Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sam (10 Lists)



The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew QuickThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskySafe Haven by Nicholas SparksThe Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
52 Books In 52 Weeks - 2013
158 books — 210 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Jungle by Upton SinclairBastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy AllisonThe Help by Kathryn StockettAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Literature of Social Change
433 books — 314 voters

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Magic Mountain by Thomas MannGreat Expectations by Charles DickensTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Best Bildungsroman book
364 books — 322 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerBlack Swan Green by David MitchellOranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
Best Coming of Age Stories
1,300 books — 1,132 voters

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonFreedom by Jonathan FranzenThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellRoom by Emma DonoghueThe Promise by Jonathan Alter
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2010 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 664 voters
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,777 books — 4,914 voters

Atonement by Ian McEwanOn Beauty by Zadie SmithCloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,856 books — 21,912 voters
Atonement by Ian McEwanWhite Teeth by Zadie SmithThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaCloud Atlas by David MitchellHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,374 voters

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Best Young Adult Books
13,098 books — 80,149 voters
Ishmael by Daniel QuinnThe Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy FowlerFour Trials by John Reid Edwards
The Worst Books of All Time
8,100 books — 19,874 voters