Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

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



Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisHis Dark Materials - The Trilogy by Philip PullmanThe Annotated Alice by Lewis Carroll
Books From a Distant Past That Still Slaps
135 books — 27 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakMarley and Me by John GroganHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Books That Made You Cry
1,606 books — 3,268 voters

Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
From the very beginning of the book you know that the protagonist is going to die
12 books — 5 voters
The Lottery by Shirley JacksonThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeThe Pearl by John SteinbeckFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesQuidditch Through the Ages by J.K. Rowling
Best Books Under 100 Pages
189 books — 72 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Swerve by Stephen GreenblattBeing Mortal by Atul Gawande
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
1,972 books — 1,258 voters
The Outsiders by S.E. HintonLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Books that begin and end with the same line
9 books — 14 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareLord of the Flies by William Golding
Books I Read In School
32 books — 10 voters
City of Bones by Cassandra ClareHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingTwilight by Stephenie MeyerCity of Ashes by Cassandra ClareHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Teen Werewolf Fiction
109 books — 258 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Gearing Up for HS English
38 books — 6 voters
Eragon by Christopher PaoliniThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingDragonflight by Anne McCaffreyThe White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey
Dragons
1,785 books — 2,538 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Territorial Imperative by Robert ArdreyThe Social Contract by Robert ArdreyAfrican Genesis by Robert ArdreyThe Territorial Imperative by Robert Ardrey
Excellent Science Writing
181 books — 12 voters
Les Misérables by Victor HugoThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskySt. Peter's Fair by Ellis PetersRedwall by Brian JacquesMariette in Ecstasy by Ron Hansen
Monasteries and Convents
228 books — 65 voters

Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttThe Secret History by Donna TarttAll the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
Most Over Rated Books
61 books — 12 voters
The Shining by Stephen King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingThe Stand by Stephen KingThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattyFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
THE BEST HORROR NOVELS LIST
379 books — 249 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Germans Defying Hitler
80 books — 27 voters
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Books I've Read About Russia's History
17 books — 9 voters

Jassy by Norah LoftsNorwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Hard to Find TBR
179 books — 9 voters
1984 by George OrwellFight Club by Chuck PalahniukLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Godfather by Mario PuzoBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
Real Man Books
778 books — 309 voters

City of Bones by Cassandra ClareThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Iliad by HomerThe Subtle Knife by Philip PullmanThe Shining by Stephen King
Books with Angels, Gods, or Demons
2,311 books — 3,414 voters
Arundel by Kenneth RobertsRabble in Arms by Kenneth Roberts
Battles of the American Revolutionary War
30 books — 8 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteHiroshima by John HerseyThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Read-Alikes: If You Liked "Killers of the Flower Moon..."
49 books — 12 voters
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Unsolved Crimes
24 books — 15 voters

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysThe Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
Popsugar 2023 #14 - A Modern Retelling of a Classic
334 books — 211 voters
Watership Down by Richard AdamsThe Crossing by Cormac McCarthyMarley and Me by John GroganWill's Red Coat by Tom RyanFollowing Atticus by Tom Ryan
Which Animal Story Made you Cry the most?
31 books — 16 voters

’Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,775 books — 4,912 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienKidnapped by Robert Louis StevensonEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
YA Without Romance
212 books — 102 voters

Madame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertJassy by Norah Lofts
Books that made me contact my therapist
51 books — 21 voters
The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienA Rumor of War by Philip CaputoThe Quiet American by Graham GreeneTree of Smoke by Denis JohnsonDog Soldiers by Robert Stone
Best Literature About the Vietnam War
328 books — 636 voters

The Bean Trees by Barbara KingsolverA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe Day of the Locust by Nathanael West
Trees that blossom in the Spring or Summer
98 books — 13 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best book covers of 2013
265 books — 511 voters