Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Joe (10 Lists)



The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
New Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy
699 books — 210 voters
Snow Crash by Neal StephensonThe Stars My Destination by Alfred BesterLittle, Big by John Crowley
My Top 20 SF/Fantasy
130 books — 63 voters

Snow Crash by Neal StephensonReady Player One by Ernest ClineNeuromancer by William GibsonCryptonomicon by Neal StephensonHalting State by Charles Stross
Hackers
151 books — 428 voters
Perdido Street Station by China MiévilleRevelation Space by Alastair ReynoldsAltered Carbon by Richard K. MorganThe Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009
305 books — 238 voters

Ready Player One by Ernest ClineAltered Carbon by Richard K. MorganPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleIlium by Dan SimmonsThe Algebraist by Iain M. Banks
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,149 books — 8,887 voters
A Hero Born by Michael A. StackpoleThe Dark Glory War by Michael A. StackpoleDeadhouse Gates by Steven EriksonMemories of Ice by Steven EriksonHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Fantastic Fantasy: Dragons, Magic, & Swords Oh My!
123 books — 15 voters

Nudge by Richard H. ThalerFrom Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas L. FriedmanHot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas L. FriedmanThe Hot Zone by Richard PrestonKitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Brains, Science, Help Yourself, Nonfiction
131 books — 80 voters
Implied Spaces by Walter Jon WilliamsCity of Golden Shadow by Tad WilliamsClade by Mark BudzArmor by John SteakleyAccelerando by Charles Stross
Science Fiction for Nerds
132 books — 75 voters

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinShōgun by James Clavell
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,788 books — 49,734 voters
Anansi Boys by Neil GaimanHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingThe Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,850 books — 21,770 voters