Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Fran Hutton (12 Lists)



The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckIberia by James A. MichenerPalace Walk by Naguib MahfouzThe Girl from the Golden Horn by Kurban Said
Foreign Lands
2,346 books — 2,190 voters
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian FlemingHarold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett JohnsonWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
Best Children's Books
5,305 books — 6,694 voters

Roses for English Gardens by Gertrude Jekyll
Gardening Books
369 books — 156 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Favorite Historical Romance Novels
3,386 books — 6,015 voters

Mythology by Edith Hamilton
Norse Mythology
293 books — 409 voters
Physics and Philosophy by Werner Heisenberg
Best Philosophical Literature
1,166 books — 2,724 voters

The Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonThe Johnstown Flood by David McCullough
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,222 books — 8,064 voters
Have Space Suit—Will Travel by Robert A. HeinleinCitizen of the Galaxy by Robert A. Heinlein
Your Favorite Heinlein Novel
48 books — 311 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienDune by Frank HerbertFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
S&L Top-100 Science Fiction, Fantasy Titles
1,703 books — 2,154 voters
Hawaii by James A. MichenerThe Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper...And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven Santmyer
Best Historical Fiction
7,326 books — 25,531 voters

J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,157 books — 25,684 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,328 books — 24,579 voters