Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

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



Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingThe Reptile Room by Lemony SnicketThe Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
Reptiles, Amphibians
85 books — 11 voters
Of Mice and Men by John SteinbeckWild by Cheryl StrayedThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckA Coney Island of the Mind by Lawrence FerlinghettiOdd Thomas by Dean Koontz
California Authors
186 books — 34 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceAbsalom, Absalom! by William FaulknerSilas Marner by George EliotA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceGreat Expectations by Charles Dickens
The Longest Sentences
72 books — 59 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanJassy by Norah Lofts
boarding schools that are more than they seem
17 books — 16 voters

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeThe World According to Garp by John IrvingHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradNotes from Underground by Fyodor DostoevskyRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
The Last Sentence Is the Book Title
43 books — 32 voters
Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Dumb, annoying book titles!
243 books — 13 voters

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss
Skipping Christmas because it is too stressful!
6 books — 5 voters
The Illustrated Man by Ray BradburySomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Teen Horror Titles for Halloween
29 books — 9 voters

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
Bluebeard Across Genres
15 books — 8 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingDune by Frank HerbertThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
What We've Read So Far in 2022
5,364 books — 433 voters

Turtles All the Way Down by John GreenLooking for Alaska by John GreenThe Fault in Our Stars by John Green
For books that have a few chuckles and so manage to fool as they are really SAD books
10 books — 7 voters
Lucky You by Carl HiaasenA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Funny Southern Books
116 books — 6 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books for Adults That Teens Read, and for Teens That Adults Read
33 books — 7 voters
Selected Stories by Alice MunroRunaway by Alice MunroWho Do You Think You Are? by Alice MunroThe Love of a Good Woman by Alice Munro
Favourite Canadian Authors
74 books — 7 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Color of Magic by Terry PratchettEragon by Christopher PaoliniA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Wizard Ever!
112 books — 61 voters
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Books Set in North Carolina
559 books — 90 voters

Dog Day Afternoon by Patrick Mann
Movie & TV Tie-In Books
744 books — 63 voters
The Little Drummer Girl by John le CarréShibumi by Trevanian
Best Books about Terrorism
91 books — 29 voters

The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
Sick trash!
105 books — 8 voters
Hotel du Lac by Anita BrooknerA Glastonbury Romance by John Cowper Powys
Books With Beautiful Prose
236 books — 132 voters

Careless Love by Peter GuralnickLast Train to Memphis by Peter GuralnickMystery Train by Greil Marcus
The Best Elvis Books
42 books — 21 voters
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
the witches.
182 books — 14 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienDivergent by Veronica Roth
Overrated books (Avg rating >3.99)
365 books — 112 voters
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Vicious Rich People - are they mentally ill also?
5 books — 4 voters

Great Expectations by Charles DickensThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Most Heartbreaking Ending
50 books — 28 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Women who died due to childbirth
12 books — 13 voters

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Historical Fiction and Time Travel Mashup
62 books — 12 voters
New Moon by Stephenie MeyerLooking for Alaska by John GreenThe Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes
Books That Read Better When it's Raining
47 books — 10 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Hiroshima by John HerseyA Great Aridness by William deBuysFour Fish by Paul Greenberg
Apocalyptic Non-Fiction
69 books — 73 voters
The Trespasser by Tana FrenchThe Green Road by Anne Enright
Women in Ireland
101 books — 13 voters