Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025

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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAngels & Demons by Dan BrownThe Godfather by Mario PuzoThe Firm by John GrishamThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,274 books — 15,389 voters
The Concrete Blonde by Michael ConnellyEcho Park by Michael ConnellyThe Black Ice by Michael ConnellyA Darkness More Than Night by Michael ConnellyThe Last Coyote by Michael Connelly
Best Police Procedurals - Mystery Fiction
1,069 books — 797 voters

Drawn From the Well by Greg Craola SimkinsThe Art of Luke Chueh by Luke Chueh
Best Art Books
240 books — 76 voters
Lamb by Christopher MooreA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleFool by Christopher MooreThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsInfinity Welcomes Careful Drivers by Grant Naylor
Funniest Novels of All Time
1,404 books — 2,272 voters

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2010 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 663 voters
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Winners of the Hal Clement Award
29 books — 12 voters

The Missionary Position by Christopher Hitchens
Roman Catholic Reading
583 books — 273 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterAmong the Thugs by Bill Buford
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
3,935 books — 1,932 voters

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Humorous Memoirs and Non-Fiction
921 books — 1,238 voters
Quicksilver by Neal StephensonThe Confusion by Neal StephensonThe Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
Favorite Novels About Professors or Academics
497 books — 608 voters

Quicksilver by Neal StephensonCryptonomicon by Neal StephensonThe Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael ChabonThe Plot Against America by Philip RothThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Best Alternate History Novels and Stories
758 books — 1,290 voters
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleLamb by Christopher Moore
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,071 books — 66,672 voters

Snow Crash by Neal StephensonThe Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonJurassic Park by Michael Crichton
100+ Science Fiction Novels Everyone Should Read
242 books — 450 voters
The Diamond Age by Neal StephensonSnow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Best Science Fiction Books with Female Main Characters
890 books — 880 voters

The Diamond Age by Neal StephensonThe Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
Locus Award Winners
146 books — 120 voters
The Diamond Age by Neal StephensonSnow Crash by Neal StephensonCryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,141 books — 3,668 voters

The Diamond Age by Neal StephensonThe Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
Favorite Novels Which Won the Hugo Award
82 books — 1,611 voters
The Diamond Age by Neal StephensonSnow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Best of Cyberpunk
359 books — 1,164 voters

The Neon Bible by John Kennedy TooleThe Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,238 books — 3,852 voters
The Neon Bible by John Kennedy TooleThe Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
The saddest book I have read so far
107 books — 93 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Books I wish I had never read
1,278 books — 1,327 voters
Lamb by Christopher MooreA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleIslands in the Stream by Ernest HemingwayThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Re-Readable
7,646 books — 2,317 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThunderstruck by Erik Larson
Best True Crime
1,317 books — 1,858 voters
A Long Strange Trip by Dennis McNallyMidnight Riders by Scott FreemanSearching for the Sound by Phil LeshMo' Meta Blues by Ahmir "Questlove" ThompsonYou Don't Know Me but You Don't Like Me by Nathan Rabin
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,411 books — 1,330 voters

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanKitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserIn Defense of Food by Michael PollanHeat by Bill Buford
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,218 books — 1,630 voters
A Dirty Job by Christopher MooreFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonLamb by Christopher MooreYou Suck by Christopher MooreI Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max
Best Dark Humor
724 books — 1,649 voters

The Diamond Age by Neal StephensonCryptonomicon by Neal StephensonLittle Brother by Cory DoctorowQuicksilver by Neal StephensonThe Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
Science Fiction and Fantasy Must Reads
3,909 books — 4,915 voters
Blink by Malcolm GladwellFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittOutliers by Malcolm GladwellSuperFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittThe Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Greatest Psychology Books
790 books — 1,332 voters

Snow Crash by Neal StephensonDaemon by Daniel SuarezCryptonomicon by Neal StephensonLittle Brother by Cory DoctorowThe Big U by Neal Stephenson
Computers in Literature
233 books — 232 voters
Lamb by Christopher MooreThe God Delusion by Richard DawkinsGod's Problem by Bart D. EhrmanLetter to a Christian Nation by Sam HarrisThe Missionary Position by Christopher Hitchens
Books I Am Going to Hell For Reading
378 books — 408 voters