Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Adam (24 Lists)



Animal Farm by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William Golding
Must Read Classics
1,858 books — 4,635 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Best Literary Fiction
1,543 books — 1,326 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,705 books — 6,871 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century
101 books — 479 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessLord of the Flies by William Golding
The ACTUAL 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
218 books — 320 voters
Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtHigh Fidelity by Nick Hornby
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,675 voters

The Firm by John Grisham
Thrillers You Must Read!
4,676 books — 6,487 voters
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
Best Books of 1995
432 books — 190 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
100 Best Books of All Time: The World Library List
100 books — 1,711 voters
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Best Plays Ever
853 books — 1,127 voters

The Stories of John Cheever by John CheeverWinesburg, Ohio by Sherwood AndersonNine Stories by J.D. SalingerThe Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway by Ernest HemingwayCathedral by Raymond Carver
Collections of Short Stories
2,894 books — 2,037 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
The Great American Novel
670 books — 1,089 voters

Siddhartha by Hermann HesseAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerEast of Eden by John SteinbeckAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,815 books — 49,768 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,221 books — 8,063 voters

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,234 books — 4,383 voters
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeGlengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,258 books — 2,431 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
The Five Books I Would Require If I Taught an English Literature Class
627 books — 2,756 voters
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerAnimal Farm / 1984 by George Orwell
Best Philosophical Literature
1,166 books — 2,724 voters

High Fidelity by Nick HornbyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessChronicles, Volume One by Bob Dylan
Best Music Books
409 books — 182 voters
Siddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Firm by John GrishamFight Club by Chuck PalahniukHigh Fidelity by Nick HornbyMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
14,341 books — 14,475 voters

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynA Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,354 books — 1,780 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 7,003 voters

Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay PenmanAtonement by Ian McEwan
Best Historical Fiction
7,311 books — 25,502 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Best Books Ever
75,693 books — 281,361 voters