Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Jeremy (14 Lists)



The Informers by Bret Easton EllisComplicity by Iain BanksThe Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsPygmy by Chuck PalahniukThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Best Transgressive Fiction
866 books — 969 voters
The Book of Revelation by Rupert ThomsonLess Than Zero by Bret Easton EllisThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerDamned by Chuck PalahniukOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Weird and Wonderful Stories
316 books — 163 voters

Complicity by Iain BanksTree of Smoke by Denis JohnsonThe Informers by Bret Easton EllisLess Than Zero by Bret Easton EllisOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Well Dodgy Characters
360 books — 183 voters
Dark Places by Gillian FlynnOn the Road by Jack KerouacL'Assommoir by Émile ZolaThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Sluts by Dennis Cooper
Contemporary Cult Fiction
492 books — 453 voters

Tree of Smoke by Denis JohnsonDark Places by Gillian FlynnThe Sluts by Dennis CooperThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Books That Changed My World
3,253 books — 3,190 voters
Cocaine Nights by J.G. BallardThe Sluts by Dennis CooperSong of the Silent Snow by Hubert Selby Jr.Henry and June by Anaïs NinThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Best Weird Fiction Books
1,191 books — 1,083 voters

On the Road by Jack KerouacMy Loose Thread by Dennis Cooper
You Read a Book about What?
4,044 books — 2,069 voters
L'Assommoir by Émile ZolaCocaine Nights by J.G. BallardComplicity by Iain BanksOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezDark Places by Gillian Flynn
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
920 books — 2,381 voters

My Loose Thread by Dennis CooperOn the Road by Jack KerouacThe Sluts by Dennis CooperTree of Smoke by Denis JohnsonStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Most original
1,199 books — 658 voters
Geek Love by Katherine DunnNotes of a Dirty Old Man by Charles BukowskiCoin Locker Babies by Ryū MurakamiTree of Smoke by Denis JohnsonThe Informers by Bret Easton Ellis
Now That's REALLY Freakin' Weird...
714 books — 562 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Book of Revelation by Rupert ThomsonMy Loose Thread by Dennis CooperOn the Road by Jack KerouacI Miss The World by Violet LeVoit
New Cult Classics
288 books — 155 voters
The Sluts by Dennis CooperThe Sexy Part of the Bible by Kola BoofDamned by Chuck PalahniukWaiting Period by Hubert Selby Jr.The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Bizarre books
666 books — 424 voters

The Plague by Albert CamusL'Assommoir by Émile ZolaOn the Road by Jack KerouacThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Darkest Books of All Time
1,269 books — 1,722 voters
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie KondōJust Kids by Patti SmithShrill by Lindy WestThe Interestings by Meg WolitzerThe Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Top 10 for the Reading Challengers
5,837 books — 4,181 voters