Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Janet Richards (19 Lists)



Ready Player One by Ernest ClineMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsMe Before You by Jojo MoyesThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternLegend by Marie Lu
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,635 books — 14,139 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,374 voters

Free Four by Veronica RothAshes to Ashes and Cinder to Cinder by Cameron Jace
YA Short Stories and Novellas
680 books — 1,180 voters
Shadow of Night by Deborah HarknessThe Twelve by Justin CroninInsurgent by Veronica RothReached by Ally CondieCinder by Marissa Meyer
Can't Wait Books of 2012
2,516 books — 15,088 voters

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
The Must-Have Series for Children Ages 6 to 12
876 books — 1,308 voters
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah HarknessFledgling by Octavia E. Butler
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,777 books — 4,914 voters

The Passage by Justin CroninMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsGame Change by John HeilemannThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Best Books of 2010
1,574 books — 2,472 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Best of Brontë
23 books — 366 voters

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineSpindle's End by Robin McKinleyThe Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,795 books — 9,157 voters
Wicked by Gregory MaguireTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanThe Stand by Stephen King
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,608 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Host by Stephenie MeyerChild 44 by Tom Rob Smith
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,608 books — 16,245 voters
The Host by Stephenie MeyerThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Best Sci-Fi/Futuristic Romance
1,431 books — 1,393 voters

How to Cook Everything by Mark BittmanThe Joy of Cooking by Irma S. RombauerJames Beard's American Cookery by James BeardThe America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook by America's Test KitchenBetter Homes and Gardens New Cook Book by Better Homes and Gardens
Best Cookbooks
1,440 books — 1,107 voters
I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood AliThe Holy Bible by Anonymous
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,393 books — 119,641 voters

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Everyone's Read It But Me
800 books — 4,329 voters
NurtureShock by Po BronsonThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienPush by SapphireA Mind at a Time by Mel Levine
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
14,355 books — 14,499 voters

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienNeverwhere by Neil GaimanThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanKushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey
Favorites of the Fantasy Book Club
812 books — 1,737 voters
Heidi by Johanna SpyriAll Things Wise and Wonderful by James HerriotBlack Beauty by Anna SewellThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,832 books — 10,439 voters

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleThe Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian SelznickThe Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon ScieszkaLittle Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik
Picture Books With Amazing Art
857 books — 341 voters