Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Katt Hansen (39 Lists)



Wind Watchers by Micha Archer
2026 Mock Caldecott List
104 books — 49 voters
Zen Shorts by Jon J. Muth
Florida's Banned Books
102 books — 6 voters

Your Place in the Universe by Jason Chin
2021 Mock Caldecott List
117 books — 89 voters
My Poet by Patricia MacLachlan
2023 Mock Caldecott List
147 books — 89 voters

Ramen for Everyone by Patricia Tanumihardja
2024 Mock Caldecott List
126 books — 61 voters
Razorblade Tears by S.A. CosbyThe Heart Principle by Helen HoangCloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony DoerrGreat Circle by Maggie ShipsteadHow Lucky by Will Leitch
Goodreads Choice Awards 2021 (eligible for write-in only)
2,646 books — 3,822 voters

The Treasure of the Padres by Betty Baker
Weekly Reader Books
173 books — 30 voters
Over and Under the Pond by Kate MessnerThe Youngest Marcher by Cynthia LevinsonFish Girl by Donna Jo NapoliNope by Drew Sheneman
2018 Mock Caldecott
104 books — 151 voters

Franklin's Flying Bookshop by Jen CampbellBats at the Library by Brian LiesRed Knit Cap Girl and the Reading Tree by Naoko StoopThis Is Sadie by Sara O'LearyA Child of Books by Oliver Jeffers
Picture Books for the Bookish
387 books — 99 voters
Nine Days to Christmas by Marie Hall EtsSanta's Snow Cat by Sue StaintonSanta Clauses by Robert RaczkaThe Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming by Lemony SnicketThe Christmas Eve Ghost by Shirley Hughes
Favorite Christmas Picture Books
884 books — 290 voters

A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan ThomasBabar and Father Christmas by Jean de BrunhoffThe Neverending Story by Michael EndeThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Best Reads of the Holiday Season
5,452 books — 1,433 voters
The Very Fairy Princess by Julie Andrews Edwards
Picture Books About Royalty
370 books — 45 voters

Betty Crocker's Cooky Book by Betty CrockerWhere's Mom Now that I Need Her? by Betty Rae FrandsenTaste of Home's 1999 Quick Cooking Annual Recipes by Julie SchnittkaThe New Basics Cookbook by Julee Rosso
Best Cookbooks Ever
547 books — 216 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Winter Sea by Susanna KearsleyLittle House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling
13,613 books — 9,419 voters

Molly's Pilgrim by Barbara CohenThe Thanksgiving Treasure by Gail RockLadybug Girl Gives Thanks by David Soman
Best Children's Thanksgiving Books
302 books — 206 voters
The Mitten by Jan BrettThe Christmas Day Kitten by James HerriotThe Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming by Lemony SnicketThe Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke MooreThe Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
Best Christmas-Themed Books/Stories
841 books — 726 voters

Circus Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
Any Books About the Circus
116 books — 40 voters
Freight Train by Donald CrewsThe Little Red Caboose by Marian PotterLocomotive by Brian FlocaSteam, Smoke, and Steel by Patrick O'BrienChoo Choo by Virginia Lee Burton
Picture Books about Trains
220 books — 77 voters

Into the Water by Paula HawkinsIt Ends with Us by Colleen HooverNight School by Lee Child
2017: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2017
5,987 books — 755 voters
Sonya's Chickens by Phoebe WahlWon Ton and Chopstick by Lee WardlawGrandma in Blue with Red Hat by Scott MenchinToys Meet Snow by Emily JenkinsLenny & Lucy by Philip C. Stead
2016 Mock Caldecott
94 books — 181 voters

Jenny Lind and her Listening Cat by Frances Cavanah
Forgotten Kids Books of Quality
952 books — 341 voters
NeuroTribes by Steve Silberman
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2015 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 205 voters

Abuelo by Arthur DorrosStella's Starliner by Rosemary WellsJulia's House for Lost Creatures by Ben HatkeEmily's Blue Period by Cathleen DalyQuest by Aaron Becker
2015 Mock Caldecott
83 books — 256 voters
Rework by Jason Fried
Best Books for Entrepreneurs
68 books — 90 voters

They Were Strong and Good by Robert LawsonThe Little House by Virginia Lee BurtonTuesday by David WiesnerTime of Wonder by Robert McCloskeyFlotsam by David Wiesner
Caldecott Medal Winners
88 books — 456 voters
Rumpelstiltskin by Paul O. ZelinskyLittle Bear's Visit by Else Holmelund MinarikRed Sings from Treetops by Joyce SidmanJourney by Aaron BeckerThe Storm Book by Charlotte Zolotow
Caldecott Honor Books
289 books — 233 voters

Maid to Match by Deeanne Gist
Christian 2014-2015 Fiction You Can't Wait To Read!
163 books — 85 voters
Full Steam Ahead by Karen WitemeyerStealing the Preacher by Karen WitemeyerMaid to Match by Deeanne Gist
The Best Christian Romances
155 books — 30 voters

Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
Best Book Cover Art
12,388 books — 7,098 voters
Fangirl by Rainbow RowellThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel WilkersonThe Dream Thieves by Maggie StiefvaterThe Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn JohnsonFlowers in the Sky by Lynn Joseph
Books to Finish Before 2014
10 books — 2 voters


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