Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Esther (140 Lists)



Beloved by Toni MorrisonThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Huh? I Thought That Book Would Be Better Than It Was
882 books — 750 voters
Just Kids by Patti Smith1Q84 by Haruki MurakamiThe Magicians by Lev Grossman
50 Books That Define the Past Five Years in Literature
48 books — 58 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'ConnorIsland by Aldous Huxley
LOST Book Club
80 books — 119 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Favorites from 1001 Books You Should Read Before You Die
502 books — 1,055 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Buzzfeed's Science Fiction Quiz List
95 books — 6 voters
The Unfortunates by B.S. Johnson
Postmodern Genius
506 books — 583 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingAnimal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,140 books — 17,314 voters
The Unfortunates by B.S. JohnsonCoin Locker Babies by Ryū MurakamiTo the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Flavorwire's 50 Incredibly Tough Books for Extreme Readers
50 books — 105 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleAs I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
The Best Books You Will Never Read... EVER
102 books — 44 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books Ever
75,656 books — 281,268 voters

Shades of Grey by Jasper FfordeNotes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculo... by Fyodor DostoevskyTropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
Best Beginning
716 books — 650 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternAlias Grace by Margaret AtwoodThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Want to read books
512 books — 200 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyLord of the Flies by William GoldingBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Smart Apocalyptic and Dystopian Fiction
531 books — 723 voters
Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Crucible by Arthur Miller
Books That Deserve a Higher Rating (Avg Rating < 4)
737 books — 255 voters

Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculo... by Fyodor DostoevskyTropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
Best Existential Fiction
445 books — 761 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess1984 by George OrwellTropic of Cancer by Henry MillerThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Best Use of Stylistic Language (best form/language)
561 books — 544 voters

Down and Out in Paris and London by George OrwellTropic of Cancer by Henry MillerThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Books About Paris
712 books — 570 voters
Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor
Best Southern Gothic Literature
336 books — 496 voters

Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'ConnorNineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
My Essential 25
16 books — 16 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
1001 Books I Have Already Read
523 books — 457 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Catch-22 by Joseph HellerA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
What Should Ted Read Next?
145 books — 20 voters
Wool Omnibus by Hugh HoweyThe Gone-Away World by Nick HarkawayShades of Grey by Jasper FfordeThe Chrysalids by John WyndhamReady Player One by Ernest Cline
Your Top 5 Reads in 2013
1,301 books — 1,093 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Sword and Laser Science Fiction list
1,102 books — 1,761 voters
Wool Omnibus by Hugh HoweyWe by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Apocalyptic and post apocalyptic fiction
60 books — 57 voters

The Complete Stories by Flannery O'ConnorA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
What To Read Next
20,161 books — 24,042 voters
Oryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodThe Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway
Best Speculative Fiction Books of the 2000s
26 books — 39 voters

The Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodWorld War Z by Max BrooksThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodThe Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway
Decent ADULT books for ADULT readers
822 books — 328 voters
The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway
Best Unknown Books
2,330 books — 1,850 voters


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