Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025

Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Phillip Edwards (1432 Lists)



The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerUnder the Skin by Michel FaberSuper-Cannes by J.G. BallardParable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels (1985 – 2010)
101 books — 7 voters
Empire of the Sun by J.G. BallardHigh-Rise by J.G. BallardSuper-Cannes by J.G. BallardCocaine Nights by J.G. BallardMillennium People by J.G. Ballard
Best of J.G. Ballard
25 books — 17 voters

Tell by Jonathan BuckleyPractice by Rosalind BrownPity by Andrew McMillanGliff by Ali SmithParasol Against the Axe by Helen Oyeyemi
Goldsmiths Prize 2024 Eligible Books
42 books — 9 voters
The Birthday Boys by Beryl Bainbridge
Books Set in Antarctica
39 books — 38 voters

The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
The Most Popular Mysteries on Goodreads
263 books — 39 voters
No Way of Telling by Emma SmithTravelling in a Strange Land by David ParkSmilla's Sense of Snow by Peter HøegA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensMorality Play by Barry Unsworth
Snow
368 books — 78 voters

Prophet Song by Paul LynchIf I Survive You by Jonathan EscofferyThis Other Eden by Paul HardingThe Bee Sting by Paul MurrayWestern Lane by Chetna Maroo
Booker Prize Shortlist 2023
6 books — 5 voters
Prophet Song by Paul LynchIf I Survive You by Jonathan EscofferyThis Other Eden by Paul HardingPearl by Siân HughesThe Bee Sting by Paul Murray
Booker Prize 2023 Longlist
13 books — 40 voters

Pink Slime by Fernanda Trías
International Booker Prize 2024: Eligible Books
170 books — 77 voters
James by Percival EverettJulia by Sandra NewmanCaledonian Road by Andrew O'HaganChoice by Neel MukherjeeBaumgartner by Paul Auster
Booker Prize Eligible 2024
194 books — 179 voters

Up a Tree in the Park at Night with a Hedgehog by P. Robert SmithCarp Fishing on Valium by Graham ParkerThe Aerodynamics of Pork by Patrick Gale
Books With Very Eye-Catching Titles
47 books — 9 voters
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan KarunatilakaThe Trees by Percival EverettGlory by NoViolet BulawayoTreacle Walker by Alan GarnerSmall Things Like These by Claire Keegan
Booker Prize Shortlist 2022
6 books — 12 voters

The Complete Fairy Tales by Hans Christian AndersenHamlet by William ShakespeareSmilla's Sense of Snow by Peter HøegTales of the Night by Peter HøegThe History of Danish Dreams by Peter Høeg
Books set in Denmark
83 books — 35 voters
Candide by VoltaireMaurice by E.M. ForsterRaffles by E.W. HornungLolita by Vladimir NabokovFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Books Whose Title is Just a Singular Name
320 books — 24 voters

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsSchindler's Ark by Thomas KeneallyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
big jubilee read
70 books — 16 voters
The World and All That It Holds by Aleksandar HemonMan-Eating Typewriter by Richard MilwardShy by Max PorterSmall Worlds by Caleb Azumah NelsonThis Other Eden by Paul Harding
Booker Prize Eligible 2023
166 books — 207 voters

Foxy by John Montgomery
Books about Foxes
131 books — 43 voters
The Crow Road by Iain BanksI Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithThe Go-Between by L.P. Hartley1984 by George OrwellCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Novels with the Best Opening Lines
38 books — 17 voters

Just Above My Head by James BaldwinSkin Lane by Neil BartlettA Single Man by Christopher IsherwoodMaurice by E.M. ForsterChapman's Odyssey by Paul Bailey
Gay Fiction by Men
545 books — 230 voters
Call Me By Your Name by André AcimanHot Milk by Deborah LevySwimming Home by Deborah LevyA Room with a View by E.M. Forster
Under the Mediterranean Sun
23 books — 7 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsChildhood’s End by Arthur C. ClarkeThe City & the City by China Miéville
Esquire's 50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time
50 books — 8 voters
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel SparkThe Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin by David NobbsThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff
The [blank] of [character's name]
492 books — 43 voters

Clock Without Hands by Carson McCullersDays without Number by Robert GoddardDays Without End by Sebastian BarryMen Without Ties by Barry HannahBlink by Malcolm Gladwell
"W/O"
326 books — 10 voters
The Dark Room by Rachel Seiffert
2001 Booker Prize Longlist
24 books — 2 voters

Unless by Carol ShieldsIf Nobody Speaks Of Remarkable Things by Jon McGregorLife of Pi by Yann MartelFamily Matters by Rohinton MistrySpies by Michael Frayn
2002 Booker Prize Longlist
20 books — 4 voters
Vernon God Little by D.B.C. PierreThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonWhat Was She Thinking? [Notes on a Scandal] by Zoë HellerThe Good Doctor by Damon GalgutElizabeth Costello by J.M. Coetzee
2003 Booker Prize Longlist
23 books — 3 voters

The Promise by Damon GalgutAssembly by Natasha Brown
The Observer: The best books of 2021, chosen by our guest authors
77 books — 11 voters
Poguemahone by Patrick McCabeSpies in Canaan by David ParkThe Kingdom of Sand by Andrew HolleranUnder Country by Jonathan TrigellVenomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman
Booker Prize Eligible 2022
160 books — 218 voters

Aesop’s Fables by AesopCandide by VoltaireThe Republic by PlatoThe Analects by ConfuciusEthics by Aristotle
Mononymous authors (Writers Using One Name)
109 books — 9 voters
Raffles by E.W. HornungChristie Malry's Own Double-Entry by B.S. JohnsonThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel SparkDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonTrue History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
Books Whose Title Character Is the Villain
60 books — 14 voters