Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jon (27 Lists)



The God Delusion by Richard DawkinsLies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,222 books — 8,064 voters
A Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganDeath by Black Hole by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,836 books — 3,595 voters

Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff LindsayHigh Fidelity by Nick HornbyThe Shining by Stephen KingThe Children of Men by P.D. James
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,132 books — 10,101 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,286 books — 10,016 voters

Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Forced to read in school, but hated
321 books — 559 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellCatch-22 by Joseph HellerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books Ever
75,730 books — 281,560 voters

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Best of the Pulps
380 books — 202 voters
The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson
Drunken Masters
281 books — 376 voters

Watchmen by Alan MooreV for Vendetta by Alan Moore
Best Graphic Novels
3,456 books — 6,764 voters
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonWatchmen by Alan Moore
Real Man Books
778 books — 309 voters

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson
Humorous Memoirs and Non-Fiction
934 books — 1,238 voters
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonNapalm & Silly Putty by George CarlinBrain Droppings by George CarlinI Am America by Stephen ColbertThe Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks
Books that Make you Laugh
3,488 books — 4,997 voters

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonDarkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff LindsayChoke by Chuck PalahniukNeuromancer by William Gibson
The Best Antiheroes
701 books — 586 voters
1984 by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,815 books — 49,771 voters

Napalm & Silly Putty by George Carlin
Best Humorous Books
4,300 books — 7,856 voters
The God Delusion by Richard DawkinsThe End of Faith by Sam HarrisLetter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris
favorite non-fiction
2,778 books — 1,130 voters

The Elegant Universe by Brian GreeneThe Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene
Cosmology
215 books — 189 voters
Snow Crash by Neal StephensonFight Club by Chuck PalahniukTrainspotting by Irvine WelshHigh Fidelity by Nick HornbyNeuromancer by William Gibson
Talking 'Bout My Generation...
581 books — 445 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyWatchmen by Alan MooreV for Vendetta by Alan Moore1984 by George Orwell
Dystopia!
1,220 books — 2,755 voters
Snow Crash by Neal StephensonCryptonomicon by Neal StephensonThe Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,676 voters

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Best cyberpunk books
211 books — 450 voters
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson1984 by George Orwell
Phobos Entertainment's "100 Science Fiction Books You Just Have to Read"
100 books — 262 voters

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Best of Cyberpunk
370 books — 1,180 voters
1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesAnimal Farm by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
924 books — 2,382 voters

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Best Survival Stories
1,153 books — 1,607 voters
God Is Not Great by Christopher HitchensThe God Delusion by Richard DawkinsLetter to a Christian Nation by Sam HarrisThe End of Faith by Sam HarrisThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan
Notable Atheist Books
543 books — 937 voters

The Revolution by Ron PaulParliament of Whores by P.J. O'Rourke
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
934 books — 1,097 voters