Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Dave (16 Lists)



Burning Country by Robin Yassin-KassabThe Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy by John J. MearsheimerA History of the Modern Middle East by William L. ClevelandOrientalism by Edward W. Said
Introduction to Middle Eastern History
104 books — 13 voters
Democracy and Education by John DeweySummerhill School by A.S. NeillHow Children Fail by John C. HoltPedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire
Great Books on Education
174 books — 106 voters

The Conquest of Bread by Pyotr KropotkinMutual Aid by Pyotr Kropotkin
Anarchist books
472 books — 374 voters
Churchill by Clive Ponting
British History
785 books — 203 voters

Orientalism by Edward W. SaidA History of the Arab Peoples by Albert HouraniCulture and Imperialism by Edward W. Said
Best Middle East Nonfiction
535 books — 373 voters
How Rich Countries Got Rich and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor by Erik S. ReinertThe Spirit Level by Richard G. WilkinsonMutual Aid by Pyotr KropotkinThe Conquest of Bread by Pyotr KropotkinThe Making of the English Working Class by E.P. Thompson
Best Left-Texts
669 books — 359 voters

The Precariat by Guy StandingWhigs and Hunters by E.P. ThompsonThe World Turned Upside Down by Christopher HillThe Making of the English Working Class by E.P. Thompson
The Working Classes
59 books — 26 voters
The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal NehruElementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency in Colonial India by Ranajit Guha
Indian History
337 books — 168 voters

Private Island by James MeekManufacturing Consent by Edward S. HermanThe Economics of Climate Change by Nicholas SternWhy It's Kicking Off Everywhere by Paul Mason
Best Books To Become An Informed UK Voter
132 books — 47 voters
The Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō AbeSnow Country by Yasunari KawabataA Personal Matter by Kenzaburō ŌeThe Silent Cry by Kenzaburō Ōe
Best Japanese Books
770 books — 3,247 voters

Profiting Without Producing by Costas LapavitsasThe Global Minotaur by Yanis Varoufakis
Post-crash Economics: A Reading List
67 books — 18 voters
Postwar by Tony JudtThe Making of the English Working Class by E.P. ThompsonThe Age of Extremes, 1914-1991 by Eric J. HobsbawmThe Age of Revolution, 1789–1848 by Eric J. HobsbawmThe Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of P... by Fernand Braudel
Best History Books
3,686 books — 3,723 voters

The Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard P. FeynmanSix Easy Pieces by Richard P. Feynman
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,836 books — 3,595 voters
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan PappéPalestine by Jimmy Carter
Books on the Israel Palestine Conflict (fiction and nonfiction)
460 books — 708 voters

An Essay on the History of Civil Society by Adam FergusonCommon Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings by Thomas Paine
Politics
492 books — 461 voters
The Proposed Roads to Freedom by Bertrand RussellMutual Aid by Pyotr Kropotkin
Socialist Classics
419 books — 327 voters