Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kevin Hull (13 Lists)



Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card2001 by Arthur C. ClarkeReady Player One by Ernest ClineSpeaker for the Dead by Orson Scott CardThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Most Popular Science Fiction on Goodreads
264 books — 506 voters
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin HenkesThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakMadeline by Ludwig BemelmansHarold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
Best Picture Books
3,072 books — 1,975 voters

The Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Best children's books EVER
2,093 books — 2,085 voters
The Windup Girl by Paolo BacigalupiReady Player One by Ernest ClineOld Man's War by John ScalziThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsRed Rising by Pierce Brown
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,194 books — 8,934 voters

The Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteMadeline by Ludwig BemelmansThe Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams BiancoThe True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
Best Children's Books
5,305 books — 6,694 voters
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Children's Books I'll Re-Read No Matter How Old I Am
2,548 books — 3,728 voters

A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,733 books — 25,959 voters
The Time Machine by H.G. WellsLeviathan by Scott Westerfeld
Best Steampunk Books
1,242 books — 4,095 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank HerbertThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov
S&L Top-100 Science Fiction, Fantasy Titles
1,703 books — 2,154 voters
Forrest Gump by Winston GroomThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanPlanet of the Apes by Pierre BoulleThe Green Mile by Stephen KingCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,222 books — 6,122 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Stars My Destination by Alfred BesterHyperion by Dan Simmons2001 by Arthur C. ClarkeThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Science Fiction
3,645 books — 6,902 voters