Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Daniel (25 Lists)



Counting Sheep by Gary Paul NabhanField Guide to Cacti & Other Succulents of Arizona, Second ed... by Peter BreslinThe Mountains Next Door by Janice Emily BowersThe Saguaro Cactus by David YetmanA Natural History of the Sonoran Desert by Steven J. Phillips
Best Sonoran Desert Books
25 books — 5 voters
The Mountains Next Door by Janice Emily BowersGathering the Desert by Gary Paul NabhanA Natural History of the Sonoran Desert by Steven J. PhillipsSonoran Desert Summer by John Alcock
Best nonfiction books about Arizona
118 books — 17 voters

Coyote America by Dan FloresAmerican Buffalo by Steven Rinella
Biology Of Your Favorite Animal
253 books — 120 voters
Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Reading the Southwest
253 books — 47 voters

Grow For Flavor by James WongThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Best Books on Growing Food
90 books — 63 voters
How Plants Work by Linda Chalker-ScottGrow For Flavor by James Wong
Best Factual Books for Gardeners and Plant Geeks
66 books — 18 voters

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster WallaceDesert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,226 books — 8,065 voters
A Sand County Almanac by Aldo LeopoldHunting Trips of a Ranchman & The Wilderness Hunter by Theodore RooseveltAmerican Buffalo by Steven RinellaAnnals of the Former World by John McPhee
MeatEater Reading List
45 books — 6 voters

Biogeography by C. Barry CoxBasin and Range by John McPheePhysiological Ecology of North American Desert Plants by Stanley D. Smith
CRIME PAYS BUT BOTANY DOESN’T BOOK LIST
91 books — 14 voters
The Unsettling of America by Wendell Berry
Best Environmental Books
1,070 books — 1,199 voters

Coyote America by Dan Flores
Best Scientific Animal Books
28 books — 6 voters
The Tree by Colin TudgeCoyote America by Dan Flores
Best of Natural History
361 books — 68 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceA Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster WallaceConsider the Lobster and Other Essays by David Foster WallaceBoth Flesh and Not by David Foster Wallace
The Best of David Foster Wallace
10 books — 23 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceBoth Flesh and Not by David Foster WallaceA Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster WallaceConsider the Lobster and Other Essays by David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace Studies
50 books — 8 voters

Coyote America by Dan Flores
The Joe Rogan Experience Podcast
64 books — 65 voters
The Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior by David Allen Sibley
Best Books for Birders
165 books — 31 voters

What the Robin Knows by Jon YoungThe Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior by David Allen Sibley
Books for Bird Lovers
524 books — 207 voters
Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Best of the Desert Southwest
88 books — 63 voters

Ancient Peoples of the American Southwest by Stephen PlogHouse of Rain by Craig ChildsIn Search of the Old Ones by David Roberts
Utah Archaeology Books
91 books — 9 voters
Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Extreme Classics: National Geographic's 100 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time
100 books — 262 voters

The Tallgrass Restoration Handbook by Stephen Packard
Sea of Grass
49 books — 13 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Trial by Franz Kafka
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,592 books — 13,121 voters

The Fall by Albert CamusNotes from the Underground by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Doors of Perception by Aldous HuxleyCandide by Voltaire
Most influential books under 100 pages
250 books — 924 voters
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.1984 by George Orwell
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,330 books — 24,581 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books Ever
75,837 books — 281,797 voters