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Zibby Owens Just Released Her Fall 2025 Most Anticipated Books List\u2014and There Are Over 150 Titles on It<\/a> originally appeared on Parade<\/a>.<\/p>\n With August comes back-to-school preparations, last-minute summer vacations and, of course, the excitement for all things fall. While we aren\u2019t ones to wish away our summer,<\/a> we can\u2019t help but look forward to the coziness\u2014and cooler weather\u2014that autumn brings. And nothing says cozy like curling up with a good book<\/a>, so we\u2019re already prepping the reading list we\u2019ll pull out when the leaves start to change. Luckily, literary influencer and bestselling author Zibby Owens just shared her list of most anticipated book releases for fall 2025, and there are over 150 titles to choose from.<\/p>\n Related: Goodreads\u2019 Most-Awaited Book Releases of August 2025 Are Here\u2014and We Want to Read Them All<\/a><\/p>\n About Zibby Owens<\/p>\n Zibby Owens is a well-known figure in the publishing industry. She is an author herself; a literary podcast host; and the founder of Zibby Media, a thriving, multi-platform literary brand that spans publishing, podcasting, retail and beyond. The company comprises of her award-winning podcast \u201cTotally Booked with Zibby,\u201d her women-led boutique publishing house Zibby Publishing and her independent bookstore, Zibby\u2019s Bookshop, in Santa Monica.<\/p>\n Zibby\u2019s Fall 2025 Most Anticipated Books<\/p>\n With the amount of titles and genres on this list, your TBR (to-be-read!) list will definitely be set for fall… and probably winter, too.<\/p>\n Deep and Thoughtful Fiction<\/p>\n Bitter Honey by Lol\u00e1 \u00c1k\u00ednm\u00e1d\u00e9 \u00c5kerstr\u00f6m<\/p>\n Table for One by Emma Gannon<\/p>\n The Phoebe Variations by Jane Hamilton<\/p>\n Heart the Lover by Lily King<\/p>\n I Wanted to Be Wonderful by Lihi Lapid<\/p>\n Wreck by Catherine Newman<\/p>\n The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O\u2019Neill<\/p>\n Boy from the North Country by Sam Sussman<\/p>\n Like Family by Erin O. White<\/p>\n Fiction for Easy Reading<\/p>\n Anne of Avenue A by Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding<\/p>\n The Weekend Crashers by Jamie Brenner<\/p>\n And Then There Was You by Sophie Cousens<\/p>\n My Ex-Husband\u2019s Ex-Husband by Melissa de la Cruz and Rachel Cohn<\/p>\n Hot Desk by Laura Dickerman<\/p>\n If I Were You by Cesca Major<\/p>\n Workhorse by Caroline Palmer<\/p>\n The Dogs of Venice by Steven Rowley<\/p>\n The Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers<\/p>\n That\u2019s Not How it Happened by Craig Thomas<\/p>\n Literary Fiction<\/p>\n We Love You, Bunny by Mona Awad<\/p>\n Cursed Daughters by Oyinkan Braithwaite<\/p>\n The White Hot by Quiara Alegria Hudes<\/p>\n Queen Esther by John Irving<\/p>\n Apostle\u2019s Cove by William Kent Krueger<\/p>\n What We Can Know by Ian McEwan<\/p>\n Minor Black Figures byBrandon Taylor<\/p>\n Middle Spoon by Alejandro Varela<\/p>\n Palaver by Bryan Washington<\/p>\n Related: 37 of the Most Popular Book Genres To Browse\u2014Because There’s More Than Just Fiction and Nonfiction<\/a><\/p>\n Mysteries & Thrillers<\/p>\n Where He Left Me by Nicole Baart<\/p>\n Girl Dinner by Olivie Blake<\/p>\n Last Call at the Savoy by Brisa Carleton<\/p>\n Gone Before Goodbye by Harlan Coben and Reese Witherspoon<\/p>\n The Gallagher Place by Julie Doar<\/p>\n The Library of Fates by Margot Harrison<\/p>\n The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham<\/p>\n The Widow by John Grisham<\/p>\n Best Offer Wins by Marisa Kashino<\/p>\n Other People\u2019s Houses by Clare Mackintosh<\/p>\n The Birdwatcher by Jacquelyn Mitchard<\/p>\n The Black Wolf by Louise Penny<\/p>\n The Bridesmaid by Cate Quinn<\/p>\n All This Could Be Yours by Hank Phillippi Ryan<\/p>\n Remain: A Supernatural Love Story by Nicholas Sparks and M. Night Shyamalan<\/p>\n Short Reads From Celebrities<\/p>\n Crushmore: Essays on Love, Loss and Coming-of-Age by Penn Badgley, Sophie Ansari and Nava Kavelin<\/p>\n About Time: Poems byDavid Duchovny<\/p>\n Does This Make Me Funny by Zosia Mamet<\/p>\n Poems & Prayers by Matthew McConaughey<\/p>\n Celebrity Memoirs<\/p>\n Mamba & Mambacita Forever by Vanessa Bryant<\/p>\n Heart Life Music by Kenny Chesney<\/p>\n The Uncool byCameron Crowe<\/p>\n Simply More: A Book For Anyone Who Has Been Told They\u2019re Too Much by Cynthia Erivo<\/p>\n Future Boy by Michael J. Fox and Nelle Fortenbery<\/p>\n I Wrote This for Attention by Lukas Gage<\/p>\n Eternally Electric: The Message in My Music by Debbie Gibson<\/p>\n We Did Okay, Kid by Anthony Hopkins<\/p>\n Softly, As I Leave You by Priscilla Presley<\/p>\n Grit, Spit, and Never Quit: A Marine\u2019s Guide to Comedy and Life by Rob Riggle<\/p>\n The Book of Sheen by Charlie Sheen<\/p>\n 100 Rules for Living to 100: An Optimist\u2019s Guide to a Happy Life by Dick Van Dyke<\/p>\n More Memoirs<\/p>\n Heart of a Stranger: An Unlikely Rabbi\u2019s Story of Faith, Identity and Belonging by Angela Buchdahl<\/p>\n Still Bobbi by Bobbi Brown<\/p>\n Bag Man: The Story Behind the Improbable Rise of Coach by Lew Frankfort<\/p>\n Notes on Being a Man by Scott Galloway<\/p>\n All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation by Elizabeth Gilbert<\/p>\n Next of Kin by Gabrielle Hamilton<\/p>\n Awake: A Memoir by Jen Hatmaker<\/p>\n Someday, Now: A Memoir of Family, Reclaiming Possibility, and One Sicilian Summer by Tembi Locke<\/p>\n That\u2019s a Great Question, I\u2019d Love to Tell You by Elyse Myers<\/p>\n They All Came to Barney\u2019s by Gene Pressman <\/p>\n Does Anyone Else Feel This Way? Essays on Conquering the Quarter-Life Crisis by Eli Rallo<\/p>\n Night People: How to Be a DJ in \u201890s New York City by Mark Ronson<\/p>\n Mother Mary Come to Me by Arundahti Roy<\/p>\n The Running Ground: A Father, a Son, and the Simplest of Sports by Nicholas Thompson<\/p>\n Memoirs for Tough Times<\/p>\n Lightkeeper: A Memoir Through the Lens of Love and Loss by Stacy Waldman Bass<\/p>\n Mom, Rediscovered by Jennifer Butler<\/p>\n The Luckiest: A Memoir of Love, Loss, Motherhood and the Pursuit of Self by Kelly Cervantes<\/p>\n Like a Wave We Break: A Memoir of Falling Apart and Finding Myself by Jane Chen<\/p>\n Ring of Salt: A Memoir of Finding Home and Hope on the Wild Coast of Ireland by Betsy Cornwell<\/p>\n Pass the Trauma, Please: My Father\u2019s Not-So-Depressing Holocaust Memoir About Love, Loss, Laughter and Legacy by Todd Diamond<\/p>\n My Year of Really Bad Dates by Rachel Lithgow<\/p>\n Nineteen: A Memoir of Reckoning and Recovery by Leslie Johansen Nack<\/p>\n Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in Fractured America by Beth Macy<\/p>\n Damaged People: A Memoir of Fathers and Sons by Joe McGinnis<\/p>\n Year of the Water Horse by Janice Page<\/p>\n She\u2019s Under Here by Karen Palmer<\/p>\n Turn to Stone: A Memoir by Emily Meg Weinstein<\/p>\n The Heart-Shaped Tin: Love, Loss, and Kitchen Objects by Bee Wilson<\/p>\n On Health & Illness<\/p>\n Unseen: How I Lost My Vision But Found My Voice by Molly Burke<\/p>\n What Matters Most: Lessons the Dying Teach Us About Living by Diane Button<\/p>\n Living Proof: How Love Defied Genetic Legacy by Tiffany Graham Charkosky<\/p>\n It Doesn\u2019t Have to Hurt by Sanjay Gupta<\/p>\n The Unexpected Journey by Emma Heming Willis<\/p>\n Articulate: A Deaf Memoir of Voice by Rachel Kolb<\/p>\n In This Faulty Machine: A Memoir of Loss and Transformation by Kathy Page<\/p>\n Cancer is Complicated and Other Unexpected Lessons I\u2019ve Learned by Clea Shearer<\/p>\n From Writers & Artists<\/p>\n Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts by Margaret Atwood<\/p>\n Every Day I Read: 53 Ways to Get Closer to Books by Hwang Bo-reum<\/p>\n Reacher: The Stories Behind the Stories by Lee Child<\/p>\n Writing Creativity and Soul by Sue Monk Kidd<\/p>\n Everywhere an Oink Oink: An Embittered, Dyspeptic, and Accurate Report of 40 Years in Hollywood by David Mamet<\/p>\n Art Work: On the Creative Life by Sally Mann<\/p>\n A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction by Elizabeth McCracken<\/p>\n Joyride: A Memoir by Susan Orlean<\/p>\n Conversations on Faith by Martin Scorsese and Antonio Spadaro<\/p>\n Nonfiction<\/p>\n When All the Men Wore Hats by Susan Cheever<\/p>\n Dorothy Parker in Hollywood by Gail Crowther<\/p>\n Carole King: She Made the Earth Move by Jane Eisner<\/p>\n Twice Born: Finding My Father in The Margins of Biography by Hester Kaplan<\/p>\n Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist by Daniel Pollack-Pelzner<\/p>\n The World She Edited: Katharine S. 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