Yay how exciting! I saw the Insta picture and I haven’t read a single one of these, hopefully I find something new to get into! Also, what a neat idea, to make comments so people can fill in their own recommendations as well. Bless you. 🥺❤️
Death in her hands by Ottessa Moshvegh is incredibly good and i got major fall vibes from it. Seems like the type of speculative weird unreliable narrator type of book you would love Kayla!
Omg your hair, and outfit, and makeup are 💯💯💯💯 Also, I love that I’ve read so many of the books you mentioned. Makes me feel like I’m on the right track, ha
The October Country by Ray Bradbury is an amazing short story collection. Ray Bradbury in general is probably the most autumnal author I can think of, and I’d recommend “something wicked this way comes” by him also. Very spooky 🔥
for the crunchy leaves one I’d totally recommend Heartstopper! it’s not that atmospheric but it’s set during the school year (so it starts in fall) and it has comfy vibes for sure 🥰 pumpkinheads would also be great for that one (they’re both graphic novels)
I recommend both the how to hang a witch and killing november series by Adriana Mather. They are ya and a bit cheesy, so definitely won't be for everyone. How to hang a witch takes place around Halloween, and has to do with the salem trails. The november series is very dark academia/sorta thriller/mystery. I enjoyed all of them! I'm also reading a lesson in vengeance right now and love it! Perfect for fall! 🖤👻
@@io.nebulae I have! Multiple times! I loved both of them so much, but part of me especially loved haunting the deep because you got to see more of the friendship between Sam and the descendants!! I'm so excited to reread the series again in October 🥺🥺
I have a dark romance retelling book recommendation for “A girl running lost in the woods” - Hunted by Cassandra Faye! This book has The Shinning vibes, it’s short but it works
For the “Girl Gets Lost in the Woods” recommendation, I would recommend “The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordan” by Stephen King. It’s a psychological horror and it’s pretty small, one of Kings lesser known books. It’s about a 9 year old who gets lost in the woods and it’s really good!
I started reading Blanca & Roja as soon as you mentioned it because I love swans, and I read half the book in one night. It is incredible!!! Thank you for the recommendation!! ♡
I'm a mood reader, so here's my list of books that are perfect fits for fall for me, regardless of whether or not I liked them or not: The Maidens, The Secret History, Shadow of the Wind, Annihilation, Haunting of Hill House, Night Film, 7 1/2 Deaths, Rebecca, Perfume, Bird Box, Devil and the Dark Water, Pet Sematery, Dracula, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, The Headless Horseman, Turn of the Screw, House of Leaves, The Binding, Jane Eyre, The Disappearances, The Hazel Wood, The Alienist, The Death of Mrs. Westaway, Coraline, Golem and the Jinni, The Remains of the Day, Neverwhere, Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Picture of Dorian Gray, A Monster Calls, Miss Peregrine's Home, The Raven Boys, The First 15 Lives of Harry August, Darker Shade of Magic, Ones I haven't read, but just give me fall vibes: The Silent Companions, Vicious, Middlegame, The Hollow Places, Neverworld Wake, Ninth House, Library at Mt. Char, Cabin at the End of the World, Mexican Gothic, I am Legend, Devil all the Time, The Broken Girls, The Loosening Skin, Imaginary Friend, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, The Butterfly Garden, The Boy from the Woods, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter, Watchmaker of Filigree St., Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, The Beauty, If We Were Villains, The Atlas Six, The Midnight Library
@@teresafoo if dark/eerie/unsettling is what you are going for, Pet Sematery, Neverwhere, Annihilation, Haunting of Hill House, and House of Leaves would be the best picks out of that list
Books that feel like a warm hug: The Midnight Library, Anxious People 💟 Books with GREAT plot twists: The Silent Patient, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder & Good Girl Bad Blood (YA), The Box in The Woods (YA). ✌
i know everyone and their mother has already read the series so it's kind of redundant now, but for any new readers out there: the raven cycle is the perfect series to start in the fall
For the cozy book category I wanna recommend “Love Sugar Magic: A Dash of Trouble” by Anna Meriano. It’s the first in a middle grade series thats about baking and brujas. The first one takes place during and around the time of the day of the dead so it has some fall vibes. It’s super fun and cute and even has some recipes for baked goods in the back!!
Recommendations for A Girl Lost in the Woods: 1. Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall(one of the best books I’ve read this year). 2. Lost in the Never Woods (YA, a Peter Pan retelling) by Aiden Thomas.
I highly recommend "Home Before Dark" for everyone who's looking for a spooky thriller and/or haunted houses. You don't know if what is happening is supernatural or not until the very end, and it gets so creepy... I love it!
Forest rec is the night will find us by Matthew Lyons. I’ve heard good things and it’s on my tbr for this October. Haunted house I recommend broken girls.
I love this so much! I love that you added the comments and ppl gets to answer too. I’m going to mine these answers to create some fall books for me. 😁
A book like a warm cup of tea, one you want to hug, small town vibes, and with a slight supernatural vibe. Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber.
I feel like the Sawkill Girls is a good one for "girl in the woods" there's a creepy creature (I can't remember what he's called now) and sacrifices in the woods. The Maidens by Alex Michalidis (I know I spelled that wrong) has great fall/dark academia vibes, with a did not see that coming twist!
Currently reading The Missing Years. I’m pretty sure I know what the twist is going to be but I’m having tons of fun reading it. I added Force of Nature, People Like Us, and the Dead and the Dark, and Still Mine to my TBR.
I think "Once There Were Wolves" by Charlotte McConaghy has got dark fall vibes (but kind of wintry too)...an atmospheric literary murder mystery about a disabled Canadian-Australian wolf biologist (and her agoraphobic twin sister) working in Scotland to reintroduce wolves into the wild, while dealing with hostile locals. It's moody and dark and weird!
Warm hug books! Mooncakes - a graphic novel Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstances - but more like winter cozy An Enchantment of Ravens - but dark and cozy?
For the "girl in the forest"/ "girl running from someone in the forest" prompt I remember reading Black Ice by Becca Fitzpatrick when I was younger and enjoying it very much!
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Gilman. Very short fiction read about a common (for the time) medical practice that made women go insane. Her story actually helped to get the practice made obsolete.
for 2/3: MEDDLING KIDS by edgar cantero! scooby-doo but lovecraftian monsters. small town, difficult interpersonal relationships, being in love with your childhood best friend and not knowing how to deal with it
Haunted House Recommendations: 1. Home Before Dark by Riley Sager 2. The Invited by Jennifer McMahon 2. The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson. 3. The Mist in the Mirror 3. The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware. 4. The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell 5. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
All the Bad Apples by Moira Fowley-Doyle family issues, curse, spooky, mystery, letters, ghosts, magical realism, family ancestors, take place in Ireland, underrated read, that needs more love. Has 3,059 ratings on Goodreads and sits at a 4.02. Plus has a pretty cover of a red hair young girl on the cover. Perfect autumn read!
For a who done it I recommend The Appeal, it follows 2 law interns as they sort through all the emails of this armature dramatic society to prove the innocence of someone who has confessed to a murder, and the defence barrister on the case has recruited these 2 interns. But it’s cool because you’re reading it through and solving it with them. It’s also a cosy mystery. Also under cosy mystery is the “herrings” series which you can read in any order but follows this author and his agent who don’t really like each other and solve murders together, so funny and cosy.
Recommendations for Witches: the two prequels to the Practical Magic series: Magic Lessons & The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman. I didn’t much care for Practical Magic ( I love the movie though) but I adored the prequels with The Rules of Magic being my favourite.
Thank you so much for your recommendations! I just finished The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and I loved it. I'll definitly check out People Like Us now and the recommendations from the thread. 😊
I want to recommend To Be Taught if Fortunate by Becky Chambers. Her Wayfarer series and newest novella are pretty popular but I don’t hear much about this one. It is a short novella about a group of astronauts on an exploratory mission and what they discover. It is written as a letter back to earth, and talks about humans and their desire for discovery and what that means. I loved it!
Girl lost in the woods: The River at Night by Erica Ferencik (this kind of fits, but it’s a group in the woods after a whitewater rafting accident 🤷🏻♀️). Also, The Forgotten Girls by Sara Blaedel. Neither is a perfect match. But, might work.
“Hollow Kingdom” by Kira Jane Buxton. A foul-mouthed crow and his trusty hound sidekick try to survive the human apocalypse (zombies!) It sounds weird, and it is, but it’s also so clever, funny, and heartwarming. It’s one of my new favorite books of all time. And there’s a sequel out now, as well. It’s called “Feral Creatures.”
I'd reccomend the murder most unladylike series by Robin Stevens - especially the first one for autumnal/fall vibes. It's a Middle-Grade murder mystery that is cozy, fun and quintessentially British. (For any brits it's Enid Blyton meets Agatha Christie)
My favourite witch book is The Witches of New York, about a pair of witches living in 1880s (I think?) New York City as they bring a new young girl into their "coven." It's a great girl-friendship book that's super witchy and also talks a lot about women's roles and feminism in the 19th century.
Among the Beasts and Briars is an original fairytale that works perfectly with "girl lost in the woods but make it pull from old world fairytales"! It is ya fantasy but it's a short, whimsical read!
For anthologies/short story collections I would recommend The Dangers of Smoking in Bed or The Things We lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez. These are both excellent horror short story collections
Girl missing in the woods- ruthless by Carolyn Lee adams- the first chapter begins with a girl waking up in the back of a truck and realizing she's been kidnapped. Her captor takes her to a cabin in the woods and the rest of the book is her running and hiding trying to get away and survive
Another witchy short story collection that I enjoyed was also called Toil & Trouble, but it’s the one by Augusten Burroughs. I would read his grocery list, so I may be a tad bit biased. But it’s definitely witchy without being too scary.
I don't know where it would fit, it's a YA contemporary mystery, Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett. Also the Jackaby series by William Ritter is a nice lil YA mystery series with a Sherlock/Dr who-esque detective, really great for fall!
Small spaces by Katherine Arden gives me the crunchy leaves vibes but also a little spooky A lesson in vengeance fits the dark academia murder vibes but it's weirdly service level I didn't care for it but I know other people liked it Bag of bones by Stephen King was very autumnal for me I DNFed the dead in the dark 😅
I found quite a bit of a discovery of witches gave me cosy tea and crunchy leave vibes. Plus witches without being horror or thriller though there is some violence in there.
I would highly recommend the Silverwing Series by Kenneth Oppel. Its a fun animal fantasy Young Adult story featuring around a bat named Shade and his adventures during his first migration with his bat colony the Silverwings, Perfect for autumn/Halloween especially book three.
There’s a Stephen King book about a girl lost in the woods called The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. I read it a really long time ago and remember not likening it a whole lot but someone else might
If you sort comments by "newest" and scroll all the way to the end, you'll find all the individual book request comment threads. 🧡
These recs are everything! We've written down at least 20 to read!
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is the perfect fall read - gives you great NY and Paris vibes in the fall 🍂
I love this book!
Yay how exciting! I saw the Insta picture and I haven’t read a single one of these, hopefully I find something new to get into! Also, what a neat idea, to make comments so people can fill in their own recommendations as well. Bless you. 🥺❤️
This outfit is everything!
This is just the best video ever and exactly what i needed. I'm so excited about my autumn/Halloween reading plans! 🧡🧡🧡
For 'walking on crisp fall leaves': would really recommend 'English Animals' by Laura Kaye. Small town in England, autumnal, rainy, perfect.
Death in her hands by Ottessa Moshvegh is incredibly good and i got major fall vibes from it. Seems like the type of speculative weird unreliable narrator type of book you would love Kayla!
I need Kayla to make ‘read with me’ videos! I need her aesthetic.
Single-handedly extending my TBR by dozens per year.
also for mystery with riddles the inheritance games is a really good ya one!!
Omg your hair, and outfit, and makeup are 💯💯💯💯
Also, I love that I’ve read so many of the books you mentioned. Makes me feel like I’m on the right track, ha
The October Country by Ray Bradbury is an amazing short story collection. Ray Bradbury in general is probably the most autumnal author I can think of, and I’d recommend “something wicked this way comes” by him also. Very spooky 🔥
for the crunchy leaves one I’d totally recommend Heartstopper! it’s not that atmospheric but it’s set during the school year (so it starts in fall) and it has comfy vibes for sure 🥰 pumpkinheads would also be great for that one (they’re both graphic novels)
I recommend both the how to hang a witch and killing november series by Adriana Mather. They are ya and a bit cheesy, so definitely won't be for everyone. How to hang a witch takes place around Halloween, and has to do with the salem trails. The november series is very dark academia/sorta thriller/mystery. I enjoyed all of them! I'm also reading a lesson in vengeance right now and love it! Perfect for fall! 🖤👻
Omg I absolutely LOVED how to hang a witch 😭🖤have you read the sequel hunting the deep?
@@io.nebulae I have! Multiple times! I loved both of them so much, but part of me especially loved haunting the deep because you got to see more of the friendship between Sam and the descendants!! I'm so excited to reread the series again in October 🥺🥺
Kayla I LOVED this video so so so much! Would love more videos like this in future! ❤️
I have a dark romance retelling book recommendation for “A girl running lost in the woods” - Hunted by Cassandra Faye! This book has The Shinning vibes, it’s short but it works
For the “Girl Gets Lost in the Woods” recommendation, I would recommend “The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordan” by Stephen King. It’s a psychological horror and it’s pretty small, one of Kings lesser known books. It’s about a 9 year old who gets lost in the woods and it’s really good!
I started reading Blanca & Roja as soon as you mentioned it because I love swans, and I read half the book in one night. It is incredible!!! Thank you for the recommendation!! ♡
Yesss They Never Learn is my top thriller of the year too I’m just obsessed with it so much!! Also your outfit is so cute 😍😍😍
I'm a mood reader, so here's my list of books that are perfect fits for fall for me, regardless of whether or not I liked them or not: The Maidens, The Secret History, Shadow of the Wind, Annihilation, Haunting of Hill House, Night Film, 7 1/2 Deaths, Rebecca, Perfume, Bird Box, Devil and the Dark Water, Pet Sematery, Dracula, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, The Headless Horseman, Turn of the Screw, House of Leaves, The Binding, Jane Eyre, The Disappearances, The Hazel Wood, The Alienist, The Death of Mrs. Westaway, Coraline, Golem and the Jinni, The Remains of the Day, Neverwhere, Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Picture of Dorian Gray, A Monster Calls, Miss Peregrine's Home, The Raven Boys, The First 15 Lives of Harry August, Darker Shade of Magic,
Ones I haven't read, but just give me fall vibes: The Silent Companions, Vicious, Middlegame, The Hollow Places, Neverworld Wake, Ninth House, Library at Mt. Char, Cabin at the End of the World, Mexican Gothic, I am Legend, Devil all the Time, The Broken Girls, The Loosening Skin, Imaginary Friend, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, The Butterfly Garden, The Boy from the Woods, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter, Watchmaker of Filigree St., Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, The Beauty, If We Were Villains, The Atlas Six, The Midnight Library
Appreciate this so much 😌
Ninth House and Night Film are the epitome of fall vibes for me. Atmospheric, dark, twisty. I need more books like them!
@@teresafoo if dark/eerie/unsettling is what you are going for, Pet Sematery, Neverwhere, Annihilation, Haunting of Hill House, and House of Leaves would be the best picks out of that list
@@ChristianRumi thanks for the recs!
I’m reading The Secret History. Just started today 😊
Books that feel like a warm hug: The Midnight Library, Anxious People 💟
Books with GREAT plot twists: The Silent Patient, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder & Good Girl Bad Blood (YA), The Box in The Woods (YA). ✌
Also legends and lattes for a warm hug, I haven’t finished it only Just solved it but it’s so cosy
i know everyone and their mother has already read the series so it's kind of redundant now, but for any new readers out there: the raven cycle is the perfect series to start in the fall
For the cozy book category I wanna recommend “Love Sugar Magic: A Dash of Trouble” by Anna Meriano. It’s the first in a middle grade series thats about baking and brujas. The first one takes place during and around the time of the day of the dead so it has some fall vibes. It’s super fun and cute and even has some recipes for baked goods in the back!!
Recommendations for A Girl Lost in the Woods: 1. Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall(one of the best books I’ve read this year). 2. Lost in the Never Woods (YA, a Peter Pan retelling) by Aiden Thomas.
I also loved They Never Learn 💗 For Your Own Good, Force of Nature, and The Outliers sound intriguing! 👀
I highly recommend "Home Before Dark" for everyone who's looking for a spooky thriller and/or haunted houses. You don't know if what is happening is supernatural or not until the very end, and it gets so creepy... I love it!
Putting The Missing Years on hold in my library for sure! Sounds right up my alley!
For (adult?) spooky I recommend anything by Simone St James, she writes haunted stuff so well.
I love Kaylas VIDEOS!! Also love that classic autumn Pinterest board outfit 🍂🍁
Ahhh thank you!! 🤗🧡
@@BooksandLala me just woken up checked notifications heart stopped, not freaking out, not Kayla replying😭💗
Forest rec is the night will find us by Matthew Lyons. I’ve heard good things and it’s on my tbr for this October. Haunted house I recommend broken girls.
I love this so much! I love that you added the comments and ppl gets to answer too. I’m going to mine these answers to create some fall books for me. 😁
A book like a warm cup of tea, one you want to hug, small town vibes, and with a slight supernatural vibe. Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber.
I feel like the Sawkill Girls is a good one for "girl in the woods" there's a creepy creature (I can't remember what he's called now) and sacrifices in the woods.
The Maidens by Alex Michalidis (I know I spelled that wrong) has great fall/dark academia vibes, with a did not see that coming twist!
For a book that feels like Gilmore Girls, "The City Baker's Guide to Country Living" is perfect!!!!
This was such a solid recommendations video! I do think you might like What Should Be Wild which is on your GoodReads Want to Read.
i love that you recommend books that nobody else is talking about! most of these i’ve never even heard of
Currently reading The Missing Years. I’m pretty sure I know what the twist is going to be but I’m having tons of fun reading it. I added Force of Nature, People Like Us, and the Dead and the Dark, and Still Mine to my TBR.
I think "Once There Were Wolves" by Charlotte McConaghy has got dark fall vibes (but kind of wintry too)...an atmospheric literary murder mystery about a disabled Canadian-Australian wolf biologist (and her agoraphobic twin sister) working in Scotland to reintroduce wolves into the wild, while dealing with hostile locals. It's moody and dark and weird!
Bennington women has such warm cozy fall vibes!
Warm hug books!
Mooncakes - a graphic novel
Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstances - but more like winter cozy
An Enchantment of Ravens - but dark and cozy?
Agree with moon cakes, would also recommend pumpkin heads, also a fall graphic novel
Pumpkin heads is a good one too ☺️
For the "girl in the forest"/ "girl running from someone in the forest" prompt I remember reading Black Ice by Becca Fitzpatrick when I was younger and enjoying it very much!
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Gilman.
Very short fiction read about a common (for the time) medical practice that made women go insane. Her story actually helped to get the practice made obsolete.
FALL BOOK REQUEST 🍁 Lesbian, flannel, cottage vibes ⬇️
for 2/3: MEDDLING KIDS by edgar cantero! scooby-doo but lovecraftian monsters. small town, difficult interpersonal relationships, being in love with your childhood best friend and not knowing how to deal with it
These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling!
Hearts in the Cold Hard Ground by gv anderson but the cottage is haunted
the scapegracers by HA Clarke. set around Halloween. dark and gritty teen witches who are lgbt+ and also uses the word lesbian
mooncakes by suzanne walker and wendy xu. cutesy YA graphic novel abt a witch and non-binary werewolf falling in love
The Missing Years sounds right up my alley! I immediately bought it on kindle :D
Lala since I've been reading lots of Rick Riordan I am realizing that I love a riddle in books. I didn't realize that before.
My cozy winter/fall/holiday book is Bridget Jones's Diary...so funny and all the holiday vibes :)
I almost bought this book yesterday...then changed my mind🥲
I Am Still Alive is an amazing book about a girl who is stranded in the woods, im about halfway through and the writing is amazing
Haunted House Recommendations: 1. Home Before Dark by Riley Sager 2. The Invited by Jennifer McMahon 2. The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson. 3. The Mist in the Mirror 3. The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware. 4. The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell 5. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
@booksandlala would you consider doing a similar style video for winter-recommendations? I'd be sooo happy
All the Bad Apples by Moira Fowley-Doyle family issues, curse, spooky, mystery, letters, ghosts, magical realism, family ancestors, take place in Ireland, underrated read, that needs more love. Has 3,059 ratings on Goodreads and sits at a 4.02. Plus has a pretty cover of a red hair young girl on the cover. Perfect autumn read!
Ooo yes, the outliers is so fun, but definitely ridiculous 😂
I feel like it fits fall, so I recommend The Thief of Always by Clive Barker (reminds me of a mix between Coraline and The Nightmare Before Christmas)
For a who done it I recommend The Appeal, it follows 2 law interns as they sort through all the emails of this armature dramatic society to prove the innocence of someone who has confessed to a murder, and the defence barrister on the case has recruited these 2 interns. But it’s cool because you’re reading it through and solving it with them. It’s also a cosy mystery.
Also under cosy mystery is the “herrings” series which you can read in any order but follows this author and his agent who don’t really like each other and solve murders together, so funny and cosy.
Highly recommend Sawkill Girls for spooky/sapphic vibe - 5 star read for me!
I think you said “bruja” while talking about Cemetery Boys, but “brujo” is the correct masculine form! 🧡🧡🧡
If you want witchy books The Wicked Deep and Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw are both good. 📚❤️
Hard agree!
Girl the gets lost in the woods I highly recommend Be Not Far From Me but Mindy McGinnis. It's amazing
The Missing Years sounds fantastic. Thanks so much for your recommendation!
I'm planning on reading cemetery boys in October and I have heard of Blanca and Roja I was wondering about that book
Recommendations for Witches: the two prequels to the Practical Magic series: Magic Lessons & The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman. I didn’t much care for Practical Magic ( I love the movie though) but I adored the prequels with The Rules of Magic being my favourite.
Thank you so much for your recommendations! I just finished The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and I loved it. I'll definitly check out People Like Us now and the recommendations from the thread. 😊
I want to recommend To Be Taught if Fortunate by Becky Chambers. Her Wayfarer series and newest novella are pretty popular but I don’t hear much about this one. It is a short novella about a group of astronauts on an exploratory mission and what they discover. It is written as a letter back to earth, and talks about humans and their desire for discovery and what that means. I loved it!
Goodnight Beautiful was so amazing! Picked it up on Kayla’s recommendation & definitely think it’s worth a read :)
Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven is incredible for Halloween and the fall spooky season. The audio book was like an investigative thriller.
I believe that the “Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon” by Stephen King is about a girl who is lost in the woods.
I came for cozy books and only got horror 😩 Don’t know what I was expecting from Lala hahahah
Girl lost in the woods: The River at Night by Erica Ferencik (this kind of fits, but it’s a group in the woods after a whitewater rafting accident 🤷🏻♀️). Also, The Forgotten Girls by Sara Blaedel. Neither is a perfect match. But, might work.
The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding is a warm cup of Chai tea in a pumpkin patch vibes for sure!!!!!!
So many books I’ve never even heard of! 😯😍😍
“Hollow Kingdom” by Kira Jane Buxton. A foul-mouthed crow and his trusty hound sidekick try to survive the human apocalypse (zombies!) It sounds weird, and it is, but it’s also so clever, funny, and heartwarming. It’s one of my new favorite books of all time. And there’s a sequel out now, as well. It’s called “Feral Creatures.”
so agree on Neverworld wake it's such a good YA thriller!!!
Love this style of recommendation!
For small town reads I would recommend Tall Bones by Anna Bailey and A Crooked Tree by Una Mannion.
I'd reccomend the murder most unladylike series by Robin Stevens - especially the first one for autumnal/fall vibes. It's a Middle-Grade murder mystery that is cozy, fun and quintessentially British. (For any brits it's Enid Blyton meets Agatha Christie)
My favourite witch book is The Witches of New York, about a pair of witches living in 1880s (I think?) New York City as they bring a new young girl into their "coven." It's a great girl-friendship book that's super witchy and also talks a lot about women's roles and feminism in the 19th century.
So good
Among the Beasts and Briars is an original fairytale that works perfectly with "girl lost in the woods but make it pull from old world fairytales"! It is ya fantasy but it's a short, whimsical read!
For anthologies/short story collections I would recommend The Dangers of Smoking in Bed or The Things We lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez. These are both excellent horror short story collections
try the ex hex for cozy, witchy small town vibes
Fall vibes/witchy - First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen. Witch recommendation - Born Wicked by Jessica Spotsworth 1st in Trilogy. Highly recommend
Goodnight Beautiful is the first book in a looong time that’s made me gasp and go OH MY GOD WHAT multiple times
Girl missing in the woods- ruthless by Carolyn Lee adams- the first chapter begins with a girl waking up in the back of a truck and realizing she's been kidnapped. Her captor takes her to a cabin in the woods and the rest of the book is her running and hiding trying to get away and survive
I completely forgot about that book! I still have it on my shelf. I should read that.
@@silentwings1323 yes!!! It's really good! You should read it!! 📚
Another witchy short story collection that I enjoyed was also called Toil & Trouble, but it’s the one by Augusten Burroughs. I would read his grocery list, so I may be a tad bit biased. But it’s definitely witchy without being too scary.
I had that on my TBR but I took it off ... I think I'll add it again 😉
Haunted House vibes: The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell, The little Stranger by Sarah Waters, Magpie Hall by Rachael King
I just finished They Never Learn. I am in Academia, and I loved it
Recommendation for "girl gets lost in the woods": All The Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders! Plus it has witches and its magical realism!
I think The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina by Zoraida Cordova would be perfect for fall.
THEY NEVER LEARN is so good!!! Never Saw Me Coming is good too.
I don't know where it would fit, it's a YA contemporary mystery, Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett. Also the Jackaby series by William Ritter is a nice lil YA mystery series with a Sherlock/Dr who-esque detective, really great for fall!
One thing came to mind: fall in other countries! Like, there must be some books with that sort of theme!
Hunted by Darcy Coates, and maybe the Ruins by Scott Smith, may hit the “lost in the woods” type of vibes.
Thanks for the fall recommendations!
Added so many books to my list.
Thanx for the ideas!
Small spaces by Katherine Arden gives me the crunchy leaves vibes but also a little spooky
A lesson in vengeance fits the dark academia murder vibes but it's weirdly service level I didn't care for it but I know other people liked it
Bag of bones by Stephen King was very autumnal for me
I DNFed the dead in the dark 😅
Thank you for the Neverworld Wake- great read.
Blackbird cafe was a good cozy feels book.
I found quite a bit of a discovery of witches gave me cosy tea and crunchy leave vibes. Plus witches without being horror or thriller though there is some violence in there.
I would highly recommend the Silverwing Series by Kenneth Oppel. Its a fun animal fantasy Young Adult story featuring around a bat named Shade and his adventures during his first migration with his bat colony the Silverwings, Perfect for autumn/Halloween especially book three.
There’s a Stephen King book about a girl lost in the woods called The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. I read it a really long time ago and remember not likening it a whole lot but someone else might