Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Casey (7 Lists)



Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Best Heroine in a Fantasy Book
1,482 books — 1,787 voters
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,064 books — 11,663 voters

The Thief by Megan Whalen TurnerThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Thieves
659 books — 1,255 voters
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Best Kick-Ass Female Characters From YA and Children's Fantasy and Science Fiction
3,064 books — 8,666 voters

How the Mind Explains Behavior by Bertram F. MalleThe Intentional Stance by Daniel C. DennettWhy We Cooperate by Michael TomaselloThe Big Book of Concepts by Gregory L. MurphyIntentions and Intentionality by Bertram F. Malle
Best Cognitive Science Books
405 books — 489 voters
How Children Learn the Meanings of Words by Paul BloomWords, Thoughts, and Theories by Alison GopnikThe Cultural Origins of Human Cognition by TOMASELLOConcepts, Kinds, and Cognitive Development by Frank C. KeilThe Essential Child by Susan A. Gelman
Best Cognitive Development Books
56 books — 74 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Best Young Adult Books
13,106 books — 80,161 voters