Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

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I Have A Bad Feeling About This by Jeff Strand
2014 Contemporary YA
263 books — 1,868 voters
Ruin and Rising by Leigh BardugoThe Infinite Sea by Rick YanceyHollow City by Ransom Riggs
Can't Wait Books of 2014
2,467 books — 15,148 voters

Allegiant by Veronica RothResist by Sarah CrossanUnbreakable by Kami GarciaPicture Me Gone by Meg RosoffShadowlark by Meagan Spooner
New YA October 2013
93 books — 52 voters
The Maze Runner by James DashnerDivergent by Veronica RothArticle 5 by Kristen SimmonsUnwind by Neal ShustermanAshfall by Mike Mullin
YA Dystopias Since The Hunger Games
195 books — 378 voters

It by Stephen KingThe Stand by Stephen KingFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Shining by Stephen King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
The Definitive Horror Book List
1,379 books — 1,974 voters
The Crown Conspiracy by Michael J. SullivanTheft of Swords by Michael J. SullivanRise of Empire by Michael J. SullivanHeir of Novron by Michael J. SullivanThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Thieves
659 books — 1,255 voters

The Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsForever... by Judy BlumeI Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
Best Young Adult Books
13,121 books — 80,161 voters
A Memory of Light by Robert JordanThe Crown Tower by Michael J. SullivanAllegiant by Veronica RothSworn in Steel by Douglas Hulick
Can't Wait Science Fiction/Fantasy of 2013
623 books — 2,901 voters

Scarlet by Marissa MeyerBreaking Point by Kristen SimmonsFragments by Dan WellsThe Gathering Dark by Christine JohnsonMe, Him, Them, and It by Caela Carter
New Books February 2013
65 books — 145 voters
Redshirts by John ScalziThe Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen KingBlackout by Mira Grant
Adult Fantasy & Sci-Fi 2012
426 books — 722 voters

Blackout by Mira GrantThe Drowned Cities by Paolo BacigalupiTilt by Ellen HopkinsAshen Winter by Mike MullinI Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga
YA Novels of 2012
1,237 books — 10,183 voters
Lexapros and Cons by Aaron KaroKill Switch by Chris LynchBoy21 by Matthew Quick
2012 Young Adult Standalone Challenge
242 books — 823 voters

The Maze Runner by James DashnerI Am Number Four by Pittacus LoreThe Ruins of Gorlan by John FlanaganThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonUnwind by Neal Shusterman
Best YA to Appeal to Boys
649 books — 378 voters
The Maze Runner by James DashnerUnwind by Neal ShustermanLittle Brother by Cory DoctorowI Am Number Four by Pittacus LoreHatchet by Gary Paulsen
YA BOOKS BOYS WILL LOVE
617 books — 472 voters

Rot & Ruin by Jonathan MaberryThe Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie RyanStrange Angels by Lili St. CrowFeed by Mira GrantZombies Vs. Unicorns by Holly Black
YA Zombie Novels
314 books — 791 voters
Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
What To Read Next
20,164 books — 24,051 voters

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah HarknessRobopocalypse by Daniel H. WilsonReady Player One by Ernest ClineGhost Story by Jim ButcherLove Me by Danger Slater
Best Cover Art 2011 (Non-YA)
292 books — 1,539 voters
Watchmen by Alan MooreThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanV for Vendetta by Alan MooreThe Crow by James O'Barr
Best Graphic Novels
3,456 books — 6,765 voters

A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. DickFoundation by Isaac AsimovNeuromancer by William GibsonDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Stand by Stephen King
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,330 books — 24,581 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Belgariad Boxed Set by David EddingsThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyTheft of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,158 books — 25,688 voters

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Giver by Lois LowryAnimal Farm by George OrwellWatchmen by Alan Moore
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,733 books — 25,960 voters
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Best Books of 2008
1,631 books — 6,783 voters

Changes by Jim Butcher
Can't Wait Books of 2010
1,233 books — 10,137 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingOn the Road by Jack KerouacA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessWatchmen by Alan Moore
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,815 books — 49,783 voters

Watchmen by Alan MoorePersepolis by Marjane SatrapiY by Brian K. VaughanAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Luen YangBatman by Frank Miller
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,173 books — 2,010 voters