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Get Cozy! 30 Books with Major Autumn Vibes
Autumn, as a season, has a particular vibe. It’s the season of winding down, of things ending. The days get shorter and colder—in the northern hemisphere, anyway. It’s a melancholy kind of vibe. A good time for reading.
In an effort to roll with the season, we’ve gathered below 30 books that conjure that elusive autumn vibe. This has been a totally unscientific and largely intuitive process, cutting across various genres, styles, and moods. Like autumn itself, the books here can get a little creepy, a little cozy, and occasionally a little Gothic.
You’ll find universally acclaimed classics along with new historical fiction and some very recent titles that ride that autumnal vibe. Also watch for back-to-school stories and the usual Halloween parade: ghosts, vampires, witches, and assorted weirdness.
Click on the book cover images for more information about each title, and feel free to add any autumn leads to your Want to Read shelf. If you have any additional suggestions for your fellow Goodreaders, post them below in the comments section.
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Have a recommendation for a great fall read? Tell us all about it in the comments below!
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Sep 07, 2023 09:54AM
Caraval is the go-to for a autumn vibes (Plus its 3 books)
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It's absurd that there isn't a single book by Rachel Harrison listed here
Quinn wrote: "For those who have read some of these, do you have some favorites? I feel overwhelmed with too many good options :)"Shadow of the Wind is my favourite book of all time - gothic mystery set in the later half of the year in barcelona during the war. Go into it with no knowledge other than that and I promise it will sweep you off your feet. :')
Amanda wrote: "The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. perfect fall vibes!"Absolutely agree!!
Marie wrote: "Love these fall vibes <333"same!!!
BETWEEN by L.L. Starling needs to be on this list! It takes place in the 11 days before Halloween in a cozy village run by a coven of witches. It's hilarious (think Gilmore Girls meets The Princess Bride/Labyrinth/Shrek/Ella Enchanted) with a 30 yrd old kindergarten teacher MC and a sorcerer-king MC in tight pants that gives me all the Howl vibes. Between
I would add The Witches of New York by Ami McKay, and for a fun witchy read Once We Were Witches, Sara Driver. Look forward to digging into many of these. I don't think I've read any of them!
I would add Thorn Jack by Katherine Harbour! It’s set during the fall I upstate New York complete with a gothic college, fae, and the underworld. It’s quite dark but SO good. No one ever talks about this book and I will never understand why!!
Lana Harper's Thistle Grove series is perfect for fall🎃🔮
i have started to read The fate of the wrath and flame book 1 by K.A.Tucker and so far looks very good for a fall book to read... the whole saga. even though I don't have the other 2 books yet.
I would like to start reading tomorrow All Quiet on the Western Front, at least that is my intention. But when I'm inside the bookshop I might change suddenly idea 🤭
I've read Before the Coffee Gets cold and it's definitely a fall must read. I loved it so much, I didn't want it to end but I also had the urge to read it until the last page asap. I read it in spring, and if my TBR wasn't kilometric, I'd for sure give it a re-read!
Witchmark Trilogy by CL Polk - romantic, magical, fun!
Lone Women was great. I just read What Moves the Dead and liked that one a bunch too.
If you want super creepy I liked Let the Right One In.
Great list. 10 read and 2 on my TBR. May need to add a couple more. My favorite autumn read is The Thirteenth Tale.
Literally any Stephen King novel would fit this. *Renee Clemente The Scorpio Races is the most atmospheric, fall-vibes book I've read*
Thanks,adding!
If you like dark romance, Gothikana gives perfect autumnal vibes!
Definitely The September House! It’s the perfect answer.
Throwing in anything by Shirley Jackson. Throwing in anything written by Shirley Jackson
As if there’s no Maggie Stiefvater on this list!
I’m sorry, but where are the “universally acclaimed classics?”
Autumn vibes are definitely my type of vibes, I’ve read majority of these. I need to add more, starting with Legends and Lattes
I would add house of ash and bone by Joel A. Sutherland.
Where is the Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde? It is a must-read!
If autumn is code for creepy read James Herbert’s “Shrine.” I read it a couple years back thanks to a dear friend of mine. It’s the scariest book I’ve read so far. Thanks for all the other book recommendations. I love when they post these lists for the comments most of all.
hey does anyone have some good cozy fantasy books- I really want to try the genre ❤️
Read ‘Addie LaRue’ earlier this year and LOVED IT- was my favorite so far! Followed by me reading ‘Fairytale’ by S. King- it hit perfectly.
Anything by Grady Hendrix. Horrorstor was probably my favorite!
Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff
The Lights of Prague by Nicole Jarvis
all of you read if we were villains!! its one of my favorite books EVERR
Audrey wrote: "I’m sorry, but where are the “universally acclaimed classics?”"I think maybe they meant Secret History, Shadow of the Wind, and maybe Practical Magic? I dunno what "classic" is classified as... is 20 years enough?
Anything by Laura Purcell and Thin Air and Dark Matter both by Michelle Paver would all be great for Halloween vibes. Then there's also The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
fluffing the modern marketables, no Bradbury, get real what a sham
I've seen some of these before and I can't wait to read The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue.
I think this is the first booklist this year that I've been exited about and added a bunch of things to my TBR. Nice job GR
HOW did I not realize that Practical Magic was a book? I have loved the movie with Nicole Kidman for years... now I have a new book series to read!
Amelie wrote: "was literally gonna get the night circus but my barnes and noble was closed 😒"One of my favorites. It is incredibly charming and has some of the most wonderfully sensuous descriptions of the sights and smells of Autumn and the Carnival. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Mike wrote: "
An Oldie but Goodie Horror story with the feel of Stephen King
Sometimes what we see isn't what is.
It was almost as if time had not touched the village of Cornwa..."
Harvest Home is an underrated gem. It led me to the genre of 'Folk Horror' that has become my Autumn reading fixation in recent years.
My novella, "Decay: a tale of destruction" comes out tomorrow. I think it is the perfect autumn read <3
Amanda wrote: "The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. perfect fall vibes!"thanks for remind me that this is on my "permanent" bookshelf and I have been meaning to reread it. I loved it the first go-around.
Linda wrote: "I wish there were less demon/satanistic books."try "the thirteenth tale", kinda creepy but nothing witchy, satan-y, etc.
If you haven't read it already!
I have black candle women in my tbr pile and Mexican gothic was chosen as part of my bookclub next read, I will receive Mexican gothic in the post by the end of October.
Most of these aren't really "fall" vibes, so much as "witches/spooky magic for Halloween"
Loving this list. Added a bunch of them to my TBR. Thanks goodreads!
