Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Michael Bacon (40 Lists)



Fever-Dreaming Marlinko by Chris KutalikVeins of the Earth by Patrick StuartDeep Carbon Observatory by Patrick StuartFever Swamp by Luke GearingA Red & Pleasant Land by Zak S.
Best OSR RPG supplements and adventures
16 books — 5 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinIf You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe NumeroffThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettPippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Best Children's Books
5,276 books — 6,638 voters

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettMatilda by Roald Dahl
100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime
2,247 books — 2,284 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsGulp by Mary Roach
Best Nonfiction Audio Books
447 books — 285 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Audiobooks Ever
1,969 books — 2,827 voters
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
How DID They Become Classics?
113 books — 174 voters

Bone, Vol. 1 by Jeff SmithAnya's Ghost by Vera BrosgolAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Luen YangBone, Vol. 6 by Jeff SmithBone, Vol. 8 by Jeff Smith
Best Graphic Novels for Children
1,445 books — 1,724 voters
Hawkeye, Volume 1 by Matt FractionHawkeye, Volume 2 by Matt FractionBatman by Frank Miller
Superhero Fiction
834 books — 1,220 voters

Hellboy, Vol. 1 by Mike MignolaFables, Vol. 1 by Bill WillinghamBone by Jeff Smith
Best Graphic Novels
3,433 books — 6,754 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsMaus I by Art Spiegelman
Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction
2,419 books — 2,951 voters

The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternSwamplandia! by Karen Russell
Best Cover Art 2011 (Non-YA)
292 books — 1,539 voters
The Great Divorce by C.S. LewisThe Problem of Pain by C.S. LewisTill We Have Faces by C.S. LewisThe Four Loves by C.S. Lewis
Recommended Books (Besides the Bible) Written by Christian Authors
4,254 books — 3,500 voters

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasMatilda by Roald DahlHamlet by William Shakespeare
Best "Getting Even" Book of All Time
119 books — 133 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertAmerican Gods by Neil Gaiman
Favorite Novels Which Won the Hugo Award
82 books — 1,610 voters

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenCheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.
Best Lighthearted Literature
614 books — 472 voters
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Best Alternate History
351 books — 685 voters

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Contemporary British Novels
504 books — 429 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,038 books — 11,614 voters

Wicked by Gregory Maguire
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,785 books — 9,161 voters
J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,106 books — 25,563 voters

Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. DickDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickI, Robot by Isaac AsimovNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroUbik by Philip K. Dick
Best Science Fiction
3,615 books — 6,825 voters
First Step 2 Forever by Justin BieberGoing Rogue by Sarah PalinHow to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) by Ann CoulterConfessions of an Heiress by Paris HiltonMiles to Go by Miley Cyrus
Dealbreakers: If You Like This Book, We Won't Get Along
2,023 books — 5,327 voters

The Holy Bible by Anonymous
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,576 books — 13,086 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeThe Turn of the Screw by Henry James
The best gothic novels, ghost stories and early horror 1764-1937
358 books — 713 voters

V for Vendetta by Alan MooreDeath by Neil Gaiman
Great SFF Picaresques
74 books — 118 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenThe BFG by Roald Dahl
Books you have read more than one time
12,244 books — 7,641 voters

The Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryOrlando by Virginia WoolfStardust by Neil Gaiman
Modern-Day Fairy Tales
257 books — 308 voters
The Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanHarry Potter Audio Collection by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Audio Narration
1,507 books — 1,042 voters

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Best Historical Fiction
7,250 books — 25,374 voters
V for Vendetta by Alan MooreAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Dystopia!
1,212 books — 2,755 voters


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