Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Liane (85 Lists)



Hell House by Richard MathesonRelic by Douglas Preston
The Definitive Horror Book List
1,379 books — 1,973 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Sidekicks Carry The Story
60 books — 41 voters

Mr. Timothy by Louis Bayard
Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
1,414 books — 2,330 voters
To Reign in Hell by Steven BrustAs Nature Made Him by John ColapintoThe Last Dragonlord by Joanne BertinKeeper at the Shrine by Domini HighsmithConfessions of a Pagan Nun by Kate Horsley
Amazing Books Nobody's Ever Heard Of.
48 books — 35 voters

The Black Jewels Trilogy by Anne BishopGlass Houses by Rachel CaineThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisMistress of the Empire by Raymond E. FeistThe Rowan by Anne McCaffrey
Best Heroine in a Fantasy Book
1,482 books — 1,787 voters
They're a Weird Mob by Nino CulottaCrooks, Chooks & Bloody Ratbags by Kerry CueStolen Lives by Malika OufkirMy Family and Other Animals by Gerald DurrellAustralia's Pearl Harbour Darwin 1942 by Douglas Lockwood
Foreign Lands
2,346 books — 2,190 voters

To Reign in Hell by Steven BrustThe Riftwar Saga by Raymond E. FeistDaughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop
Books with Angels, Gods, or Demons
2,313 books — 3,415 voters
Peter Pan by J.M. BarrieFaerie Tale by Raymond E. FeistGossamyr by Michele Hauf
Books about Faery
1,119 books — 2,310 voters

Harm None by M.R. SellarsCircle Of Five by Dolores Stewart RiccioThe Crystal Bible by Judy Hall
Wicca
76 books — 55 voters
The Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterDoctors from Hell by Vivien SpitzThe Caves of Steel by Isaac AsimovThe Positronic Man by Isaac AsimovThe First Man-Made Man by Pagan Kennedy
The Most Influential Books
1,480 books — 5,281 voters

They're a Weird Mob by Nino CulottaCop This Lot by Nino CulottaGone Fishin' by Nino CulottaThe Things They Do to You by Nino CulottaSmoky Joe, by John O'Grady
Best Modern Australian Literature
567 books — 670 voters
An Indecent Obsession by Colleen McCulloughOscar and Lucinda by Peter CareyMy Place by Sally MorganThe Potato Factory by Bryce CourtenayTommo & Hawk by Bryce Courtenay
Books Set in Australia
665 books — 197 voters

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomMischling, Second Degree by Ilse KoehnSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.I Light A Candle by Gena Turgel
World War II/Holocaust Fiction & Non-fiction
956 books — 760 voters
Eifelheim by Michael FlynnOne Corpse Too Many by Ellis PetersMonk's Hood by Ellis PetersBarchester Towers by Anthony TrollopeThe Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith
Vicars, Priests, Abbots, Fathers, Abbesses, Pastors, Nuns
783 books — 288 voters

Twinkie, Deconstructed by Steve EttlingerFound by Davy RothbartWhy People Believe Weird Things by Michael ShermerAs Nature Made Him by John ColapintoReading Like a Writer by Francine Prose
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
3,983 books — 1,994 voters
My Lobotomy by Howard DullyMy Booky Wook by Russell BrandMy Place by Sally Morgan
Titlemania II : My, My, My !
498 books — 25 voters

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonComfort Me with Apples by Ruth Reichl
Titlemania III: Whole-Sentence Titles
1,448 books — 149 voters
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
Best Action Romance SciFi Fantasy
101 books — 65 voters

New Moon by Stephenie MeyerTwilight by Stephenie MeyerEclipse by Stephenie MeyerBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Most Over Hyped and Annoying Books Ever
568 books — 603 voters
The Riftwar Saga by Raymond E. FeistSomething from the Nightside by Simon R. GreenThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Neverending Story by Michael EndeGreywalker by Kat Richardson
Doors, Portals, Gates
506 books — 187 voters

My Place by Sally MorganThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterThe Real James Herriot by Jim WightBorn on a Blue Day by Daniel TammetMoab Is My Washpot by Stephen Fry
Best Biographies/Autobiographies
533 books — 131 voters
The Kill Artist by Daniel Silva
Espionage
983 books — 1,016 voters

Cloud Warrior by Patrick TilleyFirst Family by Patrick TilleyIron Master by Patrick TilleyBlood River by Patrick TilleyDeath-Bringer by Patrick Tilley
Military Science Fiction
836 books — 1,133 voters
The Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterKeeper at the Shrine by Domini HighsmithDeep Storm by Lincoln ChildWaiter Rant by Steve DublanicaCats in the Belfry by Doreen Tovey
Sensitive Blood-Drinkers, Sexy Bad-Boys and Gallant Scottish Noblemen... or NOT
633 books — 107 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,241 books — 3,903 voters
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. AuelChristmas in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderWinkie by Clifford Chase
Dolls and Teddy Bears
357 books — 65 voters

Twilight by Stephenie MeyerEclipse by Stephenie MeyerNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerThe Twilight Collection by Stephenie MeyerBreaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Nope, I ain't gonna read this crap, and I don't care that I can't follow mainstream conversations because of it.
302 books — 124 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyPlague Year by Jeff Carlson
Best Post-Apocalyptic Books
220 books — 235 voters

Year of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksOne Corpse Too Many by Ellis PetersSarum by Edward RutherfurdThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Best Historical Fiction Set in UK and Ireland
1,343 books — 1,581 voters
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,589 books — 13,119 voters


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