Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Cheryl (417 Lists)



Desert Voices by Byrd BaylorArmadilly Chili by Helen KettemanEverybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor
Southwest Picture Books
161 books — 21 voters
Elizabeth Started All the Trouble by Doreen Rappaport
Women's Suffrage
415 books — 123 voters

Stargirl by Jerry SpinelliThe Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
Books with 'Girl' in the Title
2,374 books — 277 voters
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro LeafThe Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
Children's Books that Break Gender Stereotypes
458 books — 160 voters

One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-GarciaGrandfather's Journey by Allen Say
YA & Children's Books Set in the San Francisco Bay Area
352 books — 83 voters
Live Alone and Like It by Marjorie Hillis
Best books for Happy Spinsters
131 books — 42 voters

Nation by Terry Pratchett
Best #UKYA Books
575 books — 390 voters
Birdology by Sy Montgomery
Best Bird Books
134 books — 38 voters

The Unicorn and the Lake by Marianna MayerThe Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier
Unicorn Books
471 books — 325 voters
Another Kind of Cowboy by Susan Juby
Canadian YA
518 books — 152 voters

Happy to Be Nappy by bell hooksFrédéric by Leo LionniThe Boxer and the Princess by Helme Heine
It's Good to Be Me
339 books — 158 voters
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
Books That Feature Large Families
387 books — 77 voters

Thursday's Child by Sonya HartnettThe Ghost's Child by Sonya HartnettOf A Boy by Sonya HartnettSleeping Dogs by Sonya Hartnett
LoveOzYA
428 books — 215 voters
Anna Hibiscus by AtinukeThe No. 1 Car Spotter by AtinukeThe No. 1 Car Spotter and the Firebird by AtinukeHooray for Anna Hibiscus! by AtinukeGood Luck, Anna Hibiscus! by Atinuke
Top Children's/Y.A. Books Set in Africa
275 books — 100 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
I'm glad someone made me read this book
10,632 books — 10,177 voters
The Good Good Pig by Sy MontgomeryThe One and Only by Holly HobbieThe True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon ScieszkaThe Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene TrivizasLady Lollipop by Dick King-Smith
Books About Pigs
448 books — 53 voters

100 Best Books for Children by Anita SilveyForgotten Bookmarks by Michael PopekSixpence House by Paul CollinsWild Things! Acts of Mischief in Children's Literature by Betsy BirdTales for Little Rebels by Julia L. Mickenberg
Best Non-Fiction Books About Books and Reading
1,037 books — 529 voters
Enchantress from the Stars by Sylvia Engdahl
SF for Kids--classic and new
32 books — 15 voters

The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman PhilbrickBookbanning in America by William Noble
Fiction and Nonfiction about Banning/Banned Books
121 books — 90 voters
Songs of the Gorilla Nation by Dawn Prince-HughesHit by a Farm by Catherine Friend
Lesbian Memoirs
279 books — 135 voters

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingThe Secret People by John Wyndham
Worst Cover Art
438 books — 255 voters
Cranberry Valentine by Wende DevlinA Kiss for Little Bear by Else Holmelund MinarikMaurice Sendak's Little Bear by Else Holmelund MinarikMama, Do You Love Me? by Barbara M. JoosseValentine for a Dragon by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Valentine's Day for Young Children
335 books — 75 voters

The Green Carnation by Robert Smythe HichensDorian by Jeremy ReedThe Autobiography of a Boy by George Slythe StreetDorian by Will Self
Dorian Gray
119 books — 12 voters
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-GarciaMufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John SteptoeCorduroy by Don FreemanThe True Meaning of Smekday by Adam RexAnna Hibiscus by Atinuke
#1000BlackGirlBooks: Suggestions for Marley Dias's Amazing Book Drive
1,322 books — 380 voters

Miss Rumphius by Barbara CooneyThe Little House by Virginia Lee BurtonRoxaboxen by Alice McLerranMiss Lady Bird's Wildflowers by Kathi AppeltShe's Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head! by Kathryn Lasky
"Green" Picture Books
378 books — 166 voters
Tangerine by Edward BloorThe Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan RawlingsFreddy Goes to Florida by Walter Rollin BrooksJunonia by Kevin Henkes
YA Set In Florida
228 books — 38 voters

The Host by Stephenie Meyer
Symbionts/Parasites And Their Hosts
37 books — 11 voters
Old Black Witch! by Wende DevlinThe Little Green Witch by Barbara Barbieri McGrath
Witchy Picture Books
452 books — 88 voters