Goodreads Choice Awards Opening Round

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jenn (22 Lists)



The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodUnwind by Neal Shusterman
Couldn't Put The Book Down
17,971 books — 18,169 voters
Let the Right One In by John Ajvide LindqvistLord of the Flies by William GoldingThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherHoles by Louis Sachar
Bullying
369 books — 282 voters

Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret WeisFor Love of Evil by Piers AnthonyI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Villains
921 books — 287 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerWe Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Great Discussion Starters
198 books — 140 voters

False Positive by Harold JaffeNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick DouglassThe Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Life Changing Books
84 books — 79 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerSon of a Witch by Gregory Maguire
Books with Deceptively Awesome Covers
139 books — 211 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodWatchmen by Alan MooreThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Top 100 New Classics
262 books — 416 voters
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Most Difficult Novels
602 books — 2,064 voters

I Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson
Unusual, Alternative Vampires
438 books — 581 voters
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick DouglassThe Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor
Best African American Books
1,101 books — 1,369 voters

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Favorite Book in the Harry Potter Series
37 books — 1,838 voters
I Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingThe Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Best Ending
8,241 books — 6,489 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Sandman, Vol. 5 by Neil Gaiman
Books that Made You Cry!
3,368 books — 8,167 voters
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeWicked by Gregory Maguire
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,683 books — 8,832 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyDracula by Bram StokerMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,747 books — 13,317 voters
The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanSquee's Wonderful Big Giant Book of Unspeakable Horrors by Jhonen Vásquez
Best Graphic Novels
3,534 books — 6,888 voters

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,842 books — 9,246 voters
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,146 books — 27,052 voters

The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,874 books — 5,087 voters
Time of the Twins by Margaret Weis
What Book Got You Hooked?
4,493 books — 11,081 voters

The Notebook by Nicholas SparksTwilight by Stephenie MeyerGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenHoles by Louis Sachar
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,123 books — 10,101 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanThe Last Unicorn by Peter S. BeagleThe Women of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor
Best Books Ever
80,175 books — 299,027 voters