Cozy up with books that capture autumn's magic, from atmospheric classics and dark academia favorites to enchanting contemporary tales. These stories wrap you in the season's mood with their rich settings, mysterious undertones, and that perfect blen...
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Gothic Classics + Dark Foundations
Dark Academia + Scholarly Mysteries
Witchy Women + Magical Realism
Enchanted + Otherworldly
Cozy Gothic Romances
Nostalgic + Contemplative
Gothic Classics + Dark Foundations
The original masters of atmospheric storytelling, these timeless tales established the blueprint for autumn reading.
A fall reading list cannot exist without this essential read.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
Get in girls, we're going to read Mary Shelley and yap.
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Fall = Brontë Sister Season
Jane Eyre
It's a Brontë Girl Autumn.
Wuthering Heights
A seasonal classic that's irresistibly creepy.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Scaring kids since junior high literature, still scaring me today.
The Haunting of Hill House
Dark Academia + Scholarly Mysteries
Ivy-covered halls, secret societies, and intellectual intrigue that'll make you want to study by lamplight.
It's kind of the perfect book for autumn.
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
It's the definitive modern fall read.
The Secret History: A Novel
"'Heathers' gone to grad school." —Booklist
Bunny: A Novel
Witchy Women + Magical Realism
Stories where magic runs through bloodlines and ordinary women discover extraordinary power.
The perfect witchy fall romance!
Practical Magic: 25th Anniversary Edition
A beautiful and haunting historical fiction that's perfect for fall.
Weyward: A Novel
An unexpectedly original take on Lady Macbeth that screams fall reading list.
Lady Macbeth: A Novel
Enchanted + Otherworldly
Contemporary fantasies that transport you to places where wonder and melancholy intertwine.
Mesmerizing and the perfect fall escape.
The Night Circus: A Novel
A haunting and beautiful love story that I couldn't put down.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Surreal and seasonally perfect for a transportive fall.
Piranesi
Cozy Gothic Romances
Love stories with shadows and secrets—perfect when you want your heart to race for multiple reasons.
It's haunting and hilarious at the same time.
The Dead Romantics: A GMA Book Club Pick
A YA read that's perfect for the season, and it's written by one of my favorite podcast hosts/guests!
Anatomy: A Love Story
The perfect creepy fall read, it's an absolute delight.
Mexican Gothic
Nostalgic + Contemplative
Books that wrap you in the warmth of memory and the bittersweet beauty of growing up.
A cherished read that you should definitely add to your autumn girl TBR
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A cherished classic that feels like a cozy cup of tea on a sun porch in the fading afternoon light.
Anne of Green Gables
Do you love fall fiction? Do you love Japanese translated fiction? This one's for you!!
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
A pandemic ghost story? It's so much more than that.
