Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Hardy M (30 Lists)



Intelligent Design by William A. Dembski
Popular Books that Annoy You
1,033 books — 2,014 voters
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The Worst Books of All Time
8,100 books — 19,874 voters

Blindness by José SaramagoThe Idiot by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Stranger by Albert CamusCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Existential Fiction
445 books — 761 voters
Homunculus 1 by Hideo Yamamoto1984 by George Orwell
Dreamscapes
109 books — 61 voters

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki MurakamiHeart of a Dog by Mikhail BulgakovHopscotch by Julio Cortázar
Best Foreign Language (non English) Book
1,078 books — 623 voters
Mysteries by Knut HamsunThe Incal by Alejandro JodorowskyHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki MurakamiA Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
Favorite Translated Literature
1,029 books — 496 voters

Out by Natsuo KirinoThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde1984 by George OrwellCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
Quality Dark Fiction
2,501 books — 3,217 voters
Ring by Kōji Suzuki1Q84 by Haruki MurakamiBattle Royale by Koushun Takami
Translated Speculative Fiction
381 books — 203 voters

The Flowers of Evil, Vol. 1 by Shuzo Oshimi
Weird, Addictive, Psychological, Must Reads
466 books — 255 voters
The Box Man by Kōbō Abe
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,105 books — 1,718 voters

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Let's Shake It Up A Bit
960 books — 571 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Stranger by Albert CamusAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Darkest Books of All Time
1,275 books — 1,713 voters

Out by Natsuo KirinoThe Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo HigashinoSalvation of a Saint by Keigo Higashino
Japanese Mystery/Detective/Crime Fiction Translated Into English
175 books — 385 voters
1984 by George OrwellLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Stranger by Albert CamusPerfume by Patrick Süskind
Disturbingly Enticing
498 books — 198 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisFight Club by Chuck Palahniuk1984 by George OrwellLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Transgressive Fiction
868 books — 966 voters
Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille
Weirdest Books Ever
1,193 books — 1,184 voters

The Third Lie by Ágota KristófI Have The Right To Destroy Myself by Young-ha Kim
Suicide
707 books — 495 voters
おやすみプンプン コミック 全13巻完結セット by Inio AsanoThe Flowers of Evil, Vol. 1 by Shuzo Oshimi1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellPerfume by Patrick Süskind
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,186 books — 11,247 voters

おやすみプンプン コミック 全13巻完結セット by Inio Asano
Dark, Psychological, & Tragic Manga
47 books — 14 voters
Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K. VaughanFun Home by Alison BechdelMaus I by Art Spiegelman
Best Independent Comics & Graphic Novels
344 books — 287 voters

新世界より [Shinsekai Yori] by Yusuke Kishi
USA Release Wishlist
440 books — 146 voters
Genshiken by Shimoku KioYotsuba&!, Vol. 1 by Kiyohiko AzumaNana, Vol. 1 by Ai YazawaWandering Son, Vol. 1 by Takako Shimura
Best Slice of Life Manga
79 books — 132 voters

Kagopedia by Shintaro KagoNew Engineering by Yuichi YokoyamaTravel by Yuichi Yokoyama
Weird Comics
120 books — 26 voters
うずまき [Uzumaki] by Junji ItoNijigahara Holograph by Inio Asano
Surreal comics (with tinges of horror and humour)
161 books — 71 voters

The Photographer by Emmanuel GuibertThe Incal by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Best European Graphic Novels/Comics
871 books — 327 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Stories For Book Lovers
8,328 books — 8,294 voters

Gyo, Vol. 1 by Junji ItoParasyte 1 by Hitoshi Iwaaki
Seinen Manga
182 books — 35 voters
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersIf on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónFar From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Most Poetic Book Titles
2,064 books — 890 voters

Nana, Vol. 1 by Ai YazawaNodame Cantabile, Vol. 1 by Tomoko Ninomiya
Best Josei - Manga
146 books — 418 voters
Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 1 by Naoki UrasawaBerserk, Vol. 1 by Kentaro Miura20th Century Boys 1 by Naoki UrasawaPLUTO by Naoki UrasawaAkira, Vol. 1 by Katsuhiro Otomo
Great Seinen Manga
215 books — 330 voters