Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

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



The Moviegoer by Walker PercyWise Blood by Flannery O'ConnorThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Southern Gothic Podcast Favorites
22 books — 5 voters
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom WolfeOn the Road by Jack KerouacLess Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis
Stoner Books
69 books — 49 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Books with the Best Sets of Characters
478 books — 146 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
What is the most important book you have ever read in your whole life?
6 books — 10 voters

The Republican Noise Machine by David BrockThe Glory and the Dream by William ManchesterThe Power Broker by Robert A. CaroThe Invisible Bridge by Rick PerlsteinThe Plot Against America by Philip Roth
10 must read Democracy books
54 books — 11 voters
Romeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëSpeaker for the Dead by Orson Scott CardThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Poor Communication Kills
52 books — 18 voters

Wild by Cheryl StrayedIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
BEST non-fiction NOVELS
50 books — 19 voters
One Breath at a Time by Kevin GriffinA Gentle Path Through the Twelve Steps by Patrick J. CarnesYounger Next Year by Chris Crowley
Brain Matter
60 books — 44 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellRedwall by Brian JacquesSense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Books with real and fictional characters who have great COURAGE
89 books — 8 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Horror Novels Written by Women
266 books — 60 voters

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Ipcress File by Len DeightonFrom Russia with Love by Ian Fleming
Top 100 Crime Novels by British CWA
101 books — 24 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienFar From the Madding Crowd by Thomas HardyPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Books That Stay With You Throughout Your LIfe
349 books — 53 voters

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksI'm OK - You're OK by Thomas A. Harris
Best Nonfiction Psychology Books on Goodreads
397 books — 73 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Best Christian Fiction
2,602 books — 2,592 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenNorthanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Favourite Regency Novels
35 books — 12 voters
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Best Female Villains
144 books — 91 voters

The End of Nature by Bill McKibbenThe Power Broker by Robert A. CaroHiroshima by John Hersey
The Most Important Book You May Ever Read
86 books — 65 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyLolita by Vladimir NabokovFathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
Greatest Russian Novels of All Time
196 books — 498 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Embarrassed
17 books — 12 voters
Siddhartha by Hermann HesseNineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Greatest influences on me
189 books — 56 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe King's Pleasure by Norah Lofts
Clean, Completely Awesome Fiction WITHOUT God or the Lord's Name in Vain!
149 books — 54 voters
The Call of the Wild by Jack LondonThe Sea Wolf by Jack LondonThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleSt. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves by Karen RussellWhite Wolf by Jim Brandenburg
Foxes and Wolves
674 books — 157 voters

Going Wrong by Ruth Rendell
Stalker hero/obsessive love
298 books — 646 voters
Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Odyssey by Homer
Favorite Novels in a Lifetime of Reading
244 books — 12 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Your Top 5 Reads in 2018
639 books — 262 voters
A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingEmma by Jane Austen
Books With Happy Endings
69 books — 40 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellThe Road by Cormac McCarthyOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckLord of the Flies by William Golding
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,241 books — 3,902 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Novels With People's Names in the Title
1,628 books — 169 voters