Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Steven (22 Lists)



Hard Knocks by Nathan Lowell
Most Interesting World
8,039 books — 4,647 voters
Hospital Station by James White
Alien Diplomacy and Interspecies Friendship
124 books — 72 voters

Neuromancer by William Gibson
Best of Cyberpunk
359 books — 1,164 voters
Poor People's Movements by Frances Fox Piven
Best Progressive Reads
1,047 books — 700 voters

Old Man's War by John Scalzi
Best Military Science Fiction Books
693 books — 847 voters
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Military Science Fiction
830 books — 1,129 voters

Legacy of Ashes by Tim Weiner
American Foreign Policy
456 books — 268 voters
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,222 books — 8,061 voters

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Disturbing Truths
555 books — 356 voters
Don't Get Too Comfortable by David Rakoff
The Daily Show Reading Club
338 books — 232 voters

Hardcore Zen by Brad Warner
A Buddhist Reading List
894 books — 1,153 voters
Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen
Best History Books
3,636 books — 3,667 voters

In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
Books about Food
557 books — 174 voters
The Healing of America by T.R. Reid
Understanding Health Policy and Economics
49 books — 37 voters

The Wrecking Crew by Thomas Frank
American Politics
478 books — 125 voters
The Conscience of a Liberal by Paul Wellstone
Best Left-Texts
667 books — 357 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Winter Reads
10,126 books — 2,690 voters
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Best "Getting Even" Book of All Time
119 books — 133 voters

The Hunt by Mercedes LackeyWorld Well Lost by Mercedes LackeyPlaying for Keeps by Mur LaffertyShadowmagic by John LenahanSpace Casey by Christiana Ellis
Best Podcast Novels
60 books — 82 voters
The Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Origin of Species by Charles Darwinالقرآن الكريم by AnonymousThe Republic by PlatoCommon Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings by Thomas Paine
The Most Influential Books
1,479 books — 5,280 voters

The End of America by Naomi WolfA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnWhat's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Hear... by Thomas FrankHegemony or Survival by Noam ChomskyThe Conscience of a Liberal by Paul Krugman
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
938 books — 1,097 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Most Inaccurate Historical Fiction
105 books — 160 voters