Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Art (49 Lists)



Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,395 books — 119,651 voters
Getting Things Done by David Allen
Motivational and Self-Improvement Books
2,961 books — 2,999 voters

Unsouled by Will Wight
Best Indie Fantasy Books Worth a Read
1,572 books — 1,664 voters
Unsouled by Will WightSoulsmith by Will Wight
Books You've Never Heard Of
39 books — 6 voters

Unsouled by Will WightNPCs by Drew HayesAdvent by Xander Boyce
Best LitRPG books (ALL)
513 books — 623 voters
Blood, Sweat, and Pixels by Jason Schreier
Nonfiction About Video Games and Virtual Reality
130 books — 83 voters

Playing with FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early) by Scott Rieckens
Rational Reminder Podcast Books
107 books — 11 voters
A Talent for War by Jack McDevitt
Most Under-rated Science Fiction
2,079 books — 2,098 voters

Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline
Best books of November, 2020
56 books — 35 voters
Bloodline by Will Wight
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2021
597 books — 1,494 voters

The Thorn of Emberlain by Scott Lynch
Hurry Up and Release It!!!
252 books — 3,792 voters
False Value by Ben AaronovitchWintersteel by Will WightReady Player Two by Ernest Cline
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2020
516 books — 1,305 voters

Wintersteel by Will Wight
Best Books of 2020
1,564 books — 1,935 voters
NPCs by Drew Hayes
LitRPG: the books set in virtual reality online MMORPG games
734 books — 1,039 voters

Unsouled by Will Wight
Best Coming Of Age Epic Fantasy
142 books — 143 voters
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Parks, Zoos and Circuses
184 books — 134 voters

Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,402 books — 12,545 voters
Old Man's War by John ScalziDune by Frank HerbertLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. CoreyStarship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
Excellent Space Opera
1,006 books — 3,569 voters

Ready Player One by Ernest ClineWorld War Z by Max Brooks
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,731 books — 25,952 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsThe Maze Runner by James Dashner
YA Dystopia Novels
1,776 books — 11,239 voters

Advent by Xander BoyceSufficiently Advanced Magic by Andrew Rowe
LitRPG Forum Group Masterlist
321 books — 197 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonCosmos by Carl SaganFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittThe Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,836 books — 3,595 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittOutliers by Malcolm GladwellNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichA Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
3,986 books — 1,998 voters
Unsouled by Will WightBlackflame by Will WightInto the Labyrinth by John Bierce
Progression Fantasy (Including Cultivation Novels)
371 books — 390 voters

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Arindam's all time favorite
73 books — 2 voters
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Best Twists
8,337 books — 8,943 voters

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,049 books — 9,876 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDune by Frank HerbertThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
2,925 books — 3,176 voters

Halo by Eric S. Nylund
Video Game Tie-In Novels & Comics
350 books — 328 voters
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
What To Read After Harry Potter
2,156 books — 6,268 voters


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