Goodreads Choice Awards Opening Round

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kit Messinger (19 Lists)



Blasted by Sarah KaneCrave by Sarah Kane
Writers who committed suicide
539 books — 291 voters
The Gormenghast Novels by Mervyn Peake
Best Unappreciated Books
4,386 books — 2,307 voters

Titus Groan by Mervyn PeakeWeave World by Clive BarkerThe Great and Secret Show by Clive Barker
Quality Dark Fiction
2,794 books — 4,198 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Beginning
735 books — 667 voters

Haunted by Chuck PalahniukBooks of Blood by Clive Barker
The Goriest Books Ever
410 books — 637 voters
Annie on My Mind by Nancy GardenAm I Blue? by Marion Dane Bauer
Best YA Fiction with GLBTQQI themes / characters
2,003 books — 6,018 voters

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Science Fiction Books with Female Main Characters
909 books — 926 voters
Snow Crash by Neal StephensonThe Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Best of Cyberpunk
396 books — 1,236 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanRonia, the Robber's Daughter by Astrid Lindgren
Best Female Lead Characters
4,949 books — 6,410 voters
Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden
Best Teen Books About Real Problems
3,097 books — 12,533 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,236 books — 4,034 voters
Millennium Approaches by Tony Kushner
Best Play Ever
524 books — 461 voters

Wicked by Gregory MaguireThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerAngels & Demons by Dan Brown
Books I Regret Reading
2,313 books — 3,219 voters
His Dark Materials by Philip PullmanWizard's First Rule by Terry GoodkindDaughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,895 books — 27,136 voters

The Rose and the Beast by Francesca Lia BlockStardust by Neil GaimanThe Ill-Made Mute by Cecilia Dart-ThorntonBeauty by Sheri S. TepperThe Unusual Suspects by Michael Buckley
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,842 books — 9,246 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
33,258 books — 126,259 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Best Young Adult Books
13,020 books — 80,529 voters
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett
Apocalypse: It's Over, Dude.
626 books — 775 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Books that Made You Cry!
3,369 books — 8,161 voters