Reading Seasonally (Fall Reads for All Ages) || Let’s Talk Bookish

Posted September 26, 2020 by Sammie in book list, chat with me, discussions, horror, Let's Talk Bookish, recommendations / 13 Comments

Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme, hosted by Rukky @ Eternity Books & Dani @ Literary Lion, where we discuss certain topics, share our opinions, and spread the love by visiting each other’s posts. It’s supposed to be posted on Friday, but being on time is hard and it’s better late than never.

This week’s topic is: reading seasonally.

Since I tend to be a mood reader, I don’t always read seasonally. My mood can change as easily as the wind blows … and the wind blows all year round, so I’m an equally opportunity indecisive reader.

For me, fall reading means all the spookiness. Give me things that go bump in the dark. Give me all the ghosties and ghoulies. Give me settings that will make me shiver, even though it’s not that cold out yet. Yes to all the horrors and thrillers!

In case you couldn’t tell, I very much associate fall with Halloween and all the spookiness that surrounds it. It’s the one time of year I go all-out with horror reads.

So this Let’s Talk Bookish is a little light on the “discussion” part. After all, you all know whether you’re seasonal readers or not, right? And if you’re not, that’s fine. There’s no right or wrong way to choose your TBRs.

… is there? Have I been doing it wrong all this time?! *flails*

Anyway, here are some books I think would make perfect fall reads. Click on the cover to go to the Goodreads page for the book.

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Middle Grade Fall Reads

Scritch Scratch     City of Ghosts     Small Spaces     Spirit Hunters     Amelia Fang and the Barbaric Ball


Whispering Pines     Eleanor, Alice, and the Roosevelt Ghosts     Twist     The Mulberry Tree     The Girl and the Ghost


The Jumbies     Ghost Squad     Scary Stories for Young Foxes     Skeleton Man     Watch Hollow


The Ghost Collector     The Graveyard Book     Curse of the Boggin     The Screaming Staircase     No Place for Monsters


Ghost and Bone     The Forgotten Girl


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Young Adult Fall Reads

Wilder Girls     House of Salt and Sorrow     Pumpkinheads     Cemetery Boys     Knightmare Arcanist


Come Tumbling Down     Dread Nation     Marrow Charm     In the Hall with the Knife     One of Us Is Lying


The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein     The Year of the Witching     The Lie Tree     The Last Halloween, Book 1: Children


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Adult Fall Reads

Into the Drowning Deep     The Only Good Indians     Mexican Gothic     The Whisper Man     Imaginary Friend


Something is Killing the Children, Vol. One     Burn the Dark     You Let Me In     In The Night Wood     The Dead House


The Haunting of Ashburn House     Bones and Bourbon


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Do you read seasonally? What are some fall reads you’d recommend?

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Stay Fierce, Sammie

13 responses to “Reading Seasonally (Fall Reads for All Ages) || Let’s Talk Bookish

    • Glad to have contributed to what I assume is your ridiculously large TBR. xD I know mine is. If I have to suffer, so should everyone else. 😛

  1. An equal opportunity indecisive reader — this is yes! Haha I’m the same as you with the seasonal reading but mostly because I don’t have four seasons. Although with FOMO and everything I do make possibility piles but don’t really end up sticking to them anyway! If I did read seasonally fall would be associated with the spookier reads (although only mildly because hello The Ultimate Chicken™️) but I also think cosy comfort reads that I can snuggle in bed with all wrapped up tight in my doona 😍
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    • I can’t imagine having four seasons. I mean, we at least have three (rain, ice, and drought xD). I normally don’t care about any except for autumn, because it FEELS like spooky time, for whatever reason.

      A lot of patrons at our library enjoy cozy mysteries, so I see a lot of those around this time of year, too lol. Also good fall reading options!

  2. Great lists! I love the different spooky reads. I’m surprised to see that I’ve read a variety from all the age ranges. Usually I stick to the middle grade level of spookiness, because I am a wimp. 😉 My seasonal fall reads usually include a lot of cozy mysteries. For some reason they always feel like fall to me.
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    • You are for sure not the only person I know who’s a wimp, so no worries. But I do love middle grade horror. xD It’s more my speed. Sometimes YA, when I want to up it. I don’t read a ton of adult horror, because I enjoy sleeping. Very much. xD

      You’ll be happy to know that there’s a large portion of our patrons who love cozy mysteries haha. So I’m brushed up on those, too, to some extent.

    • TBRs are super hard. xD I have trouble sticking to them, too. Small Spaces was really good! I’m looking forward to picking up The Girl and the Ghost this month.

    • So true! I also read horror year-round, too, but I tend to read more during fall, because I enjoy the creepy atmosphere on top of everything else!

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