Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kyle (27 Lists)



Against the Day by Thomas PynchonGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonMason & Dixon by Thomas PynchonInherent Vice by Thomas PynchonThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
Ranking the works of Thomas Pynchon
9 books — 261 voters
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Recovering from Grief and Loss
156 books — 173 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Pompous Books to Read in Public
307 books — 153 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
The Great American Novel
670 books — 1,089 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.White Noise by Don DeLillo
A Postmodernist "Canon"
273 books — 171 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceMason & Dixon by Thomas PynchonGravity's Rainbow by Thomas PynchonThe Recognitions by William GaddisAgainst the Day by Thomas Pynchon
Geniuses: Books by MacArthur Fellows
122 books — 40 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Complete Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
Best Books Ever
75,831 books — 281,780 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
The 800+ page Gorillaz
459 books — 518 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonThe Recognitions by William GaddisThe Sot-Weed Factor by John BarthThe Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien
Postmodern Genius
508 books — 584 voters
Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
Great Series-Fantasy
155 books — 38 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
(Not) Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
100 books — 159 voters
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Most Poetic Book Titles
2,064 books — 890 voters

Fall of Light by Steven EriksonDancer's Lament by Ian C. Esslemont
2016 Highly Anticipated Fantasy
203 books — 1,293 voters
Red Rising by Pierce BrownThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,195 books — 8,938 voters

Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,404 books — 119,670 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Most Interesting Magic System
2,612 books — 8,763 voters

The Doors of Stone by Patrick RothfussThe Winds of Winter by George R.R. Martin
Hurry Up and Release It!!!
252 books — 3,792 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceWomen and Men by Joseph McElroy
Most Difficult Novels
588 books — 2,044 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceThe Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 7,002 voters
Memories of Ice by Steven EriksonDeadhouse Gates by Steven EriksonThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchToll the Hounds by Steven EriksonThe Bonehunters by Steven Erikson
Best Dark Fantasy
529 books — 689 voters

Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
Best Fantasy World
1,644 books — 1,994 voters
Gardens of the Moon by Steven EriksonThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
/r/Fantasy Top Novels of All Time
297 books — 425 voters

Gardens of the Moon by Steven EriksonThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,066 books — 11,664 voters
Fall of Light by Steven EriksonSharp Ends by Joe AbercrombieDancer's Lament by Ian C. Esslemont
Can't Wait Science Fiction/Fantasy of 2016
432 books — 1,812 voters

Deadhouse Gates by Steven EriksonMemories of Ice by Steven EriksonThe Bonehunters by Steven EriksonReaper's Gale by Steven Erikson
The Grimdarks
476 books — 1,172 voters
Memories of Ice by Steven EriksonThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchA Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,050 books — 9,877 voters

Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,158 books — 25,688 voters