Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by The Speculative Shelf (4 Lists)



The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez
Can't Wait Science Fiction/Fantasy of 2022
540 books — 1,410 voters
Chaos Rising by Timothy ZahnShadow Fall by Alexander FreedThe Fugitive and the Vanishing Man by Rod DuncanThe Book of Koli by M.R. CareyDocile by K.M. Szpara
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2020
511 books — 1,301 voters

A Brightness Long Ago by Guy Gavriel KayBlack Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon JamesThe Thorn of Emberlain by Scott LynchHummingbird Salamander by Jeff VanderMeerAncestral Night by Elizabeth Bear
Most Anticipated Speculative Fiction of 2019
226 books — 218 voters
Before Mars by Emma NewmanSemiosis by Sue BurkeBeneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuireIron Gold by Pierce BrownAncestral Night by Elizabeth Bear
Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy of 2018
506 books — 1,547 voters