Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Box of Bees (13 Lists)



Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd HoffBig Red Barn by Margaret Wise BrownOver and Over by Charlotte ZolotowA Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas
Picture Books of the 1950s
264 books — 44 voters
When the Sun Rose by Barbara Helen Berger
Picture Books of the 1980s
416 books — 44 voters

Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs by Nancy Ekholm BurkertThe Sleeping Beauty by Trina Schart HymanBeauty and the Beast by Marianna MayerSnow White by Trina Schart HymanNutcracker by E.T.A Hoffmann
Children's Picture Books With Beautiful Illustrations
2,155 books — 1,304 voters
The Sleeping Beauty by Trina Schart HymanSnow White by Trina Schart Hyman
Beautifully Illustrated Children's Books
215 books — 29 voters

The Runaway Fairy by Molly BrettThe Poky Little Puppy by Janette Sebring Lowrey
Books to Grow Up With Level 1
90 books — 14 voters
Know Not Why by Hannah JohnsonWhen All the World Sleeps by Lisa HenryThink of England by K.J. CharlesHalf Moon Chambers by Harper FoxBrothers of the Wild North Sea by Harper Fox
Best M/M With An Actual Story
1,533 books — 1,224 voters

The Nothingness of Ben by Brad Boney
Best Gay Friends Become Lovers
773 books — 1,171 voters
The Charioteer by Mary RenaultMaurice by E.M. ForsterBrothers of the Wild North Sea by Harper FoxA Seditious Affair by K.J. CharlesWingmen by Ensan Case
Best Gay Historical Romance
915 books — 1,530 voters

The Nothingness of Ben by Brad BoneyShattered Glass by Dani AlexanderAll Kinds of Tied Down by Mary Calmes
Best Gay For You Romance
912 books — 1,965 voters
The Charioteer by Mary RenaultWingmen by Ensan CaseBrothers of the Wild North Sea by Harper Fox
Best Gay Romance in Times of War
126 books — 226 voters

GhosTV by Jordan Castillo PriceThe Magpie Lord by K.J. Charles
Best Gay Paranormals
1,304 books — 932 voters