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18 Books to Read This Fall
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items Okay, hear me out… these are the books I’d be adding to my Fall TBR 🍂📚
I wanted a mix of everything because sometimes you want a cozy romance and a pumpkin-spice drink, and other times you want a creepy house, a murder mystery, or something a little witchy. So I pulled together 18 fall reads with all the autumn vibes — ...
Basically, if you’re looking for something good to read on a rainy afternoon, a chilly night, or while pretending you’re the main character in your own little autumn movie… start here.
Save this one for when you inevitably say, “I have nothing to read this fall.” 😉
I wanted a mix of everything because sometimes you want a cozy romance and a pumpkin-spice drink, and other times you want a creepy house, a murder mystery, or something a little witchy. So I pulled together 18 fall reads with all the autumn vibes — ...
Basically, if you’re looking for something good to read on a rainy afternoon, a chilly night, or while pretending you’re the main character in your own little autumn movie… start here.
Save this one for when you inevitably say, “I have nothing to read this fall.” 😉
Okay, this book basically screams fall. 🍂☕ Pumpkin spice, a cozy café, small-town gossip, grumpy/sunshine romance—yeah, I’m seated. This is the kind of cozy fall romance you pick up when you want your TBR to feel like a warm latte and an oversized s...
The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore
A bookstore, cinnamon buns, small-town chaos, and romance? This had me at bookstore. 🥐📚 The Cinnamon Bun Book Store is exactly the kind of cozy fall romance I want when the weather cools down: bookish, sweet, playful, and ridiculously easy to add t...
The Cinnamon Bun Book Store by Laurie Gilmore
Basically cottagecore got a library card and learned magic. ✨📚 The Spellshop has stolen spellbooks, a magical island, homemade jam, friendship, and romance. If you want a cozy fantasy that feels like escaping into a tiny enchanted cottage while rain...
The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
Your cozy witchy era starts here. 🔮🍂 A lonely witch, a weird little found family, a mysterious house, magic, and romance? Yes, please. This book is basically a warm blanket with a witch hat on it. Add it to your fall TBR if you want witchy books th...
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Okay, imagine Gilmore Girls energy, but somebody accidentally put a hex on their ex. 😂🔮 The Ex Hex is witchy, funny, romantic, and basically begging to be read in October. If your fall TBR needs a spooky rom-com with magic, small-town vibes, and ch...
The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
Okay, a ghostwriter who can see ghosts and a romance with a dead man? 😭👻 Say less. The Dead Romantics is spooky, funny, romantic, and somehow incredibly sweet. It’s the perfect fall romance when you want ghosts and October atmosphere but still want...
The Dead Romantics
Small-town secrets, a family curse, a mysterious doorway, and romance? Oh, we’re absolutely reading this when the leaves start turning. 🍂✨ The Unmaking of June Farrow is atmospheric, emotional, magical, and just the right amount of strange. Perfect ...
The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young
Yeah, this is what I mean when I say I want my fall reading to be GOTHIC. 🕯️🏚️ A remote hacienda, a sinister haunting, secrets, and a woman realizing her new home might be very, very wrong. If old houses and supernatural trouble are your love langu...
The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas
Yeah… this one gets WEIRD. 👀🏚️ A creepy house, unsettling characters, missing pieces, and a story that keeps making you question what you’re actually reading. Do yourself a favor and go in knowing as little as possible. Perfect for the fall reader ...
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
An isolated mansion, a woman accused of murdering her family, and a mystery that refuses to stay buried? Oh, absolutely. 👀🏚️ The Only One Left is the kind of thriller you pick up because the cover looks creepy and then suddenly you’re interrogating...
The Only One Left by Riley Sager
Missing girl. Rich family. Summer camp. Way too many secrets. 🌲👀 The God of the Woods is for when you want your fall reading a little darker and a LOT more suspicious. It’s atmospheric, twisty, and perfect for curling up under a blanket while decid...
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
Imagine a museum after dark, tarot cards on the table, and a group of academics who absolutely should not be trusted. 👀🏛️ The Cloisters is dark academia with a sinister little twist, and it is basically begging for a moody fall reading night. Bring...
The Cloisters by Katy Hays
Wedding planning, a disappearing guest, an impossible code, and four amateur detectives who absolutely cannot mind their own business. 😂🔎 The Impossible Fortune is basically cozy mystery comfort food. If you want a fall mystery with humor, clever c...
The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman
Candlelight, forbidden magic, old-world Madrid, dangerous secrets, and a little romance? Yep. 🕯️✨ The Familiar is the kind of historical fantasy that makes you want to turn off the lights and pretend your living room is a 16th-century palace. Gorgeo...
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
If you want your fall TBR to feel like a gothic fairy tale, hello. 🕯️🦋 Strange magic, eerie cathedrals, prophecies, mystery, and romance make The Knight and the Moth a perfect chilly-night fantasy. It’s giving candlelight, fog, ancient secrets, and...
The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig
Okay, witchy + historical + dark academia? This book was basically engineered for fall. 🔮📚 Radcliffe, a secret society of witches, New England history, magic, and a little “who can we actually trust?” energy. Add this to your autumn TBR if you like...
The Witches of Cambridge by Alice Hoffman
Old Oxford, secret societies, translation magic, academic obsession, and absolutely zero chill. 📚🕯️ Babel is for the reader who wants their dark academia with teeth. If your fall aesthetic is ancient libraries, complicated ideas, morally questionab...
Babel by R.F. Kuang
Okay, not every fall read needs a haunted house. 😂🎬 Hollywood, Ending brings two rising actors, a huge movie, fame, romance, and the absolute chaos of becoming famous overnight. It’s a fun change of pace for your Fall TBR when you need a break from...
Hollywood, Ending by John Green