Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Stephanie Swint (20 Lists)



The Gates by John ConnollySomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington IrvingGather the Fortunes by Bryan CampThe World of Lore by Aaron Mahnke
All Hallows Reads
254 books — 165 voters
A Fatal Grace by Louise Penny
Christmas Mysteries
405 books — 201 voters

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyThe Gates by John ConnollyHallowe'en Party by Agatha ChristieA Discovery of Witches by Deborah HarknessGather the Fortunes by Bryan Camp
Best Halloween Books
699 books — 728 voters
Alias Hook by Lisa JensenWicked by Gregory Maguire
Classics Retold
154 books — 59 voters

Rivers of London by Ben AaronovitchNight Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
Best Urban Fantasy SERIES
726 books — 3,754 voters
Of Blood and Honey by Stina LeichtAnd Blue Skies From Pain by Stina LeichtSixty-One Nails by Mike ShevdonThe Road to Bedlam by Mike ShevdonWhispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch
Non-Young-Adult Literary Fiction Concerning the Land of Faeries
69 books — 30 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieOf Blood and Honey by Stina LeichtAnd Blue Skies From Pain by Stina LeichtArmageddon's Children by Terry Brooks
The Best Books about Elves or Faeries
814 books — 1,055 voters
Mistborn by Brandon SandersonJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienAssassin's Apprentice by Robin HobbThe Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,158 books — 25,687 voters

Snow Crash by Neal StephensonMistborn by Brandon SandersonThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. AuelJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonOutlander by Diana Gabaldon
Books I Became So Obsessed With I Stopped Everything Else in My Life to Finish.
12,082 books — 9,790 voters
All Clear by Connie WillisReady Player One by Ernest ClineThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsBlackout by Connie Willis
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,195 books — 8,938 voters

Snow Crash by Neal StephensonThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsArmageddon's Children by Terry Brooks
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,733 books — 25,960 voters
The Ordinary Princess by M.M. KayeCorduroy by Don FreemanGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise BrownThe Secret Staircase by Jill BarklemEast of the Sun and West of the Moon by Mercer Mayer
Best Children's Books
5,305 books — 6,695 voters

The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieSnow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,404 books — 119,670 voters
Snow Crash by Neal StephensonMistborn by Brandon SandersonReady Player One by Ernest ClineAssassin's Apprentice by Robin HobbAll Clear by Connie Willis
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,330 books — 24,580 voters

Assassin's Apprentice by Robin HobbMistborn by Brandon SandersonWarbreaker by Brandon SandersonAssassin's Quest by Robin Hobb
Books With Heroes/Heroines Who Are Assassins
1,229 books — 4,612 voters
Mistborn by Brandon SandersonShip of Magic by Robin HobbWarbreaker by Brandon SandersonAlanna by Tamora Pierce
Best Fantasy Books with Strong Women Characters
518 books — 413 voters

How to Be Good by Nick HornbyThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Power That Preserves by Stephen R. DonaldsonThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
The Worst Books of All Time
8,111 books — 19,875 voters
Mistborn by Brandon SandersonShip of Magic by Robin HobbThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonWarbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,446 books — 18,183 voters