Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Michael Fox (27 Lists)



Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K. VaughanThe Manhattan Projects, Vol. 1 by Jonathan HickmanThe Walking Dead, Vol. 1 by Robert KirkmanScalped by Jason Aaron
Graphic Novels that are Quality
1,108 books — 776 voters
Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Third Chimpanzee by Jared Diamond
Best Popular Anthropology Books
359 books — 270 voters

When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay PenmanTime and Chance by Sharon Kay PenmanDevil's Brood by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Medieval England (Historical Fiction)
381 books — 178 voters
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
The Daily Show Reading Club
341 books — 233 voters

Star Wars by Timothy Zahn
Excellent Space Opera
1,006 books — 3,569 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerEclipse by Stephenie MeyerGuilty by Ann Coulter
The Worst Books of All Time
8,100 books — 19,876 voters

Heir to the Empire by Timothy ZahnStar Wars by Timothy ZahnStar Wars by Timothy Zahn
Best Star Wars Books
462 books — 1,298 voters
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Books set in Moscow
81 books — 40 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,836 books — 3,595 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Best Southern Literature
1,342 books — 2,574 voters

Batman by Frank Miller
Best of Batman
625 books — 932 voters
Buddha, Vol. 1 by Osamu TezukaThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,173 books — 2,010 voters

A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Best History Books
3,686 books — 3,723 voters
The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanWatchmen by Alan MooreBone by Jeff SmithThe Walking Dead, Vol. 1 by Robert KirkmanFire and Flight by Wendy Pini
Best Graphic Novels
3,458 books — 6,765 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettI, Claudius by Robert GravesShōgun by James ClavellClaudius the God and His Wife Messalina by Robert GravesTai-Pan by James Clavell
Best Historical Fiction Books that Are Actually Historical Fiction
2,502 books — 2,747 voters
War and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Greatest Eastern European Classics
440 books — 252 voters

Wolverine by Chris Claremont
500 Essential Graphic Novels
939 books — 863 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,151 books — 25,683 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Books that Make you Laugh
3,489 books — 4,998 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,815 books — 49,778 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Monster Books!
575 books — 521 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,539 books — 3,552 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Books Ever
75,787 books — 281,724 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerWorld Without End by Ken Follett
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,379 voters

Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyWorld War Z by Max BrooksEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank HerbertEnder's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,328 books — 24,579 voters
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
99 books — 952 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Read Them Twice...At Least
13,617 books — 11,187 voters