Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Michael (8 Lists)



The Black Chalice by Marie Jakober
Best Fantasy Books with Gay Main Characters
1,261 books — 2,640 voters
The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCulloughI, Claudius by Robert GravesThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Best Historical Fiction
7,318 books — 25,525 voters

I, Claudius by Robert GravesThe First Man in Rome by Colleen McCulloughThe Grass Crown by Colleen McCulloughClaudius the God and His Wife Messalina by Robert GravesCaesar by Colleen McCullough
Best Historical Fiction About Ancient Rome
360 books — 597 voters
I, Claudius by Robert GravesThe First Man in Rome by Colleen McCulloughClaudius the God and His Wife Messalina by Robert GravesThe Grass Crown by Colleen McCulloughCaesar's Women by Colleen McCullough
Best Books About Ancient Rome
737 books — 1,081 voters

Peter the Great by Robert K. MassieNicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie
Best Biographies
1,652 books — 2,934 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,815 books — 49,777 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,396 books — 119,657 voters
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward GibbonA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson1066 by David HowarthNicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best History Books
3,686 books — 3,722 voters