Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Eileen Conner (150 Lists)



The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryThe Violinist's Thumb by Sam Kean
Medical Microhistories
94 books — 87 voters
Jesse by Jesse Owens
The Olympic Games
266 books — 126 voters

Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
The Overlooked Women of History
934 books — 216 voters
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksThe Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Modern Science Nonfiction
421 books — 293 voters

15th Affair by James Patterson
Can't Wait Books of 2016
1,361 books — 6,398 voters
The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize
128 books — 72 voters

Report from Ground Zero by Dennis SmithExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThunder Dog by Michael Hingson102 Minutes by Jim Dwyer
9/11 Books
80 books — 69 voters
Thunder Dog by Michael Hingson
Best 9-11 Books
30 books — 45 voters

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. KonigsburgRamona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
Favorite books from my childhood
4,377 books — 7,396 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
100 Best American Authors
751 books — 613 voters

Ramona the Pest by Beverly ClearyThe Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,351 books — 1,776 voters
The Eagle Has Landed by Jack HigginsArmageddon by Leon UrisEye of the Needle by Ken Follett
Best 1940s Historical Fiction
380 books — 422 voters

The Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsCheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.Dave Barry's Greatest Hits by Dave Barry
Best Humorous Books
4,286 books — 7,883 voters
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown11/22/63 by Stephen KingThe Camel Club by David BaldacciBloodline by James Rollins
Conspiracy Fiction
1,257 books — 1,313 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Alienist by Caleb CarrMystic River by Dennis Lehane
100 Mysteries and Thrillers to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
2,128 books — 4,259 voters
Eye of the Needle by Ken FollettThe Eagle Has Landed by Bill Martin Jr.
Best World War II Spy Books
149 books — 96 voters

The Quiet American by Graham GreeneThe Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carré
Best Cold War Spy Books
46 books — 59 voters
The Constant Gardener by John Le CarréThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick ForsythOur Man in Havana by Graham GreeneThe Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyA Man Called Intrepid by William Stevenson
Literary Spy Stories
199 books — 222 voters

The Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyEye of the Needle by Ken FollettThe Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumThe Eagle Has Landed by Jack HigginsJackdaws by Ken Follett
Best Spy Novels
1,232 books — 2,212 voters
Battle Cry by Leon UrisThe Red Badge of Courage by Stephen CraneThe Eagle Has Landed by Jack HigginsJohnny Tremain by Esther ForbesJackdaws by Ken Follett
Best War Novels
1,657 books — 1,376 voters

We Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. MooreThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienVietnam by Stanley Karnow
Vietnam War Books
216 books — 127 voters
102 Minutes by Jim DwyerReport from Ground Zero by Dennis SmithLast Man Down by Richard PicciottoFather Mychal Judge by Michael FordPortraits by The New York Times
9/11 Related
247 books — 220 voters

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan PoeThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
The Haycraft-Queen Definitive Library of Crime, Detective and Mystery Fiction
186 books — 112 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughTruman by David McCulloughHis Excellency by Joseph J. EllisAmerican Sphinx by Joseph J. EllisAmerican Lion by Jon Meacham
Best Presidential Biographies (nonfiction)
465 books — 518 voters

The Coldest Winter by David HalberstamThe Marines of Autumn by James Brady
Korean War
135 books — 51 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanA Brief History of Time by Stephen HawkingScurvy by Stephen R. BownMadame Curie by Ève Curie
History of Science
484 books — 289 voters

John Adams by David McCulloughWashington by Ron ChernowTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinTheodore Rex by Edmund MorrisTruman by David McCullough
Best books on USA president(s) (nonfiction)
211 books — 118 voters
The Great Influenza by John M. BarryThe Hot Zone by Richard PrestonPolio by David M. OshinskyThe Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha MukherjeeThe Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
History of Medicine
351 books — 157 voters

Mere Christianity by C.S. LewisThe Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich BonhoefferThe Pursuit of God by A.W. TozerDesiring God by John PiperAll of Grace by Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Best Books on the Gospel
159 books — 106 voters
How the Scots Invented the Modern World by Arthur HermanThe Celts by Peter Berresford EllisScotland by Rosemary GoringThe Campbells 1250 - 1513 by Stephen Ian BoardmanBraveheart by Randall Wallace
Scottish History
286 books — 65 voters


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