Goodreads Choice Awards 2025

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



The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerWild by Cheryl StrayedThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankBeloved by Toni Morrison
Resilient Women
263 books — 48 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellJassy by Norah Lofts
Historical Romance that is not all debutantes and rakes
22 books — 8 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Which book Characters are you most like?
26 books — 8 voters
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
Romance in Australia/New Zealand (and/or) Australian/New Zealander Heroes and Heroines
375 books — 200 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
People who have been horribly abused by their families
26 books — 8 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Thievery Tales
32 books — 14 voters

Looking for Alaska by John GreenThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonA Separate Peace by John KnowlesThat Was Then, This Is Now by S.E. HintonThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Teenage Boy Friendship Books
216 books — 35 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingThe Shining by Stephen KingSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Best Halloween Books
699 books — 728 voters

Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure by John Cleland
Sex Worker Memoirs
196 books — 107 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Romance Books with Characters Who Have Mental Disorders
100 books — 69 voters

Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Familes by ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICSChildren of Alcoholics/Addicts by Richard L. TowersAlcoholics Anonymous by Alcoholics Anonymous
Books that can change the world
34 books — 22 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëEmma by Jane AustenLolita by Vladimir NabokovBonjour tristesse by Françoise Sagan
Age Gap Classics
25 books — 5 voters

Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryShōgun by James ClavellPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Covers with a Red-White-Black Color Scheme
159 books — 11 voters
The Trespasser by Tana French
Female Cops
112 books — 32 voters

St. Peter's Fair by Ellis Peters
Books Set at a Renaissance Faire
33 books — 20 voters
The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsLight in August by William FaulknerThe Glass Menagerie by Tennessee WilliamsAbsalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner
Mississippi Writers - Best 100 books by
306 books — 115 voters

The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenCat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Turquoise Books
290 books — 88 voters
The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
Sci-fi horror
166 books — 6 voters

Atonement by Ian McEwanThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyAuntie Mame by Patrick DennisAbsalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner
Good Books that Begin with A
998 books — 86 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
Biographies of Ordinary People
144 books — 120 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëEmma by Jane AustenRebecca by Daphne du MaurierFar From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Apparently books we need to read once in a lifetime
61 books — 8 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
I Saw the Movie & Read the Book
1,927 books — 1,761 voters

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Books With Very Eye-Catching Titles
47 books — 9 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeShōgun by James ClavellThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Great re-readable Books
315 books — 270 voters

The Exorcist by William Peter BlattyJaws by Peter Benchley'Salem's Lot by Stephen King
It scared me silly!
15 books — 10 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Hero Marries Someone Else!
103 books — 162 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. LawrenceValley of the Dolls by Jacqueline SusannA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Books you read that you weren't supposed to read
147 books — 205 voters
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Best Senior Book Club Books
13 books — 9 voters

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyTrue Grit by Charles PortisAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Literary Westerns
283 books — 386 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
Beautiful, Stunning Book Covers
302 books — 76 voters