Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Alex (27 Lists)



James by Percival EverettMartyr! by Kaveh AkbarThe Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer CroftBaumgartner by Paul AusterThe Road to the Country by Chigozie Obioma
Booker Prize Eligible 2024
194 books — 179 voters
You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro EnrigueThe Delivery by Margarita García RobayoA Little Luck by Claudia Piñeiro
International Booker Prize 2024: Eligible Books
170 books — 77 voters

Victory City by Salman RushdieDemon Copperhead by Barbara KingsolverLucy by the Sea by Elizabeth StroutChain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahSmall Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson
Booker Prize Eligible 2023
166 books — 207 voters
Two Sherpas by Sebastián Martínez Daniell
International Booker Prize 2023: Eligible Books
159 books — 84 voters

To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara
Booker Prize Eligible 2022
160 books — 218 voters
To Paradise by Hanya YanagiharaBeautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney
Women's Prize for Fiction 2022 Eligible Books
89 books — 84 voters

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo IshiguroThe Committed by Viet Thanh NguyenUnsettled Ground by Claire Fuller
Booker Prize Eligible 2021
153 books — 177 voters
The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle EvansThe Vanishing Half by Brit BennettHomeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar
Best of: Fino's Pulitzer 2021 Picks: The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich
54 books — 3 voters

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,274 books — 15,390 voters
Lost Children Archive by Valeria LuiselliThe Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2019
314 books — 246 voters

Freshwater by Akwaeke EmeziBlack Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon JamesLittle by Edward CareyLost Children Archive by Valeria LuiselliThe Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2019
175 books — 186 voters
Songs for the Cold of Heart by Éric DupontWashington Black by Esi Edugyan
2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist
12 books — 10 voters

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Non-Winners of the Man Booker
274 books — 244 voters
Washington Black by Esi EdugyanThe Female Persuasion by Meg WolitzerFrench Exit by Patrick deWittSight by Jessie GreengrassCirce by Madeline Miller
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2018
158 books — 236 voters

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgLincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersExit West by Mohsin HamidFever Dream by Samanta SchweblinThe Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Goodreads Picks for Tournament of Books 2018
174 books — 384 voters
The Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadExit West by Mohsin HamidThe Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley by Hannah TintiStay with Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2017
178 books — 239 voters

American War by Omar El Akkad
Outlandish Lit 2017 Fiction Preview
51 books — 60 voters
The Vegetarian by Han KangThe Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadHomegoing by Yaa GyasiSwing Time by Zadie SmithMr. Splitfoot by Samantha Hunt
The 2017 Tournament of Books Longlist
134 books — 92 voters

Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist
12 books — 8 voters
Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
Man Booker 2016 Longlist
13 books — 97 voters

The Queen of the Night by Alexander CheeThe Year of the Runaways by Sunjeev Sahota
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great 2016 Book Preview I - Spring and Summer
93 books — 201 voters
The Queen of the Night by Alexander CheeYour Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist by Sunil YapaThe Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadBarkskins by Annie ProulxChristodora by Tim Murphy
Goodreads Picks for Tournament of Books 2017
512 books — 2,003 voters

The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee
Anticipated 2016 Literary Fiction
325 books — 698 voters
Morning Star by Pierce Brown
Can't Wait Books of 2016
1,361 books — 6,398 voters

The Fishermen by Chigozie ObiomaA Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon JamesA Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Man Booker 2015 Long List
13 books — 174 voters
The Shore by Sara TaylorA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaFates and Furies by Lauren GroffDelicious Foods by James HannahamThe Girl Who Slept with God by Val Brelinski
Goodreads Picks For Tournament of Books 2016
283 books — 1,366 voters

The Round House by Louise ErdrichBehind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2012 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 505 voters