Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Veeler.Play (24 Lists)



A History of Ukraine by Paul Robert Magocsi
Best Eastern European History Books
232 books — 50 voters
The Gates of Europe by Serhii PlokhyBloodlands by Timothy Snyder
Best books to understand Ukraine
70 books — 18 voters

The Last Man in Russia by Oliver Bullough
The Economist - book reviews 2013 Q2-3
6 books — 5 voters
Man-Eaters of Kumaon by Jim CorbettThe Man-Eaters of Tsavo by John Henry PattersonAnnapurna, First Conquest of an 8000-Meter Peak by Maurice HerzogThrough the Brazilian Wilderness by Theodore Roosevelt
50 Best Non-Fiction Adventure Books: The Essential Man's Library
56 books — 175 voters

Naughty Nomad by Mark Zolo
Ultimate Backpacking Novels
469 books — 1,134 voters
Naughty Nomad by Mark Zolo
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,117 books — 1,846 voters

The Emperor by Ryszard KapuścińskiHarry Truman's Excellent Adventure by Matthew AlgeoNaughty Nomad by Mark ZoloMani by Patrick Leigh FermorA House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout
Favorite Travel Books
2,017 books — 3,939 voters
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch AlbomThe Flight of the Feathered Serpent by Armando CosaniConversations with God by Neale Donald WalschLiving Buddha, Living Christ by Thich Nhat HanhPeace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh
Best Spiritual Books
1,480 books — 1,328 voters

Borderland by Anna ReidStalin by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Best Russian History and Literature Books
85 books — 39 voters
Украинская история, российская политика, европейское будущее by Timothy SnyderUkraine Diaries by Andrey Kurkov
Books about Euromaidan - Книги про Євромайдан
80 books — 9 voters

Winter Is Coming by Garry Kasparov
The Putinist Years
95 books — 39 voters
A Russian Diary by Anna PolitkovskayaPutin's Russia by Anna PolitkovskayaWinter Is Coming by Garry KasparovPutin's Wars by Marcel H. Van Herpen
Путин / Putin
111 books — 14 voters

Three Cups of Tea by Greg MortensonInfidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliTrotsky by Dmitri VolkogonovStalin by Dmitri VolkogonovLenin by Dmitri Volkogonov
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,795 books — 6,333 voters
The God Delusion by Richard DawkinsCosmos by Carl SaganThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,226 books — 8,065 voters

The Vagina Monologues by V (formerly Eve Ensler)The Feminine Mystique by Betty FriedanPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Best Feminist Books
2,498 books — 3,505 voters
A Brief History of Neoliberalism by David HarveyThe Spirit Level by Richard G. WilkinsonNo Logo by Naomi KleinMutual Aid by Pyotr KropotkinThe Assault on Reason by Al Gore
Best Left-Texts
669 books — 359 voters

U.S. Constitution (Saddlewire) by Founding FathersThe Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the Uni... by Founding FathersLiberal Fascism by Jonah GoldbergThe Federalist Papers by Alexander HamiltonCommon Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings by Thomas Paine
Best Conservative Books
523 books — 319 voters
The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. HayekEconomics in One Lesson by Henry HazlittAnarchy, State, and Utopia by Robert NozickThe Constitution of Liberty by Friedrich A. HayekCommon Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings by Thomas Paine
Best Libertarian Books
385 books — 288 voters

The Holy Bible by AnonymousThe Bhagavad Gita by Krishna-Dwaipayana VyasaTao Te Ching by Lao TzuThe Upanishads by AnonymousThe Dhammapada by Anonymous
Best Holy Books
267 books — 531 voters
The Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Holy Bible by AnonymousDeclaration of Independence, Constitution of the United State... by Founding FathersAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam SmithRelativity by Albert Einstein
The Most Influential Books
1,480 books — 5,281 voters

Being and Time by Martin HeideggerMeditations by Marcus AureliusFear and Trembling by Søren KierkegaardPoetry, Language, Thought by Martin HeideggerMetaphysics by Aristotle
Best World Philosophy Book
953 books — 1,420 voters
God Is Not Great by Christopher HitchensThe Portable Atheist by Christopher HitchensThe Age of Reason by Thomas PaineA Universe from Nothing by Lawrence M. KraussGod by Victor J. Stenger
Notable Atheist Books
543 books — 937 voters