Fall Reads
RITUAL: Reading | SEASON: Fall | MONTH: October
If you’re an avid reader, it can be fun to create a quarterly TBR with books that are set in that season. Reading them puts you in the mood and inspires you to enjoy each season even more. In the Fall, there is nothing more cozy than putting on some soft music, starting a fire or lighting a candle and curling up in a comfy chair with a hot cup of tea and a good story to read.
“I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
~ L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
People like to read Gothic novels, spooky stories, murder mysteries and dark academia literature with atmospheric Fall vibes. Fiction set in a cozy small town or stories about witches or vampires are also popular. Any Brontë novel is perfect for a Fall read. Dracula and Frankenstein are usually read this time of year. Then, once you’ve read the classics, there’s always an assortment of retellings. Some other autumnal authors are Neil Gaiman, Edgar Allen Poe, Ray Bradbury, Agatha Christie, Alice Hoffman and L.M. Montgomery.
"That country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger, and midnights stay. That country composed in the main of cellars, sub-cellars, coal-bins, closets, attics, and pantries faced away from the sun. That country whose people are autumn people, thinking only autumn thoughts. Whose people passing at night on the empty walks sound like rain..."
~ Ray Bradbury
Short Stories
An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving by Louisa May Alcott
October in the Chair by Neil Gaiman
The Legend of Sleep Hollow by Washington Irving
The October Country: Stories by Ray Bradbury
Classics
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Rebecca by Daphne DuMurier
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
The Tenant of Wildfeld Hall by Anne Brontë
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Mysteries
A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas
Endless Night by Agatha Christie
The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Laurie R. King
Fiction
Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Weyward by Emilia Hart
Retellings
Raise the Dead: A Retelling of Jane Eyre by Nina Clare
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
The Storybook of Katrina Van Hassel: A Story of Sleepy Hollow by Alyssa Palombo
Poetry
A Poem for Every Autumn Day by Allie Esiri
Autumn by Walt Whitman
Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti
Tales of a Wayside Inn by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
People also like to host a movie marathon of beloved book series that were adapted for the big screen. Some crowd favorites for the Fall season are: Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, Twilight, The Hunger Games, Anne of Green Gables, Shrek, The Mummy, Night at the Museum, Nanny McPhee, X-Men and The Chronicles of Narnia.
In the comments below, share a book on your Fall TBR of if you plan to host a movie marathon of a favorite book series.
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Dara Eden is the author of HER Rituals for the Divine Feminine, a periodical guide created in December of 2021. The 8 Elements, her life’s work, provides guidance about how to honor the essential needs and highest values of your personal feng shui element. Inspired by an Internet challenge designed for men, she created 365WISE, a daily self-care practice that supports women in honoring their needs and listening to their inner wisdom.
In HER Rituals, she offers insights, ideas and intuitive guidance about ways to honor your needs, values and unique expression of the divine feminine.
HER Rituals is a Womb Wisdom KeepHER’s guide to cyclical rituals for sovereign women. It provides insightful information, inspirational ideas and intuitive guidance on daily and seasonal rituals you can practice as a form of self-care. Read about ancient wisdom and philosophical principles, holistic approaches and traditional skills, slow work and intentional living, embodiment practices and immersive experiences.
