Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Scott (24 Lists)



The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternThe Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWittThe Snowman by Jo NesbøRobopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
Best Cover Art 2011 (Non-YA)
292 books — 1,539 voters
Room by Emma DonoghueThe Passage by Justin CroninThe Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
FIVE HIGH 2011 - your top five reads of the year
141 books — 123 voters

The Marbled Swarm by Dennis CooperMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsSubversia by Duke HaneyThe House of Sleep by Jonathan CoeThe Wooden Sea by Jonathan Carroll
Best Book Cover Art
12,388 books — 7,098 voters
Nude Men by Amanda FilipacchiVapor by Amanda FilipacchiBanned for Life by Duke Haney
REALLY Underrated Books (Fewer than 1,000 Ratings)
3,189 books — 764 voters

House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiThe Land of Laughs by Jonathan CarrollWaiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Now That's REALLY Freakin' Weird...
714 books — 554 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Best Books of 2000
605 books — 319 voters

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,354 books — 1,779 voters
The Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,945 books — 1,880 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Land of Laughs by Jonathan Carroll
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,258 books — 2,434 voters
The Secret History by Donna TarttBlindness by José SaramagoThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienFight Club by Chuck PalahniukNeverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,678 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,378 voters
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth SteinUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsFreedom by Jonathan Franzen
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,857 books — 21,930 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
The Goriest Books Ever
407 books — 626 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonA Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
ONE DAY Best Summer Reads
1,666 books — 5,993 voters

Bones of the Moon by Jonathan Carroll
best books concerning dreams
420 books — 172 voters
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Best Humorous Books
4,302 books — 7,857 voters

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerNaked Lunch by William S. BurroughsSophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,592 books — 13,121 voters
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Can't Wait Books of 2010
1,233 books — 10,137 voters

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess1984 by George OrwellBlindness by José SaramagoThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,815 books — 49,776 voters
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,305 books — 15,554 voters

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-SmithCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëFade by Lisa McMannColumbine by Dave Cullen
Best Book Cover 2009
333 books — 2,843 voters
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Best Books of 2009
1,769 books — 6,937 voters

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,610 books — 16,258 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellBlindness by José SaramagoEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,731 books — 25,955 voters