Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Carly Geoffreys (16 Lists)



1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Best School Assigned Books
766 books — 2,065 voters
War and Peace by Leo TolstoyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,286 books — 10,016 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerNight by Elie WieselThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,793 books — 6,329 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakSchindler’s List by Thomas KeneallyNight by Elie WieselThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Well-Written Holocaust Books
890 books — 2,879 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMs. Marvel, Vol. 1 by G. Willow WilsonBrick Lane by Monica AliThe Butterfly Mosque by G. Willow WilsonInfidel by Pornsak Pichetshote
Muslims in the West
22 books — 26 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryAll the Bright Places by Jennifer NivenRendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Destruction Literature
50 books — 36 voters

The Outsiders by S.E. HintonGulab by Rohith S. KatbamnaRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
What People in their 30s Read in 2024
334 books — 7 voters
The Outsiders by S.E. HintonGulab by Rohith S. KatbamnaInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
What We've Read So Far in 2024
4,564 books — 233 voters

The Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Rainmaker by John GrishamDracula by Bram StokerRumble Fish by S.E. HintonLive Cinema and Its Techniques by Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola
52 books — 3 voters
Down and Rising by Rohith S. KatbamnaThe Whip by Karen KondazianReturn to Me by Kelly MoranFrostbite by Richelle MeadCity of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
Books that should be made into a movie/tv show
1,535 books — 1,103 voters

Down and Rising by Rohith S. KatbamnaThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 7,003 voters
Down and Rising by Rohith S. KatbamnaThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniLife of Pi by Yann MartelThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Best Multicultural General Fiction
588 books — 376 voters

Down and Rising by Rohith S. KatbamnaAnimal Farm by George OrwellLes Misérables by Victor HugoCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Best Books Ever
75,781 books — 281,637 voters
Down and Rising by Rohith S. Katbamna1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,731 books — 25,952 voters

Down and Rising by Rohith S. KatbamnaTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLord of the Flies by William Golding
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,395 books — 119,650 voters
Watchmen by Alan MooreAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,105 books — 1,718 voters