Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Skittles Malone (191 Lists)



Honey by Imani ThompsonThe Book of Alice by Diamond FordeBelonging to the Air by Avery IronsBut Where's Home? by Toni Ann JohnsonBorn at the End of the World by Donica Merhazion
Black Author 2026 Releases
139 books — 2 voters
Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley
Indigenous Books 2025
41 books — 12 voters

Bibliophobia by Sarah Chihaya
Memoirs Published in Year: 2025
290 books — 100 voters
Never Look Back by Lilliam Rivera
Orpheus and Eurydice Retellings
48 books — 28 voters

James by Percival Everett
2025 Aspen Words Literary Prize Longlist
14 books — 4 voters
The Dance Boots by Linda LeGarde Grover
Residential Schools
74 books — 32 voters

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham JonesBat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee BakerThe Unworthy by Agustina BazterricaThe Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel CañasBochica by Carolina Flórez-Cerchiaro
Horror to Look Forward to in 2025
197 books — 141 voters
When the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida KelleyThe Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
2025 Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction
254 books — 189 voters

Medicine River by Mary Annette Pember
History Published in Year: 2025
324 books — 40 voters
Kettle Bottom by Diane GilliamStorming Heaven by Denise Giardina
Tri-State Books
105 books — 8 voters

Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
Novels that take place during covid
13 books — 3 voters
Daughter of the Merciful Deep by Leslye PenelopeLong Man by Amy GreeneCamp Lanier by Sylvester BarzeyThe Cove by Ron RashInto the Sunken City by Dinesh Thiru
Drowning Towns
423 books — 60 voters

Homeseeking by Karissa ChenJunie by Erin Crosby Eckstine
Historical Fiction 2025
322 books — 151 voters
The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion by Kei Miller
Contemporary Caribbean Authors
70 books — 6 voters

Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee BakerHot Wax by M.L. RioWake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod ChapmanWhen the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida KelleyWild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Can't Wait Books of 2025
784 books — 900 voters
These Letters End in Tears by Musih Tedji Xaviere
Anticipated 2024 Literary Fiction
303 books — 93 voters

Heavy by Kiese LaymonRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Mississippi Writers - Best 100 books by
305 books — 115 voters
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardDeath of Innocence by Mamie Till-MobleyThe Tilted World by Tom FranklinGathering of Waters by Bernice L. McFadden
Books Set in Mississippi
401 books — 91 voters

James by Percival Everett
Tom Sawyer & Huck Finn Retellings
14 books — 8 voters
Well of Souls by Kristina R. GaddyGoodbye Earl by Leesa Cross-SmithMy Black Country by Alice RandallThe New Black West by Gabriela HasbunA Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams
Beyoncé Cowboy Carter Reading List
58 books — 6 voters

Rednecks by Taylor Brown
West Virginia
210 books — 91 voters
Whiskey Tender by Deborah Jackson Taffa
Memoirs Published in Year: 2024
414 books — 68 voters

Allow Me to Introduce Myself by Onyi Nwabineli
Newer Nigerian Fiction
18 books — 16 voters
Brooklyn by Tracy BrownBroughtupsy by Christina CookeBlood at the Root by LaDarrion WilliamsA Few Rules for Predicting the Future by Octavia E. ButlerColored Television by Danzy Senna
2024 Books by Black Authors
265 books — 76 voters

Indian Burial Ground by Nick MedinaThe Blonde Dies First by Joelle WellingtonDead Girls Walking by Sami Ellis
Horror to Look Forward to in 2024
124 books — 179 voters
Blood at the Root by LaDarrion Williams
2024 Fantasy and Science Fiction Books by Black Authors
45 books — 22 voters

Kill Her Twice by Stacey Lee
2024 YA Historical Fiction
35 books — 11 voters
Thirsty by Jas Hammonds
Black Queer 2024 Releases
31 books — 12 voters

One Big Open Sky by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Middle Grade Historical Fiction of 2024
26 books — 9 voters
Tender Beasts by Liselle SamburyAnita de Monte Laughs Last by Xóchitl González
2024 Dark Academia Releases
65 books — 52 voters


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