Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Lisa (100 Lists)



Zuleikha by Guzel YakhinaThe Line by Olga GrushinThe Eighth Life by Nino HaratischwiliThe Funeral Party by Lyudmila UlitskayaLittle Zinnobers by Elena Chizhova
Women in Translation (Russia/USSR)
34 books — 5 voters
Paper-Thin Skin by Aigerim TazhiThe Starlet and the Spy by Ji-min LeeGoodnight, Rose by Chi ZijianThe Fox and Dr. Shimamura by Christine WunnickeInheritance from Mother by Minae Mizumura
ARB Women in Translation (Asian)
23 books — 3 voters

The Savage Detectives by Roberto BolañoCompass by Mathias ÉnardParallel Stories by Péter NádasStone in a Landslide by Maria BarbalDolazak by Andrej Nikolaidis
Top 50 Books in Translation from 2000 recommended by Stu at Winston's Dad
56 books — 11 voters
Sleepwalkers by Jogindar PalRaavi Paar and Other Stories by GulzarMemories of Madness by Khushwant SinghGadaria by Ashfaq Ahmedतमस by Bhisham Sahni
Books about the Indian Subcontinental Partition (fiction and nonfiction)
89 books — 97 voters

Inessential Things by Helen Bate
picture books for those with dementia
93 books — 15 voters
Plumb by Maurice GeeTo the Is-land by Janet FrameThe Bone People by Keri HulmePotiki by Patricia GraceAn Angel at My Table by Janet Frame
50 Best New Zealand Books since 1968
51 books — 7 voters

The Montforts by Martin BoydUltima Thule by Henry Handel RichardsonThe Passage by Vance PalmerMan-Shy by Frank Dalby DavisonFlesh in Armour by Leonard Mann
ALS Gold Medal Winners
66 books — 5 voters
The Tobacconist by Robert SeethalerAli and Nino by Kurban SaidWar and Turpentine by Stefan HertmansTreasures of the Thunder Dragon by Ashi Dori Wangmo WangchuckWith Faith and Goodwill by Arthur Milnes
22 Ambassadors Recommend the One Book to Read Before Visiting Their Country
22 books — 4 voters

Selling LipService by Tammy BaikieGrace by Barbara BoswellA Handful of Earth by Simon BruindersSoftness of the Lime by Maxine CaseDikeledi by Achmat Dangor
2018 Sunday Times Literary Awards (Fiction)
26 books — 27 voters
The Complete Stories by Clarice LispectorThe Summer Book by Tove JanssonThe Box Man by Kōbō AbeFatelessness by Imre KertészHistory by Elsa Morante
Book Riot's 50 Must-Read Modern Classics in Translation
50 books — 8 voters

The Town Grew Up Dancing by Wenten RubuntjaTwo Sisters, a true Story by Ngarta Jinny BentThe Mish by Robert LoweAm I Black Enough For You? by Anita HeissTalking To My Country by Stan Grant
Indigenous Australian autobiographies - 1
102 books — 6 voters
Beijing Coma by Ma Jian
Banned Book Week
68 books — 17 voters

American War by Omar El AkkadAnything Is Possible by Elizabeth StroutAutumn by Ali SmithBad Dreams and Other Stories by Tessa HadleyBeautiful Animals by Lawrence Osborne
NYT Notable Books (Fiction) 2017
50 books — 21 voters
To Sir, With Love by E.R. BraithwaiteBeer in the Snooker Club by Waguih GhaliThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeFire on the Mountain by Anita DesaiAcross the Black Waters by Mulk Raj Anand
The Guardian's Diverse Reading List
29 books — 8 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelLabyrinths by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Power and the Glory by Graham GreeneThe Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector
ABC RN Latin American Book Club List
11 books — 3 voters
The Emigrants by W.G. SebaldJ R by William GaddisHow to be Both by Ali SmithWittgenstein’s Mistress by David MarksonSpeedboat by Renata Adler
10 Experimental Novels That Are Worth the Effort
10 books — 6 voters

Our Souls at Night by Kent HarufSula by Toni MorrisonThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Vegetarian by Han KangThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
21 great novels under 200 pages
22 books — 11 voters
The Life of Henry Brulard by StendhalClaudine at School by ColetteClaudine in Paris by ColetteClaudine Married by ColetteClaudine and Annie by Colette
Autofiction
76 books — 26 voters

Shinega's Village by Sahle SellassieThe Wrath of the Ancestors by A.C. JordanForest of a Thousand Daemons by D.O. FagunwaExpedition to the Mount of Thought by D.O. FagunwaSin is a Puppy That Follows You Home by Balaraba Ramat Yakubu
African novels translated into English from a non-European African language
28 books — 6 voters
SPQR by Mary BeardBlood of the Celts by Jean MancoPrivate Lives, Public History by Anna ClarkSuffragettes by Joyce MarlowThe Celts by Alice Roberts
Women Writing History
121 books — 14 voters

Death by Water by Kenzaburō Ōe
The Best by Nobel Prize Authors
380 books — 276 voters
Death by Water by Kenzaburō Ōe
Nobel Laureates
659 books — 563 voters

Death by Water by Kenzaburō Ōe
Best Japanese Books
765 books — 3,239 voters
The End of Days by Jenny ErpenbeckAlles umsonst by Walter KempowskiThe Boy Who Stole Attila's Horse by Iván RepilaSeiobo There Below by László KrasznahorkaiThe Red Collar by Jean-Christophe Rufin
Eileen Battersbee's 2015 Books of the Year
30 books — 1 voter

Caught in Two Winds by Monika Pant
Indian Books - Fiction
1,107 books — 2,436 voters
The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaThe Glass Palace by Amitav GhoshA House for Mr Biswas by V.S. Naipaul
ABC RN Subcontinent Book Club
11 books — 3 voters

The Mind's Own Place by Ian ReidThe Break by Deb FitzpatrickThe sugar mother by Elizabeth JolleySalt Story by Sarah DrummondKayang & Me by Kim Scott
Books set in Western Australia
125 books — 42 voters
Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi DangarembgaThe Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born by Ayi Kwei ArmahThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeOpen City by Teju ColeThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
ABC RN African Book Club List
20 books — 11 voters


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