Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Janelle Janson (14 Lists)



To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeMrs Dalloway by Virginia WoolfFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Great Women Authors
1,228 books — 334 voters
The Complete Poems by Anne SextonThe Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily DickinsonLeaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanShakespeare's Sonnets by William ShakespeareHowl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg
Best Poetry Books
2,979 books — 2,419 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyWorld Without End by Ken FollettThe Crimson Petal and the White by Michel FaberAlias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 7,002 voters
Fingersmith by Sarah WatersAtonement by Ian McEwan
Best Historical Mystery
2,061 books — 4,511 voters

The Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Collections of Short Stories
2,895 books — 2,038 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier1984 by George OrwellRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,694 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Secret History by Donna TarttWhite Oleander by Janet FitchOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
14,355 books — 14,519 voters
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. StedmanThe Edge of the Earth by Christina SchwarzTo the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Lighthouses
450 books — 153 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellNight by Elie WieselThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,404 books — 119,670 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantWorld Without End by Ken FollettAlias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Best Historical Fiction
7,326 books — 25,532 voters

Fingersmith by Sarah WatersThe Crimson Petal and the White by Michel FaberAlias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Best neo-victorian novels
117 books — 206 voters
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,733 books — 25,960 voters