Goodreads Choice Awards Opening Round

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kari (17 Lists)



Wonder by R.J. PalacioA Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahSalt to the Sea by Ruta SepetysA Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue ParkOut of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
Build a Better World YA Book List
18 books — 6 voters
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneIf I Stay by Gayle FormanThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsLove You Forever by Robert Munsch
Books that Made You Cry!
3,369 books — 8,162 voters

The Girls by Emma ClineThe Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix SweeneyShrill by Lindy WestEligible by Curtis Sittenfeld
The "Can't Wait" Books of 2016 that are not part of a series
203 books — 297 voters
Out of the Dust by Karen HesseLove That Dog by Sharon CreechInside Out & Back Again by Thanhhà LạiThe One and Only Ivan by Katherine ApplegateLocomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
Best MG Novels in Verse
123 books — 110 voters

Love That Dog by Sharon CreechOut of the Dust by Karen HesseHate That Cat by Sharon CreechInside Out & Back Again by Thanhhà LạiLocomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
Novels in Verse
469 books — 811 voters
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow RowellThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Miracle Life of Edgar Mint by Brady Udall
Books I Kind of Wanted to Snuggle After Reading
1,286 books — 1,253 voters

Sophie’s Choice by William StyronThe Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
The kid(s) die! (another cautionary list)
245 books — 122 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniIf I Stay by Gayle Forman
Causes of Ugly Crying
1,414 books — 4,084 voters

A Tale Dark & Grimm by Adam Gidwitz
Dark Fairy Tales
193 books — 125 voters
The Grimm Conclusion by Adam GidwitzFar Far Away by Tom McNealCounting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Newbery 2014
122 books — 472 voters

Out by Natsuo KirinoThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
720 books — 3,271 voters
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Can't Wait Books of 2012
2,516 books — 15,058 voters

Oryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodInto the Forest by Jean Hegland1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryDivergent by Veronica Roth
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,160 books — 27,052 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
ONE DAY Best Summer Reads
1,666 books — 5,981 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,399 books — 4,740 voters
Ulysses by James JoyceThe Holy Bible by AnonymousAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyDracula by Bram StokerThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,747 books — 13,317 voters

The Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Help by Kathryn StockettOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Best Books Ever
80,179 books — 298,994 voters