Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Darcey (23 Lists)



The Obelisk Gate by N.K. JemisinDeath's End by Liu Cixin
Can't Wait Science Fiction/Fantasy of 2016
432 books — 1,812 voters
The Rowan by Anne McCaffreyDragonflight by Anne McCaffreyDune by Frank HerbertThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyTo Ride Pegasus by Anne McCaffrey
Best Novels About Telepaths
204 books — 133 voters

360 Degrees Longitude by John HighamHow to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler
Best Homeschooling Books
313 books — 379 voters
Fool's Quest by Robin HobbPrudence by Gail CarrigerSeveneves by Neal StephensonStiletto by Daniel O'Malley
Can't Wait Science Fiction/Fantasy of 2015
582 books — 3,037 voters

Closer to Home by Mercedes Lackey
Can't Wait Science Fiction/Fantasy of 2014
506 books — 2,279 voters
Raising Freethinkers by Dale McGowanOur Babies, Ourselves by Meredith SmallParenting Beyond Belief by Dale McGowanThe Baby Book by William Sears
Most Influential Parenting Books
397 books — 596 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Stand by Stephen KingEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,145 books — 17,354 voters
I'm a Stranger Here Myself by Bill BrysonHoly Cow by Sarah MacdonaldIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickCity of Djinns by William Dalrymple
Favorite Travel Books
2,017 books — 3,939 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoLooking for Alaska by John GreenBalzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai SijieAmong Others by Jo Walton
Best Books About Loving Books
374 books — 514 voters
City of Golden Shadow by Tad WilliamsReamde by Neal StephensonOmnitopia by Diane Duane
Books About Video Games and Virtual Reality
444 books — 851 voters

Writing Away by Lavinia Spalding
Best Books on Writing
796 books — 1,326 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchKushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey
New Speculative Fiction Stars
1,142 books — 2,713 voters

The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchKushiel's Dart by Jacqueline CareyPerdido Street Station by China Miéville
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,050 books — 9,877 voters
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
YA Novels of 2012
1,237 books — 10,183 voters

Train to Pakistan by Khushwant SinghA Passage to India by E.M. ForsterKim by Rudyard KiplingSaraswati Park by Anjali JosephDelhi by Khushwant Singh
Indian Books - Fiction
1,113 books — 2,442 voters
The Expert Expat by Melissa Brayer HessExpat Women by Andrea MartinsThird Culture Kids by David C. PollockStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinDreaming in Hindi by Katherine Russell Rich
Relocation
78 books — 50 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. KonigsburgThe Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
The Most Deserving Newbery
112 books — 2,998 voters
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard by Kiran DesaiTrain to Pakistan by Khushwant Singh
Best South Asian Fiction
733 books — 1,892 voters

The Darkness That Comes Before by R. Scott BakkerSo You Want to Be a Wizard by Diane Duane
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,158 books — 25,688 voters
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta SepetysSomething Deadly This Way Comes by Kim HarrisonTortall and Other Lands by Tamora PierceThe Gathering by Kelley Armstrong
YA Novels of 2011
1,117 books — 6,652 voters

City of Djinns by William DalrympleInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriHullabaloo in the Guava Orchard by Kiran DesaiThe Upanishads by AnonymousNine Lives by William Dalrymple
Best Indian Fiction Books
914 books — 2,421 voters
Insurgent by Veronica RothThe Calling by Kelley ArmstrongA Perfect Blood by Kim HarrisonFever by Lauren DeStefano
Can't Wait Books of 2012
2,516 books — 15,088 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,592 books — 13,121 voters