Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Janine Sebastian (23 Lists)



Jane, Unlimited by Kristin Cashore
New adult//R-rated fiction Marketed towards underage readers
309 books — 301 voters
Norse Mythology by Neil GaimanTurtles All the Way Down by John GreenBefore We Were Yours by Lisa WingateThe Rules of Magic by Alice HoffmanFrogkisser! by Garth Nix
Best Books of 2017
1,734 books — 3,081 voters

My Not So Perfect Life by Sophie KinsellaClose Enough to Touch by Colleen OakleyA Secret Garden by Katie FfordeThe Cafe by the Sea by Jenny Colgan
Chicklit 2017
93 books — 130 voters
Close Enough to Touch by Colleen Oakley
2017 Librarian Recommended Books
109 books — 195 voters

The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Beautiful and magical books
139 books — 176 voters
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison AllenThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternA Place Called Here by Cecelia Ahern
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,302 books — 4,507 voters

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Fantasy of Manners
294 books — 496 voters
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
Novels About Small-Town Life
283 books — 129 voters

The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald
Books, Bookstores, and Even Book Criminals
74 books — 22 voters
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Magical Realism
437 books — 638 voters

Blackberry Wine by Joanne HarrisFriendship Bread by Darien GeeFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggGarden Spells by Sarah Addison AllenThe Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
Best Food Fiction
59 books — 56 voters
The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica BauermeisterThe Love Goddess' Cooking School by Melissa SenateThe Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee BenderThe Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison AllenChocolat by Joanne Harris
Features Food Magic
67 books — 99 voters

Garden Spells by Sarah Addison AllenThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison AllenThe Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
Books for Spring/Summer
140 books — 33 voters
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison AllenThe Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison AllenThe Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison AllenPractical Magic by Alice HoffmanThe Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen
Magical Realism in Small Town America
110 books — 159 voters

The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison AllenGarden Spells by Sarah Addison AllenThe School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister
Women's Fiction for Foodies
81 books — 57 voters
Practical Magic by Alice HoffmanGarden Spells by Sarah Addison AllenDance Upon The Air by Nora RobertsHeaven and Earth by Nora RobertsFace the Fire by Nora Roberts
Fiction for the witch in us
113 books — 74 voters

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettMansfield Park by Jane AustenGarden Spells by Sarah Addison AllenPeter Pan in Kensington Gardens / Peter and Wendy by J.M. Barrie
Gardens: Fact or Fiction set in a Garden Books
301 books — 155 voters
Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie KinsellaBet Me by Jennifer CrusieTwenties Girl by Sophie KinsellaThe Undomestic Goddess by Sophie KinsellaRemember Me? by Sophie Kinsella
Chick Lit (contemporary, edgy, fun)
351 books — 352 voters

Garden Spells by Sarah Addison AllenChocolat by Joanne Harris
Best Culinary Romance
311 books — 363 voters
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison AllenThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanStardust by Neil Gaiman
What Book Would You Like To Live In?
8,742 books — 8,851 voters

Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
Best Magical Realism: Witchy Fiction
271 books — 462 voters