Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Anita Sheehan (10 Lists)



Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,294 books — 4,444 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Best Classics of all Time
66 books — 49 voters

Quiet by Susan Cain
Inspiring Books
4,555 books — 3,221 voters
The Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinReady Player One by Ernest ClineThe Dark Forest by Liu CixinDeath's End by Liu Cixin
Best Hard Science Fiction of the 21st Century
183 books — 1,485 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezOn the Road by Jack KerouacThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,576 books — 13,086 voters
Ready Player One by Ernest ClineThe Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin1Q84 by Haruki MurakamiThe Dark Forest by Liu CixinDark Matter by Blake Crouch
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,149 books — 8,887 voters

Ready Player One by Ernest ClineFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,250 books — 24,494 voters
Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,185 books — 117,800 voters

1Q84 by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Best Haruki Murakami Books
26 books — 838 voters
Insomnia by Stephen KingThe Dark Tower by Stephen KingThe Drawing of the Three by Stephen KingThe Waste Lands by Stephen KingWizard and Glass by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
177 books — 3,862 voters