Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sebastian Rusu (18 Lists)



The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Best Books Ever
75,778 books — 281,602 voters
Perfume by Patrick SüskindOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyLord of the Flies by William GoldingAnimal Farm by George OrwellGeneration X by Douglas Coupland
Best Transgressive Fiction
868 books — 966 voters

Generation X by Douglas CouplandReady Player One by Ernest ClineLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaPlatform by Michel Houellebecq
Talking 'Bout My Generation...
581 books — 445 voters
Carpe Jugulum by Terry PratchettVernon God Little by D.B.C. PierreA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareA Year in the Merde by Stephen ClarkeA Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon
Best Humorous Books
4,300 books — 7,856 voters

1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingAnimal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Social and Political Satires
496 books — 493 voters
Watchmen by Alan MoorePerfume by Patrick Süskind1984 by George Orwell
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,323 books — 5,836 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
99 books — 952 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,302 books — 4,503 voters

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,730 books — 25,951 voters
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Books to Obsess Over
326 books — 322 voters

Night Watch by Sergei LukyanenkoLord of the Flies by William Golding
What To Read Next
20,163 books — 24,051 voters
Labyrinth by Kate MosseDigital Fortress by Dan Brown
The Worst Books of All Time
8,101 books — 19,875 voters

The Bastard of Istanbul by Elif ShafakIstanbul by Orhan PamukSnow by Orhan Pamuk
Mediterranean Melting Pot (III): Byzantium and Turkey
162 books — 208 voters
Generation X by Douglas CouplandChildhood’s End by Arthur C. ClarkeA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinPerfume by Patrick SüskindWatchmen by Alan Moore
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,815 books — 49,771 voters

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickChildhood’s End by Arthur C. ClarkeTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,326 books — 24,566 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Young Adult Books
13,099 books — 80,152 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyLord of the Flies by William Golding
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,394 books — 119,647 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
Best Twentieth Century American Novels
299 books — 226 voters