Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Edda (22 Lists)



A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce CameronMarley and Me by John GroganThe Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth SteinOne Good Dog by Susan Wilson
Great "Dog" Books
1,250 books — 1,932 voters
Atonement by Ian McEwanThe Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel BarberyA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryBirdsong by Sebastian FaulksThe Twins by Tessa de Loo
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,323 books — 5,836 voters

I Am Pilgrim by Terry HayesAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieA Time to Kill by John GrishamThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Thrillers
4,578 books — 5,571 voters
A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriQ & A by Vikas SwarupCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best Indian Fiction Books
914 books — 2,422 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverAtonement by Ian McEwan
What To Read Next
20,163 books — 24,051 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
4 and 5 Star Books
258 books — 141 voters

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Your Top 5 Reads in 2013
1,301 books — 1,093 voters
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Books of 2009
1,769 books — 6,937 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryAnne of Avonlea by L.M. MontgomeryAnne of the Island by L.M. MontgomeryAnne's House of Dreams by L.M. MontgomeryAnne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery
Best Canadian Literature
2,331 books — 1,144 voters
Fever by Mary Beth Keane
Historical Fiction 2013
385 books — 2,103 voters

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniBirdsong by Sebastian FaulksSuzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson
Best Books Ever
75,747 books — 281,578 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Best for Book Clubs
14,508 books — 18,309 voters

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryShantaram by Gregory David RobertsQ & A by Vikas SwarupThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Best South Asian Fiction
732 books — 1,891 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonNotes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonI'm a Stranger Here Myself by Bill BrysonThe Lost Continent by Bill BrysonNeither Here nor There by Bill Bryson
Favorite Travel Books
2,017 books — 3,939 voters

Birdsong by Sebastian FaulksAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueRilla of Ingleside by L.M. MontgomeryA Very Long Engagement by Sébastien Japrisot
World War One Literature
224 books — 357 voters
Skipping Christmas by John Grisham
Favorite Christmas Books
1,483 books — 1,561 voters

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel BarberyThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Decent ADULT books for ADULT readers
822 books — 328 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerAtonement by Ian McEwanBel Canto by Ann Patchett
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,374 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonNotes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonNeither Here nor There by Bill BrysonIn a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Books That Made Me Laugh Out Loud
2,053 books — 2,341 voters
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieFaceless Killers by Henning MankellTowards Zero by Agatha ChristieDeath Comes as the End by Agatha Christie
Best Mystery Books
258 books — 104 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel BarberyCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,393 books — 119,641 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultThe Help by Kathryn StockettA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
14,355 books — 14,499 voters