Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

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



A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonNotes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonThe Lost Continent by Bill Bryson
Best Bill Bryson Books
19 books — 105 voters
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Most Poetic Book Titles
2,064 books — 888 voters

'Salem's Lot by Stephen KingThe Shining by Stephen King
Horror that isn't Scary!
21 books — 4 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Best Books Under 200 Pages
952 books — 420 voters

Dealing, or The Berkeley-To-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues by Michael Douglas
Berkeley, California
171 books — 21 voters
Hell's Angels by Hunter S. ThompsonRed and Me by Bill Russell
Oakland California Books
150 books — 14 voters

The Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Patrick Melrose Novels by Edward St. Aubyn
"Best True Child Abuse Books"
17 books — 24 voters
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
YA for readers who don't like reading f-bombs or explicit scenes.
302 books — 40 voters

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiSelected Stories by Alice MunroEast, West by Salman Rushdie
Best Books of 1994
416 books — 145 voters
Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
Books where one of the characters is pushing drugs
7 books — 6 voters

Selected Stories by Alice Munro
Classics of World Literature
331 books — 50 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingThe World According to Garp by John IrvingEye of the Needle by Ken FollettA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanListening Woman by Tony Hillerman
Best Books 1978
234 books — 59 voters

Jassy by Norah Lofts
Bingeworthy Historical Romance Authors
186 books — 13 voters
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierMary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn MeyerNefertiti by Michelle Moran
Historical Fiction With the Heroine's Face on the Cover. Not just her body without a face.
78 books — 9 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattyThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerMy Ántonia by Willa CatherLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Books that give me Mixed Feelings
58 books — 12 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyFathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
MUST READ RUSSIAN CLASSICS
113 books — 142 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Series! I read them ALL and wanted more......more.....more!
277 books — 9 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe 5th Wave by Rick YanceyMaddAddam by Margaret AtwoodOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Waiting for the End of the World
134 books — 50 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Books I Read for School and Ended Up Loving
231 books — 307 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondFour Fish by Paul GreenbergA Great Aridness by William deBuysOpportunity, Montana by Brad TyerThe Glory and the Dream by William Manchester
Mind-changing Nonfiction
96 books — 73 voters

The Complete Book of Dog Care by Leon F. WhitneyAll Dogs Go to Heaven by Beth Brown
Dog Books That Won't Make You Cry
57 books — 12 voters
Catching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Most Shocking Twist
173 books — 136 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books that most influenced you
2,640 books — 1,216 voters
Rosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinThe Shining by Stephen KingThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattyJaws by Peter BenchleyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Vote For Your 100 Favorite Horror Books of All Time
219 books — 20 voters

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Stand by Stephen KingTinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le CarréThe Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers
Magnificant Mystery
125 books — 73 voters
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttLust for Life by Irving StoneStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Piece of Art on Cover
72 books — 16 voters

Twilight by Stephenie MeyerCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareEragon by Christopher PaoliniThe Bad Beginning by Lemony SnicketDivergent by Veronica Roth
Series I've Given Up On...
1,023 books — 3,349 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe World According to Garp by John IrvingNaked Lunch by William S. BurroughsThe Holy Bible by AnonymousGravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Scary People Who Write Books
106 books — 70 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
The Best of the Best
7,544 books — 2,401 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Most Famous/Iconic Books
144 books — 11 voters