Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jay (5 Lists)



Cut & Run by Madeleine UrbanZero at the Bone by Jane SevillePressure Head by J.L. MerrowThe Only Gold by Tamara AllenDesert Dropping by DomLuka
Best Gay Enemies/Rivals/Opposites Become Lovers
799 books — 1,608 voters
A Question of Manhood by Robin ReardonTotally Joe by James HoweThe Evolution of Ethan Poe by Robin ReardonAbsolutely Positively Not by David LaRochelleA Secret Edge by Robin Reardon
Crash Course in Empathy
97 books — 36 voters

Drawn Together by Z.A. MaxfieldWith Love by J.L. LangleyMaking Promises by Amy LaneDeadly Nightshade by Victor J. BanisSlam! by J.L. Merrow
Best Gay "Flamboyant" Characters
330 books — 410 voters
THE PELICAN FABLES by J Christian EnochsThe Boys of Swithins Hall by Chris KentMaurice by E.M. ForsterHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Boarding School Books
75 books — 52 voters

Kei's Gift by Ann Somerville
Best Fantasy Books with Gay Main Characters
1,261 books — 2,641 voters