Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Summer Paris (39 Lists)



Skim by Mariko Tamaki
Best Lesbian Graphic Novels
249 books — 235 voters
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. DanforthLies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley
Historical Lesbian Fiction
252 books — 255 voters

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Anti-Racism List from Ideal Bookshelf
34 books — 11 voters
Voices of a People's History of the United States by Howard ZinnA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Intersectional Books
107 books — 21 voters

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel WilkersonAmerica (The Book) by Jon Stewart
What Can I Do? Learning About Anti Racism
49 books — 36 voters
Educated by Tara WestoverCirce by Madeline Miller
What Women Born in the 90's Have Read in 2019
2,587 books — 303 voters

The Bedford Boys by Alex Kershaw
Must Read World War II Military History - European Theater of Operations (nonfiction)
310 books — 114 voters
The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum
Histories of United States Cities II (nonfiction list)
178 books — 17 voters

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Best Novels about the 1960s (fiction)
192 books — 239 voters
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best 1930s Historical Fiction
124 books — 217 voters

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta SepetysThe Chosen by Chaim Potok
Best 1940s Historical Fiction
380 books — 421 voters
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta SepetysAnastasia by Carolyn Meyer
Historical Fiction: Russia
307 books — 476 voters

Kira-Kira by Cynthia KadohataAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Luen YangWeedflower by Cynthia KadohataGood Enough by Paula YooA Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
Best Asian-American Teen Fiction
277 books — 336 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Giver by Lois LowryHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
14,355 books — 14,520 voters

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann BrasharesMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultAya by Marguerite Abouet
Sisterhood
168 books — 165 voters
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddWhere the Heart Is by Billie LettsThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann BrasharesAnne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Best Adult Female Friendship Books
698 books — 1,189 voters

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel WilkersonLies My Teacher Told Me by James W. LoewenA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieMarch by John Lewis
Books White People Need to Read
1,302 books — 1,568 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonThe Chosen by Chaim Potok
Best New York Novels
147 books — 129 voters

The Joys of Yiddish by Leo Rosten
Yiddish Literature
75 books — 41 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonGap Creek by Robert Morgan
Best Books Set in Appalachia
793 books — 837 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsGap Creek by Robert Morgan
Appalachian Fiction
268 books — 323 voters
The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienVietnamerica by G.B. Tran
Best Books on Vietnam
210 books — 175 voters

Angels in America by Tony KushnerAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Best Gay Fiction
2,658 books — 3,860 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Best 1900s Historical Fiction
149 books — 69 voters

The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah BlumThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel WilkersonThe Children's Blizzard by David LaskinConfederates in the Attic by Tony HorwitzRats by Robert Sullivan
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,863 books — 2,215 voters
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel WilkersonMarch by John LewisA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Race, Racism and Identity in America (nonfiction)
399 books — 137 voters

Where Have All the Flowers Gone? by Ellen Emerson White
1968 - The year that rocked the world (fiction and nonfiction)
235 books — 75 voters
Washington by Ron Chernow
US Founding Fathers (nonfiction)
241 books — 32 voters

Washington by Ron ChernowGrant by Ron ChernowThe President Is a Sick Man by Matthew Algeo
Positively Presidential (nonfiction)
366 books — 67 voters
Washington by Ron Chernow
The US Presidency (nonfiction)
114 books — 14 voters


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