Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

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The Idiot by Elif BatumanMy Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghNormal People by Sally RooneyBeautiful World, Where Are You by Sally RooneyCleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors
She's Not Feeling Good at All: Sad Female Characters
199 books — 328 voters
Hello Beautiful by Ann NapolitanoWater Moon by Samantha Sotto YambaoGallant by V.E. SchwabPerfume by Patrick SüskindCirce by Madeline Miller
Judge A Book By Its Cover!
15,109 books — 16,966 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottHush, Hush by Becca FitzpatrickAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Young Adult Books
13,106 books — 80,162 voters
The Secret History by Donna TarttThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Books I Will Never Forget
10,554 books — 7,558 voters

Babel by R.F. KuangThe Secret History by Donna TarttBunny by Mona AwadPiranesi by Susanna ClarkeThe Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis
Dark Academia
366 books — 1,487 voters
The Holy Bible by AnonymousHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
Popular Books that Annoy You
1,033 books — 2,015 voters

White Nights by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Beautifull Cassandra by Jane Austen
Penguin Little Black Classics
127 books — 206 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Gothic Books of All Time
572 books — 3,492 voters

Katabasis by R.F. KuangBury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. SchwabAlchemy of Secrets by Stephanie GarberWater Moon by Samantha Sotto YambaoThe Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2025
549 books — 874 voters
Piranesi by Susanna ClarkeThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. SchwabBabel by R.F. KuangBook Lovers by Emily HenryDivine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
Best Books of the Decade: 2020's
2,914 books — 5,315 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyMy Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghYellowface by R.F. Kuang
Why the LOW rating?
75 books — 34 voters
The Nightingale by Kristin HannahFourth Wing by Rebecca YarrosThe Will of the Many by James Islington
Goodreads Top 100 - Highest Rated Books on Goodreads with at least 10,000 Ratings
106 books — 1,085 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,318 books — 5,836 voters
The Nightingale by Kristin HannahMary Queen of Scotland and The Isles by Margaret GeorgeWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyLes Misérables by Victor Hugo
Best Historical Fiction
7,326 books — 25,529 voters

Forrest Gump by Winston GroomThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,103 voters
To the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfBeautiful Ugly by Alice FeeneyThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensThe Wedding People by Alison Espach
Popsugar 2025 #16 - A Book Set in or around a Body of Water
350 books — 137 voters

Book Lovers by Emily HenryThe Book of Doors by Gareth BrownThe Book of Love by Kelly LinkWhat You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko AoyamaThe Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
Popsugar 2025 #4 - A Book with Two or More Books on the Cover or "Book" in the Title.
244 books — 130 voters
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidHigh Fidelity by Nick HornbyThe Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
Popsugar 2025 #31 - A Book Where Music Plays an Integral Part of the Storyline
257 books — 130 voters

Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldYellowface by R.F. KuangThe Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsBunny by Mona Awad
Popsugar 2024 #33 - A Book With an Unreliable Narrator
102 books — 139 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleAlice in Wonderland by Jane Carruth
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,405 books — 119,667 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëEmma by Jane AustenThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Strong Female Characters Written by Female Authors
1,676 books — 1,395 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Best Books Ever
75,796 books — 281,751 voters