Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by A. Dawes (6 Lists)



To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Great Debut Novels
1,567 books — 1,462 voters
Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de BernièresRagtime by E.L. DoctorowBurial Rites by Hannah KentMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Historical Fiction
7,249 books — 25,373 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Road by Cormac McCarthySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Time Machine by H.G. WellsThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,651 books — 25,853 voters
The White Tiger by Aravind AdigaLife of Pi by Yann MartelA Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Indian Books - Fiction
1,109 books — 2,437 voters

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Silmarillion by J.R.R. TolkienThe Blade Itself by Joe AbercrombieThe Sword of Shannara Trilogy by Terry BrooksThe Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,104 books — 25,561 voters
Kisses by Clockwork by Liz GrzybThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsThe Warlord of the Air by Michael MoorcockDinotopia by James GurneySteampunk II by Ann VanderMeer
Best Steampunk Books
1,229 books — 4,084 voters