The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. KluneI’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdyRemarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van PeltThe Thursday Murder Club by Richard OsmanThe Wager by David Grann
Best Books of the Decade: 2020's
2,922 books — 5,454 voters
Never Flinch by Stephen  KingThe Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
2025 Goodreads Choice Awards Predictions
189 books — 342 voters

The Holy Bible by Anonymous
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,194 books — 11,298 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonThe Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
Best Gothic Books of All Time
585 books — 3,503 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Best Young Adult Books
13,092 books — 80,177 voters
Evermore by Alyson NoelMarked by P.C. Cast
Never finished it and never will
16 books — 4 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,567 books — 120,217 voters
Inkheart by Cornelia FunkeThe Little Ghost by Otfried PreußlerDas fliegende Klassenzimmer by Erich KästnerDie Känguru-Chroniken by Marc-Uwe KlingDie Wilden Hühner by Cornelia Funke
Best German Authors
606 books — 704 voters

The Martian by Andy WeirThe Lost Hero by Rick RiordanRoom by Emma DonoghueThe House of Hades by Rick Riordan
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,686 books — 14,178 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenRoom by Emma Donoghue
Best for Book Clubs
14,645 books — 18,484 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,833 books — 21,963 voters

Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky
Stories For Book Lovers
8,341 books — 8,386 voters
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerForrest Gump by Winston GroomThe Shining by Stephen  KingThe Godfather by Mario PuzoSex and the City by Candace Bushnell
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,100 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Best Literary Mysteries
2,551 books — 4,598 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónPerfume by Patrick SüskindChild 44 by Tom Rob Smith
Best Historical Mystery
2,072 books — 4,532 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónA Time to Kill by John GrishamPerfume by Patrick SüskindCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,315 books — 15,564 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerEclipse by Stephenie MeyerFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
The Worst Books of All Time
8,105 books — 19,873 voters