the ultimate fall reading list 🍂 30 books you NEED to read this fall

[@AClockworkReader]

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[@simplydendoon_94]

When the world needed her most, she appeared

[@haniafasih4268]

Very nanny mcphee

[@sitharas5206]

Yesssss🎉

[@AClockworkReader]

after uploading this, i realized i mistakenly cut out the clip of me recommending carmilla in the vampire section!! 😭 so pretend it’s there! i love that book and it’s the PERFECT classic gothic vampire book!!! 🧛‍♀️🩸

[@marianacruz0]

literally reading it right now 🫶

[@CurrentlyReading14]

I was waiting for you to rec that one!😂❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

[@MadiganinPeach]

You look like a hyper realistic Renaissance painting in that thumbnail 😭😩🖤

[@ariane1159]

That’s what I was gonna say!!

[@opheliawinfrey9501]

Glad someone wrote this comment as I was also thinking the same, mashaAllah girl!

[@janemahiya]

Classics 1. Frankenstein 2. Edgar Allen Poe 3. Metamorphosis 4. Jane Eyer 5. Wuthering heights 6. Rebecca 7. The picture of Dorian grey Short story Collections 8. Ghostroots 9. Her Body and other parties Fantasy Stand alone/Duology 10. Night Circus 11. Starless Sea 12. A Study in drowning 13. Piranesi 14. Sorcery of thorns Dystopia 15. Parable of the sower Dark Academia 16. Vicious 17. Vita Nostra 18. If we were villains 19. Babel Romance 20. A dreadful Splendor 21. The very Secret Society of Irregular Witches Vampire Novels 22. Interview with the Vampire 23. Dowry of blood 24. Woman Eating 25. Mexican Gothic 26. Carmilla Retelling/Reimagining 27. What moves the dead 28. Lady Macbeth 29. Juniper and Thorn 30. A sorcereress comes to call

[@Nicklenenners]

Ty I love you ❤️

[@scribblesandscrawls]

Thank youuu

[@Z.scorpion]

Thank you so much❤

[@Κωνσταντινιά.Ν-Π]

Thank you very much ❣️

[@Mariak82]

Thank you.

[@noemiep.4065]

i will NEVER forget that you introduced me to six of crows and vicious and mexican gothic and the starless sea (and many many other amazing books). we thank you for your impeccable taste, honestly at this point you should be getting a medal for services to your country or something

[@Alexandra-i1c]

Exactly! She even has impeccable tv taste too, with Yona of The Dawn and Anne With An E

[@YouTube]

always love your recs

[@ThatRandomTealGirl]

11:23 I read “A Study in Drowning” during the summer, and I have to say it is one of my FAVORITE books of all time. Even though this is clearly a fantasy in a fictional world, I could clearly tell the author wanted to tell the story of Zelda Fitzgerald (The wife of the author who wrote “The Great Gatsby” and the subject of the real life conspiracy that this book is based on) with respect. She clearly did her research. I lived near Zelda’s birth city, so we are well aware of her history. It touches my heart as a woman and as a creative.

[@eimajhteb8288]

The thumbnail is everything

[@camillazurcher2034]

I’m so happy you posted! I’ve been rewatching all your old videos constantly because you’re my comfort booktuber💕

[@Hallowhaunt]

Piranesi!! Not to be dramatic but that book changed me. So happy when I see it being recommended :)

[@fknkrs9363]

same!

[@reneliz]

don't mind me just taking notes for my tbr👀 also i'm shocked you didn't include last tale of the flower bride bc it feels so fall to me

[@JayGTheAwkwardBookworm]

That cherry case is SO CUTE

[@AClockworkReader]

right!! i love it and it goes with so many outfits! 🍒

[@Nez_thebooklover_]

So happy to see you back Hannah❤

[@LimaBeanxx]

I'm just now realizing the video is almost over (@ 24 mins) and I haven't had one mid roll ad yet. Massive kudos for your integrity. Also I've taken away SO many great recommendations from this, holy wow

[@lukyanslibrary]

Oo also The Diviners. I just reread that to prep for the finale and remembered how much I love it!

[@flowerpixel]

You might like DAUGHTER OF THE FOREST. It's loosely based on a fairy tale. And it's very autumnal with strong female characters

[@Pleiades21]

I second this, its my favorite fairy tale retelling it's very autumnal but I feel like it also has winter vibes

[@katalinvoss9536]

For reading Dracula I can really recommend participating in Dracula Daily. Since every chapter in the book has a date you get send the chapters on that date and get to experience the story as it unfolds on the real timeline. It’s like watching a show where the episodes come out each week. I think it starts in the beginning of May each year.

[@Lorie-c1s]

Thank you for this!

[@kittyloveskookies]

a guillermo del toro adaptation of juniper and thorn is a NEED.

[@AClockworkReader]

omg YESSS

[@abbiebaker8533]

I live in England, and recently I visited where the Brontë sisters grew up in Haworth, Yorkshire. It was so beautiful for a start, but the museum was so lovely. I actually picked up in their gift shop ‘the tenant of wildfell hall’ by Anne Brontë. She’s the only sister I haven’t read yet, and Jane Eyre is one of my favourite classic books as somebody who isn’t well read or a huge fan of classics

[@zisel1979]

The interview with a vampire show TRULY is life changing. I did not expect it to hit me the way it did

[@rachelwassil6637]

If you like mushroom horror, I would recommend Fruiting Bodies by Kathryn Harlan. It's a short story collection with a story that features that theme, and the rest of the collection is really good too. I read it about 2 years ago, and I think about the story "Fiddler, Fool, Pair" all the time. Definitely one of my favorite short story collections that I've read.

[@lindseystinygardenadventur6308]

Piranesi is also my favorite of all time. The way I sobbed when it was over. I bought multiple copies to give as gifts last winter. Absolutely gorgeous book.

[@niaelona7813]

sorcery of thorns is seriously my favourite book of all time, it's just such a fun read!!

[@aakanshagupta545]

maybe my wallet doesnt actually need money 🤷‍♀

[@localfairydia]

I have literally been waiting weeks for this

[@rover1527]

I saw an article that said Laika is making a film based on Piranesi! So excited it's one of my favourite books!

[@anyolivna163]

Audibly woohoo-ed when i got the notification🙂‍↕️we are SO back

[@debbiegreen6706]

You definitely need to read Dracula, to me it is flawless and beautiful.

[@burgaofficial]

The Cherrybomb case with this fit is ✨chef's kiss ✨

[@AmiJaan-s4p]

you are the queeeen of timingg I'm losing my mind during exam season and this video is my only source of comfort 😭❤

[@onkookietime]

I watched iwtv because of you and it’s one of the greatest shows I’ve ever seen !! I’ve annoyed every person around me just constantly talking about it and quoting lol

[@PrinceOfMatcha]

Time stamps for sections: Classics: Start Short Stories: 06:55 Fantasy: 10:00 Dystopian: 13:30 Dark Academia: 14:20 Romance: 18:49 Vampire: 20:25 Retellings: 23:40

[@sanjhsolanki2419]

I kinda want to buy most of these books and read them all in my cozy blanket!! Gah, U r amazing. ❤

[@geeegaewlwlwll9328]

dracula is 100% as good as you were led to believe, you have to check it out! the majority of adaptations leave out pieces of the story OR alter it for the worse; so dracula will have a lot of surprises. its beautifully written and is full of gloom, despair and suffering, but also hope and resilience; and sometimes peculiar funny phrasings (''foul bauble of man's vanity'' you will always be famous) there is also a literal cowboy there. just chillin

[@ChessieChess]

I second this, and the movie with Gary Oldman and Winona Ryder is great

[@noelleanderko1292]

I giggled when you mentioned that you didn’t expect the goose girl fairy tale retelling to be that dark and disturbing but when I tell you the original fairy tale is FUCKED UP. Growing up in Germany, fairy tale movies were on TV all the time and this was the one that stuck w me the most cuz I was so young and it was so incredibly dark.

[@artemis7496]

Hi hannah, I've got a video idea for you "can i guess the book title based on their 1 star/5 star reviews?" Please make this a booktube trend.

[@cat-yp1gk]

Oh that's such a fun idea!

[@RenaissanceK]

this is such a fun idea !!!! i NEED to see her doing this !!!

[@AninditaDas-hk8sm]

ur hair looks SO good

[@sarahbug123]

Im currently reading the night circus and I’m obsessed, I’m reading it after you recommended it, it might become one of my favorites

[@gracevining220]

I read Juniper and Thorn last year because of your recommendation and it's such an incredible story!!

[@lecture_latte]

It’s crazy how I have so many similarities in reading taste ! All the books you mentioned and read, I loves them too. So of course all the books I haven’t read are now high on my wish list 🎉

[@Pleiades21]

Ok I’m saving this video for after my class today I need my comfort watch

[@starlasell5698]

🤎🍁📚☕️ I absolutely loved Frankenstein and The Night Circus! I'm halfway through The Picture of Dorian Gray right now and loving it as well!

[@chriscze6153]

Glad to see Ghostroots here - I just read it a week or two ago, and I enjoyed it too, I agree with Hannah's favorite stories, especially "The Hollow".

[@Haris-gh1kn]

thankyou for the subtitles 🥹🤍

[@alessandraole]

literally the first book i thought of that i knew you were gonna mention was frankenstein! it’s on the TBR 😌 also i love that cover!!

[@juliettfrell4460]

Unrelated buuuut- girl I just finished Interview With a Vampire and I am so unwell. It was fantastic, and although I can see them ending it there I really hope we get another season because holy shit

[@joa2332]

5:48 I recommend Agnes Grey there’s also her other novel the tenant of wildfell hall but I have not read it yet

[@potatoesvevo9465]

I love your videos! Also you always have the most beautiful editions of books, I’m jealous!

[@kirreranin9991]

If you like Ava Reid's work then I recommend reading Angela Carter, especially her short stories in The Bloody Chamber, as well as in Burning Your Boats. She has this luscious, dark, gothic atmosphere in her work, and she really is just splendid to read. I find Ava Reid the new Angela Carter in a way, because of the fairy tale retelling stuff, but also because they both have the same atmosphere in their works that just so perfect for autumn/fall.

[@girlhater12]

I just finished six of crows yesterday and im gonna search every book shop for crooked kingdom today because im obsessed

[@annarother7085]

I'm currently reading The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches and I was not expecting the romance lol but I'm really enjoying it. And that copy is gorgeous!

[@daniellewilliams1459]

Girl as soon as I saw this notification I was like ahhhhh Hannah posted a video ❤❤❤❤ this made my Thursday even better . Also hey Hannah and lovely people in the comments I finished a book called The Mary Shelly Club I really liked it don’t get me wrong I just wish that ending however was different . Currently I’m reading a book called The Full Moon Coffee Shop .

[@nicollegomez362]

I just finished The Phantom of the Opera, and I loved it. I would recommend it for fall 🍂

[@DaemonAsmodeus]

On the subject of Anne Bronte, I would recommend Agnes Grey. I read it for a lit class in college and I loved it.

[@lindabarnhill1522]

Just read If We Were Villains, didn't like Secret History and wanted Dark Academia, and LOVED IT!!! Thanks for the great recommendations! You have convinced me to read Babel and a few others!

[@craftyyams4960]

Love your channel! We have the same taste in books. I’ve just started reading Vita Nostra now, it’s so intriguing

[@BrebearMckae]

It took quite a while before you said “ none other than” I was starting to worry that your new catchphrase had become “ the one the only” 😂😂💕

[@chakred_]

I really think you might enjoy this year's release "A Dark and Drowning Tide" by Allison Saft - it's very eerie and folkloric, there is a murder mystery, a treasure hunting adventure, and a little (but still insanely cute and sweet) romance sub-plot between academic rivals

[@Queencereal]

Red IS in fact your color.

[@joannievh2071]

I felt the same way as you upon finishing Frankenstein : loved it more than I was expecting! ❤ Piranesi felt short for me: didn't enjoy it as much as you. Looking forward to read Dorian Gray (thanks to you)! Still need to read Erin Morgenstein and R.F. Kuang's Babel but they're on my TBR.

[@matth_ew_k]

That's such a pretty edition of Frankenstein! I just read it this month and I've gotten kind of obsessed with Mary Shelley; I really want to read one of her other novels 'The Last Man' which I believe is one of the first dystopian novels. Great list! 🧡

[@mollyhertel6893]

ive been in such a reading slump this past year and I've only actually read two books :( now I have October break and I am setting the goal to read some of these bc I miss reading sm

[@lolasunflower6350]

I love the big list of suggestions for so many different genre😊 It just would've been nice to have it a few weeks earlier😮

[@claudiabarros3219]

Great recommendations! Also, you're giving Klimt painting vibes in that thumbnail!

[@MortMe0430]

Just starting the vid, but you are serving a LOOK today!

[@bonnieleary1197]

Night Circus is my absolute favorite book of all freaking time!

[@megan58]

This came at the perfect time!

[@lacielima3978]

I am appalled the Ninth House isn’t on this list 😮 it’s so good and I HIGHLY recommend it for the fall ❤

[@theskydeity]

bestie I’m begging you to read The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë! It’s my favourite book by the Brontë sisters and I think you’d enjoy it as much as I did

[@kristagallitelli]

A Sorceress Comes to Call is an absolute masterpiece. I also absolutely love Ava Reid! Can’t wait to meet her here in her home state of NJ in a cpl weeks! 🥰🖤

[@TrinaHours]

If you love "a personified house" or a house treated an entity I highly highly recommend Model Home by Rivers Solomon! I just finished it and it was incredible!!

[@banaa9463]

Hey, for a house personified rec, I suggest The Spirit Glass by Roshani Chokshi. It's middle grade, but I loved it even though I'm not much of a middle grade reader. Hope you try it

[@ryan-bp1um]

thumbnail ate

[@gabriellabatel]

Vicious is my favorite VE Schwab book as well!

[@Kenough_in_Wonderland]

I didn't know a study in drowning was getting a sequel, sooooo excited 😍😍

[@gracevining220]

Hannah I would love to know your top 5 favorite books of all time since you mentioned that Juniper and Thorn and If We Were Villains are both in that list!

[@mcp0y3]

Rebecca... My fav book of all time... Also the MOST RELATABLE book ever as a woman dating a successful widower. There were so many moments that were so relatable it would trigger me.... But still my fav book ever.

[@sarahbale6760]

My sign to finally read Rebecca 🙃 Also I wanted to recommend Monstrillio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova. It’s in my top recent favorites!

[@alexacole9603]

Have you read the Witch Hat Atelier manga?? I get the feeling you would really like it! (If I’m wrong, you didn’t hear this from me). It has absolutely breathtaking artwork, a great power system and plenty of heartwarming moments while also managing to have this darkness lurking beneath the surface that makes me feel uneasy. In my opinion, it’s a story that has so much potential to be an all time great.

[@mamin8army770]

I recommend Thornhedge also by T kingfisher, it’s a novella, also a fairytale retelling and on the darker side

[@cassielovesreading]

So happy to see Hannah!!!😊

[@HannahgoestoAmerica]

I’m currently reading The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier with my book club, but I’m excited to dive into some of your recommendations 🍄🍂

[@alisonfabi1081]

based on this list i feel like you might enjoy Alexis Henderson’s books if you haven’t read any!! i’m currently reading An Academy For Liars and it sounds a little similar to Vita Nostra. But The Year of the Witching has witches (obv lol) and House of Hunger has vampires!!

[@Fernsandfiction_7888]

You should do a video rereading some of your favs!!

[@user-lr2yj5bi8q]

I'm glad you enjoyed Lady Macbeth because unfortunately for me it was a disappointing read. It was also the first Ava Reid book that I didn't like. I think I had some particular expectations of what I wanted it to be and that's why I didn't like it. Like I was hoping to see the og Lady Macbeth (cunning, ambitious and ruthless) but it felt like Ava Reid made her into a completely different character. I felt like she had no agency and things were told to us rather than shown like we're constantly told she's observant and smart but every plan just backfires. I understand what Ava was trying to do but i think I wouldn't liked it better had this been a new story of it own rather than a Macbeth retelling.

[@hailey8167]

Loved this list Hannah!!! Added so many to my TBR list :)

[@kellireadsalot]

We align very closely on classics we love. I think you need to get Anne Bronte. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall has a more Gothic feel than Agnes Grey.

[@sunee_vlogs]

Sooo happy to see new video like always 🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@Hope23-j4y]

I love a book called Finvarra’s Circus, give it a try am sure you will enjoy it. It gives me fall becoming winter vibes

[@bmvanloo]

For a recommendation on gothic horror with Mushrooms, I'd recommend CJ Cooke's The Ghost Woods. So good, and fits in with this list of fall reads perfectly!

[@ssd1453]

I LOVE the night circus!!!!!!!!!!

[@AbiofPellinor]

I think you're going to absolutely *adore* Dracula, I hope you get to it soon!!

[@camilleweeks3044]

Have you read Thistlefoot?? You would love it if you like houses being characters

[@anhedonia8813]

We have the exact same taste in literally everything but especially Classics

[@courtney9602]

last summer, i read this is our place by vitor martins, a ya novel translated from portuguese about three generations of teenagers who live in the same house, one in 2000, one in 2010, and one in 2020. the main character was this house, not fantasy, but did give its own comments in the narration, which were pretty funny. i thought the whole thing was pretty cute, so i thought i'd recommend when you said you really liked personified buildings in stories

[@xxzcfdxc]

24:54 the cover looks like Anya Taylor Joy

[@zohalarbabzada9654]

Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte!!!! Perfect for the fall and it was super ahead of its time

[@loriwilson7666]

Completely agree re: Heathcliff!! What is the new adaptation? I hadn't heard of this until you mentioned it! Heathcliff is described as a dark-skinned, dark-haired child of unknown origins. When he is brought to Wuthering Heights by Mr. Earnshaw, the family speculates about his background. His mysterious origins lead characters like Hindley and others to refer to him in racially charged terms, calling him a "gipsy" (a term commonly used in the UK int the past for for Romani or non-native people). Others refer to him as a "Lascar," a term that historically described sailors from South or Southeast Asia or the Middle East. Brontë never provides a clear answer and scholars have debated for years whether Heathcliff could be of Romani, Indian, Middle Eastern, or African descent. Not only is casting another white male a massive misrepresentation of what Brontë intended but his dark skin is a metaphor for his outsider status in the novel and his ambiguous origins amplify his role as a "dark" and tragic figure in both the social and emotional landscapes. I really hope they get the casting right this time round.

[@rafaela00002]

there is also a german language musical adaptation of rebecca, i think on youtube with eng sub