Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Halie Petersen (29 Lists)



The Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,730 books — 25,951 voters
Wonder by R.J. PalacioThe Giver by Lois LowryA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Most emotional books
892 books — 948 voters

Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly HuntWonder by R.J. Palacio
Mock Newbery 2010/2011
82 books — 250 voters
Alice in Wonderland by Jane Carruth
Best Books Everyone Needs To Read
104 books — 73 voters

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettNight by Elie WieselAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Books Every Human Being Should Read
2,986 books — 1,981 voters
A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer
Books You've Read That Have Made You Weep
172 books — 97 voters

A Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Books that Made You Cry!
3,356 books — 7,893 voters
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally CarterHeist Society by Ally Carter
Best Series
3,343 books — 9,418 voters

Now Is the Time for Running by Michael WilliamsTangerine by Edward BloorBreakaway by Alex MorganSoccerland by Beth ChoatShoot-Out by Mike Lupica
Soccer Books! (for Middle Grade!)
177 books — 25 voters
The Night Gardener by Jonathan AuxierThe Crossover by Kwame AlexanderLoot by Jude Watson
Newbery 2015
140 books — 587 voters

Champion by Marie Lu"The President Has Been Shot!" by James L. SwansonI Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiSure Signs of Crazy by Karen HarringtonCounting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Newbery 2014
120 books — 471 voters
Outcasts United by Warren St. JohnThe Girls of Summer by Jere Longman
Best Football (Soccer) Books
510 books — 385 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Giver by Lois LowryCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottNight by Elie Wiesel
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,394 books — 119,647 voters
Red Thread Sisters by Carol Antoinette PeacockWonder by R.J. PalacioUngifted by Gordon Korman
Sasquatch Award & Young Readers Choice Award books 2015
18 books — 9 voters

Wonder by R.J. PalacioOne for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly HuntSpy School by Stuart GibbsMr. Terupt Falls Again by Rob BuyeaRed Thread Sisters by Carol Antoinette Peacock
Middle Grade Novels of 2012
253 books — 633 voters
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally CarterStormbreaker by Anthony HorowitzDon't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally CarterHeist Society by Ally CarterOnly the Good Spy Young by Ally Carter
Worlds Greatest Teen Spy Novels
396 books — 465 voters

Saving Mr. Terupt by Rob BuyeaFish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly HuntA Night Divided by Jennifer A. NielsenFrom the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess by Meg CabotAuggie & Me by R.J. Palacio
Middle Grade Novels of 2015
588 books — 1,122 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryHoles by Louis SacharElla Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Best Young Adult Books
13,099 books — 80,152 voters

The Winter of Red Snow by Kristiana GregoryChains by Laurie Halse AndersonSophia's War by Avi
Revolutionary War-Young Readers
20 books — 14 voters
The Boy on the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson
Well-Written Holocaust Books
890 books — 2,879 voters

The Sacred Acre by Mark A. Tabb
IHSBA 2013-2014
12 books — 2 voters
The Sacred Acre by Mark A. Tabb
Top reads for sports fans
954 books — 769 voters

The Sacred Acre by Mark A. Tabb
Best (American) Football Books
229 books — 178 voters
Double Crossed by Ally Carter
Spy Kids
313 books — 704 voters

Killing Reagan by Bill O'ReillyKilling Lincoln by Bill O'ReillyNow It Can Be Told by Leslie R. GrovesHeisenberg's War by Thomas PowersDark Sun by Richard Rhodes
Non Fiction Books I Want To Read
141 books — 6 voters
The Sacred Acre by Mark A. Tabb
Sports Biography (nonfiction)
248 books — 95 voters

The Crown by Kiera Cass
The "Can't Wait" Books of 2016
1,249 books — 4,498 voters
Bomb by Steve Sheinkin
Remember Hiroshima
41 books — 27 voters

Night by Elie Wiesel
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,790 books — 6,324 voters