Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Davy (15 Lists)



The Cold Dish by Craig JohnsonScrib by David IvesThe Son by Philipp Meyer
Literary Westerns
283 books — 386 voters
Miles by Miles DavisThelonious Monk by Robin D.G. Kelley
Books on Jazz (nonfiction)
231 books — 59 voters

At Home by Bruce WrightonUncommon Places by Stephen ShoreWilliam Eggleston's Guide by William EgglestonWilliam Christenberry by William ChristenberryWim Wenders by Wim Wenders
Exceptional Photography Books*
552 books — 194 voters
The Game by Ken DrydenBallad of the Whiskey Robber by Julian RubinsteinThe Collected Essex County by Jeff LemireSports Illustrated by Sports IllustratedThe Boys of Winter by Wayne Coffey
Utterly Unerotic, Completely Nonromantic Books About Hockey
172 books — 45 voters

The Art of Fielding by Chad HarbachFantasyland by Sam WalkerJoe DiMaggio by Richard Ben Cramer
Top reads for sports fans
954 books — 769 voters
The Game by Ken DrydenBallad of the Whiskey Robber by Julian RubinsteinThe Collected Essex County by Jeff LemireThe Boys of Winter by Wayne CoffeyYzerman by Douglas Hunter
Hockey books
270 books — 76 voters

In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickVoices from Chernobyl by Svetlana AlexievichThe Lost City of Z by David GrannA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Best History Books
3,686 books — 3,722 voters
Mayflower by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Enemies of Rome by Philip Matyszak
History Books (Pre-1650)
58 books — 8 voters

Mawson's Will by Lennard BickelEndurance by Alfred LansingThe Endurance by Caroline AlexanderTerra Incognita by Sara WheelerThe Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
All Things Antarctic
65 books — 25 voters
The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleDelirium by Lauren OliverThe Telling by Ursula K. Le Guin
Great Science Fiction Books for Girls
58 books — 11 voters

Perdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
Best 21st Century SF
151 books — 87 voters
Cardboard Gods by Josh WilkerJoe DiMaggio by Richard Ben CramerThe Kid Who Only Hit Homers by Matt ChristopherFantasyland by Sam WalkerSummer of '49 by David Halberstam
Best Baseball Books
749 books — 655 voters

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,833 books — 10,455 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyIcehenge by Kim Stanley RobinsonEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,328 books — 24,579 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyCandyfreak by Steve AlmondOur Band Could Be Your Life by Michael AzerradA Box of Matches by Nicholson BakerDouble Fold by Nicholson Baker
My Favorite Books of the New Millenium
17 books — 17 voters