Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sean Hendricks (11 Lists)



The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever by Stephen R. DonaldsonOn a Pale Horse by Piers AnthonyElric of Melniboné by Michael MoorcockThe Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,054 books — 11,645 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienDune by Frank HerbertThe Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever by Stephen R. DonaldsonThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,315 books — 24,546 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienAlice in Wonderland by Jane CarruthDune by Frank HerbertNeverwhere by Neil GaimanWatership Down by Richard Adams
Most Interesting World
8,072 books — 4,660 voters
Neverwhere by Neil GaimanAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanGood Omens by Terry PratchettDreams Underfoot by Charles de LintJack of Kinrowan by Charles de Lint
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,399 books — 12,542 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Difference Engine by William GibsonHow Few Remain by Harry TurtledoveAmerican Front by Harry TurtledoveWest of Eden by Harry Harrison
Best Alternate History Novels and Stories
766 books — 1,293 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertContact by Carl SaganThe Windup Girl by Paolo BacigalupiThe Difference Engine by William GibsonThe First Men in the Moon by H.G. Wells
Best Science Fiction
3,641 books — 6,885 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Conan Chronicles by Robert E. HowardAt the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft
Best Fantasy of the 30s
58 books — 70 voters
At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. LovecraftOut of the Silent Planet by C.S. LewisCarson of Venus by Edgar Rice BurroughsThe Shadow Out of Time by H.P. Lovecraft
Classic Science Fiction - 1930-1939
102 books — 117 voters

1984 by George OrwellDune by Frank HerbertThe Foundation Trilogy by Isaac AsimovI, Robot by Isaac AsimovA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century
553 books — 477 voters
1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonNeuromancer by William GibsonThe Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,724 books — 25,934 voters

J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever by Stephen R. DonaldsonElric of Melniboné by Michael MoorcockThe Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth MoonA Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,134 books — 25,665 voters