Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

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



The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieA House for Mr Biswas by V.S. NaipaulSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Best Indian Fiction Books
914 books — 2,423 voters
Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerDoctor No by Ian FlemingUlysses by James Joyce
Fiction Set In Real Or Made Up Pubs
38 books — 13 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierWide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysSouth Riding by Winifred Holtby
A Middlebrow Syllabus
100 books — 73 voters
Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling
Fishers, Fishermen, Fisheries in Juvenile Fiction
125 books — 10 voters

Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson1984 by George OrwellThe Godfather by Mario Puzo
books that seem to come highly recommended to me
66 books — 9 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsHamlet by William ShakespeareWide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
The Role of the Insane Woman in Literature
92 books — 41 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Return of the Native by Thomas HardyThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Heroines with Black Hair
28 books — 12 voters
Tortilla Flat by John SteinbeckLess Than Zero by Bret Easton EllisAlcoholics Anonymous by Alcoholics AnonymousA Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia BerlinAngels by Denis Johnson
Books On Addiction Issues
181 books — 21 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodRebecca by Daphne du MaurierWide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Favourite female writers
400 books — 30 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksAnimal Farm by George Orwell
52 Book Club 2021: #37 An Educational Read
162 books — 46 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenGreat Expectations by Charles DickensTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëEmma by Jane Austen
The English/British Novels {Fiction} Part 1
150 books — 45 voters
Child of God by Cormac McCarthyBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyOuter Dark by Cormac McCarthyThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Sick Books, this is for the really sick ones
62 books — 6 voters

The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
Fiction with Cats
163 books — 17 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Literary classics
42 books — 9 voters

Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
Dandelions (content, subject)
65 books — 7 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Best of Brontë
22 books — 365 voters

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyGod Emperor of Dune by Frank HerbertPale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
insane books
41 books — 15 voters
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Books That Consumed My Childhood
453 books — 47 voters

The Shining by Stephen King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingThe Stand by Stephen KingThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattyRosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
Best Modern Horror Novels
321 books — 253 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellJassy by Norah LoftsPeyton Place by Grace MetaliousLove Story by Erich Segal
Romance Novels That Influenced A Generation
172 books — 37 voters

Siddhartha by Hermann HesseOne Breath at a Time by Kevin GriffinThe Long Road Turns to Joy by Thich Nhat HanhThe Heart of Understanding by Thich Nhat HanhPeace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh
Buddhism
128 books — 35 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
BEST BOOKS EVER!
7,038 books — 1,349 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonThe Moons of Jupiter by Alice MunroThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Moon, Sun and Stars
677 books — 49 voters
The Day of the Jackal by Frederick ForsythThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonEye of the Needle by Ken FollettSmiley's People by John le CarréFrom Russia with Love by Ian Fleming
Best Spy Novels
1,278 books — 2,239 voters

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysA High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes
Set in Jamaica
39 books — 18 voters
The Goldfinch by Donna TarttThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
Books that everyone loves, but I think are just bad
71 books — 14 voters

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. BeagleThe Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore CooperThe Last of the Wine by Mary RenaultThe Last Days of Dogtown by Anita Diamant
"The Last..."
855 books — 43 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenStoner by John WilliamsStraight Man by Richard Russo
Books in Academia
38 books — 22 voters

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Books Like Stranger Things
160 books — 132 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellBeloved by Toni MorrisonLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
Pulitzer Prize Winner for Fiction
80 books — 12 voters