Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

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The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
LGBTQ Science Fiction and Fantasy
2,039 books — 1,952 voters
Drawing Down the Moon by Margot Adler
Occult Library
847 books — 330 voters

Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin
2021 National Book Awards Longlist
50 books — 15 voters
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
2021 Women's Prize for Fiction Longlist
16 books — 108 voters

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great First-Half 2021 Book Preview (January - March)
84 books — 116 voters
Of Being Numerous by George OppenCollected Works by Lorine NiedeckerHowl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg
Modern Poetry/ Poetics List
62 books — 36 voters

The Descent of Alette by Alice NotleyOne with Others by C.D. WrightRecyclopedia by Harryette MullenLyric Sexology Vol. 1 by Trish SalahXeclogue by Lisa Robertson
Best Poetry Books
2,977 books — 2,418 voters
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Vicious Red Relic, Love by Anna Joy SpringerOrlando by Virginia WoolfGender Outlaws by Kate BornsteinWhipping Girl by Julia Serano
Best Gender-Bending Books
610 books — 456 voters

Madame X by Darcie Dennigan
Apocalyptic Poetry Books
26 books — 11 voters
The Power Broker by Robert A. CaroThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Best American History Books
2,111 books — 2,479 voters

Whipping Girl by Julia SeranoSister Outsider by Audre LordeZami by Audre LordeI Hope We Choose Love by Kai Cheng ThomGender Outlaw by Kate Bornstein
Women & Gender Studies
1,461 books — 546 voters
Station Eleven by Emily St. John MandelLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezAnd the Band Played On by Randy Shilts
Books for a Pandemic
698 books — 578 voters

The Vicious Red Relic, Love by Anna Joy Springer
Best LGBT Poetry
166 books — 55 voters