Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

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



The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsOliver Twist by Charles DickensWild by Cheryl StrayedThe Bean Trees by Barbara KingsolverLes Misérables by Victor Hugo
Books Involving Lower Class Families
299 books — 24 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellWild by Cheryl Strayed
motherloss
9 books — 6 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerA Separate Peace by John KnowlesWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonPrep by Curtis SittenfeldLooking for Alaska by John Green
Classic Coming of Age School Stories
18 books — 8 voters
The Poacher's Son by Paul DoironThe Crossing by Cormac McCarthyThe Orchard Keeper by Cormac McCarthyAlready Dead by Denis Johnson
Books that have vicious treatment of animals!
50 books — 17 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainHamlet by William ShakespeareJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëOliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Books Involving Blended Families
267 books — 62 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Patrick Melrose Novels by Edward St. Aubyn
memoir-ptsd
63 books — 68 voters

Plainsong by Kent HarufOlive, Again by Elizabeth StroutThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckGilead by Marilynne RobinsonEventide by Kent Haruf
[ATY 2024] Senior Citizen Character
349 books — 114 voters
There There by Tommy OrangeDandelion Wine by Ray BradburyThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienJesus’ Son by Denis JohnsonRunaway by Alice Munro
My big list of linked short story collections
125 books — 18 voters

Odd Thomas by Dean KoontzOdd Hours by Dean KoontzOdd Apocalypse by Dean Koontz
Urban fantasy where the main character can see/talk to ghosts
52 books — 30 voters
Dandelion Wine by Ray BradburyWide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonOlive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
[ATY 2024] Botanical Cover
398 books — 92 voters

The Stranger by Albert CamusWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauRobinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeSiddhartha by Hermann HesseLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Best books about Solitude (fiction)
93 books — 86 voters
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Orphanages
181 books — 58 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenCity of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Best Young Adult Books
13,090 books — 80,137 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Hate Stories
6 books — 4 voters

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisRebecca by Daphne du MaurierHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingEast of Eden by John SteinbeckHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Wicked Women
122 books — 14 voters
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Biblical Retellings
220 books — 56 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Books With The Best Charaters
149 books — 26 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Those Books You'll Never Forget
209 books — 36 voters

Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
Do Not Read Book List
376 books — 60 voters
Four Fish by Paul Greenberg
Before It's Too Late: Endangered Species
182 books — 83 voters

Plainsong by Kent Haruf
Teen Pregnancy
358 books — 280 voters
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Adam and Eve Retellings
112 books — 36 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica RothCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingEmma by Jane Austen
Sweet Teen Romance
105 books — 87 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenJassy by Norah LoftsDivergent by Veronica RothA Summer Place by Sloan WilsonPeyton Place by Grace Metalious
Steamy Teen Romance
122 books — 135 voters

Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin
13 Scary Stories for Friday the 13th
21 books — 10 voters
In the Woods by Tana FrenchTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeTurtles All the Way Down by John GreenHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Martian by Andy Weir
[ATY 2024] Ben & Jerry's Books
363 books — 81 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Passing the Bechdel Test
699 books — 85 voters
The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David WyssNorthanger Abbey by Jane AustenLizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. SchmidtJassy by Norah Lofts
Children of Clergy
169 books — 29 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald1984 by George OrwellCloud Atlas by David MitchellWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Great Book Covers
725 books — 108 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraBeloved by Toni MorrisonA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
pulitzer prize
14 books — 8 voters