Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Arn (19 Lists)



The Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Odyssey by HomerThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Most Influential Books
1,480 books — 5,281 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Unforgettables
11,591 books — 7,255 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,286 books — 10,015 voters
1984 by George Orwell
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,481 books — 5,715 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,439 books — 8,374 voters
The Plague by Albert CamusFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
I'm glad someone made me read this book
10,635 books — 10,195 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Humorous Books
4,300 books — 7,856 voters
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 7,003 voters

The Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,222 books — 8,064 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
14,341 books — 14,493 voters

Manufacturing Consent by Edward S. HermanManufacturing Consent by Mark AchbarManufacturing Consent by Michael BurawoyPropaganda in the Information Age by Alan MacleodManufacturing Babies and Public Consent by José van Dijck
"Consent"
97 books — 10 voters
Gender Queer by Maia KobabeThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasThis Book Is Gay by Juno DawsonMaus I by Art SpiegelmanThe Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Best Teen/YA books that where banned, censored, challanged
11 books — 7 voters

This Book Is Gay by Juno DawsonMaus I by Art SpiegelmanThe Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
924 books — 2,382 voters
The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsPerfume by Patrick Süskind
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,560 books — 18,691 voters

Empowering Encounters with Audre Lorde by Marion KraftArbeit und Struktur by Wolfgang HerrndorfTschick by Wolfgang HerrndorfWir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo by Christiane V. FelscherinowDie Känguru-Chroniken by Marc-Uwe Kling
Berlin
316 books — 187 voters
Perfume by Patrick SüskindDie Physiker by Friedrich DürrenmattBuddenbrooks by Thomas MannDie Vermessung der Welt by Daniel Kehlmann
Best German Authors
606 books — 703 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Best Feminist Young Adult Books
1,321 books — 1,341 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Best Books Ever
75,720 books — 281,529 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyPerfume by Patrick Süskind
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,392 books — 119,636 voters