Goodreads has a new way to explore books, which we are cleverly calling Listopia. Listopia is basically a whole lot of lists of books, each one being ordered by members votes. Each member who votes on a list can order their individual votes, which are then used to generate the order of the master list.

We think this will be a great new way for members to share their favorite books with others, and create some really great content around books. Already there are some great lists being created, such as Best Books Ever, and its antithesis The Worst Books of All Time.

But the best lists are the more focused ones: Best utopia, dystopia, and other world fiction, Best Young Adult Novels, Best Historial Fiction, or The Movie was better than the Book.

The New York Times bestseller list can show you what books are selling well at Barnes & Noble. But only Listopia can show you what books people like in any imaginable genre.

Listopia was inspired by two things. The first was Michael was picking sci-fi books to read off a "Best Science Fiction books" site he found online. That didn't seem right - Goodreads should have that kind of data! The other was after I spent a little time on Digg and Mahalo. (more)...