Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Laure-lise (20 Lists)



Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieWhat Is the What by Dave EggersAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieDisgrace by J.M. Coetzee
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,751 books — 1,625 voters
Les Misérables by Victor HugoThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,323 books — 5,835 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyUlysses by James JoyceWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,286 books — 10,016 voters
The Call of the Wild by Jack LondonThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Tales of Adventure
513 books — 474 voters

On the Road by Jack KerouacLife of Pi by Yann MartelInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Ultimate Backpacking Novels
469 books — 1,134 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoBeatrice and Virgil by Yann MartelHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Most Orange Books of All Time
1,205 books — 329 voters

What Would Audrey Do? by Pamela Clarke KeoghPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenMatilda by Roald Dahl
Best Female role Models for Young Girls
361 books — 194 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Humorous Books
4,300 books — 7,856 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Books that Make you Laugh
3,488 books — 4,997 voters
On the Road by Jack KerouacTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathLife of Pi by Yann Martel
50 Books That Will Change Your Life - Chapters/Indigo
438 books — 1,188 voters

On the Road by Jack KerouacHowl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg
Beat Lit
235 books — 182 voters
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Best Graphic Novels
3,456 books — 6,764 voters

The Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesThe Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
2012 Tournament of Books
16 books — 245 voters
Les Misérables by Victor HugoTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books Ever
75,746 books — 281,575 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Best Young Adult Books
13,099 books — 80,153 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Best School Assigned Books
766 books — 2,065 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,589 books — 13,119 voters
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeLes Misérables by Victor HugoA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,393 books — 119,641 voters

Matilda by Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl
35 books — 180 voters
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov1984 by George OrwellOn the Road by Jack KerouacAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieMatilda by Roald Dahl
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,815 books — 49,771 voters