Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by donna backshall (47 Lists)



Jane Doe by Victoria Helen StoneLivia Lone by Barry EislerThe Change by Kirsten Miller
He Had It Coming
39 books — 10 voters
Livia Lone by Barry EislerThe Night Trade by Barry EislerJane Doe by Victoria Helen Stone
Bad Ass Women Who Get Revenge
126 books — 105 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonLivia Lone by Barry EislerThe Night Trade by Barry EislerGray After Dark by Noelle W. Ihli
Women Standing Up To Violent Men
60 books — 46 voters
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison
What Happened to All the Women?
35 books — 17 voters

Doomsday Book by Connie WillisThe Help by Kathryn StockettFatherland by Robert HarrisLife After Life by Kate AtkinsonTo Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
Best Historical Fiction
7,318 books — 25,524 voters
Merchants of Doubt by Naomi Oreskes
Best Environmental Books
1,070 books — 1,199 voters

The Long Earth by Terry PratchettHominids by Robert J. SawyerResurrection Day by Brendan DuBoisFatherland by Robert Harris
Parallel Worlds and Alternative Timelines
44 books — 8 voters
Strange Sally Diamond by Liz NugentEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanEleanor & Park by Rainbow RowellWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Awkward Protagonists Who Find Their Place In The World
105 books — 54 voters

A Gift of Time by Jerry MerrittReplay by Ken GrimwoodLife After Life by Kate AtkinsonRecursion by Blake CrouchDoomsday Book by Connie Willis
Popsugar 2021 #27 - A Book about Do-Overs or Fresh Starts
215 books — 265 voters
Paradise Falls by Keith O'BrienCity of Light by Lauren Belfer
Books Set in New York State
767 books — 75 voters

Children of Ruin by Adrian TchaikovskyThe Swarm by Frank SchätzingWatership Down by Richard Adams
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 7,002 voters
Guilt by Association by Marcia ClarkBlood Defense by Marcia Clark
Strong Heroine Series
1,638 books — 2,090 voters

Why Not You? by Ciara WilsonBok's Giant Leap by Neil ArmstrongJust Ask! by Sonia SotomayorGoodnight, Astronaut by Scott KellyC Is for Country by Lil Nas X
Children's books by Celebrity Authors
65 books — 22 voters
Why Not You? by Ciara WilsonBok's Giant Leap by Neil ArmstrongEnough Already by Valerie BertinelliThe Boys by Ron HowardJust Ask! by Sonia Sotomayor
Celebrity Authors
524 books — 154 voters

Project Hail Mary by Andy WeirHow to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill GatesMade in China by Amelia PangEmpire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe
Best Books of 2021
1,432 books — 1,624 voters
The Other by Thomas TryonRosemary's Baby by Ira Levin’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingHarvest Home by Thomas TryonCarrie by Stephen King
Horror Classics of the 1970's
40 books — 25 voters

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe Holy Bible by AnonymousThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodCarrie by Stephen KingFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,186 books — 11,260 voters
Oryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodHyperion by Dan SimmonsThe Road by Cormac McCarthyDune by Frank HerbertThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Literary Science Fiction
306 books — 231 voters

11/22/63 by Stephen KingThe Forever War by Joe HaldemanParadox Bound by Peter ClinesDark Matter by Blake CrouchThe Fold by Peter Clines
Time Travel & Parallel Universes
204 books — 15 voters
The Fold by Peter ClinesAll Our Wrong Todays by Elan MastaiVersion Control by Dexter PalmerA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleRecursion by Blake Crouch
Best of time-travel + alternate Universe
184 books — 146 voters

Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris
World War II/Holocaust Fiction & Non-fiction
956 books — 760 voters
Problem Child by Victoria Helen StoneJane Doe by Victoria Helen Stone
Rooting for the Bad Guy
683 books — 1,468 voters

Bitter Falls by Rachel Caine
Best Books of 2020
1,564 books — 1,935 voters
Fear by Bob WoodwardA Higher Loyalty by James B. ComeyFire and Fury by Michael WolffSiege by Michael Wolff
Trump Tell-alls
256 books — 75 voters

Educated by Tara WestoverThe Holy Bible by AnonymousOrigins by Steve AltenMeg by Steve AltenBone Music by Christopher Rice
The Worst Books of All Time
8,099 books — 19,876 voters
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidRecursion by Blake CrouchDisappearing Earth by Julia Phillips
Best Books of 2019
1,389 books — 1,961 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Stepford Wives by Ira LevinThe Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg ElisonThe Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Patriarchal Dystopias
124 books — 108 voters
Fragment by Warren FahyBeast by Peter BenchleyThe Last Werewolf by Glen DuncanTalulla Rising by Glen DuncanBy Blood We Live by Glen Duncan
Monsters & Beasts
276 books — 71 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Scifi & Fantasy Expansion Set: Excellent, Equal and Short SFF (that you haven't read yet) by author Jessica Mae Stover
20 books — 12 voters
Crisis in the Red Zone by Richard Preston
Science Published in Year: 2019
144 books — 73 voters


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