Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Samm | Sassenach the Book Wizard (46 Lists)



The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson BennettHeavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay ZhaoEmily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather FawcettThe Familiar by Leigh BardugoTo Gaze Upon Wicked Gods by Molly X. Chang
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2024
496 books — 934 voters
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. KluneThe Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
Best Books of the Decade: 2020's
2,913 books — 5,300 voters

Always Be My Duchess by Amalie Howard
2022 Historical Romance (July - December)
114 books — 68 voters
One for All by Lillie LainoffLocklands by Robert Jackson BennettThe Lady Tempts an Heir by Harper St. George
Can't Wait Books of 2022
1,221 books — 2,080 voters

Amari and the Great Game by B.B. AlstonKelcie Murphy and the Academy for the Unbreakable Arts by Erika LewisThe Midnight Orchestra by Jessica KhouryThe Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton
Middle Grade Novels of 2022
437 books — 311 voters
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Canadian Indigenous Books
151 books — 48 voters

All the Horses of Iceland by Sarah TolmieNona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Can't Wait Science Fiction/Fantasy of 2022
543 books — 1,412 voters
The Genesis Wars by Akemi Dawn BowmanGallant by V.E. SchwabMy Fine Fellow by Jennieke CohenBlood Scion by Deborah FalayeSo This Is Ever After by F.T. Lukens
YA Novels of 2022
760 books — 1,403 voters

Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
Can't Wait Books of 2021
1,172 books — 2,353 voters
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah PennerThe Witch's Heart by Genevieve GornichecDead Dead Girls by Nekesa AfiaA Tip for the Hangman by Allison Epstein
2021 Debuts - Adult
272 books — 483 voters

Sweet & Bitter Magic by Adrienne TooleyA Dragonbird in the Fern by Laura RueckertWitches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon SmartDaughter of Sparta by Claire M. AndrewsThese Feathered Flames by Alexandra Overy
2021 Debut MG/YA Novels
203 books — 388 voters
The Light of the Midnight Stars by Rena RossnerSweet & Bitter Magic by Adrienne TooleyThe Bone Maker by Sarah Beth DurstWinter’s Orbit by Everina MaxwellBone Crier's Dawn by Kathryn Purdie
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2021
597 books — 1,494 voters

Flash Fire by T.J. KluneIn Deeper Waters by F.T. LukensGearbreakers by Zoe Hana MikutaAll of Us Villains by Amanda FoodyThis Golden Flame by Emily Victoria
2021 YA Books with LGBT Themes
203 books — 746 voters
Winterkeep by Kristin CashoreDarling by K. AncrumAngel of Greenwood by Randi Pink
YA Novels of 2021
783 books — 2,471 voters

Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart
YA Debuts 2021
86 books — 282 voters
The Diviners by Libba BrayLair of Dreams by Libba BrayThe Girl from the Savoy by Hazel GaynorThe Paris Wife by Paula McLain
Fiction Set in 1920s
160 books — 93 voters

An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors by Curtis CraddockA Labyrinth of Scions and Sorcery by Curtis CraddockThe Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks by Mackenzi LeeThe Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi LeeThe Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee
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70 books — 9 voters
Darling by K. Ancrum
Peter Pan Retellings
268 books — 309 voters

The Girl King by Mimi YuThe Gilded Wolves by Roshani ChokshiWhite Stag by Kara BarbieriA Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid KemmererKing of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
YA Releases of January, 2019
60 books — 362 voters
Once & Future by A.R. CapettaLady Smoke by Laura SebastianThe Triumphant by Lesley LivingstonAurora Rising by Amie KaufmanThe Girl King by Mimi Yu
YA Novels 2019 - Teen Content, Teen characters (Check the comments)
939 books — 1,167 voters

Shadow & Flame by Mindee Arnett
YA Releases of June, 2019
47 books — 216 voters
Archenemies by Marissa MeyerGirls of Paper and Fire by Natasha NganOutrun the Wind by Elizabeth TammiUmbertouched by Livia BlackburneThe Storyteller by Traci Chee
YA Releases of November 2018
41 books — 116 voters

King of Scars by Leigh BardugoNinth House by Leigh Bardugo
Can't Wait Books of 2019
1,500 books — 3,368 voters
A Touch of Gold by Annie Sullivan
Pitch Wars 2018 Mentor Books
97 books — 99 voters

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi AdeyemiAru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani ChokshiThe Serpent's Secret by Sayantani DasGupta
2018 YA/MG Books With POC Leads
249 books — 291 voters
The Iron Flower by Laurie Forest
Most Anticipated Books of 2018
472 books — 784 voters

A Touch of Gold by Annie Sullivan
YA Novels of 2018
1,022 books — 5,012 voters
A Touch of Gold by Annie Sullivan
YA Modern Retellings
429 books — 824 voters


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