short Short Books
595 books — 550 voters
The Stranger by Albert CamusFaust, First Part by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Philosophical Literature
1,238 books — 2,903 voters

Papillon by Henri CharrièreMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction
2,714 books — 3,915 voters
Introduction to Algorithms by Thomas H. CormenThe C Programming Language by Brian W. KernighanIntroduction to the Theory of Computation by Michael SipserArtificial Intelligence by Stuart Russell
Essential Books of Computer Science
207 books — 326 voters

This Is Water by David Foster WallaceConsider the Lobster and Other Essays by David Foster WallaceA Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster WallaceArguably by Christopher Hitchens
Best Book of Essays
408 books — 184 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Odyssey by HomerThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
33,259 books — 126,216 voters

A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,686 books — 14,507 voters
The God Delusion by Richard DawkinsThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,816 books — 22,872 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,801 books — 49,896 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,744 books — 6,939 voters

U.S. Constitution (Saddlewire) by Founding Fathers
Best Books of the 18th Century
376 books — 1,018 voters
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Best Books of the 17th Century
334 books — 714 voters

Chasing the Scream by Johann HariFood of the Gods by Terence McKennaPlants of the Gods by Richard Evans Schultes
The truth about drugs...
149 books — 133 voters
Hamlet by William ShakespeareLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Bravo! Magazine's 100 Essential Books (World's Literature)
100 books — 13 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Most Difficult Novels
601 books — 2,065 voters
To the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfHamlet by William Shakespeare
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
782 books — 1,843 voters

Death Note, Vol. 1 by Tsugumi Ohba
Rooting for the Bad Guy
686 books — 1,484 voters
Intensity by Dean Koontz
SCARIEST BOOK I EVER READ
253 books — 261 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Best Books of All Time
539 books — 232 voters
Death Note, Vol. 1 by Tsugumi Ohba
Best Graphic Novels
3,535 books — 6,887 voters

The Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,157 books — 27,062 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Best Books Ever
80,156 books — 298,887 voters

The Art of War by Sun Tzu
Clifton Fadiman's Lifetime Reading Plan
182 books — 111 voters
The Art of War by Sun TzuFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Must Read Classics
1,909 books — 4,815 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Best Young Adult Books
13,021 books — 80,515 voters