Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Steve Woods (9 Lists)



Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu SuzukiMindfulness in Plain English by Henepola GunaratanaThe Way of Zen by Alan W. WattsThe Power of Now by Eckhart TolleBeing Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh
A Buddhist Reading List
897 books — 1,175 voters
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
The Daily Show Reading Club
341 books — 233 voters

The Beautiful Room Is Empty by Edmund WhiteDeath in Venice and Other Tales by Thomas MannForbidden Colors by Yukio MishimaThe Swimming-Pool Library by Alan HollinghurstA Boy's Own Story by Edmund White
Classic Gay Male Literature
305 books — 161 voters
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen CraneThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienCold Mountain by Charles FrazierJohnny Got His Gun by Dalton TrumboThe Quiet American by Graham Greene
Best War Novels
1,671 books — 1,388 voters

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueRegeneration by Pat BarkerGoodbye to All That by Robert GravesMemoirs of an Infantry Officer by Siegfried SassoonJohnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
World War One Literature
224 books — 357 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Red Badge of Courage by Stephen CraneSophie’s Choice by William StyronThe Caine Mutiny by Herman WoukCold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Literature of War - Fiction
200 books — 25 voters

Matterhorn by Karl MarlantesA Rumor of War by Philip CaputoA Bright Shining Lie by Neil SheehanThe Quiet American by Graham GreeneThe Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam
Best Literature About the Vietnam War
328 books — 635 voters
Call Me By Your Name by André AcimanThe Persian Boy by Mary RenaultAt Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'NeillBrokeback Mountain by Annie ProulxDeath in Venice by Thomas Mann
Best Gay Fiction
2,658 books — 3,858 voters

The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,112 books — 2,345 voters