Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

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



The Shining by Stephen KingThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Books to help you feel COLD!
63 books — 12 voters
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwanGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëRebecca by Daphne du MaurierMadame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Books that model unhealthy relationships
100 books — 9 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Books that Make you Laugh
3,486 books — 5,006 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Stand by Stephen KingIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Popular Good Reads
114 books — 34 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Best Book Boyfriends
10,717 books — 28,920 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Unforgettables
11,594 books — 7,280 voters

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. SeussWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. MilneThe Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore
Books to read together in the early years
562 books — 375 voters
The Horse and His Boy by C.S. LewisAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyA Thousand Acres by Jane SmileyAnimal Farm by George OrwellShattered by Dick Francis
Horse Books/Novels
1,546 books — 698 voters

2001 by Arthur C. ClarkeFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Protaganist body transformation
18 books — 4 voters
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersSelected Stories by Alice MunroRunaway by Alice MunroTwenty Grand and Other Tales of Love and Money by Rebecca CurtisSelected Stories of Andre Dubus by Andre Dubus
Personal Favorites: Short Story Collections
153 books — 8 voters

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Abandoned in 2023
113 books — 19 voters
City of Bones by Cassandra ClareBrave New World by Aldous Huxley1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Godfather by Mario Puzo
Horrible Covers
394 books — 267 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Couldn't Put The Book Down
16,904 books — 16,540 voters
Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Historical Fiction: Russia
307 books — 476 voters

Consider Phlebas by Iain M. BanksFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Long Earth by Terry PratchettSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Sword and Laser Science Fiction list
1,102 books — 1,771 voters
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneHowards End by E.M. ForsterTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyPlainsong by Kent HarufOliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Illegitimate Child
276 books — 24 voters

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Cozy, witchy autumn vibes
13 books — 8 voters
Norwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiFanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure by John ClelandReturn to Peyton Place by Grace MetaliousPeyton Place by Grace MetaliousTropic of Capricorn by Henry Miller
Best Intro to Smut
14 books — 4 voters

Night of the Living Rez by Morgan TaltyThe Night Watchman by Louise ErdrichThe Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise ErdrichLove Medicine by Louise Erdrich
Native American Obssesion
25 books — 3 voters
Norwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiOlive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
Books Read in August, 2023
45 books — 9 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldJassy by Norah Lofts
Christian Fiction Downton Abbey Era
105 books — 82 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Foreign Lands
2,346 books — 2,189 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldHamlet by William ShakespeareAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Suicide
707 books — 495 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierKindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Shining by Stephen KingIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
[ATY 2024] Chilling Atmosphere
340 books — 86 voters

The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne JewettThe Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
Best Books 1896
34 books — 18 voters
Divergent by Veronica RothPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Best boy hates girl then loves her books
776 books — 3,795 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Shining by Stephen KingCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Book you have to read
65 books — 5 voters
Notes From A Big Country by Bill BrysonNotes From A Big Country by Bill BrysonA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonIn a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonThe Lost Continent by Bill Bryson
Best of Bill Bryson
52 books — 14 voters

Wheat Belly by William Davis
Books to help allergy sufferers
34 books — 22 voters
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Non-fiction graphic novels display
113 books — 8 voters