Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Laura Brower (15 Lists)



Cloud Atlas by David MitchellThe Everything by Richard C. CoxEyeheart Everything by Mykle HansenHole Punch by Garth SimmonsThings Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca
Uniquely Structured Books
103 books — 75 voters
Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Third Policeman by Flann O'BrienBlood and Guts in High School by Kathy Acker
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,104 books — 1,738 voters

The 120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de SadeBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyDubliners by James JoyceThe Third Policeman by Flann O'BrienThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Best Genuinely Unusual Fiction
304 books — 157 voters
Naked Lunch by William S. BurroughsFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonHole Punch by Garth SimmonsInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceThe Everything by Richard C. Cox
Bizarro
356 books — 251 voters

1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Road by Cormac McCarthyAnimal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Quality Dark Fiction
2,469 books — 3,216 voters
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins GilmanNaked Lunch by William S. BurroughsTell Me I’m Worthless by Alison RumfittHole Punch by Garth SimmonsThings Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca
Surreal Horror
84 books — 75 voters

Blood and Guts in High School by Kathy AckerHole Punch by Garth SimmonsPerson by Sam PinkLolita by Vladimir NabokovEyeheart Everything by Mykle Hansen
Freaky, Odd, and Thought-Twisting but Overall Compelling Reads
190 books — 115 voters
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream by Harlan EllisonHole Punch by Garth SimmonsGood Omens by Terry PratchettCatch-22 by Joseph HellerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Dark Humor
724 books — 1,649 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsHole Punch by Garth SimmonsNotes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Brilliant Dark Fiction
235 books — 213 voters
Nine Stories by J.D. SalingerDubliners by James JoyceHole Punch by Garth SimmonsThe Collected Stories by William TrevorThe Best of Roald Dahl by Roald Dahl
Best Short Story Collections
1,552 books — 851 voters

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonAutistic blessings and Bipolar me. by E.J. PlowsStim by Kevin Berry
Books About Asperger's Syndrome
35 books — 57 voters
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonTrueman Bradley by Alexei Maxim Russell
YA Novels with Special Needs Characters
157 books — 148 voters

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Neurodiversity Books
296 books — 242 voters
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonAsperger's on the Inside by Michelle Vines
Characters with mental illnesses or learning disabilites
510 books — 444 voters

Hole Punch by Garth SimmonsThe Egg by Michael GiraRat Catching by Crispin Hellion GloverFight Club by Chuck PalahniukFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Bizarre books
666 books — 424 voters