Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Phil (15 Lists)



The First Noel by Jan Pieńkowski
Best Pop-Up Books
65 books — 13 voters
The Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix PotterThe Tale of Tom Kitten by Beatrix PotterThe Tale of Squirrel Nutkin by Beatrix PotterThe Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck by Beatrix PotterA Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
Children's Picture Books With Beautiful Illustrations
2,155 books — 1,304 voters

The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling
13,613 books — 9,419 voters
We Took to the Woods by Louise Dickinson RichA Place in the Woods by Helen HooverA Year in the Maine Woods by Bernd HeinrichDream Island by R.M. LockleyHill Farm Story by Ruth Janette Ruck
Best 'Back Of Beyond' Non-Fiction
10 books — 1 voter

Cranford by Elizabeth GaskellWild Hares and Hummingbirds by Stephen MossTarka the Otter by Henry WilliamsonAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotAll Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot
British Countryside Literature
237 books — 16 voters
The White Road Westwards by B.B.
British Countryside and Natural History
13 books — 6 voters

Death of Anton by Alan MelvilleSomebody at the Door by Raymond W. PostgateDeath Makes a Prophet by John BudeScarweather by Anthony RollsDeath in White Pyjamas / Death Knows No Calendar by John Bude
British Library Crime Classics
145 books — 116 voters
Death on the Nile by Agatha ChristieMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieBusman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. SayersGaudy Night by Dorothy L. SayersStrong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
Classic Golden Age Mysteries
41 books — 23 voters

A Croft in the Hills by Katharine StewartThe River by Philippa ForresterA Shepherd's Watch by David KennardWild Hares and Hummingbirds by Stephen MossThe Wild Places by Robert Macfarlane
British and Irish Nature Writing
249 books — 169 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
The Cottage Library
202 books — 36 voters

All Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotAll Things Bright and Beautiful by James HerriotWesley the Owl by Stacey O'BrienAll Things Wise and Wonderful by James HerriotSeabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction
2,428 books — 2,951 voters
Deep Country by Neil AnsellWe Took to the Woods by Louise Dickinson Rich
Homestead Memoirs
125 books — 10 voters

The Other Side of the Dale by Gervase PhinnOver Hill and Dale by Gervase PhinnPigs in Clover by Simon DawsonThe Last Shepherds by Charles BowdenA Shepherd's Watch by David Kennard
Memoirs of British country life
153 books — 18 voters