Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Chris Berko (22 Lists)



Experimental Film by Gemma Files
Best Novels of Cinematic Horror
16 books — 17 voters
The Line of Polity by Neal AsherStarfish by Peter WattsPandora's Star by Peter F. HamiltonSeveneves by Neal StephensonRevelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
Best Hard Science Fiction of the 21st Century
183 books — 1,484 voters

Agents of Dreamland by Caitlín R. KiernanArarat by Christopher Golden
Best Horror Books 2017
49 books — 53 voters
The Last Sacrifice by James A. MooreRed Sister by Mark LawrenceThe Stars Are Legion by Kameron HurleyAssassin's Fate by Robin HobbRevenger by Alastair Reynolds
Best Picks: Adult Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Novels of 2017
226 books — 687 voters

Beyond Redemption by Michael R. FletcherCity of Wonders by James A. MooreNemesis Games by James S.A. CoreyEmpire Ascendant by Kameron Hurley
Best Picks: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Novels of 2015
244 books — 341 voters
The Medusa Chronicles by Stephen Baxter
Anticipated speculative fiction of 2016
79 books — 61 voters

Beyond Redemption by Michael R. FletcherMiserere by T. FrohockThe Mirror Empire by Kameron HurleyThe Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Best Fantasy of the 2010s
1,628 books — 1,897 voters
Dead Sea by Tim CurranShadowland by Peter Straub
Forgotten Frights: Overlooked and Underappreciated Horror
798 books — 406 voters

Beyond Redemption by Michael R. Fletcher
Hugo 2016 Eligible Works
473 books — 1,083 voters
Beyond Redemption by Michael R. FletcherThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonAltered Carbon by Richard K. MorganMistborn by Brandon SandersonLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
Starting Strong
160 books — 250 voters

Beyond Redemption by Michael R. FletcherPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleMistborn by Brandon SandersonThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonAssassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
Best Dark Fantasy
520 books — 678 voters
Pandora's Star by Peter F. HamiltonThe Reality Dysfunction by Peter F. HamiltonPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleWorld War Z by Max BrooksAltered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,149 books — 8,887 voters

Pandora's Star by Peter F. HamiltonJudas Unchained by Peter F. HamiltonRevelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. CoreyBlindsight by Peter Watts
best hard science fiction
390 books — 724 voters
Pandora's Star by Peter F. HamiltonLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. CoreyThe Dreaming Void by Peter F. HamiltonRendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Excellent Space Opera
971 books — 3,514 voters

A Wind of Knives by Ed KurtzFunland by Richard Laymon
Little-Known Gems
1,098 books — 1,103 voters
Words of Radiance by Brandon SandersonThe Emperor's Blades by Brian StaveleyCode Zero by Jonathan MaberryFall of Night by Jonathan MaberrySaint Odd by Dean Koontz
Can't Wait Books of 2014
2,461 books — 15,113 voters

Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukWorld War Z by Max BrooksDirty White Boys by Stephen HunterHaunted by Chuck PalahniukThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Best Manfiction
2,213 books — 552 voters
The Queen of the Damned by Anne RiceLasher by Anne RiceBlood And Gold by Anne RiceThe Vampire Armand by Anne RiceMemnoch the Devil by Anne Rice
The Best of Anne Rice
26 books — 236 voters

Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceThe Alienist by Caleb CarrIt by Stephen KingFight Club by Chuck PalahniukInvisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Books Ever
74,780 books — 277,438 voters
The Terror by Dan SimmonsSurvivor by J.F. GonzalezNocturnal by Scott SiglerHive by Tim CurranThe Spawning by Tim Curran
Wish It Was A Movie
417 books — 237 voters

Savages by Don WinslowYellow Medicine by Anthony Neil SmithNightjack by Tom PiccirilliA Choir of Ill Children by Tom Piccirilli
Best Noir of the 21st Century
241 books — 372 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiFloating Dragon by Peter StraubNight Watch by Sergei LukyanenkoLittle Star by John Ajvide LindqvistBiohazard by Tim Curran
Best Supernatural Thrillers
196 books — 156 voters