new septembers readathon book recs
i like making lists so i thought it would be fun to make a list of recommendations that fit at least one prompt in case people were struggling to find books!! every book on this list, i have either already read & enjoyed, or it's on my tbr:) books i have not read yet will be marked by an asterisk! and if you're not joining the readathon, this can still help you find some good books to read this autumn :)
The Witch Haven by Sasha Peyton Smith (a book about witches)
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna* (a book about witches, a cozy fantasy)
Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories edited by Yamile Saied Méndez and Amparo Ortiz (a creepy/horror book, a short story collection)
Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang (dark academia, a book that takes place (partially) in september)
Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia (a book about a haunted house, a creepy/horror book, a gothic novel)
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman* (a book about witches, an autumnal romance)
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (dark academia, a book that takes place (partially) in september)
Weyward by Emilia Hart* (a book about witches)
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (a gothic novel, an autumnal classic)
Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper* (a book about witches, an autumnal romance)
Your Lonely Nights Are Over by Adam Sass (a creepy/horror book, a september 2023 release)
Wild Is the Witch by Rachel Griffin* (a book about witches)
Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones (a creepy/horror book)
The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling* (a book about witches, an autumnal romance)
After Dark with Roxie Clark by Brooke Lauren Davis (a murder mystery, a book with a red cover)
The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston* (an autumnal romance)
Saint Juniper's Folly by Alex Crespo (a creepy/horror book, a book about a haunted house)
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow* (a book about witches)
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio (dark academia, a book that takes place (partially) in september)
Legends & Lattes* by Travis Baldree* (a cozy fantasy, an autumnal romance)
Hollow by Shannon Watters, Branden Boyer-White, Berenice Nelle, and more (a graphic novel, a retelling/reimagining)
The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas* (a book about a haunted house, a creepy/horror book)
M Is for Monster by Talia Dutton (a graphic novel, a retelling/reimagining)
Slasher Girls & Monster Boys edited by April Genevieve Tucholke (a creepy/horror book, a short story collection)
The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake* (dark academia)
You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron (a creepy/horror book, a book with a red cover)
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher* (a creepy/horror book, a retelling/reimagining, a gothic novel)
Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie (a murder mystery, a book with an orange cover)
Our Hideous Progeny by C.E. McGill* (a creepy/horror book, a retelling/reimagining)
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Joseph Andrew White (a creepy/horror book, a gothic novel, a september 2023 release)
A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson* (a creepy/horror book, a book about vampires, a retelling/reimagining)
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie (a murder mystery)
A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher* (a gothic novel, a creepy/horror book)
Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie (a book with an orange cover)
House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson* (a book about vampires, a creepy/horror book)
Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson (dark academia, an autumnal classic)
Over My Dead Body by Sweeney Boo* (a graphic novel, a book about witches, a book that takes place at a private/boarding school)
Suddenly a Murder by Lauren Muñoz (a murder mystery, a september 2023 release)
Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu* (a creepy/horror book, a book about vampires, a book with a red cover, an autumnal classic)
Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis (a book with a red cover, a september 2023 release)
Coven by Jennifer Dugan, Kit Seaton* (a graphic novel, a book about witches)
Where Echoes Die by Courtney Gould (a creepy/horror book, a book with an orange cover)
The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes* (a book with a yellow cover)
I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman* (a book with an orange cover)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson* (a creepy/horror book, an autumnal classic)
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (autumnal romance, a book with a red cover)
The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie (a murder mystery, a book with a red cover)
She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran* (a creepy/horror book)
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (an autumnal classic)
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien (an autumnal classic, a book that (partially) takes place in september)
House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland (a creepy/horror book)
She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott, Alyson Derrick* (a book with a yellow cover, a book that (partially) takes place in september)
These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall (a creepy/horror book, a book about a haunted house)
Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall (a creepy/horror book)
The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror edited by Tori Bovalino (a creepy/horror book, a short story collection)
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (an autumnal romance, an autumnal classic, a book with a red cover)
Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand (a creepy/horror book)
Dracula by Bram Stoker (a book about vampires, a creepy/horror book, an autumnal classic)
The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson (a creepy/horror book, a retelling/reimagining)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (a murder mystery)
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (a creepy/horror book, an autumnal classic)
The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow, Liz Lawson (a murder mystery)
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (an autumnal classic)
A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro (a retelling/reimagining, a murder mystery, a book that takes place at a private/boarding school)
Macbeth by William Shakespeare (an autumnal classic)
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson (a murder mystery, a book that takes place at a private/boarding school, a book that (partially) takes place in september)
The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill (a murdery mystery)
If I Have to Be Haunted by Miranda Sun* (a book with an orange cover, an autumnal romance, september 2023 release)
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado (short story collection, creepy/horror book)
On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta (a book with a yellow cover, a book that takes place at a boarding/private school)
The Dead and the Dark by Courtney Gould (a creepy/horror book)
Crooked House by Agatha Christie (a murder mystery, a book that (partially) takes place in september, a book with a red cover)
Ace of Spades by Fariday Àbíké-Íyímídé (dark academia)
Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas (retelling/reimagining)
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (a cozy fantasy)
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (an autumnal classic, a creepy/horror book, a book about a haunted house, a book with an orange cover)
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (an autumnal classic)
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (an autumnal classic)
Tripping Arcadia by Kit Mayquist* (a creepy/horror book, a gothic novel)
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recommended books!
YA fantasy (romance) series :
we hunt the flame series - hafsah faizal
the storm crow series - kalyn josephson
the cruel prince series - holly black
the ash princess series - laura sebastian
the three dark crowns series - kendare blake
the girl king series - mimi yu
daughter of the moon goddess series - sue lynn tan
these violent delights series - chloe gong
shielded series - kaylynn flanders
malice series - heather walter
the star-touched queen series - roshani chokshi
shadow and bone - leigh bardugo
the midnight lie series -
YA fantasy (romance) standalones :
the boneless mercies - april genevieve tucholke
descendent of the crane - joan he
the shadows between us - tricia levenseller
graceling - kristin cashore
YA romance fiction standalones :
november 9 - colleen hoover
YA action/thriller (romance) fiction standalones :
the emperor’s tomb - steve berry
YA action/thriller fiction series :
scarecrow series - matthew reilly
YA crime fiction standalones :
body of evidence - patricia cornwell
non-fiction books :
chinese cinderella - adeline yen mah
p.s.!! pls send me your favs i wanna read them all🫶
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