Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

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



The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Incurable Wound by Berton Roueché
Medical Literature
83 books — 14 voters
Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick2001 by Arthur C. ClarkeThe Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
The Old Future
101 books — 11 voters

Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan PoeThe Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
Books With Unnamed Narrators
107 books — 37 voters
A Place Called Freedom by Ken Follett
Scottish History
286 books — 65 voters

Walden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse1984 by George OrwellOn the Road by Jack KerouacFight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
80 Books that will transform your thinking forever [High Existence]
89 books — 23 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Shining by Stephen KingLord of the Flies by William GoldingReady Player One by Ernest ClineRosemary's Baby by Ira Levin
Surreal, Psychedelic, Mind-Bending Novels.
362 books — 133 voters

Twilight by Stephenie MeyerNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Sexist Books for Teens
179 books — 166 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Most Important Books Of My Life
221 books — 28 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareGreat Expectations by Charles DickensThe Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana by Mallanaga VātsyāyanaThe Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Books on Love
308 books — 136 voters
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Books To Read In Autumn
876 books — 520 voters

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensGreat Expectations by Charles Dickens
Knitting Characters
38 books — 25 voters
The Information by Martin AmisLionel Asbo by Martin Amis
Best of Martin Amis
29 books — 8 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëRomeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare
Roses on the Cover
360 books — 101 voters
A Night to Remember by Walter LordThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Power Broker by Robert A. CaroCitizens by Simon Schama
History made real
51 books — 8 voters

Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
Babes in Toyland
150 books — 23 voters
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Beautiful Book Cover Art
377 books — 21 voters

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonRosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonA Night to Remember by Walter Lord
Authors With A Last Name Starting With "L"
699 books — 22 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovSpeak, Memory by Vladimir NabokovPale Fire by Vladimir NabokovBend Sinister by Vladimir NabokovPnin by Vladimir Nabokov
The Penguin Vladimir Nabokov Hardback Collection
21 books — 3 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
The Books You Never Get Tired Of
210 books — 31 voters
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David WyssThe Martian by Andy WeirThe Call of the Wild by Jack London
Best Wilderness Survival Books
196 books — 229 voters

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Books with a Surreal Feel to them
31 books — 8 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Fatal Shore by Robert HughesA Night to Remember by Walter LordCitizens by Simon Schama
History around the world (non fiction)
101 books — 17 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica RothMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
We ♥ YA Books! Top 100 Must Read Books
1,185 books — 1,080 voters
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyThe Shining by Stephen KingIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Villains That Are Actually Scary
121 books — 105 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Miracle Worker by William GibsonThe Brontes by Phyllis Bentley
Female Biographies
1,249 books — 411 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTwilight by Stephenie MeyerHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Read Them Twice...At Least
13,619 books — 11,228 voters

Hamlet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareKing Lear by William ShakespeareOthello by William ShakespeareA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
The Best Shakespeare Plays
41 books — 172 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyMiddlemarch by George EliotDavid Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Best Book That I Have Ever Read In My Life (so far)
52 books — 14 voters

Naked Lunch by William S. BurroughsThe End of Eddy by Édouard LouisPlainsong by Kent HarufThe Road by Cormac McCarthyBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
Books that will turn your stomach so don't read them
113 books — 20 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeCatch-22 by Joseph HellerA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
I Honestly LOL'd
874 books — 1,161 voters