Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Wealhtheow (144 Lists)



Unmade by Sarah Rees BrennanClariel by Garth NixThe Thousand-Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas
Can't Wait Books of 2014
2,467 books — 15,146 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerJust One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi TaylorKindred by Octavia E. ButlerTo Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
The Best Time-Travel Romance Novels
989 books — 4,123 voters

The Republic of Thieves by Scott LynchBroken Homes by Ben AaronovitchBattle Magic by Tamora Pierce
Can't Wait Science Fiction/Fantasy of 2013
622 books — 2,900 voters
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinDaja's Book by Tamora PierceAir by Geoff RymanThe Grass King's Concubine by Kari Sperring
Non-Caucasian Protagonists in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, and Paranormal Romance
2,507 books — 2,749 voters

The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussThe Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan
Books That People Like Too Much
22 books — 15 voters
Benighted by Kit WhitfieldBlood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
Best Shapeshifter/Werewolf books
1,549 books — 2,082 voters

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchRed Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch
Con Men, Gamblers and Hustlers
326 books — 141 voters
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
Recommendations for Megan Whalen Turner Fans
132 books — 175 voters

Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyThe Lady in the Tower by Alison WeirLove and Louis XIV by Antonia FraserRoyal Affairs by Leslie CarrollKatherine Swynford by Alison Weir
Best Books About Mistresses
447 books — 728 voters
Macbeth by William ShakespeareTwelfth Night by William ShakespeareMuch Ado About Nothing by William ShakespeareHamlet by William ShakespeareThe Tempest by William Shakespeare
The Best Shakespeare Plays
41 books — 172 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom StoppardArcadia by Tom StoppardHapgood by Tom Stoppard
Best Books of Your Lifetime
531 books — 170 voters
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom StoppardArcadia by Tom StoppardMacbeth by William ShakespeareHamlet by William ShakespeareA Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
Goodreads Top 100 Stage Plays of All Time
415 books — 435 voters

Graceling by Kristin CashoreAssassin's Apprentice / Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb
SF/F Assassins!
307 books — 804 voters
The Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinTwilight by Stephenie MeyerTess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas HardyDavid Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Wanted To Slap Some Sense into the Characters
329 books — 107 voters

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchHis Majesty's Dragon by Naomi NovikTooth and Claw by Jo WaltonCrystal Rain by Tobias S. BuckellAltered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
New Speculative Fiction Stars
1,141 books — 2,712 voters
Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden
Best YA Fiction with GLBTQQI themes / characters
1,963 books — 5,995 voters

Red Glove by Holly BlackThe Gathering by Kelley Armstrong
YA Novels of 2011
1,117 books — 6,651 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleSabriel by Garth NixThe Awakening by Kate Chopin
Best Female Lead Characters
4,846 books — 5,869 voters

Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyul ChoiThe Star Fisher by Laurence Yep
Best Asian-American Teen Fiction
277 books — 336 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeNight by Elie WieselThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainHamlet by William ShakespeareA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,393 books — 119,641 voters

Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingDark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynne Jones
What Book Would You Like To Live In?
8,742 books — 8,839 voters
His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi NovikThe Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. WredeThe Elvenbane by Andre NortonThe Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinleySaint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges
Dragons
1,785 books — 2,539 voters

Villette by Charlotte BrontëJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëAgnes Grey by Anne BrontëThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
Best of Brontë
23 books — 366 voters
Companions of the Night by Vivian Vande VeldeThe Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause
Best Teen Vampire Fiction
402 books — 4,650 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenEmma by Jane AustenMuch Ado About Nothing by William ShakespeareSense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Best Love Stories
5,198 books — 9,629 voters
Taste by Kate ColquhounSalt by Mark KurlanskyMilk by Anne MendelsonA History of the Wife by Marilyn YalomContraception and Abortion in 19-Century America by Janet Farrell Brodie
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,863 books — 2,215 voters

Women in the Middle Ages by Frances GiesThe Edwardians by Paul ThompsonAn Uncommon Woman - The Empress Frederick by Hannah PakulaA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Twelve Caesars by Suetonius
Best History Books
3,683 books — 3,718 voters
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsNight by Elie WieselThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,241 books — 3,904 voters

Alanna by Tamora PierceTwelfth Night by William ShakespeareThe Privilege of the Sword by Ellen KushnerFlora Segunda by Ysabeau S. WilceThrough a Brazen Mirror by Delia Sherman
Best Gender Bender
128 books — 185 voters
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingNight by Elie Wiesel
Books That Made You Cry
1,606 books — 3,268 voters


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