Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Melissa Ricks (10 Lists)



The Exorcist by William Peter BlattyThe Book of Evidence by John BanvilleThe Amityville Horror by Jay AnsonFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Darkest Books of All Time
1,269 books — 1,722 voters
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtI, Rigoberta Menchú by Rigoberta MenchúThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsEndurance by Alfred LansingFirst They Killed My Father by Loung Ung
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,750 books — 6,276 voters

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth SteinExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Books that make you smile and weep
51 books — 11 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Best Historical Fiction
7,250 books — 25,374 voters

Help Me Be Good Series Box Set by Joy BerryGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise BrownMy Lucky Day by Keiko KaszaWhere Is Maisy? by Lucy CousinsThe Baby Beebee Bird by Diane Redfield Massie
Best Children's Books
5,276 books — 6,638 voters
Forrest Gump by Winston GroomThe Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonMary Poppins by P.L. TraversJumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,215 books — 6,119 voters

Creative Visualization by Shakti GawainYour Erroneous Zones by Wayne W. DyerHow To Heal A Painful Relationship by Bill FergusonThe Timetables of History by Bernard GrunWhat to Expect When You're Expecting by Heidi Murkoff
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,488 books — 5,728 voters
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth SteinAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Bridges of Madison County by Robert James WallerPaula by Isabel Allende
Best Books to Cry Over
54 books — 34 voters

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerRoom by Emma DonoghueWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best for Book Clubs
14,351 books — 18,176 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Jungle by Upton SinclairCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,071 books — 5,779 voters