Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Megan (11 Lists)



The River Has Roots by Amal El-MohtarThe Orb of Cairado by Katherine AddisonMurder by Memory by Olivia WaiteBut Not Too Bold by Hache Pueyo
Hugo 2026 Eligible Novellas
22 books — 14 voters
Shroud by Adrian TchaikovskyThe Tomb of Dragons by Katherine AddisonA Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson BennettKatabasis by R.F. KuangThe Incandescent by Emily Tesh
Hugo 2026 Eligible Novels
41 books — 21 voters

Days of Shattered Faith by Adrian TchaikovskyThe Lotus Empire by Tasha SuriThe Relentless Legion by J.S. DewesThe Bound Worlds by Megan E. O'KeefeThe Ending Fire by Saara El-Arifi
Hugo 2025 Eligible Works for Best Series
26 books — 20 voters
Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay ZhaoThe Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan IfuekoHeir by Sabaa TahirBlood at the Root by LaDarrion WilliamsSheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger
Lodestar 2025 Eligible YA Books
33 books — 13 voters

The Truth of the Aleke by Moses Ose UtomiThe Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia SamatarThe Brides of High Hill by Nghi VoThe Tusks of Extinction by Ray NaylerThese Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart by Izzy Wasserstein
Hugo 2025 Eligible Novellas
52 books — 36 voters
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson BennettThe Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí ClarkThose Beyond the Wall by Micaiah JohnsonAlien Clay by Adrian TchaikovskyThe Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
Hugo 2025 Eligible Novels
131 books — 131 voters

The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Ann OlderRose/House by Arkady MartineThe Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose UtomiAnd Put Away Childish Things by Adrian TchaikovskyThe Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill
Hugo 2024 Eligible Novellas
24 books — 27 voters
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster BujoldNight Watch by Terry PratchettThe Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan StroudArtemis Fowl by Eoin ColferThud! by Terry Pratchett
Best Fantasy of the 2000s
602 books — 669 voters

Some Desperate Glory by Emily TeshTranslation State by Ann LeckieLone Women by Victor LaValle
Hugo 2024 Eligible Novels
96 books — 89 voters