Goodreads Choice Awards Opening Round

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Cheryl (22 Lists)



The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesBinti by Nnedi OkoraforAll Systems Red by Martha WellsDune by Frank Herbert
Best Science Fiction
3,957 books — 8,227 voters
The Martian by Andy WeirAltered Carbon by Richard K. MorganOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodAncillary Justice by Ann LeckieNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,234 books — 9,184 voters

Dune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellFoundation by Isaac AsimovSnow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,936 books — 26,340 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodV for Vendetta by Alan Moore
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,158 books — 27,065 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Kindle Unlimited Fantasy and Science Fiction Favorites
3,648 books — 2,842 voters
The Good Luck Cat by Joy HarjoSimon's Cat by Simon TofieldCat by B. KlibanI Could Pee on This by Francesco MarciulianoAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Great Cat Books
1,610 books — 1,142 voters

Circe by Madeline MillerSpace Opera by Catherynne M. ValenteRogue Protocol by Martha Wells
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2018
519 books — 1,552 voters
Coraline by P. Craig RussellThe Hobbit by Chuck DixonThe Gunslinger Born by Peter DavidTwo Brothers by Fábio MoonNeil Gaiman's Neverwhere by Mike Carey
Graphic Novels, Comics and Manga adaptations
356 books — 93 voters

American Gods by Neil GaimanNorse Mythology by Neil GaimanThe Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún by J.R.R. TolkienThe Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan
Norse Mythology
303 books — 423 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniAnimal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Great American Read - What They Missed
548 books — 578 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerGiovanni’s Room by James BaldwinThe Woman Who Owned the Shadows by Paula Gunn AllenAnother Country by James BaldwinThe Way of Thorn and Thunder by Daniel Heath Justice
Books by LGBTQ People of Color
513 books — 150 voters
Sovereign Erotics by Qwo-Li Driskill
Two-Spirit / Indigenous LGBTQ Books
109 books — 36 voters

The Collected Poems by Langston HughesThe Complete Collected Poems by Maya AngelouThe Poetry of Pablo Neruda by Pablo NerudaSelected Poems by Gwendolyn BrooksLoose Woman by Sandra Cisneros
Favorite Poets of Color
600 books — 199 voters
Love Medicine by Louise ErdrichFools Crow by James WelchThe Antelope Wife by Louise ErdrichThe Round House by Louise ErdrichTracks by Louise Erdrich
Best Native American/First Nations Fiction
596 books — 373 voters

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,886 books — 70,455 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,801 books — 49,894 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Giver by Lois LowryTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Young Adult Books
13,021 books — 80,518 voters
No Normal by G. Willow WilsonDoes My Head Look Big In This? by Randa Abdel-FattahThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniGeneration Why by G. Willow Wilson
Muslims Represented in Literature
374 books — 244 voters

My Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
YA with Jewish Characters
171 books — 80 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerAnother Country by James BaldwinThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
PBS’s The Great American Read: List of America’s Top 100 Books
100 books — 2,372 voters