Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025

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Trace by Lauret SavoyAs Long as Grass Grows by Dina Gilio-WhitakerBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererSpirit Run by Noé ÁlvarezA Terrible Thing to Waste by Harriet A. Washington
Race, Conservation, and the Outdoors
124 books — 14 voters
The Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana AlexievichPushkin's Children by Tatyana TolstayaSexographies by Gabriela WienerThe Day Nina Simone Stopped Singing by Darina Al-JoundiOther Russias by Victoria Lomasko
Translated Non-Fiction by Women Authors
226 books — 26 voters

The Tiger by John Vaillant
Christian Science Monitor's Best Nonfiction Books of 2010
33 books — 62 voters
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark DunnThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferGriffin & Sabine by Nick BantockSabine's Notebook by Nick Bantock
Epistolary Fiction
850 books — 821 voters

The Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Selected Works of T.S. Spivet by Reif Larsen
Best Books of 2009
1,753 books — 6,935 voters
Mockingjay by Suzanne CollinsDead in the Family by Charlaine Harris
Can't Wait Books of 2010
1,232 books — 10,140 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,651 books — 25,853 voters
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
2009 MUST READS: Children's and YA
222 books — 765 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill BrysonMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David SedarisIn a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Humorous Memoirs and Non-Fiction
921 books — 1,238 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,235 books — 3,852 voters

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Cozy Mystery Series - First Book of a Series
1,120 books — 2,445 voters
1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Sparrow by Mary Doria RussellNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,251 books — 24,495 voters

The Histories by HerodotusThe History of Rome, Books 1-5 by Livy
History as Literature
728 books — 536 voters
Blissful Bites by Christy MorganThe Vegan Table by Colleen Patrick-GoudreauVegan Fire & Spice by Robin RobertsonVeganomicon by Isa Chandra MoskowitzViva Vegan! 200 Authentic and Fabulous Recipes for Latin Food... by Terry Hope Romero
Best Vegan Cookbooks
294 books — 390 voters

Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Food-Related Fiction
853 books — 599 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Read These In School - Would Have Preferred A Root Canal
466 books — 1,586 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Godfather by Mario PuzoPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Best Book to Screen Interpretation
579 books — 480 voters
Little Women by Louisa May AlcottAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteHeidi by Johanna SpyriLittle House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Favorite books from my childhood
4,375 books — 7,396 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Stories For Book Lovers
8,330 books — 8,208 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëLord of the Flies by William Golding
I'm glad someone made me read this book
10,514 books — 10,132 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyUlysses by James JoyceOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,175 books — 10,027 voters
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonTracks by Robyn DavidsonBlue Latitudes by Tony Horwitz
Tales of Adventure
512 books — 474 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books that Made You Cry!
3,205 books — 7,755 voters
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Best Historical Fiction
7,250 books — 25,374 voters

Night by Elie WieselThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerThe Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,750 books — 6,276 voters
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanIn Defense of Food by Michael PollanBlink by Malcolm GladwellAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,222 books — 8,061 voters

Veganomicon by Isa Chandra MoskowitzThe China Study by T. Colin CampbellVegan Freak by Bob TorresVegan with a Vengeance by Isa Chandra MoskowitzVegan Fire & Spice by Robin Robertson
Books for Vegans, Vegetarians, and those interested in Animal Rights
483 books — 530 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Best ALA Adult Notables
142 books — 53 voters

Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,224 books — 28,361 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,788 books — 49,735 voters


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