Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sage (8 Lists)



Let the Right One In by John Ajvide LindqvistNaked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,102 voters
Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,225 books — 1,634 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Red Badge of Courage by Irwin Shapiro
Most Overrated Books
738 books — 667 voters
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganThe Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil by George SaundersPale Fire by Vladimir NabokovThe Trial by Franz KafkaCivilWarLand in Bad Decline by George Saunders
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,105 books — 1,719 voters

Pale Fire by Vladimir NabokovAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerNaked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
Oulipo,etc.
254 books — 250 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathBeloved by Toni Morrison
Hey, chicks can write, too!
1,082 books — 224 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathBeloved by Toni MorrisonTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley JacksonJoy of Cooking by Irma S. Rombauer
Best Books by American Women
560 books — 183 voters
Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Stranger by Albert CamusBeloved by Toni MorrisonInvisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,815 books — 49,777 voters