Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Joel (76 Lists)



Logical Chess by Irving ChernevThe Game of Chess by Siegbert TarraschLasker's Manual of Chess by Emanuel Lasker1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations by Fred ReinfeldHow to Reassess Your Chess by Jeremy Silman
Teach Yourself Chess
81 books — 14 voters
Legacy by James A. Michener
The US Constitution (nonfiction)
68 books — 17 voters

The Conscience of a Conservative by Barry M. Goldwater
"They Also Ran": Presidential candidates who didn't make it
135 books — 10 voters
Israel by Martin GilbertJerusalem in the Twentieth Century by Martin GilbertThe Jews in the Twentieth Century by Martin GilbertThe Revolt by Menachem BeginThe Hope by Herman Wouk
Best Middle East Nonfiction
535 books — 373 voters

Israel by Martin GilbertThe Jews in the Twentieth Century by Martin GilbertThe Revolt by Menachem BeginThe Hope by Herman WoukThe Glory by Herman Wouk
Books on the Israel Palestine Conflict (fiction and nonfiction)
460 books — 708 voters
Real Education by Charles MurrayDumbing Us Down by John Taylor GattoLiberty & Learning by Robert C. Enlow
Best Books on Education Reform
41 books — 21 voters

Real Education by Charles MurrayDumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto
Education Revolution
98 books — 87 voters
Race And Culture by Thomas SowellThe Vision of the Anointed by Thomas SowellA Conflict of Visions by Thomas SowellThe Quest for Cosmic Justice by Thomas SowellWhite Guilt by Shelby Steele
Books White People Need to Read
1,302 books — 1,568 voters

The Financial Crisis and the Free Market Cure by John A. AllisonMeltdown by Thomas E. Woods Jr.Basic Economics by Thomas SowellEconomics in One Lesson 1st edition by Henry Hazlitt (2008) H... by Henry HazlittFree to Choose by Milton Friedman
Understanding the Financial Crisis 2008
164 books — 249 voters
The Alchemy of Air by Thomas HagerCaesar's Last Breath by Sam KeanLeviathan and the Air-Pump by Steven ShapinThe Invention of Air by Steven JohnsonInto Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Books with the Four Elements in the Title
453 books — 25 voters

Real Education by Charles MurrayThe Higher Education Bubble by Glenn Harlan ReynoldsInside American Education by Thomas Sowell
Controversies in Higher Education
171 books — 43 voters
Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman
Best Business Books
994 books — 1,682 voters

The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund FreudModern Man in Search of a Soul by C.G. JungAnswer to Job by C.G. JungThe Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious by C.G. JungAion by C.G. Jung
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson's Book List
131 books — 79 voters
Delivered from Evil by Robert Leckie
Great books that deserve a re-issue
168 books — 123 voters

SPQR by Mary BeardRubicon by Tom HollandThe Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward GibbonCaesar by Adrian GoldsworthyThe Storm Before the Storm by Mike Duncan
Best Books About Ancient Rome
737 books — 1,081 voters
القرآن الكريم by AnonymousNo Logo by Naomi KleinThe Population Bomb by Paul R. EhrlichThe Limits to Growth by Donella H. MeadowsThe Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx
Books Employed to Greatly Harmful Ends
244 books — 227 voters

Safe Harbour by Danielle SteelWatchers by Dean KoontzBorn in Fire by Nora RobertsThe Shining by Stephen KingThe Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
Bestselling Modern Novelists
28 books — 15 voters
Isaac Newton by James GleickLongitude by Dava SobelThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Wright Brothers by David McCulloughBrunelleschi's Dome by Ross King
Books White People Really Need To Read
197 books — 17 voters

From a Logical Point of View by Willard Van Orman QuinePhilosophy of Science by Martin CurdTheory and Reality by Peter Godfrey-Smith
Philosophy of science
70 books — 23 voters
Basic Economics by Thomas SowellBatman by Frank MillerFlash Boys by Michael LewisFlash Boys by Peter KováčAt Home by Bill Bryson
Seeing Red
2,183 books — 463 voters

Out of the Depths by Israel Meir Lau
100 Biographies & Memoirs to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
1,871 books — 1,777 voters
Out of the Depths by Israel Meir Lau
Books that Made You Cry!
3,356 books — 7,901 voters

Kasztner's Train by Anna PorterPerfidy by Ben HechtOut of the Depths by Israel Meir LauYoung Moshe's Diary by Moshe FlinkerNight by Elie Wiesel
Well-Written Holocaust Books
890 books — 2,879 voters
Justice on Trial by Mollie Ziegler HemingwayThe Righteous Mind by Jonathan HaidtFree to Choose by Milton FriedmanCapitalism and Freedom by Milton FriedmanCatastrophic Care by David Goldhill
Books to Read under the Trump Administration
1,169 books — 518 voters

The Righteous Mind by Jonathan HaidtFree to Choose by Milton FriedmanCapitalism and Freedom by Milton FriedmanThe Rise of Victimhood Culture by Bradley CampbellComing Apart by Charles Murray
Books for Post-Election Understanding
197 books — 139 voters
Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter
Knowledge
218 books — 151 voters

Holy Bible by Anonymous
How To Help a Christian 'Out'
95 books — 53 voters
The Gene by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Agile Gene by Matt RidleyThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Violinist's Thumb by Sam KeanGenome by Matt Ridley
Genetics for Non-Scientists
63 books — 53 voters

The Origin of Species by Charles DarwinAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam SmithEuclid's Elements by EuclidThe Principia by Isaac NewtonDialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems by Galileo Galilei
The Most Influential Books
1,480 books — 5,281 voters
Capitalism and Freedom by Milton FriedmanFree to Choose. A Personal Statement by Milton FriedmanBasic Economics by Thomas SowellThe Righteous Mind by Jonathan HaidtEconomics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
934 books — 1,097 voters


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