Goodreads Choice Awards Finalists 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Kevin Kennedy (43 Lists)



Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,258 books — 2,433 voters
Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy
The Best of Tolstoy
31 books — 445 voters

Absalom, Absalom! by William FaulknerAs I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Best of William Faulkner
107 books — 10 voters
Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille
Best Surrealist or Dadaist Books
126 books — 103 voters

Hamlet by William ShakespeareJulius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Best Plays Ever
854 books — 1,128 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Best Books To Frame Thinking
1,277 books — 1,426 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Left-wing Science Fiction and Fantasy
335 books — 252 voters
1984 by George OrwellA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Best Philosophical Literature
1,166 books — 2,724 voters

1984 by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Cult Classics
1,567 books — 2,122 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,376 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Teen Books About Real Problems
2,985 books — 12,441 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxAnimal Farm by George OrwellNight by Elie WieselCapital by Karl Marx
The Best Social Studies Library List
236 books — 182 voters

1984 by George Orwell
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,328 books — 24,578 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess1984 by George OrwellThe Stranger by Albert CamusSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille
Best Transgressive Fiction
868 books — 966 voters

1984 by George OrwellA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe Road by Cormac McCarthyNight by Elie WieselBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,186 books — 11,259 voters
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Feminist Killjoy Starter Kit
29 books — 2 voters

1984 by George OrwellAbsalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner
100 Best Books of All Time: The World Library List
100 books — 1,711 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellCatch-22 by Joseph HellerMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,105 books — 1,719 voters

The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,694 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Books on the Worst Books of All Time List That I Love
268 books — 891 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,481 books — 5,715 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
World's Greatest Novellas
712 books — 1,441 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyAs I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Regional Grit Lit
120 books — 87 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyKafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,857 books — 21,930 voters

Watchmen by Alan Moore
Best Graphic Novels
3,456 books — 6,764 voters
The Godfather by Mario PuzoJurassic Park by Michael Crichton
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,103 voters

The Godfather by Mario Puzo
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,305 books — 15,555 voters
Absalom, Absalom! by William FaulknerAs I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Hemingway and Faulkner: Where They Rank
56 books — 8 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandNaked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,592 books — 13,122 voters
1984 by George Orwell
Best Science Fiction
3,644 books — 6,900 voters


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