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Sweater Weather Reads

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There’s nothing better than crisp air, cozy blankets, and a good story to get lost in. This list is filled with books that perfectly capture the magic of fall — from heartwarming romances and haunting mysteries to stories that make you want to curl u...
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Romance

Crisp air, changing leaves, and just the right amount of swoon — fall and romance go hand in hand. This section is all about love stories that make your heart flutter like leaves in the wind. From small-town flings and second chances to slow burns th...

 
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Ellis has a plan: spend her senior fall prepping her application for Columbia, get into their journalism program, and set the foundation for a respectable career. So when her parents announce that not only are they separating, but Ellis has to move w...
Falling Like Leaves
 
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The brokenhearted billionaire visits Cozy Creek to escape. I never expected to become his fake girlfriend or fall madly in love...but here we are. My first impression of Zane Alexander isn't great. The second is worse, but when he uses his powers of ...
Fall I Want: A Novel
 
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When Jeanie’s aunt gifts her the beloved Pumpkin Spice Café in the small town of Dream Harbor, Jeanie jumps at the chance for a fresh start away from her very dull desk job. Logan is a local farmer who avoids Dream Harbor’s gossip at all costs. But J...
The Pumpkin Spice Café
 
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ou can hide in the farthest reaches of the deepest hell, and I will still drag you out. Even the devil can’t save you from me. Cape Carnage is a seaside town of colorful houses, quirky shops, and an unusually high body count. With tourists comes trou...
Tourist Season
 
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My new next-door neighbor seems to have everything figured out. Small town golden boy? Check. Single dad extraordinaire? Check. Hot baker forearms? I didn’t notice them, I swear. I, on the other hand, don’t–at all–have anything figured out. Trust me,...
If It Makes You Happy
 
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Fall is a big deal in Briar Glen, a quaint and charming village in New England. That's when tourists from all over the country descend upon this picturesque town to see the babbling brooks and colorful leaves while sipping hot chocolate or pumpkin sp...
Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice
 
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Love can redeem a man...but secrets and lies can condemn him. A handsome stranger comes to the sleepy New England town of Salem Falls in hopes of burying his past: Once a teacher at a girls' prep school, Jack St. Bride was destroyed when a student's ...
Salem Falls

Mystery/Thriller

When the nights get longer and the wind starts to whisper, it’s the perfect time for a story that keeps you guessing. This section is packed with page-turners full of secrets, suspense, and twisty endings you won’t see coming. Whether it’s a chilling...

 
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Kansas, 1896. After a tornado destroys the Gale family farm, eleven-year-old Dorothy goes missing. As the days pass, the Gales are increasingly terrified the worst has happened. But when the girl turns up unharmed four days later, the townsfolk breat...
After Oz: A Novel
 
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In the sleepy village of Maplewood, autumn leaves aren't the only things falling... When Ellie Harper inherits her aunt's mysterious cottage on Hemlock Hill, she expects a quiet escape-not a black cat, a haunted broom, and a dead librarian buried ben...
Murder at Maplewood Cottage
 
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In a quest for a simpler life, Helen and Nate have abandoned the comforts of suburbia to take up residence on forty-four acres of rural land where they will begin the ultimate, aspirational do-it-yourself project: building the house of their dreams. ...
The Invited: A Novel
 
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Maya was a high school senior when her best friend, Aubrey, dropped dead in front of the enigmatic man named Frank whom they’d been spending time with all summer. Seven years later, Maya lives in Boston with a loving boyfriend and is kicking the secr...
The House in the Pines
 
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Who knows what the storm will blow in… Casey's cabin in the wilderness is not built for a hurricane. Her roof shakes, the lights flicker, and the tree outside her front door sways ominously in the wind. But she's a lot more worried about the girl she...
The Intruder

Fantasy

Step into worlds where magic lingers in the mist and adventure crackles like a campfire. This section is for the dreamers — the ones who crave enchanted forests, fierce heroes, and stories that sweep you far beyond the real world. Whether it’s cozy c...

 
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As one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic, keep her head down, and stay away from other witches so their powers don’t mingle and draw attention. And as an orphan who lost her parents at a young age and was raised...
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
 
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Sera Swan used to be one of the most powerful witches in Britain. Then she resurrected her great-aunt Jasmine from the (very recently) dead, lost most of her magic, befriended a semi-villainous talking fox, and was exiled from her Guild. Now she (sli...
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping
 
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It began long before my time, but something has always hunted our family. Orphaned heiress Kidan Adane grew up far from the elusive society of vampires she was born into, where human bloodlines gain power through vampire companionship. She is obsessi...
Immortal Dark
 
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Harry Potter has never played a sport while flying on a broomstick. He’s never worn a cloak of invisibility, befriended a giant, or helped hatch a dragon. All Harry knows is a miserable life with the Dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their a...
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
 
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Ever since Harry had come home for the summer, the Dursleys had been so mean and hideous that all Harry wanted was to get back to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he's packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange, ...
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
 
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For twelve long years, the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing thirteen people with a single curse, he was said to be the heir apparent to the Dark Lord, Voldemort. Now he has escaped, leaving ...
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
 
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Harry Potter wants to get away from the pernicious Dursleys and go to the Quidditch World Cup with Hermione, Ron, and the Weasleys. He wants to dream about Cho Chang, his crush (and maybe do more than dream). He wants to find out about the mysterious...
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
 
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There is a door at the end of a silent corridor. And it's haunting Harry Potter's dreams. Why else would he be waking in the middle of the night, screaming in terror? It's not just the upcoming O.W.L. exams; a new teacher with a personality like pois...
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
 
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The war against Voldemort is not going well; even Muggle governments are noticing. Hermione scans the pages of the Daily Prophet, reading out terrible news. Dumbledore is absent from Hogwarts for long stretches of time, and the Order of the Phoenix h...
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
 
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"As a farewell to the series, Deathly Hallows is everything fans of Harry Potter could hope for." -- Time "J.K. Rowling gives her readers, and her characters, precisely what they crave -- excitement, insight, closure, and catharsis galore." -- The Lo...
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Fiction

These are the stories that feel like a crisp walk through autumn leaves — familiar, thought-provoking, and impossible to put down. From heartfelt contemporary tales to layered character-driven narratives, this section is full of books that let you sl...

 
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It’s move-in day at Tiffin Academy and amidst the happy chaos of friends reuniting, selfies uploading, and cars unloading, shocking news arrives: America Today just ranked Tiffin the number two boarding school in the country. It’s a seventeen-spot ju...
The Academy
 
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Intermezzo absolutely soars with complicated relationships (romantic and familial) and the signature writing we can’t get enough of from a literary icon.
Intermezzo
 
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Two daughters. Two families. One inescapable fate. Sofia Colicchio is a free spirit, loud and untamed. Antonia Russo is thoughtful, ever observing the world around her. Best friends since birth, they live in the shadow of their fathers’ unspoken comm...
The Family
 
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This is Kazuo Ishiguro's profoundly compelling portrait of a butler named Stevens. Stevens, at the end of three decades of service at Darlington Hall, spending a day on a country drive, embarks as well on a journey through the past in an effort to re...
The Remains of the Day
 
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A novel of intense power and intrigue, Jane Eyre has dazzled generations of readers with its depiction of a woman's quest for freedom. Having grown up an orphan in the home of her cruel aunt and at a harsh charity school, Jane Eyre becomes an indepen...
Jane Eyre