Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Julie Henry (35 Lists)



Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski
Best Transgressive Fiction
866 books — 969 voters
Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
The Goriest Books Ever
407 books — 621 voters

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisRed Dragon by Thomas Harris
I Like Serial Killers
999 books — 1,530 voters
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Quality Dark Fiction
2,470 books — 3,217 voters

Going Rogue by Sarah Palin
Who Let These People Write a Book?
769 books — 972 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,351 books — 1,777 voters

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,252 books — 2,422 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,936 books — 1,870 voters

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David WroblewskiHannibal by Thomas HarrisLisey's Story by Stephen King
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,607 voters
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Best Literary Mysteries
2,506 books — 4,482 voters

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,132 books — 10,109 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Gunslinger by Stephen King
This Is the End...
996 books — 1,586 voters

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessDarkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff LindsayThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
The Best Antiheroes
701 books — 585 voters
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Best Feminist Fiction
1,495 books — 2,652 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezCatch-22 by Joseph HellerEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,175 books — 10,027 voters
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonA Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
Trippy Books
830 books — 892 voters

House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiA Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
Weirdest Books Ever
1,189 books — 1,184 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Secret History by Donna TarttStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinHeart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,071 books — 66,663 voters

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Dark Humor
724 books — 1,649 voters
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Phobos Entertainment's "100 Science Fiction Books You Just Have to Read"
100 books — 262 voters

The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Books With Nerdy, Geeky, or Genius Heroes and Heroines
1,145 books — 1,045 voters
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisWicked by Gregory MaguireThe Awakening by Kate Chopin
Best Female Lead Characters
4,826 books — 5,822 voters

It by Stephen KingPet Sematary by Stephen KingGhost Story by Peter StraubHeart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Best Horror Novels
1,950 books — 5,395 voters
’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingThe Witching Hour by Anne RiceWicked by Gregory Maguire
Vampires and Werewolves and Witches...Oh My!
1,905 books — 2,981 voters

The Stand by Stephen KingIt by Stephen KingThe Drawing of the Three by Stephen KingPet Sematary by Stephen KingThe Waste Lands by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
177 books — 3,862 voters
Corduroy by Don FreemanThe BFG by Roald DahlSideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis SacharMrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'BrienThe Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
Favorite books from my childhood
4,375 books — 7,396 voters

Watership Down by Richard AdamsThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckWhite Oleander by Janet FitchHouse of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
Books that Made You Cry!
3,205 books — 7,755 voters
Shutter Island by Dennis LehaneSharp Objects by Gillian FlynnThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,274 books — 15,390 voters

It by Stephen KingThe Shining by Stephen King1984 by George OrwellPet Sematary by Stephen KingOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,557 books — 18,704 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,186 books — 117,790 voters


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