Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jason Tweddell (29 Lists)



Cocaine Nights by J.G. BallardFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksDiary by Chuck PalahniukInvisible by Paul Auster
Most Unique Books Of All Time
362 books — 156 voters
The Demon by Hubert Selby Jr.Delta of Venus by Anaïs NinOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyDiary by Chuck PalahniukCrime by Irvine Welsh
Most original
1,201 books — 653 voters

Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksThe Largesse of the Sea Maiden by Denis JohnsonSkagboys by Irvine Welsh
Let's Shake It Up A Bit
960 books — 571 voters
Invisible Monsters by Chuck PalahniukThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksTrainspotting by Irvine WelshSkagboys by Irvine WelshChoke by Chuck Palahniuk
Unconventional, Seductive, Intelligent and Dizzyingly Surreal
741 books — 387 voters

Dubliners by James JoyceOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyClown Girl by Monica DrakeFilth by Irvine Welsh
Taboo Reads
1,769 books — 2,636 voters
Survivor by Chuck PalahniukLord of the Flies by William GoldingNutshell by Ian McEwanThe Cement Garden by Ian McEwanThe Sluts by Dennis Cooper
New Cult Classics
291 books — 152 voters

Factotum by Charles BukowskiLunar Park by Bret Easton EllisThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Sex Lives of Siamese Twins by Irvine Welsh
Well Dodgy Characters
361 books — 177 voters
Franz Kafka's The Castle by David FishelsonFight Club by Chuck PalahniukOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Now That's REALLY Freakin' Weird...
714 books — 554 voters

Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksThe Marbled Swarm by Dennis CooperFactotum by Charles BukowskiAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Best EXPLICIT books
647 books — 268 voters
Crime by Irvine WelshDelta of Venus by Anaïs NinAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisFactotum by Charles BukowskiThe Elephant Tree by R.D. Ronald
Books That Leave An Impact
423 books — 140 voters

Less Than Zero by Bret Easton EllisJunky by William S. BurroughsThe Road by Cormac McCarthyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyInvisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
Weird and Wonderful Stories
316 books — 156 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisSkagboys by Irvine WelshYou Will Know Me by Megan AbbottThe Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwanCoin Locker Babies by Ryū Murakami
Books That Changed My World
3,277 books — 3,189 voters

Skagboys by Irvine WelshPorno by Irvine WelshCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.
Awful People Doing Awful Things
452 books — 209 voters
Lunar Park by Bret Easton EllisTrainspotting by Irvine WelshA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksFight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Cult fction
359 books — 205 voters

Dead Men's Trousers by Irvine WelshThe Secret History by Donna TarttThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Elephant Tree by R.D. RonaldSkagboys by Irvine Welsh
Weird, Addictive, Psychological, Must Reads
466 books — 255 voters
You Will Know Me by Megan AbbottThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.
Bizarre books
665 books — 415 voters

Naked Lunch by William S. BurroughsNovel with Cocaine by M. AgueevInvisible Monsters by Chuck PalahniukThe Book of Illusions by Paul AusterA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Best Outside-the-box Speculative Fiction
883 books — 483 voters
Lunar Park by Bret Easton EllisFight Club by Chuck PalahniukAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe Marbled Swarm by Dennis Cooper
Twisted Tales
673 books — 400 voters

Factotum by Charles BukowskiInvisible Monsters by Chuck PalahniukFight Club by Chuck PalahniukA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Weirdest Books Ever
1,193 books — 1,184 voters
Brighton Rock by Graham GreeneA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Weird Fiction Books
1,200 books — 1,090 voters

Big Sur by Jack KerouacWomen by Charles BukowskiAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisFactotum by Charles BukowskiRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.
Quality Dark Fiction
2,501 books — 3,217 voters
The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins by Irvine WelshBlood and Guts in High School by Kathy AckerThe Sluts by Dennis CooperFactotum by Charles BukowskiThe Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Depraved, perverse and subversive fiction and non-fiction
366 books — 177 voters

Factotum by Charles BukowskiHaunted by Chuck PalahniukSkagboys by Irvine WelshHunger by Knut HamsunHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Transgressive and Bizzaro Fiction
319 books — 132 voters
Moon Tiger by Penelope LivelyPiercing by Ryū MurakamiThe Largesse of the Sea Maiden by Denis JohnsonOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Darkest Books of All Time
1,275 books — 1,713 voters

Factotum by Charles BukowskiInvisible Monsters by Chuck PalahniukUbik by Philip K. DickRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.Crash by J.G. Ballard
Cult Classics
1,567 books — 2,121 voters
Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyInvisible Monsters by Chuck PalahniukA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFactotum by Charles Bukowski
Contemporary Cult Fiction
492 books — 449 voters

Piercing by Ryū MurakamiThe Demon by Hubert Selby Jr.Trainspotting by Irvine WelshA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessInvisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
Readers From TransgressiveFiction.info Favorite Transgressive Fiction Reads
332 books — 143 voters
Less Than Zero by Bret Easton EllisFactotum by Charles BukowskiRant by Chuck PalahniukTrainspotting by Irvine WelshOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Best Transgressive Fiction
868 books — 966 voters

Invisible Monsters by Chuck PalahniukThe Killer Inside Me by Jim ThompsonAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisHunger by Knut HamsunThe Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs by Irvine Welsh
Cult fiction
538 books — 466 voters