Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by WNWL (37 Lists)



Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave by Mariana EnríquezForgotten by Raja Shehadeh
Travel Published in Decade: 2020s
76 books — 17 voters
Ubac and Me by Cédric Sapin-DefourHorses by Ludovic Orlando
Animals Published in Decade: 2020s
43 books — 9 voters

From Memen to Mori by Shinsuke YoshitakeThe Essential Akutagawa by Ryūnosuke AkutagawaLife of an Amorous Man by Ihara SaikakuSoseki Natsume Kokoro by Soseki NatsumeVampire Hunter D Omnibus by Hideyuki Kikuchi
Japanese books published in 2025
39 books — 5 voters
One Hundred Poems from Old Japan by Michael Freiling
Poetry 2025
84 books — 29 voters

Vampire Hunter D Omnibus by Hideyuki KikuchiThe Wax Child by Olga Ravn
Horror to Look Forward to in 2025
197 books — 141 voters
Sea, Mothers, Swallow, Tongues by Kim de l'HorizonStories of the True by JeyamohanThe Midnight Shift by Cheon Seon-ranBetween Prison and Freedom by Alexander PodrabinekFeminism for the World by Lola Olufemi
What’s New in World Literature August 2025
30 books — 1 voter

Via Ápia by Geovani MartinsChilco by Daniela CatrileoThe Diving Pool by Yōko OgawaThe Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko OgawaThe Ramayana by Vālmīki
What’s New in World Literature July 2025
44 books — 1 voter
The Last Pomegranate Tree by Bachtyar AliWomen of Komala by Fatemeh KarimiHyper by Agri IsmaïlBirds in a Gale by Ata Nahai
Books About Kurds
22 books — 19 voters

The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran by Shida BazyarHyper by Agri Ismaïl
Historical Fiction - Middle East
125 books — 75 voters
The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran by Shida Bazyar
Iranian Fiction
45 books — 53 voters

The Peasants by Władysław Stanisław ReymontHave a Good Trip, Mousse! by Claire LebourgThe Brittle Age by Donatella Di PietrantonioPsychopolitics by Byung-Chul HanThe Art of Asking Your Boss for a Raise by Georges Perec
What’s New in World Literature June 2025
27 books — 1 voter
Sleep Phase by Mohamed Kheir محمد خيرCobra by Severo SarduyEternal Summer by Franziska GänslerThe Gravedigger’s Almanac by Oliver PötzschStrange and Perfect Account from the Permafrost by Donald Niedekker
What’s New in World Literature May 2025
35 books — 1 voter

Chilco by Daniela CatrileoPunished by Ann-Helén LaestadiusLamentations of Nezahualcóyotl by NezahualcóyotlButterfly Heart by Moa Backe ÅstotBad Indians Book Club by Patty Krawec
All Indigenous Peoples Books
403 books — 80 voters
A/S/L by Jeanne Thornton(So What) If I’m a Puta? by Amara MoiraHot Girls with Balls by Benedict NguyễnTerry Dactyl by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
2025 Transfem Books
92 books — 24 voters

A/S/L by Jeanne ThorntonTerry Dactyl by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
Trans & Nonbinary Fiction 2025
104 books — 54 voters
What Sex Is Death? by Dario BellezzaRachel Carson and the Power of Queer Love by Lida MaxwellThe Case of the Missing Maid by Rob OslerSummerhouse by Yiğit KaraahmetA/S/L by Jeanne Thornton
2025 LGBTQIA+ Books
500 books — 173 voters

What Sex Is Death? by Dario BellezzaSummerhouse by Yiğit Karaahmet(So What) If I’m a Puta? by Amara MoiraThe Man of Middling Height by Fadi Zaghmout | فادي زغموتBacklight by Pirkko Saisio
LGBTQ literature in English translation
250 books — 63 voters
Traces of Enayat by Iman MersalTsunami by Heather ClearyWomen of Komala by Fatemeh Karimi(So What) If I’m a Puta? by Amara MoiraPutafeminista by Monique Prada
Translated Non-Fiction by Women Authors
226 books — 26 voters

Wickerwork by Christian LehnertThe Story of Khosrow and Shirin by Nizami GanjaviThe Shadows of Sherlock Holmes by David Stuart DaviesGaza by Nasser RabahWhat Sex Is Death? by Dario Bellezza
Translated Poetry 2025
9 books — 1 voter
Vanishing World by Sayaka MurataThe Cat Who Saved the Library by Sōsuke NatsukawaWelcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-ReumTheir Monstrous Hearts by Yiğit TurhanEleven Percent by Maren Uthaug
What’s New in World Literature April 2025
41 books — 1 voter

The Answer Is No by Fredrik BackmanInvisible Helix by Keigo HigashinoWomb City by Tlotlo TsamaaseThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriA Monsoon Rising by Thea Guanzon
What’s New in World Literature December 2024
12 books — 1 voter
Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase
Afrofuturism
199 books — 134 voters

Counterattacks at Thirty by Sohn Won-PyungThe Unworthy by Agustina BazterricaDream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieWhite King by Juan Gómez-JuradoBlood on Her Tongue by Johanna van Veen
What’s New in World Literature March 2025
25 books — 3 voters
Water Moon by Samantha Sotto YambaoWe Do Not Part by Han KangThe Rainfall Market by You Yeong-GwangAt the Bottom of the Garden by Camilla BruceWhat the Light Touches by Xavier Bosch
What’s New in World Literature January 2025
19 books — 1 voter

Punished by Ann-Helén LaestadiusDeath Takes Me by Cristina Rivera GarzaThe Curious Kitten at the Chibineko Kitchen by Yuta TakahashiThere's No Turning Back by Alba de CéspedesWe Do Not Part by Han Kang
Women in Translation 2025
134 books — 7 voters
Victorian Psycho by Virginia FeitoPunished by Ann-Helén LaestadiusThe Curious Kitten at the Chibineko Kitchen by Yuta TakahashiDeath Takes Me by Cristina Rivera GarzaBlood Ties by Jo Nesbø
What’s New in World Literature February 2025
34 books — 1 voter

The Night Guest by Hildur KnútsdóttirThe Trial of Anna Thalberg by Eduardo SangarcíaCigarettes Until Tomorrow by Adela GreceanuCelebration by Damir KarakašOf Fathers and Fugitives by S.J. Naudé
What’s New in World Literature September 2024
7 books — 1 voter
A New Region of the World by Martin MunroThe Utopian Generation by PepetelaJimi Hendrix Live in Lviv by Andrey KurkovAnd So I Roar by Abi DaréThe Willow and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov
What's New in World Literature August 2024
6 books — 1 voter


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