Goodreads Choice Awards Opening Round

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Joseph (13 Lists)



Angels & Demons by Dan BrownOn Beauty by Zadie Smith
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,745 books — 13,316 voters
Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanGiovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
Books that Made You Cry!
3,369 books — 8,155 voters

Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesMemoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite YourcenarAngels in America by Tony Kushner
Best Gay Fiction
2,752 books — 3,945 voters
Gotham Central, Book One by Ed BrubakerCity of Glass by Paul KarasikV for Vendetta by Alan MooreBatman by Jeph LoebAbsolute Batman by Jeph Loeb
Best Graphic Novels and Comic Books
908 books — 608 voters

Batman by Jeph LoebBatman by Jeph LoebGotham Central, Vol. 1 by Greg RuckaBatman by Jeph LoebBatman by Frank Miller
Best of Batman
622 books — 945 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyWhere I'm Calling From by Raymond CarverFranny and Zooey by J.D. SalingerRagtime by E.L. Doctorow1984 by George Orwell
Favorite Reads of 2008
46 books — 18 voters

Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCannLowboy by John Wray
Best Books of 2009
1,772 books — 6,930 voters
Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. VaughanThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayIndignation by Philip Roth
Most Orange Books of All Time
1,225 books — 330 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
12,504 books — 12,055 voters
The Humbling by Philip RothLittle Bird of Heaven by Joyce Carol OatesUnder the Dome by Stephen KingHomer & Langley by E.L. DoctorowMy Father's Tears and Other Stories by John Updike
The "Can't Wait" Book of '09
443 books — 2,029 voters

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonTimes Like These by Rachel IngallsThe Hellbound Heart by Clive BarkerSuperfolks by Robert MayerLowboy by John Wray
Best Covers
612 books — 287 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Hellbound Heart by Clive BarkerWelcome to Hard Times by E.L. DoctorowSabbath's Theater by Philip Roth
Want to read books
510 books — 200 voters

Where I'm Calling From by Raymond CarverThe Road by Cormac McCarthyFranny and Zooey by J.D. SalingerMrs Caliban by Rachel IngallsRagtime by E.L. Doctorow
Recommended books
458 books — 269 voters