Goodreads Choice Awards Opening Round

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Lynn (19 Lists)



To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareLord of the Flies by William GoldingMacbeth by William ShakespeareThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Required Reading in High School
826 books — 1,324 voters
Lighthouse by Eugenia Price
Best Southern Literature
1,422 books — 2,701 voters

Gentle Rogue by Johanna LindseyThe Hawk and the Dove by Virginia HenleyCaptive of My Desires by Johanna Lindsey
Best Pirate and Privateer Romances
114 books — 88 voters
City of Pearl by Karen TravissPodkayne of Mars by Robert A. Heinlein
Best Science Fiction Books with Female Main Characters
909 books — 926 voters

O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
Best Westerns
1,472 books — 1,637 voters
The Time Machine by H.G. WellsA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The Best Time Travel Books of All Time
908 books — 1,893 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
33,260 books — 126,227 voters
Up Island by Anne Rivers SiddonsMaus I by Art SpiegelmanFoundation by Isaac Asimov
Twentieth Century American List
69 books — 27 voters

Riddle-Master by Patricia A. McKillipThe Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillipThe Eye of the World by Robert JordanThe Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffreyThe Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,894 books — 27,129 voters
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. MilneBlack Beauty by Anna Sewell
Favorite books from my childhood
4,541 books — 7,738 voters

The Time Machine by H.G. WellsThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisThe Client by John GrishamThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,657 books — 18,680 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,801 books — 49,894 voters

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Read These In School - Liked Them Anyway
348 books — 474 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books To Reread
75 books — 28 voters

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska OrczyChesapeake by James A. MichenerTrinity by Leon UrisThe King Must Die by Mary Renault
Best Historical Fiction
8,403 books — 27,580 voters
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. JeromeFar From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Best British and Irish Literature
1,187 books — 1,121 voters

These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer
Favorite Georgette Heyer Book!
66 books — 816 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Books Ever
80,167 books — 298,921 voters

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Foundation Trilogy by Isaac AsimovThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsDune by Frank HerbertBattlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,936 books — 26,340 voters