Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Ida Aasebøstøl (9 Lists)



Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayLolita by Vladimir NabokovEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Shadow over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft
Best Twentieth Century American Novels
299 books — 225 voters
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Most Influential Books
1,479 books — 5,280 voters

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlWild Apples by Henry David ThoreauLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelSophie's World by Jostein GaarderThe Arabian Nights by Anonymous
Food on the Cover
1,347 books — 435 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Trial by Franz KafkaSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Darkest Books of All Time
1,269 books — 1,722 voters

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisCoraline by Neil GaimanAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollNeverwhere by Neil GaimanPeter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Doors, Portals, Gates
506 books — 187 voters
Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway by Ernest HemingwayThe Complete Stories by Franz KafkaThe Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
Best Short Stories
1,754 books — 1,046 voters

Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman MelvilleEast of Eden by John SteinbeckMatilda by Roald DahlThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth GrahameThe Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor by N.J. Dawood
Becoming Culturally Literate
197 books — 77 voters
Monkeyluv by Robert M. SapolskyWhy Zebras Don't Get Ulcers by Robert M. SapolskyMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklA Primate's Memoir by Robert M. SapolskyEmotions Revealed by Paul Ekman
Radiolab Suggested Readings
181 books — 241 voters

Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges
Best New Directions Books
262 books — 178 voters