50+ FALL BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS🍁ultimate october reading list

[@marianacruz0]

with this video i now declare the autumnal season open 🍂🙂‍↔️

[@jaslorejo]

Dark Academia 1. The Secret History 2. The Oxford Inheritance 3. Sleepwalking 4. Ninth House 5. If We Were Villains 6. Vita Nostra 7. Madam by Phoebe Wynne 8. The Decagon House Murders Gothic 1. The Castle of Otranto 2. The Mysteries of Udolpho 3. Wuthering Heights 4. Northanger Abbey 5. Frankenstein 6. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 7. The Picture of Dorian Gray 8. The Phantom of the Opera 9. The Yellow Wallpaper 10. The Bloody Chamber 11. The Doll Factory Ghost Town 1. The Woman in Black 2. Beloved by Toni Morrison 3. The Turn of the Screw 4. Pedro Páramo The Haunted House 1. Mexican Gothic 2. The Hacienda 3. The Haunting of Hill House 4. Coraline 5. House of Leaves The Magic of the Season 1. The Night Circus 2. Caraval 3. Howl's Moving Castle 4. Kiki's Delivery Service 5. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 6. The Very Secret Societt of Irregular Witches Horror 1. The House of Salt and Sorrows 2. The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein 3. The Year of the Witching 4. The Island of Dr. Moreau 5. In the House in the Dark of the Woods 6. The Monk by Matthew Lewis 7. We Have Always Lived in the Castle 8. Evil Eye (Audiobook) 9. The Blind Owl 10. The Iliac Crest Mystery 1. Truly Devious 2. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead 3. The Silent Patient 4. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 5. The Body Under the Piano 6. The Mill House Murders 7. Shady Hollow The Vampires 1. Dracula 2. Interview with the Vampire 3. Oscar Wilde and the Vampire Murders 4. A Dowry of Blood Spooky 1. The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy 2. Her Soul To Take 3. Count Karlstein 4. The Graveyard Book 5. The Raven Boys 6. Macbeth 7. Mary's Monster

[@Zzz3331]

Thank youuuuu❤

[@shadowdaddyhades]

Thank youuuuu!!!!!🖤🖤🖤

[@sabiha.sayeed]

You're a legend!

[@Angela-uo4ur]

Wonderful!

[@Ng20045]

Thank you 🙂

[@aamnahere6250]

I love the 50+ and 100+ book recommendation videos. Not only do I find additional books on top of my already overflowing TBR but I also find these videos extremely cosy and relaxing to enjoy with a cup of tea. Plus, you showed this sweater in another video and I found it so richly and adorably autumnal. It really suits you and it's wonderful to see you happy.

[@kura2234]

you are so incredibly sweet 🫶🏻

[@aamnahere6250]

@@kura2234 Awww thank you.

[@itsrox9339]

I appreciate that you still recommended books that you didn’t necessarily like. More booktubers should do this 😊

[@RachelBrennerReal]

If you ever listen to anything while reading comments, let it be this - go find book called Hidden Manifestation by Oliver Mercer, then come back and thank me

[@ChessieChess]

This book does not exist on Goodreads or Libby. I did some digging and this is a scam. Wild that this comment has 250+ likes.

[@subtlefire7256]

I just bought The Raven Boys today. The bookseller immediately lighted up and said, "oh this one is very good". I think I might have bought one of her favourites. 😄

[@emmiereads]

SO EXCITED FOR YOU!!!

[@subtlefire7256]

@@emmiereads I 100% bought it bc of how you've been talking about it, I'm excited too!

[@blueseyberries]

I wish I could re-read that series for the first time again. I hope you love it!

[@khadiisam26]

I finished that series this year and omg I truly miss it, so good 🤌🏽

[@kiabjj]

I finished the series last year and I haven’t stopped thinking about it, love the characters ✨✨

[@marywong9976]

I CAUGHT THAT!! So excited to hear you share more about your Masters plans!

[@emmiereads]

@@marywong9976 very excited☺️☺️☺️

[@rotorresglez]

emmie is my bestie but she doesn't know it yet

[@PorothPorcupine]

Same 😤

[@saranshnegi6535]

Same 😭

[@emmuhlii]

Precisely my thoughts too! 😂

[@saranshnegi6535]

@@rotorresglez Did this thread just become a group of people who are best friend's with Emma without her knowing?

[@simranhuda8054]

Sameee

[@fernandapaveltchuk2068]

omg girllll!!! Your MASTERS next year??? YASSS!!!! Congrats!!! ❤🎉

[@entrenchpodhost]

I think autumn consistently pulls me out of reading slumps; the mood reading vibes are so strong! 🎃

[@Andrea-Loves-Books]

Ikr! I just finished re reading The Timekeeper's Secret Timeless Fate Series and i absolutely loved reading it with fall vibes! Book 2, The Keyholders Curse is coming out next week so im so excited to continue the fall vibes ahh! You should totally check it out! Youd love it!

[@entrenchpodhost]

@@Andrea-Loves-Books Oo, I'm intrigued! I will add to my list. :)

[@Andrea-Loves-Books]

@@entrenchpodhost enjoy! 😄

[@Ezgi888-w8r]

Emmie post a 40 mins recommendation video means i’m the happiest person for 40 mins 💕💕💕

[@giftofbooks164]

What i love about your recommendation vids is how you always find books that i’ve never heard of. It helps me to branch out my reading but also it makes your recs unique from other booktubers who kind of all recommend the same things sometimes 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

[@itsailuo]

University has started around a month ago where i live, and since then my anxiety has been breaking records. It has been the worst yesterday and today and tbh i have no idea what im supposed to do to change this, esp knowing that the biggest factor affecting my anxiety is my own brain. I havent been able to enjoy any of my hobbies including reading. As much as i feel that taking some time off everything including uni would help, i cant afford to do that because i dont wanna mess up my grades. watching your vids always help so thank you

[@lia_tabea]

I totally feel you! Wishing you all the best for this semester and in general 🤍 pls don’t forget to not be so hard on yourself and to take well deserved, regular (study) breaks. I am sending you a virtual hug 🫂

[@oofym353]

You should probably be studying then, rather than distracting yourself with youtube videos. University is a privilege, put your whole effort into it rather than view it as a chore.

[@aamnahere6250]

@@oofym353 It's a bit dismissive to assume someone is wasting their time through distraction. What you're referring to as 'distraction' is time for unwinding and relaxing and it's extremely important to be able to perform well. Those who don't do it either don't realise they're not performing as optimally as they could or end up having a burn out. Also when people are struggling with something, it's not helpful to tell them to get over it because university is a privilege. Just because it is a privilege does not mean it doesn't come with difficult challenges. People should be free to find comfort in calming activities to overcome the feeling of overwhelm.

[@user-qu8zs7vs1x]

Take time off - grades mean literally nothing if your mental health is bad. They won't mean anything in 2-3 years time

[@user-qu8zs7vs1x]

​@@oofym353this comment very much gives "rich people can't be depressed" or "oh you're anxious? Try being grateful" vibes. Stupid.

[@Hansg24937]

Emmie in autumn mode is my favourite 😂

[@ariannacordero7133]

this is the first video of yours i’ve watched, and I immediately subscribed! you have such a cool vibe and i loved all these cozy book recs🍁 happy fall!

[@alissamaharaj791]

literally was rewatching your previous spooky recs yesterday hoping for a new one ✨ always one step ahead

[@rachitgupta1819]

Hii Emma! I wanted to share my last exam went really terrible and I was really sad I didn't know what to do and what to think. My friend told me to watch your videos because they know how much I enjoy watching your videos. And that's true because you're my comfort person. I legit binge watched your videos for straight 5 hours and I felt so so so much better that I completely forgot about my exams and started enjoying my vacation!! Your videos means a lot to me and many others, thanks a ton for the efforts you put in 💗✨

[@eneabooks]

Honestly seeing your recommendations always puts me in a good mood, cause seeing the books that we have in common on goodreads and our ratings I know I can trust you🎃

[@Kim-poet]

🎃 I'm so happy that you're part of my day today, Emma, and everyone here! I would rather share the start of autumn with the people in this booktube community than with the finest people in the world. 😆Also, Emma, thank you for posting the countdown on Instagram. I just love it when people do that for videos. Fun! 🎃🎃🎃

[@josyfalcon5442]

i love when booktubers start dropping their fall books recommendations, and your videos are always so great emma, so it's even better 🎃

[@ericaknigh.t]

i have been in the biggest book slump since I moved to another country for uni. Your video always inspire me to read more and here is to hoping i find the love for books again.

[@Eowynerre]

I was in a book slump for 6 months...trust me it will end!

[@ericaknigh.t]

@@Eowynerre thank you so much!

[@dingindevin9074]

I am in the same situation as you, and to be fair at times it gets extremely stressful. Reading a book is in a way about winding down, letting go of your earthly concerns and getting lost in an imaginary world. So of course in times of change like this one can't afford it... I hope you give yourself the time to get back to reading! 💫

[@BooksILike_vs_CurrentRead]

You should read The Timekeeper's Secret by iLana Markarov!!! It really helped me fall in love with reading again and became my fav fall read!

[@ericaknigh.t]

@@BooksILike_vs_CurrentRead thank you so much for your recommendation! I will check it out

[@BrentMonnett]

I love your content and its warm and engaging nature, Emmie! Also, I love the word perchance, and it is great to hear it used by someone other than myself! 😊

[@amuckamuckamuck273]

🎃 Girl I’ve just discovered your videos and idk how you get so much reading done but thank you for taking care of the “idk what to read next” anxiety that pervades my soul!

[@ElloAsty]

I just started reading Phantom of the opera after hearing you praise it and I'm enjoying it a lot! I really wasn't expecting it to be as humorous as it is. Thanks for the recommendation!

[@afiqamohmad]

ngl emma uploading videos are my comfort weekend plans while sipping coffee

[@lia_tabea]

Dear Emmie, thank you for posting this video today. It came at the perfect time for me 🧡 I am currently writing my thesis… the stress levels are through the roof lol. I so desperately needed something to cheer me up 🥹 Watching this video provided me with a much needed mental break, so thank you again! Much love to you and everyone reading this xx Lia 🎃

[@Tania.atlasinajar]

First of all, cutest sweater and great thumbnail! 🍁🧶This is a hefty list!! Always looking for some great atmospheric reads for the season! 🪵

[@emmiereads]

Aaahhh thank you Tania🧡 your recent autumn vid thumbnail was the coziest thing I’ve ever seen🥲

[@Tania.atlasinajar]

@@emmiereads aww thanks so much Emma 🥹🍄

[@sandycandymandy]

Girl, I love the outfit and hair! You look gorgeous ❤

[@emmiereads]

Thank you:’)❤

[@Cubehead27]

Such a massive pile of book recs Emma might as well just be running a library 😅 no doubt I will be coming back to this one in future to sift through as one would through an archive lol

[@soda_fairy]

You have so much more dedication than I ever would 😭 thank you Emmieeeee

[@shilohpeterson5307]

Great list! I've been wanting to read several of these for a while, so this is my wake-up call to follow through on that! Can't wait until you read some Daphne Du Marier. Lots of Autumnal vibes there

[@gdaym8y]

I'm so surprised she didn't include any of her books, I thought fs she'd read Rebecca and Frenchman's creek before, but I might be getting her confused with cari can read haha

[@angierodriguez4729]

Listening to this while sitting on my cozy corner with a brownie and a cup of coffee, thank you, I really needed this moment of relaxation. 🍂

[@kinipela7786]

Mission accomplished Emma! My TBR is growing bigger with every video you post 🎃

[@nikolaiquack8548]

I had already added most of these to my tbr already due to your other videos, but I loooved hearing you talk about all of them once again. Made me feel real cozy and ookie spookie 🎃

[@kobaa5139]

🎃 I found your videos a couple of weeks ago and I just appreciate and love how you discuss literature. Very clear and refreahing.

[@sde078]

Emma! Giles Brandreth is actually very famous in the UK! not for his books, but he’s sort of a TV personality - you can probably find loads of videos of him on youtube bc he’s on TV in the uk all the time :)

[@ShivangiBhasin]

Emma!! If you like houses and architecture, conversations about angles and space in general, read Piranesi!

[@riley_2502]

oh how i love to experience the turn of the seasons through emmie videos ♡

[@MatejaDesigner]

I chose Gothic and The Magic of the Season list. I think every book on those lists spoke to me! This is the most fun fall recommendations reading list ever!

[@flaviahey8158]

i’ve just started interview with the vampire because of you, and let me tell you, i’m loving it so far! 🎃

[@Muruk-Books]

Emma thank you so much! My TBR is definitely larger now 🎃🎃🎃

[@juliehughes1258]

Hi Emma! I just love that sweater/ jumper, whatever we’re calling it. I distinctly remember the vlog you made when you bought it, along with some other clothes. It really suits you!

[@absolutetwaddle]

Emma your videos just make me feel so safe and comforted, which I’ve really needed lately as I’ve been going through some pretty intense mental health stuff. Fall is my favorite season and this video is so lovely and perfectly timed 🍁🍂🤎

[@BárbaraBianchiRolim]

thank you, emmie! 🎃🎃 loved this video. it's summer in Brazil right now but next year I'll already have a few options from this list

[@momariereads]

thank you you for giving GREAT recs that arent generic AF that everyone else posts. I feel like you are my book reading spirit animal so I'm so excited to have wrote down alllllll the books I haven't heard of and am dying to add to my TBR immmmmmediately. Happy SPOOKTOBER!!!!!

[@CloudandSunshineHymns-po9wk]

Love the fall sweater and the creepy hand in the background. I agree on "Ninth House," very compelling. I also loved the mystery, "May the Wolf Die," by Elizabeth Heider. Fast-paced, intriguing characters, and gorgeous setting.

[@sofieeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

I started listening to "The raven boys" on Libby in the end of july. Now i am waiting for the last book (2 week wait). Honestly one of the best series ever! Thank you for the recommendation!!!

[@halapyrolock7210]

I’ve been counting down the release of the video 🥹🧡 Happy spooky season Emma! 🍁🎃

[@emmiereads]

HAPPY SPOOKY TIME!!!!🥧

[@amberr6]

THRILLED that I’ve found you!! Goodness gracious I’m so excited. Happy October everyone!! 🍁🎃

[@tim_terror]

Stumbled upon this video & absolutely loved it. A lot of those books were already on my radar, but I also could add some fun new things to my spooky tbr, so thank you for that 😊👻

[@vianneyalfaro6786]

I LOVED this videoooo!! Now I have 17 books added to my tbr🥴✨

[@denisefreitas6727]

Emma, you're so precious! I love your recs! Thanks a lot for the video! 💖✨✨🎃

[@emmiereads]

[@gao97]

Evil Eye sounds SO good! You're really my go-to for lesser known book recs 🎃🎃

[@claricesouza5802]

have been wanting a dark academia recommendation for monthhhs, you're a life saver heheh. love from Brazil

[@KourttneyL]

I literally only come to your channel for fall recs. I love dark academia, literature books ❤

[@janierichmond5607]

You definitely made my TBR list larger. Well categorized and diverse. 👌🎃

[@harrietfreeman5304]

🎃 so many good recs! from this vid I’m most excited to read House of Salt and Sorrows, Shady Hollow and Her Soul to Take - and of course some Shirley Jackson. thank you Emmie as always 🧡

[@moniquebaham]

Okay, you’ve convinced me. I just used the Libby App to borrow The Raven Boys. Thanks Emma! 🎃

[@analyn1313]

🎃 House of Leaves is one of my favorites ❤ honestly I think going into it blind is the best way to go into it because no description can really prepare you.

[@Windkandi]

🎃 I love how diverse your recommendations are! ❤

[@alexb.3279]

this video is so cozy, and I wrote down so many recs!! thank you, Emma!! 🎃

[@Blondie101010100]

The perfect collection of Autumn books. Thanks Emma. 🎃 Please read Carmilla, it's the only one missing from the list 👏😍

[@clarag0373]

thank you for such an extensive list emmie!!

[@bookish_tasha]

This is how i find out there's no pumpkin emoji on my phone 😂 I am so happy to see The Raven Boys being mentioned, i think it is terribly slept on and not talked about enough at this point in time for how good the series is

[@KZ-tv8dj]

Thank you so much for this video ❤️ going through hardships this autumn, so this video feels like the perfect gift!:)

[@gjungart]

I just started listening to the Doll Factory after I watched this, and I'm really liking it! You're also making me think about rereading Dorian Gray and Wuthering Heights because they're both on my bookshelf right now hehe

[@mad3leine]

Have a great spooky reading season everyone! And thank you for many good recommendations Emma🎃👻🎑🍂

[@Violetsteel_]

Fantastic list! A few I’ve read and heartily agree with, and definitely many more for me to check out 🎃

[@PatrikOrjes]

100% agree on the _House_ of Leaves recommendation. I read it for the first time earlier this year and I loved it! So creepy and unsettling, absolutely fantastic. Also, my TBR just got so much bigger. 😂🎃

[@dianasbooknook]

OMG I made it till the end! Loved all the recommendations. Haven't found any other video with such good recs! 🎃🎃🎃🎃

[@taylorellis6358]

I read House of Leaves because of you and is one of my favorite books of all time. So unique and entrancing!

[@jenn9049]

i re-read Wuthering Heights early september because of your october wrap up last year . and it genuinely changed my life thank you emma !!

[@emmiereads]

:’) so happy you loved it, you’re so so welcome🍁🧡

[@LXRS_]

🎃🎃🎃You have definitely accomplished in making my TBR bigger, as well as reminded me of some October books i have that i haven't read. As always thank you

[@lu__libros5015]

As always, love the variety in your recommendation videos 🎃

[@martinelanglois3158]

This is great!! Your timing is perfect because I need to start a new book. A few of these are on my TBR already. Now, for the tough part: choosing. 🙆‍♀️🧡 Thanks! Love your sweater btw. 🎃

[@simonchenstories]

I literally binged your spooky rec videos from years past yesterday… can’t wait for this

[@CarrieBarrieintheDesert]

Your top is SO ADORABLE!!! "You look goorrrgeous, dawwwling" This video will be one I go back to often. Such a great list! I've been watching you forever so I've heard you talk about most all of these before, but how they are all in one place!

[@Hablenator]

Such great autumnal vibes 🎃

[@callilavarnway166]

queen those curly bangs look so good on you!

[@MrMoreti14]

Emma, you said you were looking for a dark academia book that "do it right", so here it is my recommendation: Babel by Rebecca Kuang. A dark academia book (in the fantasy side of the spectrum) where in the real world people have found the way to make things work by writing words in 2 different languages in silvers ingots.

[@gdaym8y]

I've really gotten into psychological thriller/scary. My faves so far are: - The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin - Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier - My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier - Shutter Island by Dennis Lehaye as far as unreliable narrators and autumn vibes go, highly recommend _I Am The Cheese_ (kinda like _Catcher in the Rye_ meets _Shutter Island_ but it's def its own vibe)

[@dreamingfolkore]

you are the best Emma Thank you and have a wonderful start of the fall and spooky season🎃🧡🍂

[@Aletheahthomas]

🎃 Fall/Autumn is the best time of year for books. Added quite a few from this list to my TBR. Fantastic as always!

[@MagpieCrafter]

🎃🎃🎃 The best articulated and most varied recommendations out there! Thank you!

[@janna5495]

Thank uuuuu! The perfect video:) I've been waiting for it the whole year❤️

[@louisemurray873]

This was so beautiful thank you so much! I must admit I've always kind of stuck to romance books and haven't really ventured into other book styles. Recently I bought some fantasy books, one dark academia, witchy books and Salons Lot (in time for the film complete accident as didn't realise there was a film out, must be fate!) and I'm truly loving this whole new world I'm seeing!!! It's wonderful you have thrown in some more classic reads I would even say educational books many of us read in school which I find truly heart warming. It's the perfect season to curl up with a book and wander the footsteps of their journeys. I saw the video (possibly the one where you're house sitting for your parents, or could be a different one I'm new to your Chanel!) where you mentioned real estate issues you're having. I too am having house issues. Currently trying to sell a property left to me and brother left to us by our late father and the dramas involved trying to prove we own the property is truly sole destroying at times. Imersing into a good book is the perfect escapism. I'm so glad I found you ❤

[@Littlegizmoemmy]

A genre I LOVE to read in October is dystopian novels! The always spook me out!

[@myprettysunshine]

Loved the recommendations!!! And already bought 2 books from this list! 😅🤩 Emmie always with the best book recommendations 🧡🎃

[@leander8840]

omg THANK YOU sm Emmie! this came just at the right moment! So excited to relax with this from a rough day

[@whslover]

I love spooky season and always look forward to these recommendation videos! I added a bunch more books to my TBR and was happy to see some I’ve already read and loved make the cut! Happy Fall y’all! 🎃🍁

[@laras3682]

this is the first video I see from you and these are gooood recommendations, will be back for more, thank you!!🎃

[@Noahhttps]

I BEEN WAITIN FOR THIS ALL YEAR BUDDY

[@milaces1323]

ohhhh i'd love for you to reread The secret history!!! I don't love it now as much as i used to but it is amazing.

[@anniagaresp]

🎃 thank you for always making my lunch and dinner times so much more enjoyable. Any time I get a notification of a new Emmie video, I feel like I have something to look forward to. Also, as a Mexican, so happy to see that so many of your faves are from our country (¡Rulfo and Rivera Garza!).

[@sallymackepranglarsen4506]

Lovee the recommendations!! Idk y but reading becomes so much more appealing in October🍂🎃My fav autumn read is probably the haunting of hill house, so I’m really excited that it made it onto the list :))

[@haerhawk]

What an amazing start to my weekend Happy autumn 🍂 and spooky season 👻 Emma

[@emmiereads]

Awe yay - happy spooky season to you!!!!

[@suzsiz]

Omg Love this. Have really gotten into Dark Fantasy/Dark Academia Recently, even in the way I dress. 😆🌚🍁🕸🕷🖤

[@loureed76]

Amazing list of recommendations. Thank you 🙏🖤

[@staygoldponyboy8881]

Gyles Brandreth is a former British polotician who has since worked in TV, radio, theatre and journalism. He's a clever and very witty chap I'm definitely going to check out that series. That monk one sounds good too, thank you Emma.

[@hollywest5128]

🎃 great video! I got several good books to add to my fall TBR from your recommendations.