Goodreads Choice Awards Opening Round

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Marlo (131 Lists)



The Vanished Birds by Simon JimenezWhen the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi VoFinna by Nino CipriThe Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi VoPiranesi by Susanna Clarke
Adult Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2020
93 books — 37 voters
Piranesi by Susanna ClarkeThe Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi VoBlack Sun by Rebecca RoanhorseThe Unspoken Name by A.K. LarkwoodHeaven Official's Blessing by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
Best Fantasy of the 2020s
550 books — 543 voters

Piranesi by Susanna ClarkeBlack Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
Hugo 2021 Eligible Novels
121 books — 215 voters
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
Hugo 2022 Eligible Novellas
42 books — 53 voters

Heaven Official's Blessing by Mò Xiāng Tóng XiùGrandmaster of Demonic Cultivation by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
Danmei Officially Translated to English
225 books — 209 voters
A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady MartineShe Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
Hugo 2022 Eligible Novels
96 books — 131 voters

Circe by Madeline MillerSpinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Hugo 2019 Eligible Novels
125 books — 422 voters
Spinning Silver by Naomi NovikCirce by Madeline Miller
Best Books of 2018
1,645 books — 2,957 voters

The Winter of the Witch by Katherine ArdenLent by Jo Walton
2019 Most Anticipated Releases -No YA
328 books — 479 voters
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
2018: What the Over-35s Are Reading
2,747 books — 301 voters

The Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonGiovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
2017: What the Over-35s Are Reading
2,678 books — 202 voters
Cloud Atlas by David MitchellThe City & the City by China MiévilleWool Omnibus by Hugh HoweyThe Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley RobinsonThe Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,236 books — 9,186 voters

The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley RobinsonThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Best Alternate History Novels and Stories
797 books — 1,381 voters
Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodMonkey Beach by Eden Robinson
Best Canadian Literature
2,369 books — 1,180 voters

Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
15,484 books — 16,156 voters
Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge PiercyMission Child by Maureen F. McHughThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Feminist Science Fiction Books
250 books — 425 voters

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
Best History Books
4,181 books — 4,829 voters
Red China Blues by Jan WongThe Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Best Books About China
761 books — 594 voters

The Contortionist's Handbook by Craig Clevenger
Substance Abuse & Addiction
729 books — 1,327 voters
The Stranger by Albert CamusThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom StoppardThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Quick Reads
1,089 books — 713 voters

The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriThe Aeneid by VirgilMetamorphoses by OvidThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Best Foreign Language (non English) Book
1,103 books — 646 voters
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
The Best Books about Elves or Faeries
817 books — 1,069 voters

Ubik by Philip K. DickThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas PynchonThe Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom WolfeThe Third Policeman by Flann O'BrienHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Trippy Books
855 books — 911 voters
Sunshine by Robin McKinley
Vampires and Werewolves and Witches...Oh My!
2,041 books — 3,065 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeCatch-22 by Joseph HellerGhostwritten by David Mitchell
Great Debut Novels
1,607 books — 1,507 voters
Ficciones by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyTales of the Unexpected by Roald DahlThe Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna ClarkeWelcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Collections of Short Stories
2,986 books — 2,114 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinDoomsday Book by Connie Willis
Phobos Entertainment's "100 Science Fiction Books You Just Have to Read"
100 books — 261 voters
Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder
Best Philosophical Literature
1,239 books — 2,905 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
If I Were Stranded On a Desert Island...
1,203 books — 439 voters
China Mountain Zhang by Maureen F. McHughMission Child by Maureen F. McHughChanging Planes by Ursula K. Le Guin
Most Under-rated Science Fiction
2,200 books — 2,719 voters


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