Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Dan (26 Lists)



Feisty Felines and Other Fantastical Familiars by Kevin J. Anderson
Cat Fiction & Fantasy (And ONLY Cats)
91 books — 24 voters
Visions of Peace by Matthew SprangeThe River of Souls by Yvonne NavarroThe Wheel of Fire by Jane Killick
Babylon 5 tie-in novels
24 books — 3 voters

Dracula Lives! by Joshua Reynolds
The Best of New Pulp
173 books — 135 voters
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysMelville's Short Novels by Herman MelvilleUtopia by Thomas MoreHow the Other Half Lives by Jacob A. Riis
Norton Critical Editions
345 books — 61 voters

8 Faces at 3 by Craig Rice
Book Titles That Begin With Numbers
266 books — 50 voters
Gumshoe America by Sean McCannHard-Boiled by Erin A. SmithHardboiled Mystery Writers by Matthew J. BruccoliPaperback Confidential by Brian RittHardboiled America by Geoffrey O'Brien
Hardboiled Detective and Crime Nonfiction
13 books — 3 voters

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Best Hardboiled & Noir fiction
695 books — 871 voters
The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerLady Chatterly's Lover by D.H. LawrenceEthan Frome by Edith WhartonThe French Lieutenant’s Woman by John FowlesLord Jim by Joseph Conrad
The ACTUAL 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
214 books — 318 voters

Individuality by Jorge J.E. GraciaRadical Realism by Edward PolsBeing and the Between by William DesmondThe Plain Sense of Things by James C. EdwardsPhilosophy of Being by Oliva Blanchette
Findlay Book Prize
9 books — 1 voter
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterNights at the Circus by Angela CarterIndigara by Tanith Lee34 by Tanith LeeOke of Okehurst - Or, A Phantom Lover by Vernon Lee
Eerie fictions written by women
241 books — 64 voters

The Five Matchboxes by John Russell FearnThe Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan PoePassage in the Secret History of an Irish Countess by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Locked Room Mysteries
150 books — 150 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Girlz Recommended Reading
40 books — 25 voters

I Am Legend by Richard MathesonFevre Dream by George R.R. MartinBlood for the Living by Kate NevermoreBlindsight by Peter WattsVampirella Archives Volume One by Bill Parente
Gothic Science Fiction
32 books — 7 voters
Showcase Presents by Robert Bernstein
Best Male Character
3,160 books — 2,766 voters

Werewolf! A Chrestomathy of Lycanthropy by Bill PronziniCycle of the Werewolf by Stephen KingThe Wolfen by Whitley StrieberThe Howling by Gary BrandnerThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
Werewolf Books That Are Not Found In The Romance Genre
352 books — 270 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsThe War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells20000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Nineteenth Century Science Fiction
82 books — 13 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodGather the Daughters by Jennie MelamedWhen She Woke by Hillary JordanThe Unit by Ninni HolmqvistSisters of the Revolution by Ann VanderMeer
Feminist Science Fiction Dystopias
48 books — 52 voters
A Beastly Business by John BlackburnThe Cell & Other Transmorphic Tales by David CaseThe Devourers by Indra DasTerrifying Transformations by Alexis EasleyThe Werewolf of Paris by Guy Endore
Werewolf Books
759 books — 956 voters

Watership Down by Richard Adams
S&L Top-100 Science Fiction, Fantasy Titles
1,687 books — 2,162 voters
Ancillary Mercy by Ann LeckieAncillary Sword by Ann LeckieAbaddon’s Gate by James S.A. CoreyRedshirts by John ScalziEmbassytown by China Miéville
Award Winning Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels
100 books — 6 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyShards of Honour by Lois McMaster Bujold
Science Fiction Books by Female Authors
1,705 books — 1,553 voters
The New Weird by Ann VanderMeerPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe Etched City by K.J. BishopLord Horror by David BrittonMotherfuckers by David Britton
New Weird Books
202 books — 142 voters

Earth Abides by George R. Stewart1984 by George OrwellThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyThe Puppet Masters by Robert A. HeinleinThe Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham
Best Science Fiction
3,615 books — 6,825 voters
City Come a-Walkin' by John ShirleyEclipse by John ShirleyHeatseeker by John ShirleyNeuromancer by William Gibson
Best cyberpunk books
208 books — 446 voters

Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,250 books — 24,494 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Favorite Novels Which Won the Hugo Award
82 books — 1,611 voters