Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

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



Of Mice and Men by John SteinbeckCannery Row by John SteinbeckFlatland by Edwin A. Abbott
World's Greatest Novellas
712 books — 1,441 voters
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyTrue Grit by Charles PortisThe Crossing by Cormac McCarthyNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Literary Westerns
283 books — 386 voters

True Grit by Charles PortisBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyShane by Jack Schaefer
Best Westerns
1,373 books — 1,496 voters
Hyperion by Dan SimmonsEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank HerbertFoundation by Isaac Asimov
Best Space Opera
1,081 books — 1,729 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Dystopian Fiction of All Time
458 books — 1,292 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingDune by Frank HerbertThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
2,928 books — 3,179 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank HerbertFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyFoundation by Isaac AsimovStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,328 books — 24,579 voters
Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini
Best Unappreciated Books
4,337 books — 2,180 voters

Killing Rommel by Steven Pressfield
Best World War II History (nonfiction)
678 books — 494 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Best Classics Ever Written
481 books — 282 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienLord of the Flies by William Golding
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,404 books — 119,666 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Books Ever
75,796 books — 281,760 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. HeinleinAll You Zombies and Other Stories by Robert A. HeinleinStarship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
Best Science Fiction
3,645 books — 6,903 voters