Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by kell_xavi (18 Lists)



In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord
Best Baseball Novels of All Time
124 books — 186 voters
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. SchwabA Gathering of Shadows by V.E. SchwabA Conjuring of Light by V.E. SchwabNinefox Gambit by Yoon Ha LeeThe Book of Kells by Bernard Meehan
People and Places Named Kell
17 books — 3 voters

Wildwood by Colin MeloyMay Bird and the Ever After by Jodi Lynn AndersonThe Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews EdwardsEvery Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuireThe Land of Roar by Jenny McLachlan
Down the Rabbit Hole in Children's Fantasy
214 books — 48 voters
Seafire by Natalie C. ParkerIn Deeper Waters by F.T. LukensMonstress, Volume 2 by Marjorie M. LiuMonstress, Volume 3 by Marjorie M. LiuA Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab
Gay Pirates and Sea Creatures
61 books — 20 voters

Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal by Anna WhateleyPlease Don't Hug Me by Kay KerrHoshi and the Red City Circuit by Dora M. RaymakerThe Someday Birds by Sally J. PlaThe State of Grace by Rachael Lucas
Autism Own Voices Fiction
101 books — 82 voters
The Gargoyle by Andrew DavidsonSon of a Witch by Gregory MaguireLambs of God by Marele DayLes Misérables by Victor HugoNow I Know by Aidan Chambers
Monasteries and Convents
228 books — 65 voters

The Museum of Unconditional Surrender by Dubravka UgrešićReborn by Susan SontagAs Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh by Susan SontagThe Collected Works of Billy the Kid by Michael OndaatjeRadio Benjamin by Walter Benjamin
Mentioned in Lost Children Archive: On Landscape, Love, and History
50 books — 2 voters
The Black God's Drums by P. Djèlí ClarkClap When You Land by Elizabeth AcevedoSlay by Brittney MorrisWith the Fire on High by Elizabeth AcevedoHow Long 'til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin
Black Hairstyles (Covers)
112 books — 27 voters

Scenes of Subjection by Saidiya HartmanSick Woman Theory by Johanna HedvaMeeting the Universe Halfway by Karen BaradQueer by Meg-John BarkerExile and Pride by Eli Clare
Whitney's Heaven: On Gender, Queerness, and Mothers
36 books — 1 voter
Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 1 by James Tynion IVBoys of Alabama by Genevieve HudsonProsper's Demon by K.J. ParkerEmpire of Wild by Cherie DimalineTrickster Drift by Eden Robinson
North American Supernatural Realism
71 books — 20 voters

Disobedience by Naomi AldermanWilla & Hesper by Amy Feltman
Jewish LGBT Books
321 books — 114 voters
The Library of Lost Things by Matthew BrightHexagrammaton by Hanuš SeinerBlood Is Another Word for Hunger by Rivers Solomon
The Short Fiction of tor.com
404 books — 238 voters

Little Blue Encyclopedia by Hazel Jane PlanteDear Twin by Addie Brook TsaiFierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng ThomLyric Sexology Vol. 1 by Trish SalahSmall Beauty by Jia Qing Wilson-Yang
Metonymy Press
15 books — 2 voters
Freshwater by Akwaeke EmeziAutobiography of Red by Anne CarsonThe Wallcreeper by Nell Zink
experimental writing by women, non-binary writers & men of colour
122 books — 24 voters

The City & the City by China MiévillePerfume by Patrick SüskindWho Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
World Fantasy Award Winners
57 books — 273 voters
A Crack in the Line by Michael LawrenceA Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
YA Books with Parallel Universes
137 books — 133 voters

The Wish List by Eoin ColferThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Afterlife
346 books — 226 voters
I am J by Cris BeamNevada by Imogen BinnieSmall Beauty by Jia Qing Wilson-YangCemetery Boys by Aiden ThomasOn a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
Booklist for Trans Teens
386 books — 487 voters