Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Rowan Smith (18 Lists)



Tenth of December by George SaundersThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttThe Unwinding by George PackerThe Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 818 voters
Finnegans Wake by James JoyceGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceNaked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
Most Difficult Novels
588 books — 2,044 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace2666 by Roberto BolañoThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldSnow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Reddit Recommendations
577 books — 762 voters
The Instructions by Adam Levin
Best Unappreciated Books
4,337 books — 2,179 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books Ever
75,728 books — 281,564 voters
Jesus’ Son by Denis JohnsonA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorBrief Interviews with Hideous Men by David Foster WallaceThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Best Reading for the Contemporary Writer
126 books — 224 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
The Great American Novel
670 books — 1,089 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best Young Adult Books
13,099 books — 80,154 voters

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisEverything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran FoerKafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,374 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,392 books — 119,637 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez2666 by Roberto BolañoTwenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo NerudaFicciones by Jorge Luis Borges
Latin American Fiction
863 books — 1,155 voters
A Storm of Swords by George R.R. MartinAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanThe Dark Tower by Stephen King
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,049 books — 9,876 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,302 books — 4,500 voters
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiA Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
770 books — 3,247 voters

Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran FoerKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,856 books — 21,914 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceThe Instructions by Adam LevinThe Recognitions by William GaddisThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 7,003 voters