Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Tim Buckner (17 Lists)



1984 by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAnimal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Books that Changed My World View
466 books — 410 voters
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyDoctor Zhivago by Boris PasternakNotes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculo... by Fyodor DostoevskyAnd Quiet Flows the Don by Mikhail Sholokhov
Greatest Russian Novels of All Time
196 books — 499 voters

The Prophet by Kahlil GibranNarcissus and Goldmund by Hermann Hesse
Books of Wisdom
32 books — 39 voters
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Best of Ray Bradbury
97 books — 241 voters

1984 by George OrwellGhost Story by Peter Straub
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,167 books — 11,096 voters
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos by Jim TurnerThe Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. LovecraftThe Dreams in the Witch House and Other Weird Stories by H.P. LovecraftThe Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories by H.P. LovecraftThe Shadow over Innsmouth by H.P. Lovecraft
Best of the Cthulhu Mythos
249 books — 140 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George OrwellEcotopia by Ernest Callenbach
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,651 books — 25,851 voters
Hell or High Water by Peter HellerThe Heart of the World by Ian BakerA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonKon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl
Tales of Adventure
512 books — 474 voters

Neuromancer by William GibsonDune by Frank HerbertRingworld by Larry Niven2001 by Arthur C. ClarkeFoundation / Foundation and Empire / Second Foundation / The ... by Isaac Asimov
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,251 books — 24,494 voters
King Lear by William ShakespeareHenry V by William ShakespeareRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareHamlet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William Shakespeare
Best of William Shakespeare
99 books — 1,235 voters

Ghost Story by Peter Straub
Best Horror Novels
1,949 books — 5,396 voters
Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas MaloryThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerSir Gawain and the Green Knight by UnknownArthurian Romances by Chrétien de TroyesBeowulf by Unknown
Best Medieval Literature
163 books — 129 voters

The History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of MonmouthEcclesiastical History of the English People by BedeGrendel by John GardnerBeowulf by Unknown
Old English from its Indo-European Roots to the Norman Conquest
192 books — 36 voters
Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
Fairytale Retellings
41 books — 21 voters

J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,104 books — 25,561 voters
The Heart of the World by Ian BakerThe Great Divorce by C.S. LewisShantaram by Gregory David RobertsTill We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
Best Books Ever
74,784 books — 277,568 voters

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe Prophet by Kahlil GibranNarcissus and Goldmund by Hermann HesseThe Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,788 books — 49,734 voters