Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Chris Gager (1483 Lists)



Oranges by John McPhee
Social and Cultural History of Things
194 books — 9 voters
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse2001 by Arthur C. ClarkeDune by Frank Herbert
Most Intellectually Impactful Books
15 books — 7 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Liars' Club by Mary Karr
Problematic books
229 books — 33 voters
They Came Like Swallows by William Maxwell
Best Books on Flu and Other Devastating Outbreaks
169 books — 124 voters

The Shining by Stephen King'Salem's Lot by Stephen King
Just Right for Halloween!!
13 books — 7 voters
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
female led horror
41 books — 14 voters

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Best books for understnading schizophrenia
26 books — 17 voters
Turtles All the Way Down by John GreenFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Disability Fiction
53 books — 13 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathJassy by Norah LoftsLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Books that aren't horror but are lowkey kinda scary
18 books — 6 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Best Victorian Romances
10 books — 13 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëRebecca by Daphne du MaurierWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëNorthanger Abbey by Jane AustenEast Lynne by Mrs. Henry Wood, Fiction, Literary by Mrs. Henry Wood
Best Gothic Romance
229 books — 351 voters
The Shining by Stephen KingThe Stand by Stephen King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattyFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The Definitive Horror Book List
1,376 books — 1,971 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëEmma by Jane AustenRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Famous Romance Books
113 books — 7 voters
The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2005 by william mc geveranDune by Frank HerbertThe Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Books with too many colors on the cover
25 books — 3 voters

The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. WhiteThe Accidental Tourist by Anne TylerThe Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice HoffmanThe Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraAngels & Demons by Dan Brown
Books with Wings on the cover
230 books — 52 voters
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
The X Life of Y
51 books — 11 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Merchant of Venice by William ShakespeareThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThe World According to Garp by John Irving
Have a physical copy on the shelf
596 books — 13 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Terrific Triangles
76 books — 44 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XBall Four by Jim Bouton
Favourite Autobiography
110 books — 13 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonWild by Cheryl StrayedThe Man Who Walked Through Time by Colin FletcherLife on the Mississippi by Mark TwainUndaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose
Travel without a Motor
156 books — 35 voters

The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
favorite reads of 2022 so far
87 books — 7 voters
The African Queen by C.S. ForesterThe Gun by C.S. Forester
C.S. Forester: from book to screen
9 books — 9 voters

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
Book Covers & Titles for All Seasons
146 books — 16 voters
Persuasion by Jane AustenRebecca by Daphne du MaurierMiddlemarch by George EliotGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellKindred by Octavia E. Butler
Best Characters Who Are In Their 20's
355 books — 153 voters

The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty'Salem's Lot by Stephen King
Halloween Season Reading 2022
7 books — 6 voters
The Outsiders by S.E. HintonRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareLove Story by Erich SegalAlex–The Life of a Child by Frank DefordLes Miserables by Victor Hugo
Five-Hanky Books
74 books — 11 voters

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsWe Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy FowlerThe Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersTurtles All the Way Down by John Green
[ATY 2023] Unusual or Surprising Title
523 books — 115 voters
Looking for Alaska by John GreenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellOliver Twist by Charles DickensAlex–The Life of a Child by Frank DefordWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau
still thinking about them to this day
123 books — 14 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Best Titles Ever
305 books — 88 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonRebecca by Daphne du MaurierRed Dragon by Thomas HarrisDarkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane
52 Book Club 2022: October Mini Challenge - A Psychological Thriller
127 books — 29 voters