Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Colleen Browne (7 Lists)



The Astronomer by Lawrence GoldstoneThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerRoots by Alex Haley
Best Historical Fiction
7,317 books — 25,513 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Best History Books
3,682 books — 3,716 voters

John Adams by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonTruman by David McCullough
Best American History Books
2,110 books — 2,478 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckBrave New World and Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,392 books — 119,637 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Best Books Ever
75,720 books — 281,535 voters
Truman by David McCullough
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,815 books — 49,771 voters

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Black History Month
552 books — 492 voters