Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Sandra Noel (30 Lists)



A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanMy Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,946 books — 1,877 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Best First Book in a Series
103 books — 51 voters

Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Vicarious Thrills
388 books — 419 voters
The Wolf and the Dove by Kathleen E. WoodiwissRebecca by Daphne du MaurierA Rose in Winter by Kathleen E. WoodiwissThese Old Shades by Georgette HeyerDevil's Cub by Georgette Heyer
Favorite Historical Romance Novels
3,384 books — 6,009 voters

Are You My Mother? by Alison BechdelSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyAre You My Mother? by P.D. EastmanI'm Not OK and You're Not OK Either by Susan F. Young
Book Recommendations for Jon Snow
149 books — 216 voters
America's First Daughter by Stephanie DrayThe Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie BenjaminThe Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth WareNutshell by Ian McEwanThe Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson
Goodreads Picks for Tournament of Books 2017
512 books — 2,001 voters

Little Women by Louisa May AlcottGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Texts From Jane Eyre References
57 books — 4 voters
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Most Difficult Novels
586 books — 2,044 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
I Picked It Up Because of the Hype
344 books — 578 voters
Rocket Man by Melanie Greene
Bosswoman: In Love with the Female Boss
41 books — 32 voters

Isaac's Storm by Erik LarsonIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickA Night to Remember by Walter LordAlive by Piers Paul Read
Non-fiction Disaster Books
321 books — 328 voters
Landline by Rainbow Rowell
Book Group Worthy Titles for 2014
243 books — 1,193 voters

The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2013
176 books — 322 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëRed Dragon by Thomas HarrisThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneWhite Oleander by Janet FitchWhen Rabbit Howls by Truddi Chase
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,183 books — 11,221 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëEmma by Jane AustenLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,705 books — 6,870 voters
The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Room with a View by E.M. Forster
Best Books You've Probably Never Read
618 books — 410 voters

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
Downton Abbey-esque Books
601 books — 999 voters
Nine Coaches Waiting by Mary StewartSprig Muslin by Georgette HeyerA Civil Contract by Georgette HeyerCelia Garth by Gwen BristowAn Infamous Army by Georgette Heyer
CLEAN Romance Books
2,821 books — 2,030 voters

The Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraAndersonville by MacKinlay KantorStand Firm Ye Boys from Maine by Thomas A. DesjardinGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best American Civil War Books
1,002 books — 976 voters
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
The Best Epic Love Stories
620 books — 981 voters

Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerEndurance by Alfred LansingIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerSouth by Ernest Shackleton
50 Best Non-Fiction Adventure Books: The Essential Man's Library
56 books — 175 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakUglies by Scott Westerfeld
I Had No Idea This Book Would Be So Good
8,271 books — 3,077 voters

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Miss Lonelyhearts / The Day of the Locust by Nathanael WestAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,105 books — 1,723 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,201 books — 28,370 voters

Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon by Marjorie Kellogg
REALLY Underrated Books (Fewer than 1,000 Ratings)
3,188 books — 762 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussNight by Elie Wiesel
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,386 books — 119,592 voters

How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) by Ann Coulter
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,637 books — 5,996 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Invisible Man by Ralph EllisonThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckWaiting for Godot by Samuel BeckettTo the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,791 books — 49,761 voters

These Old Shades by Georgette HeyerArabella by Georgette HeyerThe Wolf and the Dove by Kathleen E. WoodiwissFrederica by Georgette HeyerA Rose in Winter by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
My Favourite Historical Romance
1,972 books — 2,154 voters
Frederica by Georgette HeyerMessage in a Bottle by Nicholas SparksMadam, Will You Talk? by Mary StewartAshes in the Wind by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
The Best of the Best Romance Novels of the Twentieth Century
638 books — 2,229 voters