Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025

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Educated by Tara WestoverA Higher Loyalty by James B. ComeyThe Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind by Barbara K. LipskaThe Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clemantine WamariyaThe Recovering by Leslie Jamison
Memoir Published in Year: 2018
153 books — 92 voters
The Great Alone by Kristin HannahEducated by Tara WestoverThe Lost Indictment of Robert E. Lee by John Reeves
Best First Half 2018
48 books — 18 voters

Facing Frederick by Tonya BoldenLibrary on Wheels by Sharlee GlennFly Girls by P. O’Connell PearsonWarbler Wave by April Pulley SayreThe United States v. Jackie Robinson by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen
Juvenile & YA Nonfiction 2018 (Mock Sibert, 2019)
125 books — 44 voters
I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamaraHow Democracies Die by Steven LevitskyThe Road to Unfreedom by Timothy SnyderThe Age of Eisenhower by William I. HitchcockBroadway by Fran Leadon
History Published in Year: 2018
408 books — 65 voters

Educated by Tara WestoverHeart Berries by Terese Marie MailhotThe Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind by Barbara K. LipskaI'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamaraMake Trouble by Cecile Richards
Women's biographies 2018
337 books — 100 voters
Grand Canyon by Jason ChinWolf in the Snow by Matthew CordellBefore She was Harriet by Lesa Cline-RansomeThe Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay MooreWe Are Okay by Nina LaCour
American Library Association 2018 Youth Media Award Winners
63 books — 9 voters

Shackleton's Journey by William GrillMagnitude by Kimberly K. ArcandWe Are All Made of Molecules by Susin Nielsen
2018 Books for Scientists and Engineers
51 books — 19 voters
Libba by Laura VeirsCharlie Takes His Shot by Nancy ChurninLet the Children March by Monica Clark-RobinsonBorn to Swing by Mara RockliffBetween the Lines by Sandra Neil Wallace
2018 Picture Books With POC Leads
153 books — 41 voters

Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas TalebLost Connections by Johann HariThe Value of Everything by Mariana MazzucatoCringeworthy by Melissa DahlType R by Ama Marston
Science Published in Year: 2018
55 books — 89 voters
The Stowaway by Laurie Gwen ShapiroI'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamaraEducated by Tara WestoverRocket Men by Robert KursonA River in Darkness by Masaji Ishikawa
Non-Fiction Published in Year: 2018
392 books — 187 voters

Code Girls by Liza Mundy
History Published in Year: 2017
113 books — 15 voters
How Democracies Die by Steven LevitskyThe Danger Within Us by Jeanne LenzerThe Doomsday Machine by Daniel EllsbergHigh Noon by Glenn FrankelRise and Kill First by Ronen Bergman
Fresh Air 2018
160 books — 58 voters

A Colony in a Nation by Chris HayesEconomics by Ha-Joon ChangAusterity by Mark BlythThe State Theory of Money by Georg Friedrich KnappSaving Capitalism by Robert B. Reich
TMBS Book Recommendations
151 books — 61 voters
Heart Berries by Terese Marie MailhotEducated by Tara WestoverThis Will Be My Undoing by Morgan JerkinsMothers of Sparta by Dawn DaviesJefferson's Daughters by Catherine Kerrison
2018 Non-male Non-Fiction
304 books — 147 voters

Killers of the Flower Moon by David GrannThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Boys in the Boat by Daniel James BrownAmerican Ulysses by Ronald C. White Jr.
History (The Best AudioBooks)
107 books — 38 voters
Venomous by Christie WilcoxLife on the Edge by Johnjoe McFaddenSpirals in Time by Helen ScalesWhat a Fish Knows by Jonathan BalcombeThe Hidden Half of Nature by David R. Montgomery
Science Books Published In/After 2012
118 books — 27 voters

Everything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. LeeThe Immortalists by Chloe BenjaminEvery Note Played by Lisa GenovaGirls Burn Brighter by Shobha RaoRed Clocks by Leni Zumas
2018 Most Anticipated Releases -No YA
532 books — 914 voters
Heart Berries by Terese Marie MailhotFlorida by Lauren GroffFire Sermon by Jamie QuatroThis Will Be My Undoing by Morgan JerkinsEverything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great 2018 Book Preview
100 books — 168 voters

A World in Disarray by Richard N. HaassWorld Order by Henry KissingerRestless Empire by Odd Arne WestadThe Sleepwalkers by Christopher ClarkThe Day of Battle by Rick Atkinson
2017 - Army Chief of Staff's Professional List
116 books — 7 voters
The Mare by Mary GaitskillThe Sport of Kings by C.E. MorganThe Power by Naomi AldermanStay with Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
Baileys Women's Prize For Fiction Longlist 2017
16 books — 59 voters

The Boat People by Sharon BalaEverything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. LeeGirls Burn Brighter by Shobha RaoHeart Berries by Terese Marie MailhotBeneath a Ruthless Sun by Gilbert King
Anticipated Literary Reads For Readers of Color 2018
258 books — 283 voters
Dying by Cory Taylor
Stella Prize Shortlist '17
6 books — 4 voters

Fire and Fury by Michael WolffNeed to Know by Karen Cleveland
January 2018 Releases
122 books — 195 voters
The Square and the Tower by Niall Ferguson
Goodreads Choice Awards 2018 (eligible for write-in only)
1,451 books — 2,238 voters

When Jackie Saved Grand Central by Natasha WingThe Youngest Marcher by Cynthia LevinsonLittle Fox in the Forest by Stephanie GraeginMaya Lin by Jeanne Walker HarveyCharlotte and the Rock by Stephen W. Martin
Picture Books of 2017
408 books — 126 voters
How to Stop Time by Matt HaigEducated by Tara Westover
Can't Wait Books of 2018 - Any Genre
189 books — 130 voters

Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao
Most Anticipated Books of 2018
472 books — 785 voters
1917 by David StevensonThe Stowaway by Laurie Gwen ShapiroThe Wizard and the Prophet by Charles C. MannFrom Cold War To Hot Peace by Michael McFaulThe Road Not Taken by Max Boot
Historical Nonfiction 2018
217 books — 51 voters

Wolf in the Snow by Matthew CordellLittle Fox in the Forest by Stephanie GraeginGrand Canyon by Jason ChinA Greyhound, A Groundhog by Emily JenkinsMuddy by Michael James Mahin
2018 Mock Caldecott
104 books — 152 voters
The Undoing Project by Michael LewisLincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersThe Retreat of Western Liberalism by Edward LuceGrant by Ron ChernowChief Engineer by Erica Wagner
The Economist - Books of the Year, 2017
45 books — 17 voters