Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jo Ann (140 Lists)



Water for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerI Know This Much Is True by Wally LambWelcome to the World, Baby Girl! by Fannie FlaggShe’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb
Light but not (too) dumb
845 books — 838 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Favorite Books with 100,000 + Ratings
143 books — 146 voters

’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceDracula by Bram StokerGhost Story by Peter Straub
Scariest books of all time
640 books — 734 voters
Dexter in the Dark by Jeff LindsayBirdman by Mo HayderThe Devil of Nanking by Mo HayderThe Treatment by Mo HayderRitual by Mo Hayder
I Like Serial Killers
1,016 books — 1,542 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova’Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,777 books — 4,914 voters
The World According to Garp by John IrvingThe Hotel New Hampshire by John IrvingA Son of the Circus by John IrvingThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingA Widow for One Year by John Irving
Best of John Irving
27 books — 343 voters

Ghost Story by Peter StraubThe Mailman by Bentley LittleThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonThe Face of Fear by Brian CoffeyI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson
Best Horror Books by People Other Than Stephen King
1,529 books — 1,498 voters
The World According to Garp by John IrvingA Son of the Circus by John IrvingThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingA Widow for One Year by John IrvingThe Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
Books You Want Everyone to Know About
8,449 books — 2,321 voters

The Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinThe Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka
Books Adults and Teens Still Read Even Though They Are Really For Kindergarteners or First Graders
107 books — 97 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Stand by Stephen KingDifferent Seasons by Stephen KingIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
4 and 5 Star Books
258 books — 141 voters

Godless by Ann CoulterThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The absolutely worst books you can think of
913 books — 531 voters
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise BrownAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
What...Again? Most requested Children's books
535 books — 461 voters

The Lion in Winter by James GoldmanWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward AlbeeMillennium Approaches by Tony KushnerPerestroika by Tony KushnerLong Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill
Best American Plays
249 books — 367 voters
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Cabinet of Curiosities by Douglas PrestonThe Book of the Dead by Douglas PrestonDance of Death by Douglas PrestonThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Best Books I've Read Or Want To Read
262 books — 79 voters

The World According to Garp by John IrvingThe Hotel New Hampshire by John IrvingThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingA Son of the Circus by John IrvingUntil I Find You by John Irving
My Fave Books
44 books — 7 voters
Uglies by Scott WesterfeldOphelia Joined the Group Maidens Who Don't Float by Sarah Schmelling
Creative Titles
217 books — 73 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Commonly Loved Books I Hate
392 books — 528 voters
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls by Peter Biskind
Books ABOUT Movies
836 books — 273 voters

The World According to Garp by John IrvingA Son of the Circus by John IrvingThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Must Reads!!
77 books — 31 voters
Postmortem by Patricia Daniels CornwellThe Terminal Man by Michael Crichton
Best Medical Thrillers
164 books — 234 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaDracula by Bram StokerThe Strain by Guillermo del ToroI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Most Awesome Vampire Books
355 books — 462 voters
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf1984 by George Orwell
The Best Use of Stylistic Language (best form/language)
561 books — 544 voters

One on One by Tabitha King
Best Unappreciated Books
4,337 books — 2,179 voters
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-SmithThe Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse by Robert RankinSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyAn Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England by Brock Clarke
Best Book Titles
11,369 books — 7,741 voters

The Narrows by Michael ConnellyThe Quiet Game by Greg IlesDeath at La Fenice by Donna LeonTell No One by Harlan CobenDance of Death by Douglas Preston
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,200 books — 2,281 voters
You Can't Drink All Day If You Don't Start in the Morning by Celia RivenbarkNever Hit a Jellyfish With a Spade by Guy BrowningAre You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler
Titles I love
240 books — 55 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
World's Greatest Novellas
712 books — 1,441 voters
Pig Island by Mo HayderThe Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. JamesThirteen Steps Down by Ruth RendellA Dark-Adapted Eye by Barbara VineTalking to Strange Men by Ruth Rendell
The Best British Crime/Mystery Fiction
1,209 books — 1,257 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Best Supernatural/Fantasy
108 books — 68 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia FraserNefertiti by Philipp VandenbergElizabeth and Mary by Jane DunnEleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir
Female Biographies
1,249 books — 410 voters


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