Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jenna (13 Lists)



New Rome by Paul StephensonAfter the Romanovs by Helen RappaportA Taste for Poison by Neil BradburyChasing History by Carl BernsteinThe Last Slave Ship by Ben Raines
History Published in Year: 2022
719 books — 86 voters
The Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienGood Omens by Terry PratchettUprooted by Naomi NovikStardust by Neil GaimanElantris by Brandon Sanderson
Best Stand-Alone Fantasy Book
254 books — 198 voters

Magic's Pawn by Mercedes LackeyMagic's Price by Mercedes LackeyMagic's Promise by Mercedes Lackey
Best Fantasy Books with Gay Main Characters
1,260 books — 2,639 voters
Alanna by Tamora PierceThe Woman Who Rides Like a Man by Tamora PierceIn the Hand of the Goddess by Tamora PierceKushiel's Dart by Jacqueline CareyKushiel's Avatar by Jacqueline Carey
Best Heroine in a Fantasy Book
1,482 books — 1,787 voters

The City of Brass by S.A. ChakrabortyDune by Frank HerbertAcross the Nightingale Floor by Lian HearnThe Star-Touched Queen by Roshani ChokshiA Crown of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi
Asian Fantasy & Science Fiction
501 books — 305 voters
The Broken Crown by Michelle WestStorm Warning by Mercedes LackeyDeathless by Catherynne M. ValenteThe Bone Doll's Twin by Lynn FlewellingThe Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
Best Fantasy Series: Hidden Gems
610 books — 451 voters

Listen, Liberal by Thomas Frank
Books for Post-Election Understanding
197 books — 139 voters
Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey
Adult-targeted secondary-world fantasy with noteworthy heroines or female protagonists?
227 books — 57 voters

1984 by George OrwellManufacturing Consent by Edward S. HermanThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Left-Texts
669 books — 359 voters
Our Revolution by Bernie Sanders1984 by George OrwellManufacturing Consent by Edward S. HermanRights of Man by Thomas PaineListen, Liberal by Thomas Frank
Best Progressive Reads
1,064 books — 711 voters

Our Revolution by Bernie SandersLies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them by Al Franken
Books to Read under the Trump Administration
1,169 books — 518 voters
Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline CareyThe Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel KayDeathless by Catherynne M. ValenteThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
SciFi & Fantasy Books With Beautiful Prose
108 books — 101 voters

Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline CareyMagic's Pawn by Mercedes LackeyThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinMagic's Price by Mercedes LackeyMagic's Promise by Mercedes Lackey
LGBTQ Science Fiction and Fantasy
2,039 books — 1,952 voters