GoodReads Picks for Tournament of Books 2025

1.
James
James 4.47 avg rating — 372,308 ratings
2.
Martyr!
Martyr! 4.19 avg rating — 111,624 ratings
3.
Beautyland
Beautyland 4.08 avg rating — 29,409 ratings
4.
Margo's Got Money Troubles
Margo's Got Money Troubles 3.85 avg rating — 129,426 ratings
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Anita de Monte Laughs Last
Anita de Monte Laughs Last 3.79 avg rating — 41,847 ratings
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Wandering Stars
Wandering Stars 3.83 avg rating — 32,868 ratings
7.
The God of the Woods
The God of the Woods
by: Liz Moore
4.13 avg rating — 590,168 ratings
8.
Poor Deer
Poor Deer 3.96 avg rating — 5,411 ratings
9.
Real Americans
Real Americans 3.96 avg rating — 80,596 ratings
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The American Daughters
The American Daughters 3.57 avg rating — 2,849 ratings
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Hard by a Great Forest
Hard by a Great Forest 3.89 avg rating — 5,364 ratings
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Annie Bot
Annie Bot 3.84 avg rating — 57,708 ratings
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Behind You Is the Sea
Behind You Is the Sea 4.08 avg rating — 7,028 ratings
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The Wedding People
The Wedding People 4.11 avg rating — 684,459 ratings
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Ordinary Human Failings
Ordinary Human Failings 3.72 avg rating — 11,073 ratings
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Glorious Exploits
Glorious Exploits 4.15 avg rating — 14,969 ratings
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This Strange Eventful History
This Strange Eventful History 3.57 avg rating — 4,949 ratings
18.
Orbital
Orbital 3.55 avg rating — 104,766 ratings
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Say Hello to My Little Friend
Say Hello to My Little Friend 3.72 avg rating — 888 ratings
20.
The Great Divide
The Great Divide 3.67 avg rating — 23,790 ratings
20.
I Cheerfully Refuse
I Cheerfully Refuse really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20,210 ratings
22.
Headshot
Headshot 3.50 avg rating — 12,028 ratings
23.
Held
Held 3.52 avg rating — 10,202 ratings
24.
Bear
Bear 3.24 avg rating — 17,074 ratings
25.
Ours
Ours 3.82 avg rating — 1,243 ratings
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The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story 3.78 avg rating — 18,284 ratings
27.
State of Paradise
State of Paradise 3.40 avg rating — 2,877 ratings
28.
Green Frog: Stories
Green Frog: Stories 4.12 avg rating — 1,549 ratings
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Blue Ruin
Blue Ruin 3.83 avg rating — 2,390 ratings
30.
Piglet
Piglet 3.40 avg rating — 38,352 ratings
31.
Good Material
Good Material 3.84 avg rating — 225,275 ratings
32.
The God of the Woods
The God of the Woods
by: Liz Moore
4.13 avg rating — 590,168 ratings
33.
Thirst
Thirst 3.48 avg rating — 6,957 ratings
34.
There Are Rivers in the Sky
There Are Rivers in the Sky 4.39 avg rating — 41,302 ratings
35.
The Invisible Hotel
The Invisible Hotel 3.32 avg rating — 554 ratings
35.
Someone Like Us
Someone Like Us 3.52 avg rating — 2,435 ratings
37.
The Fetishist
The Fetishist 3.67 avg rating — 2,820 ratings
38.
The Extinction of Irena Rey
The Extinction of Irena Rey 3.19 avg rating — 4,463 ratings
39.
Neighbors and Other Stories
Neighbors and Other Stories 4.02 avg rating — 2,246 ratings
39.
Woodworm
Woodworm 4.11 avg rating — 21,380 ratings
41.
Catalina
Catalina 3.58 avg rating — 6,936 ratings
42.
Parasol Against the Axe
Parasol Against the Axe 3.06 avg rating — 1,269 ratings
42.
The Ministry of Time
The Ministry of Time 3.59 avg rating — 170,166 ratings
44.
The Most
The Most 3.31 avg rating — 12,114 ratings
45.
Sandwich
Sandwich 3.58 avg rating — 144,786 ratings
45.
Liars
Liars 3.70 avg rating — 11,072 ratings
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Rejection
Rejection 3.83 avg rating — 19,634 ratings
48.
Tehrangeles
Tehrangeles 2.90 avg rating — 1,898 ratings
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We Were the Universe
We Were the Universe 3.60 avg rating — 2,018 ratings
50.
Lies and Weddings
Lies and Weddings 3.74 avg rating — 46,142 ratings
51.
Greta & Valdin
Greta & Valdin 3.92 avg rating — 25,816 ratings
51.
The Husbands
The Husbands 3.52 avg rating — 115,731 ratings
53.
Wild Houses
Wild Houses 3.71 avg rating — 7,455 ratings
54.
Evenings and Weekends
Evenings and Weekends 3.79 avg rating — 31,855 ratings
55.
Small Rain
Small Rain 4.04 avg rating — 4,136 ratings
56.
Flores and Miss Paula
Flores and Miss Paula 3.33 avg rating — 1,522 ratings
57.
The Road from Belhaven
The Road from Belhaven 3.68 avg rating — 2,140 ratings
57.
Enlightenment
Enlightenment 3.58 avg rating — 4,434 ratings
59.
All This & More
All This & More 3.34 avg rating — 4,913 ratings
60.
Acts of Forgiveness
Acts of Forgiveness 3.71 avg rating — 1,674 ratings
61.
Absolution (Southern Reach, #4)
Absolution (Southern Reach, #4) 3.61 avg rating — 8,372 ratings
62.
Middletide
Middletide 3.51 avg rating — 16,295 ratings
62.
Highway Thirteen: Stories
Highway Thirteen: Stories 3.71 avg rating — 1,381 ratings
64.
Playground
Playground 4.18 avg rating — 32,004 ratings
64.
Come and Get It
Come and Get It 3.34 avg rating — 41,401 ratings
66.
Clear
Clear 3.88 avg rating — 18,258 ratings
67.
Wolf at the Table
Wolf at the Table
by: Adam Rapp
3.87 avg rating — 4,188 ratings
67.
Intermezzo
Intermezzo 3.85 avg rating — 264,604 ratings
67.
Five-Star Stranger
Five-Star Stranger
by: Kat Tang
3.20 avg rating — 8,143 ratings
70.
River East, River West
River East, River West really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,985 ratings
71.
The Mars House
The Mars House 3.99 avg rating — 3,677 ratings
72.
But the Girl
But the Girl 3.70 avg rating — 910 ratings
72.
Still Life
Still Life 3.71 avg rating — 190 ratings
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Mother Doll
Mother Doll 3.71 avg rating — 969 ratings
75.
Oye
Oye 3.64 avg rating — 3,016 ratings
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The Guncle Abroad (The Guncle, #2)
The Guncle Abroad (The Guncle, #2) 3.90 avg rating — 49,193 ratings