Goodreads Choice Awards Opening Round

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, Vol. 2 by Jason Aaron
Graphic Novels that are Quality
1,121 books — 840 voters
Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Third Chimpanzee by Jared Diamond
Best Popular Anthropology Books
362 books — 308 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)
385 books — 186 voters
The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
The Daily Show Reading Club
386 books — 283 voters

Star Wars by Timothy Zahn
Excellent Space Opera
1,172 books — 4,025 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
8,129 books — 19,915 voters

Star Wars by Timothy ZahnStar Wars by Timothy ZahnStar Wars by Timothy Zahn
Best Star Wars Books
478 books — 1,315 voters
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Books set in Moscow
83 books — 41 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
2,036 books — 3,739 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
1,422 books — 2,701 voters

Batman by Frank Miller
Best of Batman
622 books — 945 voters
Buddha, Vol. 1 by Osamu TezukaThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,244 books — 2,031 voters

A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Best History Books
4,173 books — 4,823 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
3,535 books — 6,887 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
2,766 books — 3,431 voters
War and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Greatest Eastern European Classics
446 books — 266 voters

Wolverine by Chris Claremont
500 Essential Graphic Novels
941 books — 883 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,891 books — 27,123 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
3,575 books — 5,143 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
7,801 books — 49,896 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Monster Books!
564 books — 522 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Recommended Historical Fiction
4,046 books — 4,510 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Books Ever
80,156 books — 298,889 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
7,208 books — 28,382 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
8,935 books — 26,338 voters
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
100 books — 950 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Read Them Twice...At Least
14,688 books — 12,617 voters