Autumn is peak reading season, and with so many book recommendations out there, it can be hard to know where to start your fall reading journey. These are 36 fall book recommendations sorted into 9 moods so you can match what you read to how you feel this season. You get cozy reads for cold nights, creepy and scary picks for October, exciting thrillers and adventures that move fast, weird books that are hard to describe, moody stories set around old schools, libraries and old houses, thoughtful fiction that stays with you after you finish, true nonfiction about science, history and nature, plus classic books that fit autumn perfectly. Whether you are building your fall reading list, planning October reads or just want help picking what to read next, start with the mood you are in and pick one book from that shelf. Let me know in the comments which section you are starting with and what autumn books you would add.

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📚 Books Mentioned
The Scorpio Races
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3UKgx0f

The Silence of The Lambs
Amazon: https://amzn.to/4h2cgN2

The Other Black Girl
Amazon: https://amzn.to/4xrNs7c

Map of Bones
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3VvgHIW

A Night in the Lonesome October
Amazon: https://amzn.to/4xxDh13

The Clackity
Amazon: https://amzn.to/4dCNkdU

The Woman in Black
Amazon: https://amzn.to/4y2ajaO

We Have Always Lived In The Castle
Amazon: https://amzn.to/46llLC9

The Spellshop
Amazon: https://amzn.to/4rmMQhR

The Kamogawa Food Detectives
Amazon: https://amzn.to/4AlBC1l

A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
Amazon: https://amzn.to/4Ax9TLh

Ghost Story
Amazon: https://amzn.to/4AiZLpi

House of Leaves
Amazon: https://amzn.to/4ivGj2a

The Centre
Amazon: https://amzn.to/46rUdLh

Never Let Me Go
Amazon: https://amzn.to/4xqp7yI

Piranesi
Amazon: https://amzn.to/4j4De9k

Peace Like a River
Amazon: https://amzn.to/4yveF9W

The Sense of an Ending
Amazon: https://amzn.to/4ipHBvr

The Murmur of Bees
Amazon: https://amzn.to/4xXPLjG

The Covenant of Water
Amazon: https://amzn.to/470IWSm

The Secret History
Amazon: https://amzn.to/4xrttFW

The October Country
Amazon: https://amzn.to/46X347V

A Discovery of Witches
Amazon: https://amzn.to/46ryS4J

The Historian
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3TyOsZk

Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells
Amazon: https://amzn.to/4j3op6S

The Hidden Life of Trees
Amazon: https://amzn.to/4iwrkov

Stiff
Amazon: https://amzn.to/4cLoyrO

Dark Archives:
Amazon: https://amzn.to/46X3hbd

The Only Good Indians
Amazon: https://amzn.to/4rwSJt7

The Ritual
Amazon: https://amzn.to/4Akwvyu

The Fisherman
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3SPWaOC

All Hallows
Amazon: https://amzn.to/4hcTNxj

The Once and Future King
Amazon: https://amzn.to/4h2V89P

Dracula
Amazon: https://amzn.to/4yvfXBO

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3Txp3iH

The Metamorphosis
Amazon: https://amzn.to/4hpsNfj

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TIME STAMPS:
0:00 Introduction
:35 I Need Your Help
:47 Fall, But Make It Cozy
6:09 Fall, But Make It Creepy
11:30 Fall, But Make It Exciting
15:13 Fall, But Make It Weird
20:33 Fall, But Make It Thoughtful
25:35 Fall, But Make It True
29:56 Fall, But Make It Scary
35:00 Fall, But Make It Moody
39:55 Fall, But Make It Classic
44:48 Sharing Is Caring