Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jeff Sullivan (9 Lists)



Anathem by Neal Stephenson1984 by George OrwellDune by Frank HerbertFoundation by Isaac Asimov
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,330 books — 24,580 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Eye of the World by Robert JordanA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingGardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,066 books — 11,664 voters

Hamlet by William Shakespeare
The Five Books I Would Require If I Taught an English Literature Class
625 books — 2,758 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien1984 by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienEast of Eden by John SteinbeckAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
14,355 books — 14,520 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,404 books — 119,671 voters
Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,379 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonFreedom by Jonathan Franzen
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,857 books — 21,933 voters
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books Ever
75,832 books — 281,785 voters

The Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,814 books — 49,783 voters