Goodreads Choice Award Winners

Decided by voting open to all members of Goodreads, the Goodreads Choice Awards are the only major book awards chosen by readers. Voting in 20 categor ...more

Winners

	How to Kill a Witch: The Patriarchy's Guide to Silencing Women by Claire Mitchell 4.19 avg rating — 2,097 ratings Goodreads Choice Award for History/Biography (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom by Shari Franke 4.32 avg rating — 163,512 ratings Goodreads Choice Award for Memoir (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 167,605 ratings Goodreads Choice Award for Nonfiction (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fake Skating by Lynn Painter (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 38,775 ratings Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fiction (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins 4.51 avg rating — 979,051 ratings Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fantasy & Sci-Fi (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 110,037 ratings Goodreads Choice Award for Horror (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Compound by Aisling Rawle 3.57 avg rating — 75,758 ratings Goodreads Choice Award for Science Fiction (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab 3.97 avg rating — 134,490 ratings Goodreads Choice Award for Fantasy (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3) by Rebecca Yarros (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 1,579,906 ratings Goodreads Choice Award for Romantasy and for Audiobook (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alchemised by SenLinYu (Goodreads Author) 4.44 avg rating — 123,127 ratings Goodreads Choice Award for Debut Novel and Nominee for Romantasy and for Audiobook (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 624,108 ratings Goodreads Choice Award for Romance and Nominee for Audiobook (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 100,595 ratings Goodreads Choice Award for Mystery/Thriller (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 548,329 ratings Goodreads Choice Award for Historical Fiction and Nominee for Audiobook (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Friends by Fredrik Backman (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 281,235 ratings Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction and Nominee for Audiobook (2025)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 9,812 ratings Goodreads Choice Award for History/Biography (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir by Kelly Bishop 4.32 avg rating — 123,617 ratings Goodreads Choice Award for Memoir (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt 4.32 avg rating — 169,091 ratings Goodreads Choice Award for Nonfiction (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heartstopper: Volume Five (Heartstopper, #5) by Alice Oseman (Goodreads Author) 4.46 avg rating — 194,135 ratings Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fiction (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ruthless Vows (Letters of Enchantment, #2) by Rebecca Ross (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 406,092 ratings Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fantasy (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 142,026 ratings Goodreads Choice Award for Debut Novel (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Like It Darker by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 85,194 ratings Goodreads Choice Award for Horror (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley 3.57 avg rating — 210,397 ratings Goodreads Choice Award for Science Fiction and Nominee for Debut Novel (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #2) by T.J. Klune (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 181,611 ratings Goodreads Choice Award for Fantasy and Nominee for Audiobook (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	House of Flame and Shadow (Crescent City, #3) by Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 663,750 ratings Goodreads Choice Award for Romantasy (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Funny Story by Emily Henry (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 1,241,084 ratings Goodreads Choice Award for Romance and for Audiobook (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 740,412 ratings Goodreads Choice Award for Mystery/Thriller (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Women by Kristin Hannah (Goodreads Author) 4.59 avg rating — 1,507,140 ratings Goodreads Choice Award for Historical Fiction and Nominee for Audiobook (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wedding People by Alison Espach 4.08 avg rating — 960,689 ratings Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction (2024)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond by Henry Winkler 4.13 avg rating — 26,913 ratings Goodreads Choice Award for Humor (2023)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 202,949 ratings Goodreads Choice Award for History/Biography (2023)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars