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2025 Goodreads Choice Awards Winners

Winners from the Speculative Fictions Categories

December 8, 2025| Trevor Sherping

Goodreads announced the winners of the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards on December 4. The 17th Annual Goodreads Choice Awards tallied over 7.5 million votes. That vote total is up 25% over last year. Take a look at the winners from the speculative fiction categories below.

Fantasy

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab (Tor)
102,408 votes

Debut Novel

Alchemised by SenLinYu (Random House)
165,184 votes

Science Fiction

The Compound by Aisling Rawle (Random House)
45,287 votes

Horror

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix (Berkley)
59,603 votes

Romantasy

Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower)
298,565 votes

Audiobook

Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros, narrated by Justis Bolding, Teddy Hamilton, Rebecca Soler & Jasmin Walker (Recorded Books)
165,184 votes

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