Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

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



Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsLooking for Alaska by John GreenHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
I Cried When I Read This
1,014 books — 1,761 voters
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
Tailfeather Book Covers
37 books — 5 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Super Romantic movies that you love!
20 books — 8 voters
Get Shorty by Elmore LeonardThe Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
Bad Luck: A Scott Roth Mystery
26 books — 4 voters

Walden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe End of Nature by Bill McKibbenEaarth by Bill McKibbenThe Limits to Growth by Donella H. Meadows
Ecological Fiends
262 books — 17 voters
Colour of Magic by Terry PratchettFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
I Want to be the Main Character!
167 books — 23 voters

The Lottery by Shirley JacksonThe Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Open Window and Other Short Stories by SakiThe Night in Question by Tobias WolffThe Snows of Kilimanjaro & The Short Happy Life of Francis Ma... by Ernest Hemingway
What is the best short story that you ever read?
251 books — 36 voters
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Best J.K. Rowling books
13 books — 25 voters

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldJaws by Peter BenchleyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeSuddenly Last Summer and Other Plays by Tennessee Williams
Books about Summer
81 books — 15 voters
The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe
Books about torture. Fiction and non-fiction but NO pornography!
6 books — 6 voters

Wild Justice by Wilbur Smith
Best of Wilbur A. Smith
35 books — 81 voters
The Mirror & the Light by Hilary MantelTrespasser by Paul DoironThe Fifties by David HalberstamDay of the Jackal by Frederick ForsythFoundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov
Books Read During the Corona Virus
564 books — 55 voters

The King Must Die by Mary RenaultThe Long Ships by Frans G. BengtssonNorthanger Abbey by Jane AustenRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
30 classics before 30
97 books — 15 voters
Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-ZinnA Fan's Notes by Frederick ExleyThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Firsthand Accounts of Living with Chronic, Invisible Illness(es)
329 books — 125 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThese Is My Words by Nancy E. Turner
Books with Diary in the Title
620 books — 62 voters
Black Sunday by Thomas Harris
Six Star Thrillers
33 books — 4 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainThe Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
A Book My Father Gave Me
264 books — 222 voters
The Pursuit of Happiness by Thomas RogersThe Second Coming by Walker PercyThe Last Gentleman by Walker PercyLancelot by Walker PercyThe Moviegoer by Walker Percy
Books My Mom Gave Me
219 books — 37 voters

The Stand by Stephen KingThe 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 Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books my Spouse recommended to me
43 books — 4 voters
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonBlack Sunday by Thomas Harris
Sunny Titles
902 books — 69 voters

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All by Allan GurganusThe King's Pleasure by Norah Lofts
Best Historical Fic
243 books — 14 voters
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerTrue Grit by Charles Portis
All Time Favorite Male Character
426 books — 228 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Stranger by Albert CamusLooking for Alaska by John Green
Best Descent Into Madness Books
91 books — 55 voters
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
The Most Boring Books I've Ever Read
93 books — 38 voters

The King Must Die by Mary RenaultFire from Heaven by Mary RenaultThe Persian Boy by Mary RenaultThe Last of the Wine by Mary RenaultThe Mask of Apollo by Mary Renault
Novels set in Ancient Rome and Greece
89 books — 29 voters
Divergent by Veronica RothCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareDivergent by Veronica RothPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
YA novels with strong women characters
89 books — 12 voters

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Books That Quote or Reference Other Works In The Title
366 books — 85 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryHoles by Louis SacharAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyIsaac's Storm by Erik LarsonThe Son by Philipp Meyer
Books Set in Texas
948 books — 327 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Funniest Books Ever Writtten
162 books — 22 voters
The Stand by Stephen King
Best Popular Pandemic Books on Goodreads
96 books — 31 voters