Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by brian (12 Lists)



Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Waste Land by T.S. Eliot
100 Best American Authors
751 books — 615 voters
Watchmen by Alan MooreV for Vendetta by Alan MooreBatman by Alan MooreTransmetropolitan, Vol. 1 by Warren EllisHellboy, Vol. 1 by Mike Mignola
Best Graphic Novels
3,458 books — 6,765 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica RothHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Books You Are Tired Of Hearing About
734 books — 1,009 voters
Ice by Anna Kavan1984 by George OrwellA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Quality Dark Fiction
2,501 books — 3,217 voters

Ice by Anna Kavan
British Experimental Novels 1940-1980
90 books — 43 voters
The Collected Fantasies, Vol. 9 by MœbiusThe Collected Fantasies, Vol. 7 by Mœbius
The Masters of Euro-Comics
174 books — 13 voters

1984 by George OrwellOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,815 books — 49,778 voters
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeAnansi Boys by Neil GaimanThe Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,857 books — 21,932 voters

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose BierceThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaMisery by Anton ChekhovShort Stories by Anton ChekhovA Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka
Best Short Stories of All Time
612 books — 387 voters
The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna ClarkeThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Best Short Stories
1,756 books — 1,044 voters

The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams1984 by George OrwellThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,328 books — 24,579 voters
The Odyssey by HomerAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books Ever
75,791 books — 281,730 voters