Goodreads Choice Awards Opening Round

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Steve (19 Lists)



The Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonClear and Present Danger by Tom ClancyPatriot Games by Tom ClancyThe Cardinal of the Kremlin by Tom Clancy
Best Spy Novels
1,513 books — 2,761 voters
Dreamcatcher by Stephen KingCujo by Stephen KingDesperation by Stephen KingNeedful Things by Stephen KingCell by Stephen King
Worst Stephen King books
63 books — 490 voters

All-Star Superman, Vol. 1 by Grant MorrisonAll-Star Superman, Vol. 2 by Grant MorrisonSuperman by Mark WaidThe Death of Superman by Dan Jurgens
Best of Superman
300 books — 245 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickPrince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,123 books — 10,100 voters

X-Men by Chris ClaremontThe Amazing Spider-Man by Gerry ConwayX-Men by Chris ClaremontMarvels by Kurt BusiekThe Amazing Spider-Man by David Michelinie
Best of Marvel Comics
746 books — 291 voters
Spider-Man by Jeph LoebThe Amazing Spider-Man by J.M. DeMatteisThe Amazing Spider-Man by Gerry ConwaySpider-Man by Stan LeeSpider-Man by Tom DeFalco
Best of Spider-Man
266 books — 134 voters

The Shining by Stephen KingHeart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Ghost Stories
1,619 books — 2,162 voters
X-Men by Chris ClaremontAstonishing X-Men Omnibus by Joss WhedonX-Men by Greg PakWolverine by Paul Jenkins
Best of the X-Men
295 books — 123 voters

Angels & Demons by Dan BrownThe Godfather by Mario PuzoShutter Island by Dennis LehaneDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,593 books — 16,874 voters
The Manchurian Candidate by Richard CondonA Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
Mind Control Fiction
344 books — 149 voters

The Gunslinger by Stephen King
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,891 books — 27,123 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,158 books — 27,064 voters

One Day at Horrorland by R.L. StineSay Cheese and Die! by R.L. StineWelcome to Dead House by R.L. StineThe Ghost Next Door by R.L. StineGhost Camp by R.L. Stine
The Best of Goosebumps
71 books — 260 voters
The Bad Beginning by Lemony SnicketCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingJames and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlSideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Best Books for Morbid Kids
734 books — 525 voters

The Shining by Stephen KingIt by Stephen King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingDracula by Bram Stoker
Best Horror Novels
2,146 books — 5,863 voters
The Last Lecture by Randy PauschAngels & Demons by Dan BrownThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,208 books — 28,381 voters

It by Stephen KingFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyDracula by Bram Stoker’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Best Monster Books!
564 books — 522 voters
Jurassic Park by Michael CrichtonAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonJourney to the Center of the Earth by Jules VerneTimeline by Michael Crichton
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,936 books — 26,339 voters

Best Books Ever
80,159 books — 298,903 voters