Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Phyllis Runyan (27 Lists)



The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
What is your favorite book?
26 books — 8 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Bibliomystery Books
238 books — 107 voters

Hawaii by James A. MichenerThe Descendants by Kaui Hart HemmingsSharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn
All Things Hawaiian
344 books — 181 voters
Ladies of the Lights by Patricia MajherThe Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter by Hazel Gaynor
Lighthouses
450 books — 153 voters

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele RichardsonThe Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
Books About Librarians
453 books — 572 voters
Labyrinth by Kate MosseThe Treasure of Montségur by Sophy Burnham
Cathars, Catharism & the Albigensian Crusade
81 books — 31 voters

The Giver of Stars by Jojo MoyesCloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
My favourite books about books
149 books — 82 voters
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
Books-about-Books
116 books — 54 voters

Outlander by Diana GabaldonThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Princes of Ireland by Edward RutherfurdFrenchman's Creek by Daphne du MaurierIreland by Frank Delaney
Best Historical Fiction Set in UK and Ireland
1,343 books — 1,581 voters
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Most Reviewed Books
116 books — 27 voters

Year of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksFever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Fiction About Epidemics
131 books — 113 voters
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,705 books — 6,873 voters

The Princess Bride by William GoldmanA Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Best Humorous Books
4,300 books — 7,856 voters
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisA Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Best Books with "Witch" in the Title
1,002 books — 119 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth SteinLes Misérables by Victor Hugo
Causes of Ugly Crying
1,402 books — 3,907 voters
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,186 books — 11,245 voters

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Best True Survival Stories
417 books — 541 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTwilight by Stephenie MeyerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Best Books Ever
75,719 books — 281,554 voters

The Goose Girl by Shannon HaleThe Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,192 books — 68,022 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettWorld Without End by Ken FollettHood by Stephen R. LawheadLabyrinth by Kate Mosse
Best Middle Ages Books
1,212 books — 1,684 voters

Chesapeake by James A. MichenerThe Kitchen House by Kathleen GrissomSacajawea by Anna Lee WaldoCutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Best Historical Fiction
7,316 books — 25,512 voters
Outlander by Diana GabaldonThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
The Best Time-Travel Romance Novels
989 books — 4,123 voters

World Without End by Ken Follett
Awesome Women of the Ancient World
434 books — 950 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,815 books — 49,770 voters

Crossing Purgatory by Gary Schanbacher
Historical Fiction 2013
385 books — 2,103 voters
Outlander by Diana GabaldonDragonfly in Amber by Diana GabaldonThe Fiery Cross by Diana GabaldonDrums of Autumn by Diana GabaldonVoyager by Diana Gabaldon
Best historical fiction novels
1,187 books — 969 voters

East by Edith PattouThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Goose Girl by Shannon HalePendragon by Stephen R. LawheadGrail by Stephen R. Lawhead
Books Based on Myths, Legends, Fairy Tales, and Folktales
1,170 books — 692 voters