Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Chris (31 Lists)



The Three Deaths of Magdalene Lynton by Katherine Hayton
Kindle Scout
162 books — 62 voters
A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. MartinThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,635 books — 14,138 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonPoison Study by Maria V. Snyder
Kick-Butt Heroines
2,351 books — 2,429 voters
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,192 books — 8,923 voters

Salt by Mark KurlanskyStiff by Mary Roach
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,863 books — 2,215 voters
Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
Kickass Women in Superhero Comics
673 books — 503 voters

The Black Prism by Brent Weeks
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,142 books — 25,670 voters
Hounded by Kevin HearneHexed by Kevin Hearne
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,402 books — 12,545 voters

Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
Best Strange and Twisted Memoirs
696 books — 1,048 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Best Historical Fiction
7,316 books — 25,514 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne Collins
The Greatest Dystopic/Fantasy Books
75 books — 68 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleWicked by Gregory MaguireThe Silmarillion by J.R.R. TolkienJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeCryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,589 books — 13,119 voters

Heart of Darkness by Joseph ConradGreat Expectations by Charles DickensMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Read These In School - Would Have Preferred A Root Canal
466 books — 1,587 voters
Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienStardust by Neil GaimanKushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey
What Book Would You Like To Live In?
8,742 books — 8,838 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingOutlander by Diana GabaldonOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,607 books — 16,244 voters
Good Omens by Terry PratchettThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
Best Humorous Books
4,300 books — 7,856 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Novels
100 books — 296 voters
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettBunnicula by Deborah HoweIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellThe Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
Fantasy Goodreads for 9-12 years
819 books — 581 voters

American Gods by Neil GaimanThe Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks
Quality Dark Fiction
2,501 books — 3,217 voters
The Stand by Stephen King1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryZ for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien
Apocalypse: It's Over, Dude.
626 books — 772 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareLord of the Flies by William Golding
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,393 books — 119,641 voters
Wicked by Gregory MaguireBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerThe Host by Stephenie MeyerThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldAngels & Demons by Dan Brown
Books So Bad I Couldn't Finish...
644 books — 578 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezCity of the Beasts by Isabel AllendeDe amor y de sombra by Isabel AllendeZorro by Isabel Allende
Libros en Español
727 books — 650 voters
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,286 books — 10,016 voters

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
I'm glad someone made me read this book
10,635 books — 10,197 voters
Best Books Ever
75,727 books — 281,563 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLord of the Flies by William GoldingGreat Expectations by Charles DickensOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
AP Literature
210 books — 219 voters
Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,192 books — 68,024 voters


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