Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

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



The Princess Bride by William Goldman
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,103 voters
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseSo Long a Letter by Mariama BâA Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Books about AFRICA or by AFRICAN AUTHORS
820 books — 286 voters

The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di LampedusaIf on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Non-American books that every American should read
695 books — 495 voters
A Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseSo Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,751 books — 1,628 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,320 books — 5,836 voters
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
TO DIE FOR 2000 - 2015 STAND-ALONES
1,980 books — 5,351 voters

The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward GoreyCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
Best Humorous Books
4,303 books — 7,858 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerSiddhartha by Hermann HesseBeloved by Toni Morrison
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,145 books — 17,355 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,833 books — 10,455 voters
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonShe’s Come Undone by Wally LambThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,815 books — 49,778 voters