Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Joey (15 Lists)



The Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinThe Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim ButcherThe Grace of Kings by Ken LiuShadows of Self by Brandon SandersonThe Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi
Hugo 2016 Eligible Works
476 books — 1,085 voters
The Day of the Triffids by John WyndhamWhen the Tripods Came by John ChristopherThe White Mountains by John ChristopherThe Pool of Fire by John ChristopherThe City of Gold and Lead by John Christopher
British Post-Apocalyptic Books
90 books — 40 voters

Foundling by D.M. CornishDawn by Octavia E. ButlerAdulthood Rites by Octavia E. ButlerImago by Octavia E. ButlerNeuromancer by William Gibson
The Biopunk Collection
82 books — 56 voters
Blood Music by Greg BearI Am Legend by Richard MathesonOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
All Humans Fled
20 books — 16 voters

Doom 2099 by Warren EllisWorlds by Joe HaldemanVoice of the Whirlwind by Walter Jon WilliamsBehemoth by Peter WattsBehemoth by Peter Watts
Eclipse Phase Recommended Reading
101 books — 6 voters
Black Sun Rising by C.S. FriedmanThe Black Company by Glen CookThe Blade Itself by Joe AbercrombieDusk by Tim LebbonThe Red Knight by Miles Cameron
Dark Heroic Fantasy
66 books — 110 voters

The Eye of Argon by Jim TheisRedshirts by John ScalziThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Stainless Steel Rat by Harry HarrisonCallahan's Crosstime Saloon by Spider Robinson
Best Comedic Science Ficttion Books
610 books — 1,189 voters
Salt by Mark KurlanskyGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Big History
265 books — 106 voters

Blue Moon Rising by Simon R. GreenThe First Book of Lankhmar by Fritz LeiberA Natural History of Dragons by Marie BrennanThe Savage Tales of Solomon Kane by Robert E. HowardThe Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin
r/fantasy's Official Underrated and Underread Fantasy
725 books — 1,087 voters
Gardens of the Moon by Steven EriksonThe Black Company by Glen CookThe Blade Itself by Joe AbercrombieA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinDeadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson
Military Fantasy
299 books — 587 voters

Ignition! by John Drury Clark
Elon Musk Book Recommendations
18 books — 34 voters
Ignition! by John Drury Clark
Chemistry
86 books — 26 voters

Words of Radiance by Brandon SandersonHalf a King by Joe AbercrombieThe Emperor's Blades by Brian StaveleyFool's Assassin by Robin HobbTraitor's Blade by Sebastien de Castell
Best Fantasy of 2014
145 books — 611 voters
Mistborn by Brandon SandersonMistborn Trilogy Boxed Set by Brandon SandersonThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonWords of Radiance by Brandon SandersonSteelheart by Brandon Sanderson
Best Brandon Sanderson Books
58 books — 693 voters

The Court of the Air by Stephen HuntFoundling by D.M. CornishPerdido Street Station by China Miéville
Best Steampunk Books
1,240 books — 4,093 voters