Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Wilbur Raju (22 Lists)



The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena1984 by George OrwellThe Zombie Room by R.D. RonaldNo Exit by Taylor AdamsThe Only One Left by Riley Sager
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,384 books — 119,604 voters
Hamilton by Lin-Manuel MirandaWild Swans by Jung ChangFate Finally Found Us by Barbara BealThe Big Short by Michael LewisA Promised Land by Barack Obama
favorite non-fiction
2,771 books — 1,127 voters

The River of Doubt by Candice MillardWe Are Never Meeting in Real Life. by Samantha IrbyWhy Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel TatumThe Romanov Sisters by Helen RappaportA Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis
Books You Want Everyone to Know About
8,449 books — 2,321 voters
Just Kids by Patti SmithWeapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'NeilVoices from Chernobyl by Svetlana AlexievichTalking as Fast as I Can by Lauren GrahamBad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling
13,609 books — 9,460 voters

A Promised Land by Barack ObamaThe Untethered Soul by Michael A. SingerThe Art of War by Sun TzuAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotDear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Must Read Books- Different Genres
13,699 books — 9,875 voters
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David SedarisIn Order to Live by Yeonmi ParkBad Feminist by Roxane GayWhy Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum
I Picked It Up Because of the Title
7,928 books — 2,055 voters

Longitude by Dava SobelIn Order to Live by Yeonmi ParkModern Romance by Aziz AnsariThe Order of Time by Carlo RovelliWar's Unwomanly Face by Svetlana Alexievich
Winter Reads
10,124 books — 2,693 voters
Missoula by Jon KrakauerLab Girl by Hope JahrenSeabiscuit by Laura HillenbrandSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,146 books — 17,380 voters

The River of Doubt by Candice MillardThe Lonely City by Olivia LaingThe Stranger in the Woods by Michael FinkelWomen Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola EstésQuantum Energetics and Spirituality Volume 1 by Kenneth Schmitt
The Last 10 Nonfiction Books I Read
2,976 books — 1,124 voters
The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah BlumFactfulness by Hans RoslingSeabiscuit by Laura HillenbrandThe Psychology of Money by Morgan HouselIn a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
3,977 books — 1,988 voters

The Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsNot My Father's Son by Alan CummingThe Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel WilkersonThe Lonely City by Olivia LaingA Promised Land by Barack Obama
Books You Would Recommend to Strangers
12,251 books — 7,837 voters
The Psychology of Money by Morgan HouselWhy Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel TatumThunderstruck by Erik LarsonWomen Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola EstésLongitude by Dava Sobel
Couldn't Put The Book Down
16,904 books — 16,540 voters

The Big Short by Michael LewisThe Psychology of Money by Morgan HouselQuantum Energetics and Spirituality Volume 1 by Kenneth SchmittThe Lonely City by Olivia LaingThe 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene
MUST READS!!!
14,426 books — 10,017 voters
Spark Joy by Marie KondōThink Like a Freak by Steven D. LevittThe Romanov Sisters by Helen RappaportThe River of Doubt by Candice MillardWhy Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
Books You Must Read!
11,311 books — 7,226 voters

Not My Father's Son by Alan CummingSeabiscuit by Laura HillenbrandThe Psychology of Money by Morgan HouselThe Spy and the Traitor by Ben MacintyreJust Kids by Patti Smith
Books That Have Made An Impression
3,868 books — 1,967 voters
Wild Swans by Jung ChangHamilton by Lin-Manuel MirandaThe Defining Decade by Meg JayThe Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah BlumThe Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel
Recommended Reads
3,694 books — 1,519 voters

The Defining Decade by Meg JayScrappy Little Nobody by Anna KendrickDad Is Fat by Jim GaffiganIn Order to Live by Yeonmi ParkThe Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum
Books I Will Never Ever Forget (YA Fiction and Everything)
7,569 books — 2,200 voters
Factfulness by Hans RoslingDad Is Fat by Jim GaffiganModern Romance by Aziz AnsariUntamed by Glennon DoyleIn the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
You Read a Book about What?
4,019 books — 2,068 voters

The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah BlumWe Are Never Meeting in Real Life. by Samantha IrbyThe Monuments Men by Robert M. EdselWhy Not Me? by Mindy KalingWeapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil
Smart Summer Reads
12,602 books — 10,503 voters
Missoula by Jon KrakauerNot My Father's Son by Alan CummingUntamed by Glennon DoyleThe Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan HolidayBad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Books you have read more than one time
12,388 books — 7,697 voters

Fierce Kingdom by Gin PhillipsFive Total Strangers by Natalie D. RichardsStalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri ManiscalcoReconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreightEmma in the Night by Wendy Walker
Recommended by Reading Challengers
6,016 books — 4,521 voters
Room by Emma DonoghueOut by Natsuo KirinoBrimstone by Douglas PrestonDon't Let Go by Harlan CobenMissing You by Harlan Coben
Top 10 for the Reading Challengers
5,855 books — 4,174 voters