Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Lindsey Elton (28 Lists)



Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Literary Westerns
283 books — 386 voters
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. AuelThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
All-Time Awesome Books
11,883 books — 7,433 voters

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerTree of Codes by Jonathan Safran Foer
Books with Innovative Book Design / Structure
305 books — 550 voters
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouDry by Augusten BurroughsWhat Is the What by Dave EggersNight by Elie Wiesel
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,781 books — 6,313 voters

The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Best Historical Fiction
7,309 books — 25,497 voters
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddSaving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
Quirky Southern Fiction
968 books — 1,906 voters

The Shining by Stephen KingTell No One by Harlan Coben
Thrillers You Must Read!
4,669 books — 6,482 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Best Westerns
1,372 books — 1,496 voters

Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Best for Book Clubs
14,502 books — 18,276 voters
What Is the What by Dave EggersThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniPeyton Place by Grace Metalious
Now That's What I Call Damn Fine Reading
90 books — 31 voters

A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer
You Can't Make This ?#$*t Up!
97 books — 137 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Books I Refused to Finish
132 books — 19 voters

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
Unforgettables
11,589 books — 7,233 voters
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
(good!) Hipster Literature
132 books — 247 voters

It by Stephen King
Unfinished
179 books — 44 voters
The Shining by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
178 books — 3,870 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Bloody Good Reads!
96 books — 15 voters
The Concrete Blonde by Michael ConnellyThe Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly
Best by Michael Connelly
33 books — 97 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim EdwardsThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniHotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Heart-wrenching novels
51 books — 30 voters
Peyton Place by Grace MetaliousThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeMudbound by Hillary Jordan
Best Southern Literature
1,342 books — 2,574 voters

The Dry Grass of August by Anna Jean Mayhew
Spring 2012 Next Chapter Favorites
39 books — 290 voters
White Oleander by Janet FitchThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Books that Made You Cry!
3,356 books — 7,880 voters

Tell No One by Harlan CobenPromise Me by Harlan Coben
Favorite Harlan Coben
28 books — 193 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Road by Cormac McCarthyA Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,608 voters

Tell No One by Harlan Coben
Favourite Crime & Thrillers
2,181 books — 1,647 voters
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Best Young Adult Fiction
3,600 books — 6,905 voters

Tell No One by Harlan Coben
Best Suspense novels
402 books — 285 voters
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesWhat Is the What by Dave Eggers
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,201 books — 28,372 voters