Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kenneth Simpson (14 Lists)



In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteMystic River by Dennis LehaneThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Black Dahlia by James EllroyThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,305 books — 15,550 voters
Five Decembers by James KestrelJoyland by Stephen KingThe Colorado Kid by Stephen KingLater by Stephen King
Hard Case Crime - Imprint
131 books — 46 voters

Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Books Ever
75,719 books — 281,545 voters
J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,142 books — 25,669 voters

Storm Front by Jim Butcher
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,402 books — 12,545 voters
Lord of the Flies by William Golding1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,730 books — 25,950 voters

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyEast of Eden by John SteinbeckCannery Row by John SteinbeckAn American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
Best Twentieth Century American Novels
299 books — 226 voters
11/22/63 by Stephen King
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,635 books — 14,135 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury1984 by George OrwellThe War of the Worlds by H.G. WellsThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Science Fiction Ever Written.
1,796 books — 3,912 voters
Jaws by Peter BenchleyIt by Stephen KingI Am Legend by Richard MathesonNOS4A2 by Joe HillRed Dragon by Thomas Harris
Best Horror Novels
1,977 books — 5,437 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteEast of Eden by John SteinbeckSister Carrie by Theodore DreiserCannery Row by John Steinbeck
100 Best American Authors
751 books — 615 voters
11/22/63 by Stephen KingJoyland by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
178 books — 3,873 voters