Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Akshansh Gupta (8 Lists)



The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,705 books — 6,872 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The Most Influential Books
1,480 books — 5,281 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanDracula by Bram StokerThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Best Beginning
716 books — 650 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Best Young Adult Books
13,099 books — 80,153 voters

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
The Golden Age Queens of Crime: Christie -- Sayers -- Marsh -- Allingham -- Wentworth (fiction)
184 books — 256 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThree Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
British Wit and Humour
559 books — 303 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch AlbomThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,393 books — 119,641 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienDracula by Bram Stoker
The Best Villains In Literature
41 books — 30 voters