Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025
Norwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiBattle Royale by Koushun Takami1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
34th out of 765 books — 3,239 voters
Nine Stories by J.D. SalingerDubliners by James JoyceA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Collections of Short Stories
38th out of 2,882 books — 2,036 voters

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami1Q84 by Haruki MurakamiHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami
Best Haruki Murakami Books
15th out of 26 books — 838 voters
A Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenTreasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Recommended by Reading Challengers
1997th out of 6,012 books — 4,536 voters

The Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeThe Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan PoeThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyDubliners by James JoyceThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Best Short Stories
35th out of 1,754 books — 1,046 voters
Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonShutter Island by Dennis LehaneReady Player One by Ernest ClineGuards! Guards! by Terry PratchettCatching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Goodreads Reading Challenge Favs From Over the Years to the Current Challenge
2189th out of 5,217 books — 3,745 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeUna historia de ayer by Sergio Cobo
Seasonal Reading Challenge Recommended Books
2126th out of 6,284 books — 4,616 voters
Tenth of December by George SaundersInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriJesus’ Son by Denis JohnsonBirds of America by Lorrie MooreCivilWarLand in Bad Decline by George Saunders
Contemporary Short Story Collections
10th out of 548 books — 334 voters

Dubliners by James JoyceNine Stories by J.D. SalingerThe Complete Stories by Flannery O'ConnorInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriThe Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Best Short Story Collections
35th out of 1,552 books — 851 voters
Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K. RitzThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonReady Player One by Ernest Cline
Top 10 for the Reading Challengers
2608th out of 5,837 books — 4,192 voters

Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonI Shall Wear Midnight by Terry PratchettCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsShutter Island by Dennis LehaneSourcery by Terry Pratchett
Best Books From Reading Challenges Past and Present
2756th out of 5,267 books — 3,783 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
536th out of 1,318 books — 5,820 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George Orwell
1001 Books I Have Already Read
229th out of 523 books — 457 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
1022nd out of 7,224 books — 28,361 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiThe Tale of Genji by Murasaki ShikibuShōgun by James Clavell
Japanese Fiction
51st out of 411 books — 331 voters
Tenth of December by George SaundersThis Is How You Lose Her by Junot DíazInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriNine Stories by J.D. SalingerDubliners by James Joyce
Badass Short Story Collections (Or So I Hear)
42nd out of 464 books — 261 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books Ever
9259th out of 74,750 books — 277,409 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniLost in Yaba by Walt GleesonNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiShōgun by James Clavell
Best Books on Asia
74th out of 995 books — 815 voters

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken LiuWhat It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka ArimahStories of Your Life and Others by Ted ChiangA Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia BerlinNight at the Fiestas by Kirstin Valdez Quade
Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Contemporary Short Story Collections
32nd out of 119 books — 71 voters
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiKitchen by Banana YoshimotoNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Japanese authors
46th out of 235 books — 172 voters

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki MurakamiOut by Natsuo KirinoBattle Royale by Koushun TakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
An Unusual Japanese Book List
41st out of 219 books — 178 voters
The Wicked King by Holly BlackThe Dream Thieves by Maggie StiefvaterTruly, Devious by Maureen JohnsonThe Wee Free Men by Terry PratchettThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
For the Love of Reading
102nd out of 2,221 books — 135 voters

The Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeThe Illustrated Man by Ray BradburyThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonTales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl
Best Fiction Short Stories
54th out of 659 books — 382 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Foreign Lands
531st out of 2,349 books — 2,190 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
356th out of 1,293 books — 4,443 voters
Curious George by H.A. ReyThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonWatchmen by Alan MooreOne Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. SeussHow Not to Murder Your Grumpy by Carol Wyer
Yellowest Books Ever
305th out of 1,817 books — 579 voters

Gabriel's Fire by Lotchie BurtonJoey and His Friend Water by Ellen J. LewinbergChasing Headlines by J. Rose BlackThe Bridge to Rembrandt by Nelson K. FoleySheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K. Ritz
Best Summer Reads
597th out of 1,105 books — 199 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenShōgun by James ClavellNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiTokyo Vice by Jake Adelstein
Best Books About Japan
88th out of 516 books — 356 voters

The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke MooreLife After Life by Kate AtkinsonMe Before You by Jojo MoyesDinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope OsborneShe-Wolves by Helen Castor
Before and After in the Title
115th out of 834 books — 53 voters
Norwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki MurakamiSputnik Sweetheart by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Best of: Haruki Murakami
11th out of 22 books — 5 voters

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