Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Lua (22 Lists)



This American Ex-Wife by Lyz LenzSafe by Mark Daley
Memoirs Published in Year: 2024
414 books — 68 voters
I Swear by Katie PorterLife on Delay by John HendricksonWe Are Too Many by Hannah PittardOath and Honor by Liz CheneyDon't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You by Lucinda Williams
Memoirs Published in Year: 2023
448 books — 127 voters

Wild by Cheryl StrayedEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanEducated by Tara Westover
WHAT TO READ IN QUARENTINE: 10 Books About Being Alone Written by Women
31 books — 23 voters
This is Going to Hurt by Adam KayThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanStill Alice by Lisa GenovaThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootComplications by Atul Gawande
Best Popular Medicine Books on Goodreads
129 books — 39 voters

Stranger Care by Sarah SentillesThe Commitment by Dan SavageThe Kid by Dan Savage
Non-Fiction Books about Adoption/Foster Care
491 books — 287 voters
Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant by Jenni Ferrari-AdlerComfort Me with Apples by Ruth ReichlAlice, Let's Eat by Calvin TrillinGarlic and Sapphires by Ruth ReichlJulie and Julia by Julie Powell
Great Books about Food
476 books — 161 voters

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,305 books — 15,557 voters
Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerA Year in Provence by Peter MayleA Moveable Feast by Ernest HemingwayThe Sex Lives of Cannibals by J. Maarten Troost
Favorite Travel Books
2,017 books — 3,939 voters

The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
Best Picture Books
3,072 books — 1,975 voters
Voracious by Cara NicolettiJulie and Julia by Julie PowellGarlic and Sapphires by Ruth ReichlComfort Me with Apples by Ruth ReichlTender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl
Food Memoirs
53 books — 28 voters

Ambulance Girl by Jane SternRescue 471 by Peter CanningPopulation by Michael PerryParamedic by Peter Canning
Everyday Heroes
64 books — 100 voters
Ambulance Girl by Jane SternThe Tennis Partner by Abraham VergheseHeart in the Right Place by Carolyn JourdanDelivering Doctor Amelia by Dan ShapiroDevil in the Details by Jennifer Traig
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,794 books — 6,332 voters

Ambulance Girl by Jane SternThe Tennis Partner by Abraham VergheseDelivering Doctor Amelia by Dan ShapiroHeart in the Right Place by Carolyn JourdanIce Bound by Jerri Nielsen
Compelling Medical Memoirs
345 books — 168 voters
The Teenage Liberation Handbook by Grace LlewellynTeach Your Own by John C. HoltHomeschooling and the Voyage of Self-Discovery by David H. AlbertAnd What About College? by Cafi CohenHomeschooling for Excellence by David Colfax
Best Homeschooling Books
313 books — 379 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellBel Canto by Ann Patchett
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,649 books — 16,266 voters
The Teenage Liberation Handbook by Grace LlewellynThe Spark by Kristine BarnettFree to Learn by Peter O. GrayThe Day I Became an Autodidact and the Advice, Adventures, an... by Kendall HaileyAnd the Skylark Sings with Me by David H. Albert
Important Books About Education
66 books — 62 voters

Learning All the Time by John C. HoltTeach Your Own by John C. HoltHomeschooling for Excellence by David Colfax
Secular Nonviolent Homeschooling
23 books — 12 voters
Teach Your Own by John C. HoltHomeschooling and the Voyage of Self-Discovery by David H. AlbertThe Teenage Liberation Handbook by Grace LlewellynReal Lives by Grace LlewellynCollege Without High School by Blake Boles
Excellent Books for Parents of Relaxed Homeschoolers
37 books — 37 voters

Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast
Alzheimer's and Dementia Caregiver Memoirs (nonfiction)
33 books — 25 voters
The Teenage Liberation Handbook by Grace LlewellynThe Day I Became an Autodidact and the Advice, Adventures, an... by Kendall HaileyReal Lives by Grace LlewellynCollege Without High School by Blake BolesGeeks by Jon Katz
Excellent Books for Teenaged Autodidacts
69 books — 17 voters

Heart in the Right Place by Carolyn JourdanDelivering Doctor Amelia by Dan ShapiroStill Alice by Lisa GenovaMidwives by Chris Bohjalian
Best Books with a Medical Setting.
402 books — 196 voters
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
Best Book Cover 2009
333 books — 2,843 voters