Goodreads Choice Awards Opening Round

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Amanda Devine (15 Lists)



Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenNorth and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Best Love Stories
5,286 books — 9,906 voters
Sabriel by Garth NixMistborn by Brandon Sanderson
Most Interesting Magic System
2,735 books — 9,008 voters

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanFast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,539 books — 8,281 voters
His Dark Materials by Philip PullmanHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisSabriel by Garth NixThe Song of the Lioness Quartet by Tamora Pierce
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,262 books — 12,315 voters

His Dark Materials by Philip PullmanThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisSabriel by Garth Nix
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,895 books — 27,130 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingUglies by Scott WesterfeldThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,207 books — 28,380 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingAnne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Best Series Books
844 books — 696 voters
The Amber Spyglass by Philip PullmanThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakEthan Frome by Edith WhartonWicked by Gregory Maguire
Saddest Books
486 books — 725 voters

Freefall by Ariela Anhalt
YA Novels of 2010
576 books — 2,953 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyLord of the Flies by William GoldingJude the Obscure by Thomas HardyThe Little Match Girl by Hans Christian AndersenEthan Frome by Edith Wharton
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,236 books — 4,034 voters

Joe the Plumber by Samuel J. Wurzelbacher
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,609 books — 5,998 voters
Uglies by Scott WesterfeldParable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,159 books — 27,052 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienBrokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,123 books — 10,100 voters
Invisible Man by Ralph EllisonTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Best African American Books
1,101 books — 1,369 voters

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Read Them Twice...At Least
14,687 books — 12,617 voters