Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jennifer (135 Lists)



The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood1984 by George OrwellA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliMen Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
The Post-Trump Big Questions Canon
525 books — 276 voters
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Last 10 Nonfiction Books I Read
2,978 books — 1,124 voters

Saga, Volume 4 by Brian K. Vaughan
Best Picks: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Novels of 2014
268 books — 1,276 voters
Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
2014 Speculative Fiction
65 books — 166 voters

Bad Feminist by Roxane GayThe Bone Clocks by David MitchellNot My Father's Son by Alan CummingHow to Build a Girl by Caitlin MoranFriendship by Emily Gould
2014 Hipster Books and Literary Fiction (July to Dec)
77 books — 120 voters
A Hat Full of Sky by Terry PratchettThe Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Winners
83 books — 270 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodTigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
Best Canadian Speculative Fiction
274 books — 64 voters
American Gods by Neil GaimanThe Magicians by Lev Grossman
Best Speculative Fiction Books of the 2000s
26 books — 39 voters

Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin AhmedThe Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
Non-Western Speculative Fiction
149 books — 82 voters
American Gods by Neil GaimanThe Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Best Weird Fiction Books
1,200 books — 1,090 voters

Invisible Cities by Italo CalvinoLike Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Translated Speculative Fiction
381 books — 203 voters
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. JemisinNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen LordThrone of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed
Speculative Fiction by Authors of Color
730 books — 477 voters

His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi NovikKushiel's Dart by Jacqueline CareyThe Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. JemisinThe Magicians by Lev GrossmanThe Rook by Daniel O'Malley
New Speculative Fiction Stars
1,141 books — 2,712 voters
The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodDealing with Dragons by Patricia C. WredeShabanu by Suzanne Fisher Staples
ALA 100 Best Books for Teens
113 books — 129 voters

A Is for Alibi by Sue GraftonThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeThe Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz
Fearless Females
768 books — 921 voters
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyCleopatra by Stacy SchiffHild by Nicola Griffith
Awesome Women of the Ancient World
434 books — 950 voters

Sense and Sensibility by Jane AustenLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Literary Love Triangles (Non-YA)
529 books — 1,889 voters
Bossypants by Tina FeyHow to Be a Woman by Caitlin MoranIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy KalingI Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane CrosleySelf-Inflicted Wounds by Aisha Tyler
Is She Funny?
27 books — 16 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodDune by Frank HerbertThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Literary Science Fiction
306 books — 231 voters
Lamb by Christopher MooreBossypants by Tina Fey
Best Humor Writing
819 books — 797 voters

1984 by George OrwellA People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn1491 by Charles C. Mann
Best Books To Frame Thinking
1,277 books — 1,424 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffThe Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel BarberyInvisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Books about Books
1,383 books — 1,517 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootBonk by Mary Roach
Medicine and Literature
1,837 books — 1,996 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonNotes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonWild by Cheryl StrayedAssassination Vacation by Sarah VowellPagan Holiday by Tony Perrottet
Favorite Travel Books
2,017 books — 3,939 voters

Assembling California by John McPheeNature Writings by John MuirThe Wild Muir by John Muir
The California Naturalist
46 books — 20 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Best California Books
434 books — 216 voters

The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanThe Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz
San Francisco Bay Area Fiction
444 books — 336 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettWeetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block
Novels Set in California
911 books — 367 voters

Hark! A Vagrant by Kate BeatonAnya's Ghost by Vera BrosgolLe bleu est une couleur chaude by Jul Maroh
Comics & Graphic Novels by Women
1,491 books — 1,362 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Best Books About Loving Books
374 books — 514 voters


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