Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Julia (252 Lists)



102 Minutes by Jim DwyerIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickInto Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Best True Survival Stories
417 books — 541 voters
George, Nicholas and Wilhelm by M.J. CarterQueen Victoria by Christopher HibbertHow to Be a Victorian by Ruth GoodmanUnmentionable by Therese OneillBertie by Jane Ridley
Nonfiction Books on the Victorian Era
404 books — 108 voters

Moonglow by Kristen Callihan
Best Shapeshifter/Werewolf books
1,549 books — 2,082 voters
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
Best Book Cover Art
12,388 books — 7,098 voters

A Christmas Gone Perfectly Wrong by Cecilia GrantA Kiss for Midwinter by Courtney MilanEntwined by Kristen CallihanWinning the Wallflower by Eloisa James
Historical Romance Novellas
309 books — 175 voters
In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiDevil's Knot by Mara Leveritt
Top True Crime Trial Books
38 books — 27 voters

The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Best Depressing Books
429 books — 429 voters
Duke of Sin by Elizabeth HoytMy American Duchess by Eloisa James
Best Historical Romance 2016
93 books — 60 voters

Fingersmith by Sarah WatersThe Wonder by Emma DonoghueAddicted by Charlotte FeatherstoneThe Somnambulist by Essie FoxAffinity by Sarah Waters
Gorgeous Covers
531 books — 305 voters
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroFingersmith by Sarah WatersRestoration by Rose TremainThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeWolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Most Brilliant Historical Novels in the past 45 yrs
1,111 books — 1,137 voters

Not Quite a Husband by Sherry ThomasThe Suffragette Scandal by Courtney MilanA Lady's Code of Misconduct by Meredith DuranThe Duchess War by Courtney MilanA Lady's Lesson in Scandal by Meredith Duran
Victorian Romance (1837 - 1901)
580 books — 341 voters
Thief of Shadows by Elizabeth HoytTo Seduce a Sinner by Elizabeth HoytDuke of Sin by Elizabeth HoytThe Raven Prince by Elizabeth HoytHeartless by Mary Balogh
Georgian Romance (1714 - 1810)
285 books — 202 voters

For My Lady's Heart by Laura KinsaleMy Beautiful Enemy by Sherry ThomasDevil's Cub by Georgette HeyerLord of Scoundrels by Loretta ChaseAll Through the Night by Connie Brockway
Kick Ass Historical Romance Heroines
102 books — 81 voters
A Lady's Code of Misconduct by Meredith DuranTempting the Bride by Sherry ThomasKing's Captive by Amber A. BardanTaming the Wolf by Deborah Simmons
Amnesia-Themed Romance
324 books — 291 voters

Myths of Gender by Anne Fausto-Sterling
Science Writing By People of Marginalized Genders
255 books — 89 voters
North and South by Elizabeth GaskellMuch Ado About Nothing by William ShakespearePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenA Christmas Gone Perfectly Wrong by Cecilia GrantAct Like It by Lucy Parker
Favorite Fictional Couples in Books
692 books — 430 voters

East of Eden by John SteinbeckMiddlemarch by George EliotEmma by Jane AustenAnimal Farm by George OrwellNorth and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Classics Library
634 books — 523 voters
North and South by Elizabeth GaskellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenCold Comfort Farm by Stella GibbonsThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeTipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
YOUR TOP TEN TO TWENTY AND READ AT LEAST TWICE
93 books — 20 voters

Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonClarissa, or, The History of a Young Lady by Samuel Richardson
Unpredictable Great Bad Endings!
56 books — 15 voters
Sons and Lovers by D.H. LawrenceThe Prestige by Christopher PriestGreat Expectations by Charles DickensOf Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
Characters I Hated!
145 books — 16 voters

Morning Star by Pierce BrownThe Wonder by Emma DonoghueThe Hating Game by Sally ThorneThe Girls by Emma ClineDuke of Sin by Elizabeth Hoyt
Best Books of 2016
1,831 books — 2,784 voters
Villette by Charlotte BrontëIt by Stephen KingThe Witching Hour by Anne Rice
Bad Endings
169 books — 193 voters

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonDracula by Bram StokerInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceAffinity by Sarah WatersThe Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Books to Read On or Around Halloween
332 books — 183 voters
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
The Oddest Books You've Ever Read
70 books — 28 voters

East of Eden by John SteinbeckWideacre by Philippa GregoryFlowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews
The Vilest Woman in Fiction
117 books — 93 voters
The Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonMary Barton by Elizabeth GaskellThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne BrontëTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyRuth by Elizabeth Gaskell
Spunky Victorian Girls in Trouble
81 books — 40 voters

An Accomplished Woman by Jude MorganDevil's Cub by Georgette HeyerIndiscretion by Jude MorganPowder and Patch by Georgette Heyer
Clean Regency (or around then) Romance Novels
788 books — 748 voters
Heart of Darkness by Joseph ConradAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezSons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence
"...if _______ is not the book version of everything horrible and unjust that the patriarchy stands for, I do not know what is."
170 books — 94 voters

Heart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessPerfume by Patrick Süskind
Darkest Books of All Time
1,275 books — 1,713 voters
Crimson Bound by Rosamund HodgeScarlet by Marissa MeyerThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
Such Big Eyes You Have
24 books — 13 voters


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