Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

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The Conspiracy Against the Human Race by Thomas Ligotti
HBO's True Detective
123 books — 114 voters
Killashandra by Anne McCaffrey
Most Under-rated Science Fiction
2,079 books — 2,098 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónInkheart by Cornelia FunkeThe Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Blind/Deaf/Mute
432 books — 389 voters
American Gods by Neil Gaiman1984 by George OrwellThe Road by Cormac McCarthyI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonLord of the Flies by William Golding
Quality Dark Fiction
2,501 books — 3,217 voters

American Gods by Neil GaimanThe Forever War by Joe HaldemanJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Favorite Novels Which Won the Hugo Award
84 books — 1,615 voters
American Gods by Neil GaimanNeverwhere by Neil Gaiman
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,402 books — 12,546 voters

American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,051 books — 9,878 voters
American Gods by Neil GaimanThe Epic of Gilgamesh by Anonymous
Best Books About Mythology
1,395 books — 2,218 voters

Crown of Shadows by C.S. FriedmanWhen True Night Falls by C.S. FriedmanBlack Sun Rising by C.S. FriedmanThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
TRUE Vampire Books
69 books — 28 voters
Black Sun Rising by C.S. FriedmanLirael by Garth NixAbhorsen by Garth NixAnansi Boys by Neil GaimanDragon Prince by Melanie Rawn
Most Interesting Magic System
2,612 books — 8,763 voters

Feast of Souls by C.S. FriedmanMélusine by Sarah Monette
Best Fantasy Books Under the Radar
2,115 books — 1,542 voters
American Gods by Neil GaimanThe Stand by Stephen KingBlack Sun Rising by C.S. FriedmanWhen True Night Falls by C.S. FriedmanCrown of Shadows by C.S. Friedman
Sympathy for the Devil
331 books — 319 voters

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasMacbeth by William ShakespeareV for Vendetta by Alan MooreBlack Sun Rising by C.S. FriedmanParadise Lost by John Milton
Best Anti-heroes in Books
600 books — 429 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingFeast of Souls by C.S. Friedman
The Best Antiheroes
701 books — 586 voters

American Gods by Neil GaimanLoki by Mike VasichFear Itself by Kieron GillenThor by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Loki: God of Mischief
191 books — 221 voters
Dragonsong by Anne McCaffreyDragonflight by Anne McCaffreyA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinThe White Dragon by Anne McCaffreyDragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey
Best Dragon Books
432 books — 293 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeSelected Poems by Emily Dickinson
Best Books by American Women
560 books — 183 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareHush, Hush by Becca FitzpatrickMarked by P.C. CastEvermore by Alyson Noel
The Mary-Sues of Literature
186 books — 325 voters

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
1,710 books — 1,552 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,150 books — 5,184 voters

Loveless, Volume 01 by Yun KougaFinder, Vol. 1 by Ayano YamaneThe Crimson Spell, Vol. 1 by Ayano YamaneAi no Kusabi Vol. 1 by Rieko YoshiharaWild Adapter Volume 1 by Kazuya Minekura
Favorite Yaoi/Shounen-Ai/Boy's Love/BL Couples
194 books — 347 voters
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayA Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayFor Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThis Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Lost Generation Anthology
31 books — 9 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldA Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
The Lost Generation
116 books — 36 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. PirsigThus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich NietzscheInvisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Works of Fiction Every Philosophy Student Should Read
140 books — 74 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingPursuit by Jim MurdochA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinSeraphina by Rachel Hartman
Best Book With or About Dragons
891 books — 878 voters
Pursuit by Jim Murdoch
Metaphysical Fantasy
74 books — 139 voters

Dragonflight by Anne McCaffreyDragonsong by Anne McCaffreyDragonquest by Anne McCaffreyThe White Dragon by Anne McCaffreyThe Elvenbane by Andre Norton
Dragons/Serpents
438 books — 262 voters
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiZ by Therese Anne FowlerLet's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David SedarisThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Interesting Books of 2013
308 books — 931 voters

Scar Night by Alan CampbellFullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1 by Hiromu ArakawaThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Best Steampunk Books
1,242 books — 4,095 voters
Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger1984 by George OrwellTrainspotting by Irvine WelshLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Transgressive Fiction
868 books — 966 voters


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