Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

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



The King's Pleasure by Norah LoftsMary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn Meyer
Best Queen Books
92 books — 13 voters
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
The Best How To Survive Books
84 books — 41 voters

You Can Heal Your Life by Louise L. HayThe Artist's Way by Julia CameronThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankPeace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh
Healing & Spirituality
939 books — 1,258 voters
The Collected Poems by Sylvia PlathThe Story of John Keats by Robert GiddingsGreat Tom; notes towards the definition of T. S. Eliot by T.S. MatthewsThe Norton Introduction to Literature - Bain - Beaty - Hunter by J. Paul HunterThe Norton Introduction to Poetry by J. Paul Hunter
Poetry Everyone Should Read - 2021
53 books — 15 voters

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyGravity's Rainbow by Thomas PynchonThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Worst Overrated Classics
78 books — 27 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Witty Historical Romance Books
266 books — 247 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Witty novels
25 books — 9 voters
Roads by Larry McMurtry
What People Born in the 1940's Have Read so Far in 2021
51 books — 6 voters

Siddhartha by Hermann HesseA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleWalden by Henry David ThoreauTrain Dreams by Denis JohnsonNickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Idlers
202 books — 24 voters
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesCasino Royale by Ian FlemingThe Da Vinci Code, 10th Anniversary Edition by Dan BrownLive and Let Die by Ian FlemingMoonraker by Ian Fleming
What We've Read So Far in 2021
5,606 books — 368 voters

Daisy Miller by Henry JamesThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldRosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinThe Bad Beginning by Lemony SnicketHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
52 Book Club 2021: May Mini Challenge - Author Or Character With A Floral Name
245 books — 27 voters
Honor Thy Father by Gay Talese
Books that have someone in the Federal Witness Program
4 books — 3 voters

The Joy of Sex by Alex Comfort
Best Nonfiction Sex Books Ever!
185 books — 154 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenEmma by Jane AustenSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenIvanhoe by Walter ScottPersuasion by Jane Austen
Best Books With Chivalrous Heroes
123 books — 112 voters

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien1984 by George OrwellA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesLes Misérables by Victor HugoAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Your Top 5 Reads in 2021
596 books — 262 voters
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareHamlet by William ShakespeareRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareKing Lear by William ShakespeareThe Tempest by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare Ranking
19 books — 8 voters

The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienUnderworld by Don DeLilloThe Accidental Tourist by Anne TylerHousekeeping by Marilynne RobinsonSwamplandia! by Karen Russell
Pulitzer Prize Finalists
81 books — 103 voters
1984 by George OrwellFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesThe Fault in Our Stars by John Green2001 by Arthur C. ClarkeEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best books with "wow" endings
109 books — 25 voters

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best bipolar/schizophrenia books
131 books — 155 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best of J.R.R. Tolkien
83 books — 15 voters

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardJude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
Content Warning—Animal Abuse/Cruelty
209 books — 39 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsCherry by Mary KarrThe Liars' Club by Mary Karr
Memoirs About One's Parents
103 books — 31 voters

Twilight by Stephenie MeyerCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerCity of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare
Best Paranormal & Fantasy Romances
5,576 books — 9,752 voters
Close Range by Annie ProulxShane by Jack SchaeferThe Virginian by Owen WisterWithout Fail by Lee ChildThe Big Sky by A.B. Guthrie Jr.
Books Set in Wyoming
322 books — 91 voters

Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline SusannLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
In the Mouth
81 books — 8 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope
Great Victorian Mysteries
47 books — 60 voters

Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline WinspearSt. Peter's Fair by Ellis PetersThe Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers
Best Historical Crime Fiction
193 books — 71 voters
The Shining by Stephen KingFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
"Slow Descent into Madness"
63 books — 33 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Series & Trilogies I've Finished.
114 books — 25 voters
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
Librarians Love Horror
35 books — 10 voters