Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Reader (34 Lists)



How We Fight For Our Lives by Saeed Jones
Best Gay Memoirs
197 books — 74 voters
The Comfort Book by Matt HaigUntamed by Glennon DoyleBuy Yourself the F*cking Lilies by Tara Schuster
Self-Care September
28 books — 8 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Books Ever
74,781 books — 277,468 voters
Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting by Kevin Powers
War Poetry
40 books — 17 voters

And the Band Played On by Randy ShiltsHow to Survive a Plague by David FranceThe Normal Heart by Larry KramerWhen We Rise by Cleve JonesThe Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
Best Books about HIV/AIDS (Fiction and Non-Fiction)
311 books — 218 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniAnd the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
Afghanistan in Literature
220 books — 264 voters

Plenty of Time When We Get Home by Kayla Williams
Best Books WRITTEN By Women Military Veterans
108 books — 70 voters
Among You by Jake WoodCivilianized by Michael AnthonyIrritable Hearts by Mac McClelland
memoir-ptsd
61 books — 58 voters

It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
YA Books About/Mentioning Depression, Self-Harm And Suicide
318 books — 831 voters
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
Rainbow Book Covers!
382 books — 92 voters

The Wrong Side of Right by Jennifer Marie ThorneThe Fall of Butterflies by Andrea PortesFirst & Then by Emma Mills
Beautiful YA Contemporary Covers
138 books — 133 voters
Redeployment by Phil Klay
Best Modern Day Military Accounts
433 books — 585 voters

The Longest Night by Andria WilliamsA Hard And Heavy Thing by Matthew J. Hefti
Booklist Best Adult Fiction 2016 (Part 1 of 2)
182 books — 171 voters
In Honor by Jessi Kirby
YA / NA Characters in the Military
67 books — 188 voters

The Things a Brother Knows by Dana ReinhardtI'll Meet You There by Heather DemetriosRites of Passage by Joy N. HensleyStir Me Up by Sabrina ElkinsHow to Ruin Your Boyfriend's Reputation by Simone Elkeles
YA Fiction with Military and Veteran Themes
78 books — 70 voters
None of Us Were Like This Before by Joshua E.S. PhillipsWar by Sebastian Junger
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,095 books — 2,326 voters

Casualties by Elizabeth MarroThe One-in-a-Million Boy by Monica Wood
Anticipated 2016 Literary Fiction
325 books — 698 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Best War on Terror Books
73 books — 58 voters

The Evil Hours by David J. Morris
War Memoirs and Non-Fiction about PTSD
16 books — 9 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakMatterhorn by Karl MarlantesWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Best War Novels
1,657 books — 1,376 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Historical Mystery
1,988 books — 4,466 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Best Book Boyfriends
10,638 books — 28,846 voters

Milk and honey by Rupi Kaur
U.S. Dual Identity / Assimilation / Migration
26 books — 15 voters
The Day After He Left for Iraq by Melissa Seligman
Military Spouse Literature
35 books — 25 voters

Youngblood by Matt GallagherGreen on Blue by Elliot AckermanA Hard and Heavy Thing by Matthew J. Hefti
Iraq/Afghanistan War Fiction
55 books — 117 voters
Half the Sky by Nicholas D. Kristof
International development
224 books — 206 voters

The Shadow of the Sun by Ryszard Kapuściński
Transcultural Fiction
421 books — 208 voters
Yes Means Yes! by Jaclyn Friedman
Best Feminist Books
2,479 books — 3,457 voters


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