Goodreads Choice Awards Opening Round

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Gemma (19 Lists)



Flowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Must Read Classics
1,910 books — 4,817 voters
The Passage by Justin CroninSwan Song by Robert McCammonWool Omnibus by Hugh Howey
Best Post-Apocalyptic Books
221 books — 239 voters

1984 by George OrwellSwan Song by Robert McCammonWool Omnibus by Hugh HoweyMatched by Ally Condie
Apocalypses and Dystopias
930 books — 676 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Smart Apocalyptic and Dystopian Fiction
554 books — 770 voters

The Martian by Andy Weir
Best Technothrillers Ever
767 books — 1,135 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Science Fiction and Fantasy Must Reads
4,274 books — 6,320 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Best for Book Clubs
15,757 books — 20,594 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
33,257 books — 126,233 voters

On the Beach by Nevil Shute
"After the blowup there was radiation and stuff" - post apocalyptic
106 books — 57 voters
The Martian by Andy Weir
What we've read so far in...2015
9,808 books — 2,194 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryOn the Beach by Nevil ShuteWool Omnibus by Hugh HoweyDomain by James HerbertSwan Song by Robert McCammon
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,330 books — 3,622 voters
Queen's Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle
Historical Fiction 2013
428 books — 2,208 voters

The Passage by Justin CroninWool Omnibus by Hugh HoweyOn the Beach by Nevil Shute
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,159 books — 27,052 voters
Innocent Traitor by Alison WeirThe Lady Elizabeth by Alison WeirSix Wives by David StarkeyDissolution by C.J. SansomSovereign by C.J. Sansom
Best Books About Tudor England
640 books — 1,669 voters

Midnight in Peking by Paul French
Best Books About China
761 books — 595 voters
The Heretic Queen by Michelle MoranRiver God by Wilbur SmithNefertiti by Michelle Moran
Best Books About Egypt
495 books — 580 voters

Nefertiti by Michelle MoranMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Best Historical Fiction
8,407 books — 27,582 voters
World War Z by Max BrooksThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonThe Snowman by Jo Nesbø
To Read in 2012
151 books — 11 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Merchant of Venice by William ShakespeareOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckGoodnight Mister Tom by Michelle MagorianThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Glad my teacher made me read this book
339 books — 400 voters