Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

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



Quiet by Susan CainBeing Mortal by Atul GawandeHyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshThe Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs by Steve BrusatteFactfulness by Hans Rosling
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
1,974 books — 1,266 voters
Fly Away Home by Eve BuntingThe Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Savage CarlsonHomecoming by Cynthia Voigt
Homelessness in Fiction
217 books — 102 voters

Ghost Dog Secrets by Peg Kehret
Ghost Animal
69 books — 10 voters
Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart LovelaceReal Friends by Shannon HaleBetsy and Tacy Go Downtown by Maud Hart LovelaceDaphne's Book by Mary Downing Hahn
Friendship Between Girls
449 books — 61 voters

The Tempest by William ShakespeareThe End of Eternity by Isaac AsimovThe Crystal Cave by Mary StewartEmma by Jane AustenThe Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin
Novels mentioned in Among Others by Jo Walton
173 books — 125 voters
Wed Wabbit by Lissa EvansWoolvs in the Sitee by Margaret Wild
Deliberately Misspelt Titles
168 books — 27 voters

True Grit by Charles PortisA Beautiful Mind by Sylvia NasarCircle of Friends by Maeve BinchyThe Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxContact by Carl Sagan
The Movie Made You Want to Read the Book
634 books — 496 voters
Honeybee by Candace FlemingAm I Even a Bee? by Felicity MuthThe Honeybee by Kirsten Hall
Bee Picture Books
35 books — 9 voters

Thinking In Pictures by Temple Grandin
Memoirs by Women
2,969 books — 2,999 voters
The Feminine Mystique by Betty FriedanGandhi by Mahatma GandhiThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du BoisA Girl from Yamhill by Beverly ClearyThe Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
Best Nonfiction Books of the 20th Century
457 books — 116 voters

Bring Me Some Apples and I'll Make You a Pie by Robbin GourleyThe Secret Battle of Evan Pao by Wendy Wan-Long ShangThe Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine PatersonWhen the Schools Shut Down by Tamara Pizzoli
Books Set in Virginia
417 books — 108 voters
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
Your Top 5 Reads in 2022
577 books — 196 voters

Rainbow Weaver / Tejedora del Arcoiris by Linda Elovitz Marshall
Children's Books With A Positive Message
47 books — 5 voters
Rainbow Weaver / Tejedora del Arcoiris by Linda Elovitz Marshall
Children's Books for Earth Day
68 books — 14 voters

Rainbow Weaver / Tejedora del Arcoiris by Linda Elovitz Marshall
Eco Books For Kids
42 books — 10 voters
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
Protagonist Dies
160 books — 30 voters

Varjak Paw by S.F. Said
Best Cat Books
312 books — 126 voters
Swimming with Sharks by Heather LangMuskrat Will Be Swimming by Cheryl SavageauMermaid Queen by Shana Corey
Swimmy Titles
262 books — 31 voters

The Bees by Laline PaullWinter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold by Joyce SidmanCrow Smarts by Pamela S. TurnerThe Bee Tree by Patricia PolaccoHoneybee by Candace Fleming
Birds and Bees
553 books — 44 voters
A Hidden Magic by Vivian Vande VeldeSecond-hand Magic by Ruth ChewSalt Magic by Hope Larson
[Quality] Magic
390 books — 24 voters

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Rebuilding Civilization/Society
50 books — 6 voters
Brothers by YinThe Favorite Daughter by Allen SayPride by Rob Sanders
San Francisco Picture Books
87 books — 12 voters

Tree of Cranes by Allen SayTotto-chan by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
Japan in Juvenile Fiction
134 books — 17 voters
Joone by Emily Kate Moon
Polygon / Round Houses: Hexa-, Octa-, Decagon, etc.
36 books — 7 voters

Bone Soup by Cambria Evans
Stone Soup (Picture Books)
37 books — 5 voters
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
Best YA That Adults Love Too
243 books — 18 voters

Lisa and Lottie by Erich KästnerSideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis SacharThe Doll in the Garden by Mary Downing HahnJohnny's in the Basement by Louis SacharThe Master Puppeteer by Katherine Paterson
Avon Camelot Paperbacks
229 books — 12 voters
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
Women who Dressed As Men
172 books — 50 voters

Q Is for Duck by Mary EltingChicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.Merriam-Webster's Alphabet Book by Ruth HellerThe Butterfly Alphabet by Kjell B SandvedABCs of Space by Chris Ferrie
Best Alphabet Books
185 books — 10 voters
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Atheist Fiction
143 books — 31 voters