Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Matt Clapper (7 Lists)



Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyThe Road by Cormac McCarthyChild of God by Cormac McCarthy
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,186 books — 11,245 voters
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Best Contemporary Western Novels
120 books — 141 voters

Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthyBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Literary Westerns
283 books — 386 voters
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,815 books — 49,771 voters

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
Best Books of 2008
1,631 books — 6,783 voters
American Rust by Philipp Meyer
Best Books of 2009
1,769 books — 6,937 voters

American Rust by Philipp MeyerMystic River by Dennis Lehane
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,856 books — 21,914 voters