Goodreads Choice Awards Opening Round

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Adam Shelp (31 Lists)



The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Superhero Fiction
853 books — 1,268 voters
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. DickThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Most Poetic Book Titles
2,503 books — 937 voters

Boneshaker by Cherie PriestPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleDreadnought by Cherie Priest
Best Steampunk Books
1,298 books — 4,177 voters
Glasshouse by Charles Stross
Paranoia in Fiction
47 books — 25 voters

Caught Stealing by Charlie HustonL.A. Confidential by James EllroyAmerican Tabloid by James EllroyThe Shotgun Rule by Charlie HustonThe Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
New School of Noir
206 books — 272 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Books for Reluctant Readers
2,667 books — 2,836 voters

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Drunken Masters
287 books — 377 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFight Club by Chuck PalahniukInvisible Monsters by Chuck PalahniukFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Transgressive Fiction
891 books — 971 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLord of the Flies by William Golding
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
33,261 books — 126,288 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño
Latin American Fiction
904 books — 1,228 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Odyssey by Homer
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,879 books — 7,005 voters
Altered Carbon by Richard K. MorganReady Player One by Ernest ClineCloud Atlas by David MitchellPattern Recognition by William GibsonMatter by Iain M. Banks
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,236 books — 9,186 voters

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré
Best Spy Novels
1,501 books — 2,760 voters
Hamlet by William ShakespeareThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe King's Speech by Mark LogueAmadeus by Peter ShafferHotel Rwanda by Frederic P. Miller
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,228 books — 6,118 voters

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Honourable Schoolboy by John le CarréThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréSmiley's People by John le Carré
Espionage
1,049 books — 1,130 voters
Neuromancer by William GibsonSnow Crash by Neal StephensonMona Lisa Overdrive by William GibsonCount Zero by William Gibson
Best of Cyberpunk
396 books — 1,236 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,801 books — 49,896 voters
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. JemisinThe Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
New Speculative Fiction Stars
1,259 books — 2,917 voters

The Black Dahlia by James EllroyThe Killer Inside Me by Jim ThompsonThe Bottoms by Joe R. LansdaleThe Hunter by Richard Stark
Bloomsbury 100 Must Read Crime Novels
105 books — 130 voters
Haunted by Chuck PalahniukThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,264 books — 11,778 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Young Adult Books
13,011 books — 80,531 voters
Perdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe City & The City by China MiévilleKraken by China MiévilleAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanEmbassytown by China Miéville
Best Outside-the-box Speculative Fiction
919 books — 509 voters

The Black Dahlia by James EllroyNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyThe Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,573 books — 16,892 voters
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettRed Harvest by Dashiell HammettThe Killer Inside Me by Jim ThompsonL.A. Confidential by James EllroyThe Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
787 books — 1,073 voters

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,888 books — 27,138 voters
American Gods by Neil GaimanAnansi Boys by Neil GaimanCoraline by Neil GaimanThe Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,215 books — 10,229 voters

The Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellBlink by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,541 books — 8,281 voters
1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingV for Vendetta by Alan Moore
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,146 books — 27,053 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Books Ever
80,183 books — 299,050 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyNeuromancer by William GibsonSnow Crash by Neal Stephenson1984 by George Orwell
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,917 books — 26,344 voters


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