Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Alex (37 Lists)



The Martian by Andy WeirBorn a Crime by Trevor Noah11/22/63 by Stephen KingJoyland by Stephen KingAmerican Gods by Neil Gaiman
Better audiobooks than print
79 books — 91 voters
Undermajordomo Minor by Patrick deWitt
Goodreads Office Arrivals – September 2015
20 books — 4 voters

Terms of Enlistment by Marko KloosTo Honor You Call Us by H. Paul Honsinger
Kindle Unlimited Fantasy and Science Fiction Favorites
3,457 books — 2,498 voters
Terms of Enlistment by Marko Kloos
Military Science Fiction
837 books — 1,134 voters

If Hemingway Wrote JavaScript by Angus CrollA Madman Dreams of Turing Machines by Janna Levin
Books for Literary Programmers
17 books — 10 voters
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Best Wilderness Survival Books
196 books — 229 voters

Gentleman Pimp by A.S. Jackson
Book Recommendations for Petyr Baelish
35 books — 58 voters
The Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodNeedled to Death by Maggie Sefton
Book Recommendations for Arya Stark
190 books — 110 voters

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThe Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
Book Recommendations for Sansa Stark
112 books — 85 voters
How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
Book Recommendations for Daenerys Targaryen
120 books — 149 voters

All My Friends Are Dead by Avery MonsenAll My Friends Are Still Dead by Avery MonsenNight Watch by Terry PratchettThe Dragon Reborn by Robert JordanThe Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
Book Recommendations for Jon Snow
149 books — 216 voters
The Beach by Alex GarlandCat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Galápagos by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Books Set in Tropical Locations
346 books — 69 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónTexas Gothic by Rosemary Clement-Moore
Modern Gothic
709 books — 1,355 voters
Saga #1 by Brian K. VaughanPlanetary, Volume 1 by Warren EllisY by Brian K. Vaughan
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,173 books — 2,010 voters

Pirouette by Robyn BavatiDancing in the Dark by Robyn Bavati
Best Young Adult Books
13,105 books — 80,158 voters
Part the Hawser, Limn the Sea by Dan Lopez
Best LGBTQIA literature
1,754 books — 2,166 voters

Part the Hawser, Limn the Sea by Dan Lopez
Boat Books
772 books — 501 voters
Rurouni Kenshin, Volume 01 by Nobuhiro WatsukiBleach, Vol. 1 by Tite KuboNaruto, Vol. 1 by Masashi Kishimoto
Best Manga of All Time
538 books — 992 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessNausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
500 Essential Cult Books
236 books — 42 voters
The Witches by Roald DahlWicked by Gregory MaguireWitches Abroad by Terry PratchettThe Witches of Eastwick by John UpdikeThe Crucible by Arthur Miller
Best Books With Witches
1,747 books — 2,403 voters

Hull Zero Three by Greg Bear
Space Ships That Have Seen Better Days
54 books — 24 voters
Anathem by Neal StephensonOld Man's War by John ScalziLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. CoreyWool Omnibus by Hugh HoweyEmbassytown by China Miéville
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,193 books — 8,930 voters

On Basilisk Station by David WeberWool Omnibus by Hugh HoweyA Talent for War by Jack McDevittTo Honor You Call Us by H. Paul Honsinger
Best Science Fiction Series
412 books — 1,088 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
100 Must-Read Books: The Essential Man’s Library
102 books — 241 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceTwilight by Stephenie Meyer
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,592 books — 13,121 voters
To Honor You Call Us by H. Paul HonsingerCetaganda by Lois McMaster BujoldOn Basilisk Station by David WeberFor Honor We Stand by H. Paul HonsingerMidshipman's Hope by David Feintuch
Naval Science Fiction
156 books — 44 voters

A Talent for War by Jack McDevittAgent of Change by Sharon Lee
Most Under-rated Science Fiction
2,079 books — 2,098 voters
Mistborn by Brandon SandersonThe Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Non-YA Fantasy
340 books — 45 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDauntless by Jack Campbell
I read the first one and didn't feel compelled to finish the trilogy/series
884 books — 2,057 voters
Cordelia's Honor by Lois McMaster BujoldYoung Miles by Lois McMaster Bujold
Where Would SF be with out these authors part 4
106 books — 19 voters


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