Goodreads Choice Awards Opening Round

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sars (56 Lists)



The Women in White by Sarah Pekkanen
Best Thriller Novels of 2026
45 books — 52 voters
The Heretics by Joe AbercrombieMickey Prime by Edward Ashton
2027 Most Anticipated reads
101 books — 14 voters

None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
New York Times 50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century
51 books — 6 voters
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Ten Best Crime/Mystery/Thrillers
1,241 books — 1,121 voters

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Thriller/Mysteries with 4.0 or higher and 1000+ ratings
91 books — 53 voters
Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera
Thrillers Must-Reads.
1,399 books — 2,144 voters

None of This Is True by Lisa JewellThe Silent Patient by Alex MichaelidesListen for the Lie by Amy Tintera
100 Mysteries and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
2,695 books — 6,798 voters
Green City Wars by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2026
528 books — 698 voters

A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Catholic science fiction
81 books — 72 voters
Tales from the Gas Station by Jack Townsend
Best Creepypasta
56 books — 19 voters

John Dies at the End by David Wong
Best Dark Humor
758 books — 1,762 voters
Tales from the Gas Station by Jack TownsendTales from the Gas Station by Jack TownsendMogworld by Yahtzee CroshawDifferently Morphous by Yahtzee Croshaw
Laugh out Loud SF/F
68 books — 4 voters

Tales from the Gas Station by Jack Townsend
The r/NoSleep & Creepypasta reader
169 books — 64 voters
The End and the Death by Dan Abnett
Best Books of 2024
907 books — 967 voters

The Reverie by Peter FehervariRequiem Infernal by Peter Fehervari
The Black Library (Tales from Warhammer & Warhammer 40,000)
244 books — 146 voters
Night Film by Marisha Pessl
Best Horror Books by People Other Than Stephen King
1,630 books — 1,660 voters

Night Film by Marisha PesslHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Best Novels of Cinematic Horror
17 books — 18 voters
Ascension by Nicholas Binge
Mystery & Thriller 2023
190 books — 330 voters

If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe by Jason Pargin
Horror to Look Forward to in 2022
77 books — 64 voters
John Dies at the End by David WongA Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
Best contemporary horror books
122 books — 55 voters

The Hollow Places by T. KingfisherThe Twisted Ones by T. KingfisherI Have No Mouth & I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison
r/horrorlit
220 books — 138 voters
Some of Your Blood by Theodore Sturgeon
The obscure: Best books most haven't read (or even heard of)
541 books — 361 voters

Anathem by Neal Stephenson
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,879 books — 7,005 voters
The Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. HamiltonRevelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsPandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton
Best Science Fiction Series
458 books — 1,153 voters

Pines by Blake Crouch
Books Like Twin Peaks
51 books — 32 voters
Incendiary by Amy A. Bartol
Kindle Unlimited Fantasy and Science Fiction Favorites
3,651 books — 2,844 voters

The Last Town by Blake Crouch
Best Picks: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Novels of 2014
280 books — 1,278 voters
Night Watch by Terry PratchettSpin by Robert Charles WilsonJust One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor
The Best Time Travel Books of All Time
908 books — 1,893 voters

Pines by Blake Crouch
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,332 books — 3,624 voters
At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror by H.P. Lovecraft
Bring on the Creepy!
715 books — 478 voters


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