Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Wendopolis (37 Lists)



The Pigman by Paul Zindel
Young Adult Classics
59 books — 119 voters
The Death of Grass by John ChristopherZ for Zachariah by Robert C. O'BrienThe Running Man by Richard BachmanThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyV for Vendetta by Alan Moore
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,241 books — 3,411 voters

Lost Boy by Christina HenryAlice by Christina HenryFairest of All by Serena Valentino
Sequels or retellings of classics NOT written by the author of the original
201 books — 86 voters
Lost Boy by Christina HenryThe Child Thief by Brom
Peter Pan for Older Teens
46 books — 125 voters

The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
Can't Wait Books of 2024
991 books — 1,358 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Best Horror Books by People Other Than Stephen King
1,529 books — 1,498 voters

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Literary Westerns
283 books — 386 voters
Red as Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer by Tanith LeeNight's Master by Tanith LeeRed as Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer by Tanith Lee
Best Of (And Everything By) Tanith Lee
77 books — 48 voters

The Troop by Nick Cutter
Horror Novels Set In Canada
40 books — 12 voters
Lost Boy by Christina HenryStars by Colleen OakesThe Child Thief by Brom
Peter Pan Retellings
267 books — 308 voters

Vampire Knight, Vol. 1 by Matsuri HinoFruits Basket, Vol. 1 by Natsuki Takaya
Best Manga Book Ever
1,253 books — 3,946 voters
The Concrete Blonde by Michael ConnellyThe Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver
Best Police Procedurals - Mystery Fiction
1,076 books — 821 voters

Easy by Tammara Webber
Stand Alone Must Reads of 2012
73 books — 143 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,815 books — 49,771 voters

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,392 books — 119,638 voters
Circe by Madeline Miller
Best Books of 2018
1,649 books — 2,957 voters

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Abandoned Books
1,474 books — 1,465 voters
The Wolf's Hour by Robert McCammon
Werewolf Books That Are Not Found In The Romance Genre
353 books — 271 voters

The Encyclopedia of Country Living by Carla EmeryMaking It by Kelly Coyne
100+ Best Permaculture & Homesteading Books: The Ultimate Reading List for Sustainable Living
197 books — 150 voters
1984 by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
924 books — 2,382 voters

The Art of Fermentation by Sandor Ellix KatzFood in Jars by Marisa McClellan
Essential Preserving Books
27 books — 7 voters
Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray BradburyOn Writing by Stephen King
Best Books on Writing
793 books — 1,326 voters

The Art of Fermentation by Sandor Ellix KatzFermented Vegetables by Kirsten K. ShockeyThe Everyday Fermentation Handbook by Branden Byers
Fermentation Books
15 books — 5 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Best Books You've Probably Never Read
618 books — 411 voters

The Lottery by Shirley JacksonThe Rocking-Horse Winner by D.H. LawrenceThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington IrvingThe Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan PoeThe Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs
50 Best Short Stories of All Time
52 books — 25 voters
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,142 books — 25,670 voters

The Day After Tomorrow by Allan Folsom
Best Ending
8,043 books — 6,041 voters
Love You Forever by Robert MunschThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonBlack Beauty by Anna Sewell
Books that Made You Cry!
3,356 books — 7,891 voters

Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls WilderSummer of My German Soldier by Bette GreeneThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonHorton Hatches the Egg by Dr. SeussCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Favorite books from my childhood
4,410 books — 7,412 voters
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussEragon by Christopher PaoliniHoles by Louis SacharHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,560 books — 18,691 voters


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