Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by JoAnn (7 Lists)



Circle of Friends by Maeve BinchyIreland by Frank Delaney
Best Irish Literature
632 books — 718 voters
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Best Female Lead Characters
4,846 books — 5,874 voters

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn RandCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceLady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. LawrenceThe Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,592 books — 13,121 voters
Silas Marner by George EliotThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Read Them Twice...At Least
13,617 books — 11,187 voters

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Firm by John GrishamThe Shining by Stephen KingCircle of Friends by Maeve Binchy
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,694 voters
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyCold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Very Favorite Books
663 books — 469 voters

The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan
The Most Influential Books
1,480 books — 5,281 voters