Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Helen (6 Lists)



Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussWild Swans by Jung Chang
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,237 books — 4,384 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Foreign Lands
2,346 books — 2,190 voters

Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyAnimal Farm by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Books that make you think.
1,116 books — 1,048 voters
Notes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonThe Songlines by Bruce ChatwinDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra FullerIn Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin
Favorite Travel Books
2,017 books — 3,939 voters

Birdsong by Sebastian FaulksThe Return of the Soldier by Rebecca WestStrange Meeting by Susan Hill
The Great War
682 books — 599 voters
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverOut of Africa by Isak DinesenThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller
Best books for an African Safari
475 books — 525 voters