Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by David Peach (16 Lists)



Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
Books I Regret Reading
2,301 books — 3,227 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanA Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan
Pulitzer Winners: General Non-fiction
85 books — 343 voters

Watching the English by Kate FoxAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeNative Tongue by Carl HiaasenThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Books that Make you Laugh
3,489 books — 4,998 voters
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiThe Quiet American by Graham GreeneThree Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
Best Books on Asia
994 books — 817 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyDavid Copperfield by Charles DickensA Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 7,002 voters
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Best Books Ever
75,793 books — 281,746 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,836 books — 3,595 voters
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
770 books — 3,247 voters

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Favorite Book in the Harry Potter Series
27 books — 1,804 voters
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Books You Can't Live Without
1,655 books — 1,184 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownEven Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom RobbinsAngels & Demons by Dan Brown
Commonly Loved Books I Hate
392 books — 528 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Pickwick Papers by Charles DickensThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,592 books — 13,121 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,222 books — 8,064 voters
Jaws by Peter BenchleyInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,103 voters

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
World War One Literature
224 books — 357 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Beach by Alex GarlandHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,694 voters