Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Caleb Melchior (24 Lists)



The Library at Mount Char by Scott HawkinsThe City & the City by China MiévilleWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleAmerican Gods by Neil Gaiman
Best Weird Fiction Books
1,191 books — 1,083 voters
An Omelette and a Glass of Wine by Elizabeth DavidEat Up by Ruby TandohNotes from the Larder by Nigel SlaterCrazy Water Pickled Lemons by Diana HenryJane Grigson's Fruit Book by Jane Grigson
Poetic Food Writing
12 books — 3 voters

Language of Landscape by Anne Whiston SpirnLandscape Design by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
Defining the State of Exception: The Design, History, and Studies of Landscapes
193 books — 8 voters
Good Omens by Terry PratchettRight Ho, Jeeves by P.G. WodehouseGoing Postal by Terry Pratchett
Best Humorous Books
4,286 books — 7,883 voters

Ecology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse Ray
Best popular natural history books on the South
115 books — 4 voters
Connemara by Tim RobinsonEcology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse RayUnder the Sea-Wind by Rachel Carson
Biographies of Place
275 books — 51 voters

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonThe Lonely City by Olivia LaingThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Nonfiction by Female Authors
360 books — 58 voters
Shade by Keith WileyBeth Chatto's Woodland Garden by Beth ChattoThe American Woodland Garden by Rick DarkeThe Natural Shade Garden by Ken DruseThe Shade Garden by Beth Chatto
Best Garden Design for Shade!
10 books — 2 voters

Down the Garden Path by Beverley NicholsAn Island Garden by Celia ThaxterEdith Wharton's Italian Gardens by Vivian RussellElizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim
The Pen and The Trowel
16 books — 14 voters
Planting in a Post-Wild World by Thomas RainerPlanting by Noel KingsburySuccession Planting for Adventurous Gardeners by Christopher LloydThe Dynamic Landscape by Nigel DunnettThe Well-Tended Perennial Garden by Tracy DiSabato-Aust
Best Books on Designed Plant Communities
16 books — 2 voters

Illustrated History of Landscape Design by Elizabeth BoultsTheory in Landscape Architecture by Simon SwaffieldTrace by Lauret SavoyDrawing the Landscape by Chip SullivanRethinking a Lot by Eran Ben-Joseph
Best of Landscape Architecture (nonfiction)
61 books — 9 voters
Gardens by Design by Noel KingsburyThe Thoughtful Gardener by Jinny BlomLove Your Plot by Harry RichHome Outside by Julie Moir MesservyP. Allen Smith's Garden Home by P. Allen Smith
Best Garden Design - Home Gardens
29 books — 4 voters

The Edge of the Sea by Rachel CarsonBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererThe Home Place by J. Drew LanhamEcology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse RayA New Garden Ethic by Benjamin Vogt
Poetic Nature Writing
13 books — 5 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyTo Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
1,704 books — 1,552 voters

Planting Design by Piet OudolfA Garden Gallery by George LittleShocking Beauty by Thomas Hobbs
Mind-blowing Books on Making Gardens
10 books — 8 voters
Miss Rumphius by Barbara CooneyThe Gardener by Sarah StewartLinnea in Monet's Garden by Christina BjörkThe Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Best Picture Books About Gardens
383 books — 160 voters

Plant Personalities by Carol KleinHome Ground by Dan PearsonA Year at Otter Farm by Mark DiaconoThe Collector's Garden by Ken DrusePlanthropology by Ken Druse
Plant Geek Life
51 books — 3 voters
The Well-Tempered Garden by Christopher LloydRain Gardens by Andy Clayden
Garden design and history
26 books — 15 voters

The Garden Primer by Barbara DamroschMaking More Plants by Ken Druse
The basic gardening bookshelf
28 books — 26 voters
Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonWild Card Quilt by Janisse RayThe Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane JacobsFounding Gardeners by Andrea Wulf
Urban Environmental Educator Collective Library
138 books — 38 voters

Four-Season Harvest by Eliot ColemanEdible Landscaping by Rosalind Creasy
100+ Best Permaculture & Homesteading Books: The Ultimate Reading List for Sustainable Living
196 books — 148 voters
Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonEcology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse RayUnder the Sea-Wind by Rachel CarsonThe Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan
Best Environmental Books
1,063 books — 1,189 voters

Four-Season Harvest by Eliot ColemanIn Your Garden by Vita Sackville-WestThe Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady by Edith HoldenAn Island Garden by Celia Thaxter
Gardening Books
369 books — 156 voters
Natural Garden by Ken DruseThe Collector's Garden by Ken DruseThe Natural Habitat Garden by Ken DruseDesigning With Perennials by Pamela J. Harper
Best Books for Gardeners
133 books — 51 voters