Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Doug (53 Lists)



The Lilac People by Milo ToddMothers and Sons by Adam Haslett
2025 Literary Fiction Featuring Queer Men
48 books — 17 voters
The Lilac People by Milo Todd
Queer Books Set in the 1940s
28 books — 6 voters

The Lilac People by Milo Todd
Historical Fiction 2025
317 books — 138 voters
The Lilac People by Milo Todd
Trans & Nonbinary Fiction 2025
92 books — 47 voters

The Lilac People by Milo Todd
2025 LGBTQIA+ Books
473 books — 163 voters
The Lilac People by Milo Todd
Queer Books Set in the 1930s
25 books — 9 voters

John of John by Douglas StuartGlyph by Ali SmithDeparture by Julian BarnesA long winter by Colm Tóibín
Booker Prize Eligible 2026
29 books — 8 voters
Air by John BoyneMuckle Flugga by Michael PedersenRipeness by Sarah MossSister Europe by Nell ZinkMothers and Sons by Adam Haslett
Booker Prize Eligible 2025
177 books — 172 voters

The City of the Living by Nicola LagioiaThe Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers' Guild by Mathias Énard
International Booker Prize 2024: Eligible Books
170 books — 77 voters
The Safekeep by Yael van der WoudenHeld by Anne MichaelsHeadshot by Rita BullwinkelRare Singles by Benjamin MyersTwo Hours by Alba Arikha
Booker Prize Eligible 2024
194 books — 179 voters

Juno Loves Legs by Karl GearyAugust Blue by Deborah LevyThe New Life by Tom CreweThe House of Doors by Tan Twan EngBirnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
Booker Prize Eligible 2023
166 books — 207 voters
The Promise by Damon GalgutChina Room by Sunjeev SahotaSecond Place by Rachel CuskBewilderment by Richard PowersA Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson
2021 Booker Prize Longlist
13 books — 40 voters

Bolla by Pajtim StatovciRed Milk by Sjón
International Booker Prize 2022: Eligible Books
116 books — 79 voters
Second Place by Rachel Cusk
Goldsmiths Prize 2021 Eligible Books
49 books — 20 voters

Young Mungo by Douglas StuartTiepolo Blue by James CahillThe Queen of Dirt Island by Donal RyanThe Retreat by Alison MooreThe Colony by Audrey Magee
Booker Prize Eligible 2022
160 books — 218 voters
Traveller At The Gates Of Wisdom by John BoyneSummer by Ali SmithOnly a Lodger . . . And Hardly That by Vesna MainHamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Goldsmiths Prize 2020 Eligible Books
35 books — 21 voters

The Slaughterman's Daughter by Yaniv Iczkovits
International Booker Prize: Eligible Books 2021
120 books — 106 voters
The Earthspinner by Anuradha RoyChina Room by Sunjeev SahotaThe Promise by Damon GalgutSecond Place by Rachel CuskTrio by William Boyd
Booker Prize Eligible 2021
153 books — 177 voters

The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah LevyDucks, Newburyport by Lucy EllmannOlive, Again by Elizabeth StroutThe Dutch House by Ann PatchettFrankissstein by Jeanette Winterson
Women's Prize for Fiction 2020 Eligible Books
131 books — 62 voters
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy EllmannThe Testaments by Margaret AtwoodNormal People by Sally RooneyWhen All Is Said by Anne GriffinSomeone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory by Raphael Bob-Waksberg
2020 Tournament of Books Long List
62 books — 55 voters

The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah LevyDucks, Newburyport by Lucy EllmannSpring by Ali SmithNormal People by Sally RooneyThe Dutch House by Ann Patchett
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2019
100 books — 43 voters
The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah LevyDucks, Newburyport by Lucy EllmannFrankissstein by Jeanette WintersonMuscle by Alan Trotter
Goldsmiths Prize 2019 Eligible Books
29 books — 19 voters

Shuggie Bain by Douglas StuartSwimming in the Dark by Tomasz JedrowskiUtopia Avenue by David MitchellCleanness by Garth GreenwellOlive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
Booker Prize Eligible 2020
160 books — 110 voters
Crossing by Pajtim StatovciLie With Me by Philippe BessonThe Catholic School by Edoardo AlbinatiLove by Hanne Ørstavik
International Booker Prize: Eligible Books 2020
193 books — 89 voters

The Governesses by Anne Serre
Best Translated Book Award for Fiction 2019
25 books — 8 voters
The Governesses by Anne Serre
Man Booker International Prize: Eligible Books 2019
164 books — 118 voters

Warlight by Michael OndaatjeThe Overstory by Richard PowersThe Mars Room by Rachel Kushner
2019 Tournament of Books Shortlist
18 books — 130 voters
The Cost of Living by Deborah LevyThe Great Believers by Rebecca MakkaiKudos by Rachel CuskThe Sparsholt Affair by Alan HollinghurstWarlight by Michael Ondaatje
NYT 100 Notable Books of 2018
100 books — 82 voters


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