Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Andre (14 Lists)



Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingThe Giver by Lois LowryHoles by Louis SacharThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Top 100 Middle School Must-Reads
2,266 books — 3,648 voters
The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything by James Martin
Books that explain the Catholic faith
160 books — 76 voters

My Life with the Saints by James MartinThe Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas MertonThe Screwtape Letters by C.S. LewisConfessions by Augustine of Hippo
Roman Catholic Reading
584 books — 274 voters
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughThe Power and the Glory by Graham GreeneThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriThe Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor
Catholic Fiction
543 books — 426 voters

The Miracle of St. Anthony by Adrian Wojnarowski
Tales from the Hardwood
279 books — 158 voters
Empire of Liberty by Gordon S. WoodJohn Adams by David McCulloughThe Federalist Papers by Alexander HamiltonThe Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard BailynWashington by Ron Chernow
Books on the American Founding (nonfiction)
135 books — 65 voters

The Iliad / The Odyssey by HomerThe Iliad by HomerHistory of the Peloponnesian War by ThucydidesMythology by Edith HamiltonThe Oedipus Cycle by Sophocles
Best Books on Ancient Greek History and Literature
356 books — 195 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakNumber the Stars by Lois LowryFever 1793 by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Cross of Lead by Avi
Teen Historical Fiction
1,381 books — 3,085 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Alienist by Caleb CarrThe New York Trilogy by Paul AusterThe Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
I Love New York City
609 books — 355 voters
Paris to the Moon by Adam GopnikA Year in Provence by Peter MayleDe Gaulle 3 by Jean LacoutureDe Gaulle 2 by Jean LacoutureDe Gaulle 1 by Jean Lacouture
French History
289 books — 83 voters

Diplomacy by Henry KissingerThe Cold War by John Lewis GaddisAmerican Diplomacy by George F. KennanLegacy of Ashes by Tim WeinerAmerica and the World by Zbigniew Brzeziński
American Foreign Policy
460 books — 270 voters
The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul TherouxBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonPeter the Great by Robert K. MassieFrom Bauhaus to Our House by Tom WolfeBrave Companions by David McCullough
Best History and Non Fiction Books for Teenage Boys
115 books — 43 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeUglies by Scott Westerfeld
Best Young Adult Books
13,102 books — 80,157 voters
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. LewisMere Christianity by C.S. LewisConfessions by Augustine of Hippo
Must Read Books for the Thinking Christian
1,231 books — 821 voters