Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

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



Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingLincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Crossing Over / NDEs
94 books — 58 voters
A Spaniard in the Works by John Lennon
favorite beatles books
36 books — 8 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Worst book villain you want to kill
64 books — 9 voters
A Great Aridness by William deBuys
Wildfire
112 books — 22 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Stand by Stephen KingFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Books To Create A Reaction Out Of You
119 books — 11 voters
O Feiticeiro e a Sombra by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Stranger by Albert CamusOn Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
What are you reading? -- Reading Challenge 2018
271 books — 41 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Unhappy Marriages
484 books — 287 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien1984 by George Orwell
PBS’s The Great American Read: List of America’s Top 100 Books
100 books — 2,381 voters

Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Heroines You want to Smack for doing very stupid things
33 books — 8 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
100 MUST-READ BOOKS BY QUEER AUTHORS
100 books — 34 voters

Letourneau's Used Auto Parts by Carolyn ChuteThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauA Separate Peace by John KnowlesEthan Frome by Edith Wharton
New England Books
774 books — 379 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayThe Collected Poems by Sylvia Plath
Best Books Written by Authors Who Committed Suicide
43 books — 12 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger1984 by George OrwellNaked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
Controversial Books
34 books — 14 voters
Life of Pi by Yann MartelOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodSelected Stories by Alice MunroDear Life by Alice MunroThe Beggar Maid by Alice Munro
Canadian Lit
24 books — 5 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonWild by Cheryl StrayedInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerDesert Solitaire by Edward AbbeyThe Man Who Walked Through Time by Colin Fletcher
Hiking and Nature
275 books — 40 voters
The Man Who Walked Through Time by Colin Fletcher
Terrifying Canyons
8 books — 2 voters

A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonBreakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories by Truman CapoteA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsAnimal Farm by George Orwell
All books under 200 pages
433 books — 29 voters
’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingCity of Bones by Cassandra Clare
Unusual, Alternative Vampires
435 books — 579 voters

The Shining by Stephen KingThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.The Big Nickel by Calder WillinghamStraight Man by Richard Russo
Books on Writing
81 books — 30 voters
Rembrandt's Eyes by Simon SchamaLust for Life by Irving StoneMatisse by Volkmar EssersGeorgia O'Keeffe by Georgia O'KeeffeCathedral by Raymond Carver
The World History of Art
377 books — 137 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeLingus by Mariana ZapataCatch-22 by Joseph HellerA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Funny as Hell!
2,541 books — 6,455 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyAnimal Farm by George OrwellLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Books that leave you disturbed
555 books — 514 voters

Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy KidderThe Green Road by Anne Enright
Best Books about HIV/AIDS (Fiction and Non-Fiction)
335 books — 227 voters
Return to Peyton Place by Grace MetaliousNorthanger Abbey by Jane AustenAnimal Farm by George OrwellRedwall by Brian JacquesMansfield Park by Jane Austen
Books with Properties in the Title
299 books — 33 voters

On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwanBlack Sunday by Thomas HarrisThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Sad Books that did NOT make you cry!
20 books — 7 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Inquest's 100 Books Thou Shalt Read Before You Die
100 books — 22 voters

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Clean Fairy Tales for GrownUps!
95 books — 19 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPale Fire by Vladimir NabokovLolita by Vladimir NabokovBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyMadame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Books I Will Always Reread
175 books — 7 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerBreakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories by Truman CapoteThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Summer List
1,529 books — 591 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,220 books — 8,051 voters