Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by James (9 Lists)



Terrorism and Communism by Leon TrotskyThe Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson
Revolutions
15 books — 7 voters
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Around the World in 100 Books
1,316 books — 706 voters

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Recommended by Coke Talk
38 books — 8 voters
The Armies of the Night by Norman MailerThe Looming Tower by Lawrence WrightGhost Wars by Steve CollThe Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
Pulitzer Winners: General Non-fiction
85 books — 343 voters

The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Italian Historical Fiction
114 books — 41 voters
Hitch 22 by Christopher HitchensArguably by Christopher HitchensLolita by Vladimir NabokovWhy Orwell Matters by Christopher HitchensCandide by Voltaire
You don't know Christopher Hitchens until you've read
127 books — 105 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceThe Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Best Literary Fiction, 700+ pages
106 books — 99 voters
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith ViorstThe Poky Little Puppy by Janette Sebring LowreyOh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss
Best Children's Books
5,303 books — 6,682 voters

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
NPR Top 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
100 books — 22 voters