**I sip my latte and read the paper. The sound of the crinkling parchment reminds me of freshly fallen leaves and the crunch when you walk over them on the cobblestone paths. I can’t wait for warm sweaters and chilly breezes. Until the weather turns, I will just have to think about fall books instead.**

Welcome or welcome back to bookishcore! Fall is slowly approaching and I can’t wait. I like summer for the fact that it feels more freeing and the days are longer, but I do not like the hot weather and summer clothes. I love sweatshirts and sweaters and hot chocolate weather. To prepare for the upcoming fall weather, I thought we could discuss some of my fall book recommendations.

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I can’t make a fall book recommendation post without mentioning my two favorite series, starting with the Cursebreakers series by Brigid Kemmerer, the first book being A Curse So Dark and Lonely. I read this book in 2021 and absolutely fell in love. It is about a prince who is cursed to relive the fall of his eighteenth birthday on repeat until he can find someone to fall in love with him. If he does not succeed, he begins to turn into a monster. We also follow Harper, a girl from Washington D.C., who gets transported into this magical world of Emberfall. This is a story inspired by Beauty and the Beast with a great cast of characters, a magical settings, and an amazing plot.

My next recommendation is Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco. This is another of my 2021 reads that I fell in love with. The series is set in the 1800s and follows a girl named Audrey-Rose who hopes to study forensics. With the help of Thomas Cresswell, she works on a string of murders in a Jack the Ripper inspired case. While this first book was not my favorite, I adored the rest of the series. I really enjoyed the characters and watching them solve different murders while traveling to different settings.

Switching gears back into fantasy, we have Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. This is an adult fantasy about Violet Sorrengail who is forced to join the Rider’s Quadrant of a war college. I love watching Violet grow throughout this story and it is such an entertaining read with lots of action and dragons.

Next up, we have The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. This is a series following a girl named Avery as she inherits 40 billion dollars from a man she’s never met. There are stipulations to receiving the money though, such as living in his house with his disinherited family including four grandsons. This book had a great cast of characters and lots of riddles and twists that were so fun to unravel. If you want secret passages and riddles, this series is for you.

Another Jennifer Lynn Barnes series great for fall is the Naturals series. This is a series following a group of teens with special abilities, such as profiling and reading emotions who are part of an FBI program to solve cold cases. This was such a great series and I enjoyed getting to see each of them use their abilities to solve the cases. Another series with great twists and suspense, I highly recommend giving it a read.

To end out my mystery/thrillers, we have In My Dreams I Hold A Knife by Ashley Winstead. I did not have high expectations going into this book, but I really loved it. It is a past/present timeline with the present following Jessica as she attends her college reunion where an old murder is being solved. The past follows the characters’ times in school and the murder that happens. This was such a great read and seems great for fall.

I don’t want to only do fantasy and thrillers, the best genres for fall, so I want to throw in some contemporaries too, starting with Take Me Home Tonight by Morgan Matson. This is a story following two friends, Kat and Stevie, who decide to take the train into New York City for Stevie’s 18th birthday. Unfortunately, it doesn’t go as planned, with broken phones and lost dogs getting in the way. I really enjoyed getting to see these two characters learn more about themselves and roam around the city.

Last but not least is Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone. I read this for the first time in 2016/2017 and again in 2018/2019. This follows a girl named Samantha who has OCD and some friends that aren’t the best for her. One day, Sam meets a girl named Caroline and together they go to Poet’s Corner, a small club in their school where students write and preform poetry and paste their finished poems on the wall. This is a great story about friendship and growth and I think it is a great read, especially for fall.

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That wraps up my fall recommendations. If you have any fall recommendations, please feel free to leave them in the comments. I am always looking for book recommendations, even with a TBR of about 30. I hope you are all having a great day, and I’ll see you on Monday.

xoxo,

Just another reader