Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Charli (26 Lists)



Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Can't Wait Books of 2010
1,233 books — 10,137 voters
On Writing by Stephen KingColumbine by Dave CullenNickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,222 books — 8,064 voters

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse AndersonCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie RyanFire by Kristin Cashore
2009 MUST READS: Children's and YA
222 books — 764 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,396 books — 119,657 voters

The Green Mile by Stephen KingBoy's Life by Robert McCammonThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisSwan Song by Robert McCammonMisery by Stephen King
Bram Stoker Award Winners
61 books — 110 voters
Looking for Alaska by John GreenLizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. SchmidtStuck in Neutral by Terry TruemanAirborn by Kenneth OppelThe First Part Last by Angela Johnson
Printz Award Winners and Honor Books
124 books — 967 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank HerbertAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyHyperion by Dan Simmons
Favorite Novels Which Won the Hugo Award
84 books — 1,615 voters
Mr. Perfect by Linda HowardCry No More by Linda HowardOut of Control by Suzanne BrockmannBreaking Point by Suzanne BrockmannOver the Edge by Suzanne Brockmann
Best Romantic Suspense
2,177 books — 2,656 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Favorites from 1001 Books You Should Read Before You Die
503 books — 1,055 voters
The Secret History by Donna TarttA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Entertainment Weekly New Classics
104 books — 257 voters

The Stand by Stephen KingIt by Stephen KingThe Gunslinger by Stephen King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingThe Shining by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
178 books — 3,874 voters
Watership Down by Richard AdamsCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteAnimal Farm by George OrwellBlack Beauty by Anna SewellTailchaser's Song by Tad Williams
Best Books About Animals
1,837 books — 1,854 voters

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Red Pony by John SteinbeckSilas Marner by George Eliot
Read These In School - Would Have Preferred A Root Canal
466 books — 1,587 voters
Godless by Ann CoulterHow to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) by Ann CoulterIf Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans by Ann CoulterThe Secret by Rhonda ByrneSlander by Ann Coulter
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,637 books — 5,996 voters

The Stand by Stephen KingThe Hot Zone by Richard PrestonThe Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonDoomsday Book by Connie WillisYear of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Books for a Pandemic
698 books — 578 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingSwan Song by Robert McCammonThe Gunslinger by Stephen KingOn the Beach by Nevil ShuteGenesis by Bernard Beckett
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,241 books — 3,409 voters

’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingVampire$ by John SteakleyBloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,778 books — 4,914 voters
The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. PearsonLittle Brother by Cory DoctorowLiving Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott
2009 Printz Contenders
59 books — 1,451 voters

The Shining by Stephen KingIt by Stephen KingInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. AuelFirestarter by Stephen King
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,694 voters
The Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerThe Green Mile by Stephen KingThe Godfather by Mario PuzoThe Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,102 voters

Tender at the Bone by Ruth ReichlComfort Me with Apples by Ruth ReichlGarlic and Sapphires by Ruth ReichlUnder the Tuscan Sun by Frances MayesKitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,225 books — 1,634 voters
His Dark Materials by Philip PullmanThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeGirls in Trucks by Katie CrouchNarcissus in Chains by Laurell K. HamiltonI Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,607 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardWatership Down by Richard AdamsAnne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Best Books Ever
75,777 books — 281,703 voters
Dark Lover by J.R. WardTwilight by Stephenie Meyer
Best Paranormal & Fantasy Romances
5,578 books — 9,752 voters

Sabriel by Garth NixSpeak by Laurie Halse AndersonTwilight by Stephenie MeyerHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Best Young Adult Books
13,105 books — 80,156 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellThe Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,328 books — 24,579 voters