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End of Summer Reads
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items This is the list you need to pay attention when building your current TBR! The best books to end off the summer and transition to fall with! Personally at this time of year I need the summer vibes, small town romances, thrillers, back to school books...
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Summer but add some tears 🥲
Back to School
Thriller/Suspense - Easing Into Fall
Small Town Romance
Summer but add some tears 🥲
Nothing says fall/winter like emotional devastation so here are summer vibes that rip your heart out
Based on a summer spent in Mallorca, it is the perfect summer read… But be prepared to cry
The Last Sunrise by Anna Todd
This book has the best NYC summer energy but mix that with grief/tears AND magical realism and it is the perfect book to transition into fall
The Seven Year Slip|Paperback
This is one of the best books I have read in 2025 and honestly, I don't know if I have ever cried so much while reading a book. I truly feel like this is the definition of emotionally devastating but I will be thinking about this book for the rest of...
Promise Me Sunshine: A Novel |Paperback
As you can tell from this cover, this book screams summer but don't let it fool you - the topics of dementia, long distance relationships, and trauma will have tears on your cheeks
Say You'll Remember Me (B&N Exclusive Edition) |BN Exclusive
One of my all-time favorite small town romances and do not let the length of this book fool you - I felt like I read it so fast because I was so hooked. The grumpy x sunshine trope was done so well in this book!
Things We Never Got Over (Knockemout, #1) by Lucy Score
Back to School
End of August/September just means all of the back to school books
The perfect spicy read that also gives back to school vibes with two medical students who are also on the collegiate swim team.
Deep End by Ali Hazelwood
A traumatic romance series following Irish Rugby Players…. yeah this book is absolutely everything and then some
Binding 13 (Boys of Tommen #1) |Paperback
Nothing says a fall time back to school book like Harry Potter so if you have not read this series yet it is a MUST.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter Series #1) |Paperback
The second book in the campus diaries is truly one of the best hockey romances AND one of the best fake dating romances I have ever read. A college setting is always perfect fo this time of year!
The Dixon Rule (Book #2) |Paperback
If you like YA romance - this is one of the best romcom versions and is the perfect “back to school” vibe with it taking place in high school!
Better Than the Movies
Thriller/Suspense - Easing Into Fall
Fall = Scary Time
A romantic suspense that has you both swooning for the Bourbon Boys and sweating trying to figure out the mystery.
Bourbon and Lies (Bourbon Boys #1) - Wilder
The current end of summer “must read” that mixes Love Island with a dystopian thriller for the perfect transition to fall read.
The Compound by Aisling Rawle
If you look up Romantic Suspense books in the dictionary - you will see a picture of Catherine Cowles' face
Fragile Sanctuary (Deluxe Edition) |Paperback
A new release YA thriller that is the perfect read for this time of year because it follows a group of high schoolers after devastation hits their group and their school.
The Thrashers: A Novel |Paperback
I have yet to read this one but it is high on my September TBR because it adds the perfect balance of thriller/mystery and back to school!
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder: Deluxe Edition| Paperback
Small Town Romance
Nothing says moving into the Fall season like cozy towns and cowboys
The essential cowboy romance - I am currently obsessed with this series!
Flawless by Elsie Silvver |Paperback
My favorite Abby Jimenez book and one of my favorite small town romance books of all time!!
Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez |Paperback
It was so hard to decide if I should put this in the small town romance category of classify it as a tear jerker because it is both and those are my two favorite things about this book.
Archer's Voice by Mia Sheridan |Paperback
The PERFECT end of summer read - if you take one thing from this list, let it be this book. It is a small lake town with phenomenal slow burn romance and all of the summer vibes!
One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune |Paperback
This book obviously screams that it will get you in the fall mood - but it is also a cute & easy small town romance!
The Pumpkin Spice Café (Dream Harbor, Book 1) | Paperback