the time has come for our autumn book recommendations… aka BOOKS YOU MUST READ THIS SEASON 🍂📚 we are honestly so jealous of anyone picking these up for the first time because the vibes are perfecttt! think cosy fantasies that feel like a warm hug, witchy reads perfect for spooky nights, dark academia staples, plus some romance, & gothic classics!

basically, if you’ve been wondering what to add to your tbr this season, we’ve done the work for you. light a candle, grab a hot drink, and prepare your goodreads because the list is loooong!!

here’s everything we recommended in the episode:

Cosy Fantasy

The Spellshop — Sarah Beth Durst
Legends & Lattes — Travis Baldree
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Fairies — Heather Fawcett

Fantasy

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue — V.E. Schwab
Heartless Hunter & Rebel Witch — Kristen Ciccarelli
Divine Rivals & Ruthless Vows — Rebecca Ross

Witchy Vibes

The Ex Hex (series) — Erin Sterling
Witches of Brooklyn — Sophie Escabasse
Weyward — Emilia Hart
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches — Sangu Mandanna

Dark Academia

The Secret History — Donna Tartt
Babel — R.F. Kuang
If We Were Villains — M.L. Rio
Bunny — Mona Awad
Ninth House — Leigh Bardugo
An Academy for Liars — Alexis Henderson

Mystery

Wild Dark Shore — Charlotte McConaghy
Murder at the Bookstore — Sue Minix
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder — Holly Jackson
The Inheritance Games — Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Romance

The Dead Romantics — Ashley Poston
You Again — Kate Goldbeck
The Seven Year Slip — Ashley Poston

Classics/Gothic

Frankenstein — Mary Shelley
Jane Eyre — Charlotte Brontë
The Picture of Dorian Gray — Oscar Wilde

Other

Before the Coffee Gets Cold — Toshikazu Kawaguchi

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