Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Rob Jones (16 Lists)



Utopia for Realists by Rutger BregmanCreative Evolution by Henri BergsonOptimism over Despair by Noam ChomskyHonourable Friends? Parliament and the Fight for Change by Caroline LucasManufacturing Consent by Edward S. Herman
Non-fiction Books read since 2015
294 books — 16 voters
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
The Best Book I Read Last Year
19 books — 7 voters

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiLes Misérables by Victor HugoNorwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Books for the INFJ
679 books — 411 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,815 books — 49,771 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellDown and Out in Paris and London by George OrwellWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyDracula by Bram Stoker
Best Books of 1000-1999 A.D.
347 books — 103 voters
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Contemporary British Novels
506 books — 430 voters

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
I Wish I Could Read it Again for the First Time
11,132 books — 7,212 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien1984 by George OrwellThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeEmma by Jane Austen
Best British and Irish Literature
1,167 books — 1,111 voters

Les Misérables by Victor HugoThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor HugoPère Goriot by Honoré de BalzacGerminal by Émile Zola
Best French Literature
870 books — 1,552 voters
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroCloud Atlas by David MitchellKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiBlack Swan Green by David MitchellThe Plot Against America by Philip Roth
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,856 books — 21,918 voters

Post Office by Charles Bukowski
The Best of Charles Bukowski
30 books — 117 voters
The Enchantress of Florence by Salman RushdieThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellEast of Eden by John SteinbeckOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyDracula by Bram Stoker
Character You Most Want to Sleep With
4,193 books — 5,442 voters

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Guitar Tablature Edition by David GilmourComplete Piano Sonatas, Volume 1 by Ludwig van BeethovenThe Wall by David GilmourComplete Piano Sonatas, Volume 2 by Ludwig van BeethovenGoldberg Variations by Johann Sebastian Bach
Favourite Music (Scores)
124 books — 14 voters
Ulysses by James JoyceSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertMiddlemarch by George Eliot
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
745 books — 1,813 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanThe War of the Worlds by Mary Ann Evans
Terrestrial SF & Fantasy
428 books — 64 voters
Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Drowned World by J.G. Ballard
Books That Deserve a Higher Rating (Avg Rating < 4)
737 books — 255 voters