Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025

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



Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter HøegDying to Tell by Robert GoddardAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,274 books — 15,384 voters
The End of the Affair by Graham GreeneThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Most emotional books
892 books — 949 voters

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,705 books — 6,853 voters
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersTitus Groan by Mervyn PeakeThe Ministry of Fear by Graham GreeneThe Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
835 books — 1,141 voters

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe Hotel New Hampshire by John IrvingThe Cider House Rules by John Irving
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,252 books — 2,422 voters
Just Above My Head by James BaldwinZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. PirsigThe Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin by David NobbsWatership Down by Richard AdamsThe World According to Garp by John Irving
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,936 books — 1,870 voters

The World According to Garp by John IrvingThe Hotel New Hampshire by John IrvingA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingA Widow for One Year by John Irving
Best of John Irving
27 books — 342 voters
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlNo Way of Telling by Emma Smith
Best children's books EVER
2,067 books — 2,078 voters

King by John BergerThe Blackwater Lightship by Colm TóibínHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingOur Fathers by Andrew O'Hagan
Best Books of 1999
509 books — 260 voters
The Last Samurai by Helen DeWittHotel World by Ali SmithThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Books of 2001
544 books — 283 voters

Morality Play by Barry UnsworthThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganDarwin's Dangerous Idea by Daniel C. DennettThe Ghost Road by Pat BarkerThe Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Best Books of 1995
417 books — 190 voters
Unless by Carol ShieldsDeath and the Penguin by Andrey KurkovFamily Matters by Rohinton Mistry
Best Books of 2002
671 books — 240 voters

Quarantine by Jim CraceThe Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
Best Books of 1997
539 books — 245 voters
Candide by Voltaire
Best Books of the 18th Century
375 books — 1,007 voters

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingAiding and Abetting by Muriel SparkA Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
Best Books of 2000
596 books — 320 voters
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovDeath and the Penguin by Andrey KurkovRoadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky
Best Post WWII Soviet Lit
57 books — 74 voters

Empire of the Sun by J.G. BallardThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksFlaubert's Parrot by Julian BarnesThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Best Books of 1984
332 books — 158 voters
Cosmos by Carl SaganEarthly Powers by Anthony BurgessA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Best Books of 1980
314 books — 210 voters

The Luzhin Defense by Vladimir NabokovThe Luneburg Variation by Paolo MaurensigChess Story by Stefan Zweig
Chess-themed Fiction
103 books — 136 voters
Beautiful Thing by Jonathan HarveyAn Inspector Calls by J.B. PriestleyBilly Liar - A Comedy by Keith WaterhouseThe Crucible by Arthur MillerMacbeth by William Shakespeare
Best Play Ever
520 books — 457 voters

Beautiful Thing by Jonathan HarveyAn Inspector Calls by J.B. PriestleyBilly Liar - A Comedy by Keith WaterhouseThe Crucible by Arthur MillerMacbeth by William Shakespeare
Best Plays Ever
859 books — 1,125 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankTouching the Void by Joe SimpsonThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique BaubyThe Naked Civil Servant by Quentin CrispAdolf Hitler by Spike Milligan
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,750 books — 6,276 voters

On the Beach by Nevil ShuteThe Drowned World by J.G. BallardThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
Apocalypse: It's Over, Dude.
624 books — 773 voters
No Way of Telling by Emma SmithCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlThe Famous Five Adventure Collection by Enid BlytonFoxy by John MontgomeryHelen Keller's Teacher by Margaret Davidson
Favorite books from my childhood
4,375 books — 7,396 voters

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,403 books — 8,327 voters
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas AdamsDon't Read This Book If You're Stupid by Tibor FischerA Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave EggersThe Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman AlexieSpanking Watson by Kinky Friedman
Best Book Titles
11,254 books — 7,562 voters

Quarantine by Jim Crace
Costa/Whitbread Novel Award Winners
94 books — 89 voters
On the Beach by Nevil ShuteThe Drowned World by J.G. BallardThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
This Is the End...
995 books — 1,585 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Commonly Loved Books I Hate
391 books — 528 voters
The Brainwave by Evon Schuller
The Worst Books of All Time
8,175 books — 19,861 voters