Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Voracious (25 Lists)



Blood Red Road by Moira YoungDivergent by Veronica Roth
Really Good YA Books
67 books — 12 voters
Bad Feminist by Roxane GayLila by Marilynne RobinsonAn Untamed State by Roxane GayBeing Mortal by Atul GawandeThe Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
San Francisco Chronicle 2014 100 recommended books
100 books — 23 voters

The Story of San Michele by Axel MuntheBanned for Life by Duke HaneyThe Secret of Santa Vittoria by Robert CrichtonThe Fearless Treasure by Noel StreatfeildMonsignor Quixote by Graham Greene
Lesser Known Gems (<5000 ratings)
83 books — 23 voters
The Prophet by Kahlil GibranThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Overrated books (Avg rating >3.99)
365 books — 111 voters

Dancing with Mister D by Bert KeizerA Long Way Down by Nick HornbyThe Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Thanatopsis: Death, Dying, and Mortality
581 books — 263 voters
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Mock Printz 2012
47 books — 270 voters

I Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesThe Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Couldn't Put The Book Down
16,693 books — 16,396 voters
Geek Girl by Holly Smale
DCPL's Teen "Gentle" Reads/Books That Won't Make You Blush Booklist
125 books — 113 voters

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,031 books — 17,220 voters
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2013
176 books — 322 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,238 books — 3,852 voters
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
2013 Standalone Reading Challenge
134 books — 302 voters

Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny LawsonTell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
Best Books of 2012
3,523 books — 9,206 voters
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick NessWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherThe Ask and the Answer by Patrick NessThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
Books I Love To Death
251 books — 103 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,850 books — 21,770 voters
World War Z by Max Brooks
Best Zombie Books
1,434 books — 3,074 voters

Dear Enemy by Jean WebsterI Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
Books You Want Everyone to Know About
8,446 books — 2,323 voters
The Brain that Changes Itself by Norman DoidgeThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinQuidditch Through the Ages by J.K. RowlingYertle the Turtle and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss
Greenest Books Ever
2,491 books — 589 voters

The Fearless Treasure by Noel StreatfeildThe Talking Parcel by Gerald DurrellIsh by Peter H. Reynolds
Best Children's Books Most People Haven't Heard of...
1,681 books — 765 voters
Towelhead by Alicia ErianUnwind by Neal ShustermanInvisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,168 books — 11,097 voters

Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne FlukeThe Opposite of Loneliness by Marina KeeganReadings by Michael Dirda
Yellowest Books Ever
1,817 books — 579 voters
Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa PearceThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Best children's books EVER
2,067 books — 2,078 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
I Don't Understand All That Fuss
1,013 books — 2,547 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,576 books — 13,085 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisBrave New World and Brave New World Revisited by Aldous HuxleyThe Holy Bible by Anonymous
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,186 books — 117,840 voters