Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Paul Shealy (6 Lists)



In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Godfather by Mario PuzoThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldShutter Island by Dennis LehaneMystic River by Dennis Lehane
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,274 books — 15,384 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryTrue Grit by Charles PortisNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyHombre by Elmore LeonardThe Shootist by Glendon Swarthout
Literary Westerns
281 books — 380 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,788 books — 49,735 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyWe Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel ShriverRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton TrumboBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,168 books — 11,095 voters

Cloud Atlas by David MitchellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienDune by Frank HerbertThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
2,906 books — 3,167 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryHow the West Was Won by Louis L'AmourAppaloosa by Robert B. ParkerTrue Grit by Charles PortisThe Shootist by Glendon Swarthout
Best Westerns
1,362 books — 1,487 voters