As we get our Pumpkin Spice lattes and step into the cozy season, I had to share with you some of my fav Fall-inspired book recommendations that I am loving. Everything from hopeless romantics to magical cafes, to fantasies, and mysteries – I had to add some spook! You might find your next book obsession! Starting a fresh and crisp new book is so much better together, so feel free to add to the list, by commenting below what Fall books you are reading, so we can add them to our shelves!
With that said, let’s get inspired and lost in these go-to reads!
My Fall Personal Picks
By Ashley Poston
Romance with a twist is what Dead Romantics is all about. This book follows a ghostwriter named Florence Day, who, like most, believes love is as good as dead after a terrible breakup. But the twist comes when a good-looking new editor enters the mix, potentially jeopardizing her career. Then, she receives a call about her father that brings her back home after a decade.
By Maureen Johnson
Fire and Marlowe Wexler seem to be a duo nobody wants to be a part of. From a failed talking stage to needing a summer job, Marlowe finally gets her big break. The 1920s Morning House mansion is where she now works, but at what cost? There are secrets about Morning House that have been buried for decades, and to top it all off, the person who brought Marlowe to the mansion is suddenly missing.
By Ali Hazelwood
What would you do for your family? Misery Lark is the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest. Leaving behind her animosity toward living among humans, she must return home to keep the peace between Vampires and their mortal enemies, the Weres, by marrying the ruthless and unpredictable Alpha, Lowe Moreland, who, as you guessed, doesn’t trust her.
By Yu Miri
Kazu’s life is filled with coincidences, bad luck, and death! But there is more to him than meets the eye. From working as a laborer preparing for the Tokyo 1964 Olympics to a catastrophic hurricane in 2011, Kazu haunts the park near the Ueno Station in Tokyo.
By Sarah Beth Durst
Kiela is a librarian at the Great Library of Alyssium—the one place where she doesn’t have to deal with people. Her assistant, Caz, and a magical sentient spider plant have been preserving their magic for the city’s elite. Everything changes when the library is set aflame. Kiela and Caz save as many books as they can carry and flee to an island where her childhood home is, hoping to protect themselves and their book of spells. Trying not to draw any attention to themselves, they figure out their new life and meet a handsome neighbor in this new town.
By Richard Osman
If you love true crime and unsolved mysteries, read about a group of friends living in a peaceful retirement village who meet up in the Jigsaw Room every week to talk about unsolved cases. The Thursday Murder Club finds themselves face to face with a brutal murder, a female cop taking on her first big case, and a few tricks up their sleeves!
Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice
By Katie Cicatelli-Kuc
16-year-old Lucy Kane lives in the overrated Briar Glen, a quaint and charming village in New England. She works at her family’s coffee shop, Cup o’ Jo, with her mom, and business is about to pick up because it’s finally fall. But a multinational coffee chain opens across the street, and guess what? It’s owned by Jack Harper’s dad, who also happens to be her secret crush. How will Lucy save her mom’s coffee shop now?
By Jen DeLuca
It started with slices of banana bread and coffee orders, then moved on to spending nights investigating haunted cottages—meet Nick and Cassie. Located in the small Florida coastal town known for ghost tourism, Nick Royer owns the Hallowed of Boneyard Key, a coffee shop, and Cassie Rutherford escapes Orlando after all her friends get married and have babies. This is an enticing romance that leaves Nick afraid to get too close, fearing he might scare Cassie away for good.
By Lana Harper
Dasha is an Events Planner at the Arcane Emporium occult megastore, as she is still grieving the loss of both her parents, Dasha’s obsession with the world beyond the veil deepens. After breaking up with Ivy Thorn, her event-planning counterpart, for the second time, luck comes Dasha’s way again when she and Ivy are tasked with planning the Cavalcade—a month-long festival celebrated by Thistle Grove’s witch families. Will Dasha find a way to rekindle their romance while standing against threats unlike any they have ever seen?
The Reappearance of Rachel Price
By Holly Jackson
Lights. Camera. Lies.
Bel is 18 and has lived her whole life in the shadow of her mom’s mysterious disappearance. Rachel Price vanished into thin air 16 years ago, and Bel was the only witness, but she has no memory of it. With Rachel believed to be dead, Bel just wants things to go back to normal. But nothing returns to normal, when the Price family is in the middle of filming a true crime documentary about Rachel Price, and Rachel suddenly shows up after so many years. Bel must figure out the truth behind Rachel’s sudden appearance because things are not adding up.
By Laurie Cass
Minnie and her rescue cat, Eddie, have stumbled upon what looks like a hit-and-run, but nothing is as it seems. Minnie digs deeper, determined to find the truth about who was behind the wheel, but this search adventure becomes even more complicated. With nothing stopping her, Minnie is ready to read the killer their rights.
By Laurie Gilmore
What a dream it would be to be gifted a Pumpkin Spice Café in a small town. This is the life of Jeanie. Needing a fresh start from her boring desk job, happy-go-lucky Jeanie somehow disrupts Logan’s routine. As irritated as he may feel, he can’t help but be inexplicably drawn to Jeanie’s charm, bubbly personality, and pumpkin spice lattes.
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