Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Greg Rieck (15 Lists)



Crash by Nicole WilliamsAntigonick by Anne CarsonRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.Disgraced by Ayad AkhtarIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
2025 Reading Challenge
3,087 books — 2,057 voters
A Very Bad Thing by J.T. EllisonFramed & Hunted by Edward WilliamsThe Book of the Dead by Douglas PrestonThe Standoff by Scott BladeBlack Fox by Jack Moffet
Let's Shake It Up A Bit
961 books — 571 voters

Mean Spirited by Nick RobertsThe Innocent Man by John GrishamWayward Spirits by Wendy WangThe Last Guest House by Caroline MitchellFramed & Hunted by Edward Williams
Most original
1,201 books — 653 voters
Framed & Hunted by Edward WilliamsA Very Bad Thing by J.T. EllisonThe Last Guest House by Caroline MitchellBlack Fox by Jack MoffetWayward Spirits by Wendy Wang
Books That Changed My World
3,277 books — 3,189 voters

Mean Spirited by Nick RobertsA Very Bad Thing by J.T. EllisonWayward Spirits by Wendy WangThe Book of the Dead by Douglas PrestonThe Last Guest House by Caroline Mitchell
Contemporary Cult Fiction
492 books — 449 voters
Framed & Hunted by Edward Williams
You Read a Book about What?
4,023 books — 2,073 voters

The Book of the Dead by Douglas PrestonWayward Spirits by Wendy WangThe Last Guest House by Caroline MitchellA Very Bad Thing by J.T. EllisonThe Innocent Man by John Grisham
Depraved, perverse and subversive fiction and non-fiction
366 books — 177 voters
The Innocent Man by John GrishamA Very Bad Thing by J.T. EllisonFramed & Hunted by Edward WilliamsMean Spirited by Nick RobertsThe Last Guest House by Caroline Mitchell
Darkest Books of All Time
1,275 books — 1,713 voters

The Standoff by Scott BladeBlack Fox by Jack MoffetWayward Spirits by Wendy WangA Very Bad Thing by J.T. EllisonThe Innocent Man by John Grisham
Best Weird Fiction Books
1,200 books — 1,090 voters
A Very Bad Thing by J.T. EllisonFramed & Hunted by Edward WilliamsThe Standoff by Scott BladeWayward Spirits by Wendy WangThe Book of the Dead by Douglas Preston
Best EXPLICIT books
647 books — 268 voters

The Standoff by Scott BladeA Very Bad Thing by J.T. EllisonThe Innocent Man by John GrishamMean Spirited by Nick RobertsThe Last Guest House by Caroline Mitchell
Best Outside-the-box Speculative Fiction
883 books — 484 voters
Framed & Hunted by Edward WilliamsThe Last Guest House by Caroline MitchellA Very Bad Thing by J.T. EllisonMean Spirited by Nick RobertsWayward Spirits by Wendy Wang
Weird and Wonderful Stories
316 books — 156 voters

Wayward Spirits by Wendy WangMean Spirited by Nick RobertsThe Book of the Dead by Douglas PrestonThe Standoff by Scott BladeBlack Fox by Jack Moffet
Best Transgressive Fiction
868 books — 966 voters
The Innocent Man by John GrishamFramed & Hunted by Edward WilliamsThe Last Guest House by Caroline MitchellMean Spirited by Nick RobertsThe Book of the Dead by Douglas Preston
New Cult Classics
291 books — 152 voters

The Standoff by Scott BladeMean Spirited by Nick RobertsThe Last Guest House by Caroline MitchellWayward Spirits by Wendy WangThe Book of the Dead by Douglas Preston
Unconventional, Seductive, Intelligent and Dizzyingly Surreal
741 books — 387 voters