Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Mike (16 Lists)



Pines by Blake CrouchBlackout by Tim CurranThe Mourning House by Ronald Malfi
Best Small Press & Indie Novels
113 books — 59 voters
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by H.P. LovecraftOff Season by Jack KetchumSunblind by Michael McBrideSwan Song by Robert McCammonSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
2015 Horror Aficionados Top 101 Horror!!!
108 books — 114 voters

The Girl Next Door by Jack KetchumThe Rising by Brian KeeneDweller by Jeff StrandSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyThe Pilo Family Circus by Will Elliott
The Horror Aficionados Best Books
310 books — 87 voters
When We Fall by Peter GiglioBlackout by Tim CurranRogue by Greg F. GifuneThe Exiled by William MeikleDeceiver by Kelli Owen
2014 Darkfuse list
40 books — 9 voters

Snuff by Eric EnckZombie by Joyce Carol OatesThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonRules of Prey by John SandfordI Am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Wells
I Like Serial Killers
1,016 books — 1,542 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Cement Garden by Ian McEwanOff Season by Jack Ketchum
Cult Classics
1,567 books — 2,122 voters

Fragments by Dan WellsDoctor Sleep by Stephen King
Can't Wait Books of 2013
2,492 books — 11,696 voters
Benjamin's Parasite by Jeff StrandPassenger by Ronald MalfiLong After Dark by Greg F. GifuneBack From The Dead by J.F. GonzalezReservoir Gods by Brian Knight
DarkFuse Novel Ranking
29 books — 18 voters

Swan Song by Robert McCammonOff Season by Jack KetchumNight in the Lonesome October by Richard LaymonThe Resurrectionist by Wrath James WhiteThe Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum
Best Horror Novels Not By King or Koontz
612 books — 496 voters
Puppet Graveyard by Tim CurranDreams the Ragman by Greg F. GifuneSnowblind by Michael McBrideThe Men Upstairs by Tim WaggonerOlden by James Newman
DarkFuse Novella Ranking
43 books — 31 voters

Night in the Lonesome October by Richard LaymonIn the Dark by Richard LaymonEndless Night by Richard LaymonThe Traveling Vampire Show by Richard LaymonCome Out Tonight by Richard Laymon
Best Richard Laymon Books!
38 books — 136 voters
Swan Song by Robert McCammon’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyThe Great and Secret Show by Clive Barker
Best Horror Novels
1,978 books — 5,438 voters

The Girl Next Door by Jack KetchumZombie by Joyce Carol OatesSurvivor by J.F. Gonzalez
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,186 books — 11,259 voters
Patient Zero by Jonathan MaberryThe Rising by Brian KeeneCity of the Dead by Brian KeeneDead Sea by Brian KeeneDead City by Joe McKinney
Zombies!
1,660 books — 4,317 voters

The Rising by Brian KeeneCity of the Dead by Brian KeeneDead Sea by Brian KeeneAsylum by Mark Allan Gunnells
Best Zombie Books
1,438 books — 3,075 voters
Big Trouble in Little Boots by Brian KnightThe Rain Dancers by Greg F. GifuneThe Cold Spot by J.G. Faherty
Best Books of 2012
3,522 books — 9,205 voters