With October upon us, looking for some good Fall books. I’m pretty open minded. Could be spooky, could be cozy, could be fun, could be thrilling – not sure I wanna be sad though lol.
I’m open to all recommendations, but I’ve never really read any witch stories or dark academia type books and I’m curious. Some in these two realms I’ve been considering:
* The House Witch
* Ace of Spades
* The Once and Future Witches
* Payback’s A Witch
Doesn’t need to be from these four books, The Book Thief is also high on my list just from recommendations – I know nothing about it – is it a good Fall read? I’ve read Harry Potter when I was younger so don’t rec that please
by RealPrinceJay
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*Cackle* by Rachel Harrison?
Hex is awesome I’m about finished with it! Witch is haunting a town.
Ninth house by Leigh Bardugo is an dark academia book from the uni of the author itself. It’s on my tbr list.
A Discovery of Witches (dark academia and witchy)
Equal Rites; Wyrd Sisters – both by Terry Pratchett, funny, cozy, very witchy
Chocolat – by Joanne Harris, gives me fall vibes, cozy, a little witchy
Remarkably Bright Creatures – cozy vibe, whiff of magical realism
Atlas Six is both dark academia and witchy!
Discovery of Witches
Overall good series. Lots of academia as well as witches and vampires.
Last Apprentice by Joseph Delaney a young man doing the job of a “spook” sort of a cross between low magic Witcher and medieval ghostbuster
Seconding The Once and Future Witches. It’s a great historical fantasy with witchy folklore and an f/f romance that doesn’t overshadow the main plot. It’s a slow burn plotwise, but worth sticking with.
Babel by RF Kuang.
Piranesi!
[slewfoot](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56660256-slewfoot) by brom
Bunny by Mona Awad would be a great choice.
Three Sisters Trilogy by Nora Roberts
Kinda out of my norm but every once in awhile I like a light read and I enjoyed the series nonetheless
A Night in the Lonesome October by Zelazny is the ultimate October book
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova!
For a cosy read try The House on the Cerulean Sea.
‘Shadow of the wind’ Carlos Louis zafron…….as the nights shorten grab this and mug of cocoa, listen to the rain on the window pane and enjoy……..
The Book Thief is a really good book but I don’t think is a good fall read.
I’m also looking at reading something with fall vibes and someone recommended Something Wicked This Way Comes. Going to start reading it tonight.
The Saturday Night Ghost Club is also on the list.
Zodiac Academy by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti
-Witch Child by Celia Reese
-Vampire academy series by Richelle Meade
-marked series by PC cast
-Akata Witch series by Nnedi Okorafor
-The Witchcraft of Salem Village by Shirley Jackson (historians account of Salem witch trials)
-Sabriel by Garth Nix
-Howls Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
The Scholomance series by Naomi Novak, starting with A Deadly Education. Best dark academia I’ve read recently. Very dark, but also funny.
The Osseus Chronicles by Ivy Asher
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth. Dark academia with some major creepy FMC vibes.
*Holly and Oak* R. Cooper (Familiar Spirits novellas)
5 seasonal novellas. Holly and Oak is more set around Winter Solstice but sets the framework of the magic and the town setting of these Male/Male romances. The Fall equinox/all souls/Halloween feature in several of these wholesome and cozy novellas.
‘The Once and Future Witches’ is very good!
House of Leaves
The raven cycle. It’s a fall must read for me.
The Magicians series by Lev Grossman
*A Halloween Tale* by Austin Crawley
Haunted house story with an interesting array of cultural ghosts and weird happenings. Short but a must read for Halloween!
Have you read The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly? It’s a dark fantasy with some parts being downright scary! One of my favourite books of all time. Definite fall/Halloween vibes! Not so much witchy…