Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Alaina Lisanti (284 Lists)



Adam by Ariel SchragLook Both Ways by Alison CherryGirl Crushed by Katie Heaney
Harmful LGBT+ Representation
6 books — 3 voters
Pucking Around by Emily RathTwilight by Stephenie MeyerGirl Crushed by Katie HeaneyMeet You in the Middle by Devon DanielsThe State of Us by Shaun David Hutchinson
Problematic books in the Romance Genre.
67 books — 9 voters

An Upper West Side Story by Rachel CullenAll the Yellow Suns by Malavika KannanI'd Rather Burn Than Bloom by Shannon C.F. RogersQueen of Exiles by Vanessa RileyOne Summer in Savannah by Terah Shelton Harris
July 2023 Releases
107 books — 110 voters
Boundless by Ismée Amiel WilliamsKismat Connection by Ananya DevarajanWolfpack by Amelia BrunskillSomething More by Jackie Khalilieh
YA Releases June 2023
60 books — 111 voters

Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa SeeBanyan Moon by Thao ThaiLucky Red by Claudia CravensA Right Worthy Woman by Ruth P. WatsonLucky Girl by Irene Muchemi-Ndiritu
June 2023 Releases
124 books — 107 voters
The Search for Us by Susan Azim BoyerKismat Connection by Ananya Devarajan
YA Novels of 2023
652 books — 1,073 voters

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzEmpress of the World by Sara Ryan
Summery Queer Fiction
78 books — 15 voters
Thank You for Sharing by Rachel Runya Katz
Jewish Fiction 2023
52 books — 33 voters

The Smell of Other People's Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
Alaska in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
167 books — 51 voters
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments by Saidiya HartmanWell Met by Jen DeLucaFunny, You Don't Look Autistic by Michael McCrearyThe Girl and the Goddess by Nikita Gill
What Women Born in the 90's Have Read in 2021
2,809 books — 391 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakYou'll Miss Me When I'm Gone by Rachel Lynn SolomonUprising by Margaret Peterson HaddixThe Radical Element by Jessica SpotswoodDreams in the Golden Country by Kathryn Lasky
Jewish YA & Middle-Grade Fiction
225 books — 58 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakDancing at the Pity Party by Tyler FederFun Home by Alison BechdelHamlet by William Shakespeare
Thanatopsis: Death, Dying, and Mortality
581 books — 264 voters

Shrill by Lindy WestYou Have the Right to Remain Fat by Virgie Tovar
Body Positive!
29 books — 17 voters
Number the Stars by Lois LowryDreams in the Golden Country by Kathryn LaskyA Coal Miner's Bride by Susan Campbell BartolettiFever 1793 by Laurie Halse AndersonForgotten Fire by Adam Bagdasarian
Middle Grade Historical Fiction
199 books — 47 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachThe Five by Hallie Rubenhold
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,863 books — 2,215 voters
Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Five by Hallie Rubenhold
Popsugar 2021 #15 - A Book with a black and white cover
447 books — 303 voters

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. SánchezThe House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Set in Chicago: Fiction
131 books — 64 voters
There Was and There Was Not by Meline ToumaniBeautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kirstin Cronn-Mills
Popsugar 2021 #26 - A Book with an Oxymoron in the Title
252 books — 259 voters

Number the Stars by Lois LowryThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareForgotten Fire by Adam BagdasarianThe Midwife's Apprentice by Karen CushmanLily's Crossing by Patricia Reilly Giff
Historical Fiction for Children
123 books — 26 voters
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda LoLuck of the Titanic by Stacey LeeRebel Daughter by Lori Banov KaufmannMazie by Melanie CrowderThe Poetry of Secrets by Cambria Gordon
2021 YA Historical Fiction
52 books — 21 voters

Forgotten Fire by Adam BagdasarianThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Countess Below Stairs by Eva IbbotsonA Northern Light by Jennifer DonnellyNumber the Stars by Lois Lowry
Teen Historical Novels
954 books — 1,318 voters
Voices by David ElliottThe Downstairs Girl by Stacey LeeA Northern Light by Jennifer DonnellyUprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Historical Fiction ~ Strong Women
99 books — 16 voters

The Lost Crown by Sarah MillerWrapped by Jennifer Bradbury
New YA historical fiction in 2011
62 books — 273 voters
The Five by Hallie RubenholdWayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments by Saidiya Hartman
52 Book Club 2021: #28 Includes A Historical Event You Know Little About
114 books — 46 voters

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda LoCool for the Summer by Dahlia AdlerRise to the Sun by Leah JohnsonThe Girls I've Been by Tess SharpeHoney Girl by Morgan Rogers
2021 Sapphic Releases
258 books — 405 voters
The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
Best Books with a Neuro-Diverse Protagonist
5 books — 7 voters

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma OluoWhite Fragility by Robin DiAngeloPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiWhistling Vivaldi by Claude M. Steele
Books White People Need to Read
1,302 books — 1,568 voters
The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanCode Name Verity by Elizabeth WeinNumber the Stars by Lois LowrySpeak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Fiction/Novels with Female Protagonists That Aren't About Love or Romance
660 books — 349 voters

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez
Novels about Undocumented Immigrants
49 books — 87 voters
This Is All Your Fault by Aminah Mae SafiCome On In by Adi AlsaidYou Know I'm No Good by Jessie Ann Foley
YA Releases of October, 2020
67 books — 170 voters


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