Goodreads Choice Awards Opening Round

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sara (36 Lists)



The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanThe Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
Popular Standalone Graphic Novels
164 books — 22 voters
Heartstopper by Alice OsemanFun Home by Alison BechdelHonor Girl by Maggie Thrash
Graphic Novels Featuring LGBTIQ+ Themes
1,058 books — 1,052 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Best Books Ever
80,160 books — 298,875 voters
Sad Perfect by Stephanie ElliotUnder Rose-Tainted Skies by Louise GornallEvery Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone
YA Novels that Poorly Portray Mental Illness
17 books — 11 voters

Girl in Pieces by Kathleen GlasgowWintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonThirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Triggering Books
230 books — 138 voters
Not That Bad by Roxane GayMissoula by Jon KrakauerTake It as a Compliment by Maria StoianYes Means Yes! by Jaclyn FriedmanSpeak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Books About Rape and Rape Culture
439 books — 195 voters

Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyJust Listen by Sarah Dessen
YA Violence & Abuse Novels
705 books — 872 voters
Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonExit, Pursued by a Bear by E.K. JohnstonJust Listen by Sarah DessenThe Way I Used to Be by Amber SmithFaking Normal by Courtney C. Stevens
#MeToo
214 books — 108 voters

The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiMaus I by Art SpiegelmanMarch by John LewisMaus II by Art Spiegelman
History through graphic novels
624 books — 507 voters
Lighter than My Shadow by Katie GreenMaus I by Art SpiegelmanPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiFun Home by Alison BechdelStitches by David Small
Best Memoir Graphic Novels
446 books — 501 voters

Cut by Patricia McCormickWillow by Julia HobanBreak by Hannah MoskowitzCutters Don't Cry by Christine DzidrumsThe Merciful Scar by Liz Tolsma
YA Self-Harm and Cutting Fiction
34 books — 56 voters
Willow by Julia HobanComes the Darkness, Comes the Light by Vanessa VegaScars by Cheryl RainfieldFreedom from Self-Harm by Kim L. GratzCut by Patricia McCormick
Books On Self-Injury
147 books — 221 voters

Firebird by Misty CopelandI Love My Hair! by Natasha Anastasia TarpleyA Picture of Freedom by Patricia C. McKissackTaking Flight by Michaela DePrinceBallerina Dreams by Michaela DePrince
#1000BlackGirlBooks: Suggestions for Marley Dias's Amazing Book Drive
1,325 books — 387 voters
The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBlack Like Me by John Howard GriffinThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois
Books White People Need to Read
1,528 books — 1,958 voters

Get Me Out of Here by Rachel ReilandGirl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
Books Featuring People/Characters Who Have Borderline Personality Disorder
94 books — 96 voters
Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonCut by Patricia McCormickWillow by Julia HobanBy the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead by Julie Anne PetersWintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
YA Books About/Mentioning Depression, Self-Harm And Suicide
351 books — 835 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund FreudThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenAn Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison
Greatest Psychology Books
800 books — 1,349 voters
Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne PetersAnnie on My Mind by Nancy GardenOranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette WintersonSing You Home by Jodi Picoult
Best Lesbian Fiction
2,174 books — 2,716 voters

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Books that made you laugh out loud
331 books — 206 voters
Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyIt's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned VizziniStargirl by Jerry SpinelliHold Still by Nina LaCour
Best Young Adult Realistic Novels
2,802 books — 12,518 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyIt's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned VizziniCut by Patricia McCormickImpulse by Ellen Hopkins
Fictional Mental Hospital Novels
275 books — 781 voters
All My Friends Are Dead by Avery MonsenMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsGo the Fuck to Sleep by Adam MansbachPride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-SmithThe Book of Bunny Suicides by Andy Riley
I Picked It Up Because of the Title
7,949 books — 2,088 voters

Pryor Convictions by Richard PryorPaige by Paige by Paige DavisunSweetined by Jodie SweetinTrust Me, I'm Dr. Ozzy by Ozzy OsbourneRoseannearchy by Roseanne Barr
My book's title is a play on words with my name.
76 books — 14 voters
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Odyssey by HomerCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Read These In School - Would Have Preferred A Root Canal
469 books — 1,600 voters

Manic by Terri Cheney
Memoirs of Madness
321 books — 409 voters
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonWasted by Marya HornbacherThin by Lauren GreenfieldUnbearable Weight by Susan Bordo
Best Eating Disorder Books
533 books — 1,010 voters

Cut by Patricia McCormickWillow by Julia HobanPerfect by Natasha FriendGo Ask Alice by Beatrice SparksIdentical by Ellen Hopkins
Depressing Novels
132 books — 129 voters
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonWasted by Marya HornbacherPaperweight by Meg HastonStick Figure by Lori GottliebThin by Lauren Greenfield
Books on Eating Disorders
139 books — 102 voters

Willow by Julia HobanCut by Patricia McCormickImpulse by Ellen HopkinsGo Ask Alice by Beatrice SparksWintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Best Teen Books About Real Problems
3,096 books — 12,532 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,745 books — 13,316 voters


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