Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Elizaveta Oganissian (58 Lists)



American Gods by Neil GaimanLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
A year of reading the world
277 books — 51 voters
Indonesia, Etc. by Elizabeth Pisani
The Economist - Books of the Year, 2014
53 books — 37 voters

Big Breasts & Wide Hips by Mo Yan
China Fiction Book Club
148 books — 41 voters
Shōgun by James ClavellThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy TanThe Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh
Best Books on Asia
994 books — 817 voters

The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriShantaram by Gregory David RobertsThe Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri
Indian Books - Fiction
1,112 books — 2,441 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Best Family Sagas
618 books — 673 voters

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Historical Fiction on Greece and Rome
269 books — 265 voters
The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantBaudolino by Umberto Eco
Best Novels Set in the Ancient World
508 books — 391 voters

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Best Books Ever
75,831 books — 281,779 voters
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Orange Prize For Fiction Longlist 2012
20 books — 153 voters

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Best Books About Mythology
1,395 books — 2,218 voters
Company of Liars by Karen MaitlandThe Physician by Noah Gordon
Medieval and Renaissance historical fiction
463 books — 416 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoOil and Marble by Stephanie Storey
Historical Fiction - Italy
245 books — 103 voters
Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi
Historical Fiction - Central/Eastern Europe
236 books — 112 voters

Brunelleschi's Dome by Ross King
Books Set in Florence
102 books — 83 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Best Fantasy: Unique Worlds
636 books — 439 voters

The House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeHawaii by James A. MichenerFall of Giants by Ken FollettThe Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Family Saga Novels
817 books — 853 voters
Moominpappa at Sea by Tove Jansson
Best Scandinavian and Nordic Literature
1,210 books — 1,245 voters

The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Around the World One Book from Each Country
1,069 books — 966 voters
The Sandman by Neil Gaiman
Kitsune in Books
169 books — 69 voters

The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson
Asian Fantasy & Science Fiction
502 books — 306 voters
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Fictional Books About Important Issues
78 books — 52 voters

The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Books that left you happy--and depressed because hardly another book lived up to it
691 books — 448 voters
Fall of Giants by Ken FollettThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettCompany of Liars by Karen Maitland
Most Brilliant Historical Novels in the past 45 yrs
1,111 books — 1,137 voters

The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell
A&M Historical Fiction Group Recommended Reading
167 books — 483 voters
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. MilneIf You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe NumeroffThe House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne
Children's Books I'll Re-Read No Matter How Old I Am
2,548 books — 3,728 voters

The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonThe Eye of the World by Robert JordanThe Black Prism by Brent Weeks
Most Interesting Magic System
2,612 books — 8,763 voters
Old Man's War by John ScalziOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Ghost Brigades by John ScalziThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodThe Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,194 books — 8,938 voters


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