Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Dory (8 Lists)



The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Woman Who Rides Like a Man by Tamora Pierce
Best Heroine in a Fantasy Book
1,482 books — 1,787 voters
Alanna by Tamora PierceHowl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesHis Dark Materials by Philip PullmanWild Magic by Tamora Pierce
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,446 books — 18,183 voters

The Goose Girl by Shannon HaleElla Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,795 books — 9,157 voters
Lioness Rampant by Tamora PierceEmperor Mage by Tamora PierceThe Realms of the Gods by Tamora Pierce
Favorite Tamora Pierce book
36 books — 112 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Best Series Books
737 books — 686 voters
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Beginning
716 books — 650 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownWicked by Gregory MaguireThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Books I Regret Reading
2,301 books — 3,227 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Best Books Ever
75,837 books — 281,799 voters