Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Deb (21 Lists)



The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Anticipated 2020 Literary Fiction
585 books — 1,241 voters
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle ZevinThe Girls by Emma ClineI Let You Go by Clare MackintoshThe Arsonist by Sue MillerStill Life with Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen
2016: What Women Born In The 1970s Read in 2016
6,075 books — 686 voters

The Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsThe Maid's Version by Daniel WoodrellFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggIn the Woods by Tana FrenchThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
2015: What Women Born In The 1970s Read In 2015
6,238 books — 1,530 voters
The Weight of Blood by Laura McHughStation Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Adult Books Of 2014
96 books — 114 voters

The Rosie Project by Graeme SimsionThe Curiosity by Stephen P. KiernanThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazDark Places by Gillian FlynnThe Art Forger by Barbara A. Shapiro
2014: What Women Born In The 1970s Read in 2014
4,495 books — 1,046 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Books You've Probably Never Read
618 books — 411 voters

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyLamb by Christopher MooreA Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayThe Robber Bride by Margaret AtwoodCrow Lake by Mary Lawson
Best Literary Fiction of "(y)our time"
202 books — 102 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Books Every Human Being Should Read
2,988 books — 1,982 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGone Girl by Gillian FlynnTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books You Must Read!
11,309 books — 7,189 voters
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
Major Award-Winning Fiction Since 1990
252 books — 567 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth SteinThe Light Between Oceans by M.L. StedmanThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Smart Summer Reads
12,598 books — 10,480 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLord of the Flies by William GoldingOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Literary Fiction
1,543 books — 1,326 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakGone Girl by Gillian FlynnTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Your Top 5 Reads in 2012
717 books — 800 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Favorites from 1001 Books You Should Read Before You Die
503 books — 1,055 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,815 books — 49,781 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Decent ADULT books for ADULT readers
822 books — 328 voters

Beautiful Ruins by Jess WalterWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria SempleThe Leisure Seeker by Michael ZadoorianJust What Kind of Mother Are You? by Paula DalyBroken Harbour by Tana French
Summer Reading List 2013
194 books — 71 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,857 books — 21,933 voters

Annabel by Kathleen Winter
Kirkus Best Books of 2011
88 books — 171 voters
Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnBefore I Go to Sleep by S.J. WatsonThe Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman
2013: What the Over 35s Have Read So Far
2,622 books — 326 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,380 voters