Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Chompa (20 Lists)



Magic Bites by Ilona AndrewsMoon Called by Patricia BriggsStorm Front by Jim Butcher
Best Urban Fantasy SERIES
724 books — 3,751 voters
Moon Called by Patricia BriggsMagic Bites by Ilona AndrewsStorm Front by Jim ButcherHounded by Kevin Hearne
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,277 books — 12,463 voters

Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
Mystery & Thriller 2021
323 books — 559 voters
The Ranger by Ace Atkins
Houston/Galveston Area Books
71 books — 45 voters

The Blade Itself by Joe AbercrombieBest Served Cold by Joe AbercrombieBefore They Are Hanged by Joe AbercrombieLast Argument of Kings by Joe AbercrombieThe Heroes by Joe Abercrombie
Favorite Epic Grit
102 books — 34 voters
Swords and Deviltry by Fritz LeiberA Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice BurroughsSwords Against Death by Fritz LeiberThe Black Company by Glen Cook
Best Sword and Sorcery
171 books — 166 voters

Boneshaker by Cherie PriestSaga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan
Best Science Fiction With a Female Protagonist
1,358 books — 2,807 voters
Best Served Cold by Joe AbercrombieMistborn by Brandon SandersonA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,402 books — 18,080 voters

The Blade Itself by Joe AbercrombieThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchBefore They Are Hanged by Joe AbercrombieLast Argument of Kings by Joe AbercrombieBest Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie
The Grimdarks
467 books — 1,162 voters
The Blade Itself by Joe AbercrombieLegend by David GemmellThe Heroes by Joe AbercrombieFuries of Calderon by Jim Butcher
Military Fantasy
297 books — 555 voters

Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
2011 Urban Fantasy / Paranormal Debuts
105 books — 568 voters
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinStarship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinHave Space Suit—Will Travel by Robert A. HeinleinTime Enough for Love by Robert A. HeinleinGlory Road by Robert A. Heinlein
Your Favorite Heinlein Novel
43 books — 309 voters

Sharpe's Tiger by Bernard Cornwell
Best Historical Fiction
7,250 books — 25,374 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Road by Cormac McCarthyDirty White Boys by Stephen HunterHot Springs by Stephen HunterNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Best Manfiction
2,213 books — 552 voters

Sandman Slim by Richard KadreyThe Devil You Know by Mike CareyChild of Fire by Harry Connolly
Urban Fantasy With Male Lead Characters
1,021 books — 1,412 voters
Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey
Most Clever Urban Fantasy/Paranormal
166 books — 158 voters

Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis
Books I Am Going to Hell For Reading
378 books — 408 voters
Watchmen by Alan MooreBatman by Frank MillerSuperman by Mark MillarThe Walking Dead, Vol. 1 by Robert KirkmanSin City Volume 1 by Frank Miller
Best Graphic Novels
3,433 books — 6,754 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,850 books — 21,770 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
99 books — 952 voters