Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Ulla (12 Lists)



Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesThe Host by Stephenie MeyerOutlander by Diana GabaldonMrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
I Don't Understand All That Fuss
1,017 books — 2,559 voters
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellGhostwritten by David MitchellCloud Atlas by David MitchellThe Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
David Mitchell
11 books — 106 voters

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiNorwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
770 books — 3,247 voters
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,302 books — 4,502 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienRoots by Alex HaleyWild Swans by Jung ChangLiberty by Jakob EjersboWe, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 7,003 voters
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouOut of Africa by Isak Dinesen
Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Best Non-Fiction Books
100 books — 180 voters

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,222 books — 8,064 voters
Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl
A Book My Father Gave Me
264 books — 222 voters

Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
What's the Book You Can't Wait to Read This Summer?
13,848 books — 14,538 voters
What to Expect When You're Expecting by Heidi MurkoffEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Host by Stephenie MeyerThe Savage Detectives by Roberto BolañoNever Mind by Edward St. Aubyn
The Worst Books of All Time
8,100 books — 19,874 voters

Out of Africa by Isak DinesenKilroy Kilroy by Ib MichaelNordkraft by Jakob EjersboLiberty by Jakob EjersboI Have Seen the World Begin by Carsten Jensen
Best Scandinavian and Nordic Literature
1,210 books — 1,246 voters
Out of Africa by Isak DinesenKilroy Kilroy by Ib MichaelWater for Elephants by Sara GruenSiddhartha by Hermann HesseKon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl
Best Books Ever
75,746 books — 281,578 voters