Death in her hands by Ottessa Moshvegh is incredibly good and i got major fall vibes from it. Seems like the type of speculative weird unreliable narrator type of book you would love Kayla!
I'm a mood reader, so here's my list of books that are perfect fits for fall for me, regardless of whether or not I liked them or not: The Maidens, The Secret History, Shadow of the Wind, Annihilation, Haunting of Hill House, Night Film, 7 1/2 Deaths, Rebecca, Perfume, Bird Box, Devil and the Dark Water, Pet Sematery, Dracula, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, The Headless Horseman, Turn of the Screw, House of Leaves, The Binding, Jane Eyre, The Disappearances, The Hazel Wood, The Alienist, The Death of Mrs. Westaway, Coraline, Golem and the Jinni, The Remains of the Day, Neverwhere, Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Picture of Dorian Gray, A Monster Calls, Miss Peregrine's Home, The Raven Boys, The First 15 Lives of Harry August, Darker Shade of Magic, Ones I haven't read, but just give me fall vibes: The Silent Companions, Vicious, Middlegame, The Hollow Places, Neverworld Wake, Ninth House, Library at Mt. Char, Cabin at the End of the World, Mexican Gothic, I am Legend, Devil all the Time, The Broken Girls, The Loosening Skin, Imaginary Friend, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, The Butterfly Garden, The Boy from the Woods, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter, Watchmaker of Filigree St., Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, The Beauty, If We Were Villains, The Atlas Six, The Midnight Library
@@teresafoo if dark/eerie/unsettling is what you are going for, Pet Sematery, Neverwhere, Annihilation, Haunting of Hill House, and House of Leaves would be the best picks out of that list
For the “Girl Gets Lost in the Woods” recommendation, I would recommend “The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordan” by Stephen King. It’s a psychological horror and it’s pretty small, one of Kings lesser known books. It’s about a 9 year old who gets lost in the woods and it’s really good!
for 2/3: MEDDLING KIDS by edgar cantero! scooby-doo but lovecraftian monsters. small town, difficult interpersonal relationships, being in love with your childhood best friend and not knowing how to deal with it
I highly recommend "Home Before Dark" for everyone who's looking for a spooky thriller and/or haunted houses. You don't know if what is happening is supernatural or not until the very end, and it gets so creepy... I love it!
I think "Once There Were Wolves" by Charlotte McConaghy has got dark fall vibes (but kind of wintry too)...an atmospheric literary murder mystery about a disabled Canadian-Australian wolf biologist (and her agoraphobic twin sister) working in Scotland to reintroduce wolves into the wild, while dealing with hostile locals. It's moody and dark and weird!
i know everyone and their mother has already read the series so it's kind of redundant now, but for any new readers out there: the raven cycle is the perfect series to start in the fall
For a who done it I recommend The Appeal, it follows 2 law interns as they sort through all the emails of this armature dramatic society to prove the innocence of someone who has confessed to a murder, and the defence barrister on the case has recruited these 2 interns. But it’s cool because you’re reading it through and solving it with them. It’s also a cosy mystery. Also under cosy mystery is the “herrings” series which you can read in any order but follows this author and his agent who don’t really like each other and solve murders together, so funny and cosy.
Books that feel like a warm hug: The Midnight Library, Anxious People 💟 Books with GREAT plot twists: The Silent Patient, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder & Good Girl Bad Blood (YA), The Box in The Woods (YA). ✌
The October Country by Ray Bradbury is an amazing short story collection. Ray Bradbury in general is probably the most autumnal author I can think of, and I’d recommend “something wicked this way comes” by him also. Very spooky 🔥
All the Bad Apples by Moira Fowley-Doyle family issues, curse, spooky, mystery, letters, ghosts, magical realism, family ancestors, take place in Ireland, underrated read, that needs more love. Has 3,059 ratings on Goodreads and sits at a 4.02. Plus has a pretty cover of a red hair young girl on the cover. Perfect autumn read!
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Gilman. Very short fiction read about a common (for the time) medical practice that made women go insane. Her story actually helped to get the practice made obsolete.
For the cozy book category I wanna recommend “Love Sugar Magic: A Dash of Trouble” by Anna Meriano. It’s the first in a middle grade series thats about baking and brujas. The first one takes place during and around the time of the day of the dead so it has some fall vibes. It’s super fun and cute and even has some recipes for baked goods in the back!!
I recommend both the how to hang a witch and killing november series by Adriana Mather. They are ya and a bit cheesy, so definitely won't be for everyone. How to hang a witch takes place around Halloween, and has to do with the salem trails. The november series is very dark academia/sorta thriller/mystery. I enjoyed all of them! I'm also reading a lesson in vengeance right now and love it! Perfect for fall! 🖤👻
@@io.nebulae I have! Multiple times! I loved both of them so much, but part of me especially loved haunting the deep because you got to see more of the friendship between Sam and the descendants!! I'm so excited to reread the series again in October 🥺🥺
Recommendations for A Girl Lost in the Woods: 1. Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall(one of the best books I’ve read this year). 2. Lost in the Never Woods (YA, a Peter Pan retelling) by Aiden Thomas.
“Hollow Kingdom” by Kira Jane Buxton. A foul-mouthed crow and his trusty hound sidekick try to survive the human apocalypse (zombies!) It sounds weird, and it is, but it’s also so clever, funny, and heartwarming. It’s one of my new favorite books of all time. And there’s a sequel out now, as well. It’s called “Feral Creatures.”
Haunted House Recommendations: 1. Home Before Dark by Riley Sager 2. The Invited by Jennifer McMahon 2. The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson. 3. The Mist in the Mirror 3. The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware. 4. The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell 5. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Yay how exciting! I saw the Insta picture and I haven’t read a single one of these, hopefully I find something new to get into! Also, what a neat idea, to make comments so people can fill in their own recommendations as well. Bless you. 🥺❤️
I started reading Blanca & Roja as soon as you mentioned it because I love swans, and I read half the book in one night. It is incredible!!! Thank you for the recommendation!! ♡
Warm hug books! Mooncakes - a graphic novel Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstances - but more like winter cozy An Enchantment of Ravens - but dark and cozy?
For a book that feels like crunchy leaves, I’d recommend Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh. I read it while listening to the Over the Garden Wall soundtrack.
My recommendation for foggy, atmospheric book is: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. I read it around November last year and I think it was the perfect timing. A bit slow at times, but great vibes. A mix of mystery, mild academia, some spooky house elements, some "maybe paranormal, maybe not" elements, cute romance bits. A couple of surprising twists. But mostly vibes, imo even tho the mystery elemet kept me hooked 😊 Overall great. Read it in French and loved the writing, don't know about other translations tho.
I have a dark romance retelling book recommendation for “A girl running lost in the woods” - Hunted by Cassandra Faye! This book has The Shinning vibes, it’s short but it works
I feel like the Sawkill Girls is a good one for "girl in the woods" there's a creepy creature (I can't remember what he's called now) and sacrifices in the woods. The Maidens by Alex Michalidis (I know I spelled that wrong) has great fall/dark academia vibes, with a did not see that coming twist!
The Gunners by Rebecca Kaufman. Group of former childhood friends meet up as adults after one of them passes away. Very sad at times but I found it uplifting by the end.
It’s a short story collection, but Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King. I just read an ARC of it (comes out in November). It was great and I think it fits this prompt really well!
A book like a warm cup of tea, one you want to hug, small town vibes, and with a slight supernatural vibe. Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber.
Omg your hair, and outfit, and makeup are 💯💯💯💯 Also, I love that I’ve read so many of the books you mentioned. Makes me feel like I’m on the right track, ha
Girl lost in the woods: The good daughter by Karin Slaughter. Starts with gruesome scene, girls flee into the woods and the book explores the aftermath of that. The house in the dark of the woods by Laird Hunt. Mom goes into woods to collect wood, gets lost. Mystical, confusing, absurdism? Be not far from me by Mindy McGinnis. Girl goes camping with friends, gets into an argument and runs off. Can't find her way back
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynne Barns! It’s about a girl who receives a billion dollar inheritance from a complete stranger and he was obsessed with riddles/games/secret rooms and tunnels!
Girl missing in the woods- ruthless by Carolyn Lee adams- the first chapter begins with a girl waking up in the back of a truck and realizing she's been kidnapped. Her captor takes her to a cabin in the woods and the rest of the book is her running and hiding trying to get away and survive
My favourite witch book is The Witches of New York, about a pair of witches living in 1880s (I think?) New York City as they bring a new young girl into their "coven." It's a great girl-friendship book that's super witchy and also talks a lot about women's roles and feminism in the 19th century.
I love this so much! I love that you added the comments and ppl gets to answer too. I’m going to mine these answers to create some fall books for me. 😁
for the crunchy leaves one I’d totally recommend Heartstopper! it’s not that atmospheric but it’s set during the school year (so it starts in fall) and it has comfy vibes for sure 🥰 pumpkinheads would also be great for that one (they’re both graphic novels)
Recommendations for Witches: the two prequels to the Practical Magic series: Magic Lessons & The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman. I didn’t much care for Practical Magic ( I love the movie though) but I adored the prequels with The Rules of Magic being my favourite.
Pendulum by Adam Hamdy Haven’t they grown by Sophie Hannah I specifically picked these two because I know you haven’t read them and they are both fast paced thrillers.
I don't know if you'll see this but for YA 'Girl Lost In The Forest': What Waits In The Woods by Kieran Scott and Campfire by Scott Sarles are two that I have read in the past few weeks that were so good! Campfire could also fall under the anthology category because the characters take turns telling ghost stories and it is a major part of the plot.
Currently reading The Missing Years. I’m pretty sure I know what the twist is going to be but I’m having tons of fun reading it. I added Force of Nature, People Like Us, and the Dead and the Dark, and Still Mine to my TBR.
Forest rec is the night will find us by Matthew Lyons. I’ve heard good things and it’s on my tbr for this October. Haunted house I recommend broken girls.
I would highly recommend the Silverwing Series by Kenneth Oppel. Its a fun animal fantasy Young Adult story featuring around a bat named Shade and his adventures during his first migration with his bat colony the Silverwings, Perfect for autumn/Halloween especially book three.
The City Bakers Guide to Country Living. It's basically Gilmore Girls if Sookie was the main character. It starts in the fall and covers several holidays too!
Welcome To New York, by Luana Ferraz. It also fits into the "warm" category and it's basically a fall season of Gilmore girls, just with different characters. You just follow the life of these two people as they go through their lives and get to know each other 💕💕💕
For anthologies/short story collections I would recommend The Dangers of Smoking in Bed or The Things We lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez. These are both excellent horror short story collections
Girl Lost in the Wood: Be Not Far From Me - Mindy McGinnis Dark Academia: These Violent Delights - Micah Nemerever Girls Who Kiss With Dark Vibes: The Female of the Species - Mindy McGinnis Group where People are Dying: Never Saw Me Coming - Vera Kurien
For the "girl in the forest"/ "girl running from someone in the forest" prompt I remember reading Black Ice by Becca Fitzpatrick when I was younger and enjoying it very much!
I want to recommend To Be Taught if Fortunate by Becky Chambers. Her Wayfarer series and newest novella are pretty popular but I don’t hear much about this one. It is a short novella about a group of astronauts on an exploratory mission and what they discover. It is written as a letter back to earth, and talks about humans and their desire for discovery and what that means. I loved it!
Another witchy short story collection that I enjoyed was also called Toil & Trouble, but it’s the one by Augusten Burroughs. I would read his grocery list, so I may be a tad bit biased. But it’s definitely witchy without being too scary.
Girl lost in the woods: The River at Night by Erica Ferencik (this kind of fits, but it’s a group in the woods after a whitewater rafting accident 🤷🏻♀️). Also, The Forgotten Girls by Sara Blaedel. Neither is a perfect match. But, might work.
I'd reccomend the murder most unladylike series by Robin Stevens - especially the first one for autumnal/fall vibes. It's a Middle-Grade murder mystery that is cozy, fun and quintessentially British. (For any brits it's Enid Blyton meets Agatha Christie)
Among the Beasts and Briars is an original fairytale that works perfectly with "girl lost in the woods but make it pull from old world fairytales"! It is ya fantasy but it's a short, whimsical read!
I don't know where it would fit, it's a YA contemporary mystery, Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett. Also the Jackaby series by William Ritter is a nice lil YA mystery series with a Sherlock/Dr who-esque detective, really great for fall!
My top recs remain If We Were Villains, The Secret History, Catherine House, and Bunny. A little more unconventional answers: Real Life by Brandon Taylor and These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever.
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell is a good one I think. I wouldn’t call it a thriller or a mystery, but it is really dark. Don’t read this if you’re triggered by physical abuse or gaslighting.
I dont know if it's exactly the vibe that is being looked for but The Girl in Red by Christina Henry is inspired by red riding hood. I'd say "lost" might not apply completely, but woods and suspense are included!
It's more of a winter than fall book, but I Am Still Alive by Alice Kate Marshall! She's more trapped than purely lost, but it's a survival story with some big suspence/thriller moments.
If you sort comments by "newest" and scroll all the way to the end, you'll find all the individual book request comment threads. 🧡
These recs are everything! We've written down at least 20 to read!
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is the perfect fall read - gives you great NY and Paris vibes in the fall 🍂
I love this book!
Death in her hands by Ottessa Moshvegh is incredibly good and i got major fall vibes from it. Seems like the type of speculative weird unreliable narrator type of book you would love Kayla!
I'm a mood reader, so here's my list of books that are perfect fits for fall for me, regardless of whether or not I liked them or not: The Maidens, The Secret History, Shadow of the Wind, Annihilation, Haunting of Hill House, Night Film, 7 1/2 Deaths, Rebecca, Perfume, Bird Box, Devil and the Dark Water, Pet Sematery, Dracula, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, The Headless Horseman, Turn of the Screw, House of Leaves, The Binding, Jane Eyre, The Disappearances, The Hazel Wood, The Alienist, The Death of Mrs. Westaway, Coraline, Golem and the Jinni, The Remains of the Day, Neverwhere, Ocean at the End of the Lane, The Picture of Dorian Gray, A Monster Calls, Miss Peregrine's Home, The Raven Boys, The First 15 Lives of Harry August, Darker Shade of Magic,
Ones I haven't read, but just give me fall vibes: The Silent Companions, Vicious, Middlegame, The Hollow Places, Neverworld Wake, Ninth House, Library at Mt. Char, Cabin at the End of the World, Mexican Gothic, I am Legend, Devil all the Time, The Broken Girls, The Loosening Skin, Imaginary Friend, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, The Butterfly Garden, The Boy from the Woods, The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter, Watchmaker of Filigree St., Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, The Beauty, If We Were Villains, The Atlas Six, The Midnight Library
Appreciate this so much 😌
Ninth House and Night Film are the epitome of fall vibes for me. Atmospheric, dark, twisty. I need more books like them!
@@teresafoo if dark/eerie/unsettling is what you are going for, Pet Sematery, Neverwhere, Annihilation, Haunting of Hill House, and House of Leaves would be the best picks out of that list
@@ChristianRumi thanks for the recs!
I’m reading The Secret History. Just started today 😊
For the “Girl Gets Lost in the Woods” recommendation, I would recommend “The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordan” by Stephen King. It’s a psychological horror and it’s pretty small, one of Kings lesser known books. It’s about a 9 year old who gets lost in the woods and it’s really good!
FALL BOOK REQUEST 🍁 Lesbian, flannel, cottage vibes ⬇️
for 2/3: MEDDLING KIDS by edgar cantero! scooby-doo but lovecraftian monsters. small town, difficult interpersonal relationships, being in love with your childhood best friend and not knowing how to deal with it
These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling!
Hearts in the Cold Hard Ground by gv anderson but the cottage is haunted
the scapegracers by HA Clarke. set around Halloween. dark and gritty teen witches who are lgbt+ and also uses the word lesbian
mooncakes by suzanne walker and wendy xu. cutesy YA graphic novel abt a witch and non-binary werewolf falling in love
I highly recommend "Home Before Dark" for everyone who's looking for a spooky thriller and/or haunted houses. You don't know if what is happening is supernatural or not until the very end, and it gets so creepy... I love it!
I think "Once There Were Wolves" by Charlotte McConaghy has got dark fall vibes (but kind of wintry too)...an atmospheric literary murder mystery about a disabled Canadian-Australian wolf biologist (and her agoraphobic twin sister) working in Scotland to reintroduce wolves into the wild, while dealing with hostile locals. It's moody and dark and weird!
For a book that feels like Gilmore Girls, "The City Baker's Guide to Country Living" is perfect!!!!
I need Kayla to make ‘read with me’ videos! I need her aesthetic.
This outfit is everything!
i know everyone and their mother has already read the series so it's kind of redundant now, but for any new readers out there: the raven cycle is the perfect series to start in the fall
For a who done it I recommend The Appeal, it follows 2 law interns as they sort through all the emails of this armature dramatic society to prove the innocence of someone who has confessed to a murder, and the defence barrister on the case has recruited these 2 interns. But it’s cool because you’re reading it through and solving it with them. It’s also a cosy mystery.
Also under cosy mystery is the “herrings” series which you can read in any order but follows this author and his agent who don’t really like each other and solve murders together, so funny and cosy.
Books that feel like a warm hug: The Midnight Library, Anxious People 💟
Books with GREAT plot twists: The Silent Patient, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder & Good Girl Bad Blood (YA), The Box in The Woods (YA). ✌
Also legends and lattes for a warm hug, I haven’t finished it only Just solved it but it’s so cosy
I believe that the “Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon” by Stephen King is about a girl who is lost in the woods.
For 'walking on crisp fall leaves': would really recommend 'English Animals' by Laura Kaye. Small town in England, autumnal, rainy, perfect.
The October Country by Ray Bradbury is an amazing short story collection. Ray Bradbury in general is probably the most autumnal author I can think of, and I’d recommend “something wicked this way comes” by him also. Very spooky 🔥
All the Bad Apples by Moira Fowley-Doyle family issues, curse, spooky, mystery, letters, ghosts, magical realism, family ancestors, take place in Ireland, underrated read, that needs more love. Has 3,059 ratings on Goodreads and sits at a 4.02. Plus has a pretty cover of a red hair young girl on the cover. Perfect autumn read!
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Gilman.
Very short fiction read about a common (for the time) medical practice that made women go insane. Her story actually helped to get the practice made obsolete.
Single-handedly extending my TBR by dozens per year.
For the cozy book category I wanna recommend “Love Sugar Magic: A Dash of Trouble” by Anna Meriano. It’s the first in a middle grade series thats about baking and brujas. The first one takes place during and around the time of the day of the dead so it has some fall vibes. It’s super fun and cute and even has some recipes for baked goods in the back!!
For (adult?) spooky I recommend anything by Simone St James, she writes haunted stuff so well.
I recommend both the how to hang a witch and killing november series by Adriana Mather. They are ya and a bit cheesy, so definitely won't be for everyone. How to hang a witch takes place around Halloween, and has to do with the salem trails. The november series is very dark academia/sorta thriller/mystery. I enjoyed all of them! I'm also reading a lesson in vengeance right now and love it! Perfect for fall! 🖤👻
Omg I absolutely LOVED how to hang a witch 😭🖤have you read the sequel hunting the deep?
@@io.nebulae I have! Multiple times! I loved both of them so much, but part of me especially loved haunting the deep because you got to see more of the friendship between Sam and the descendants!! I'm so excited to reread the series again in October 🥺🥺
Recommendations for A Girl Lost in the Woods: 1. Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall(one of the best books I’ve read this year). 2. Lost in the Never Woods (YA, a Peter Pan retelling) by Aiden Thomas.
“Hollow Kingdom” by Kira Jane Buxton. A foul-mouthed crow and his trusty hound sidekick try to survive the human apocalypse (zombies!) It sounds weird, and it is, but it’s also so clever, funny, and heartwarming. It’s one of my new favorite books of all time. And there’s a sequel out now, as well. It’s called “Feral Creatures.”
i love that you recommend books that nobody else is talking about! most of these i’ve never even heard of
@booksandlala would you consider doing a similar style video for winter-recommendations? I'd be sooo happy
Haunted House Recommendations: 1. Home Before Dark by Riley Sager 2. The Invited by Jennifer McMahon 2. The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson. 3. The Mist in the Mirror 3. The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware. 4. The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell 5. The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Yay how exciting! I saw the Insta picture and I haven’t read a single one of these, hopefully I find something new to get into! Also, what a neat idea, to make comments so people can fill in their own recommendations as well. Bless you. 🥺❤️
I started reading Blanca & Roja as soon as you mentioned it because I love swans, and I read half the book in one night. It is incredible!!! Thank you for the recommendation!! ♡
I Am Still Alive is an amazing book about a girl who is stranded in the woods, im about halfway through and the writing is amazing
Warm hug books!
Mooncakes - a graphic novel
Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstances - but more like winter cozy
An Enchantment of Ravens - but dark and cozy?
Agree with moon cakes, would also recommend pumpkin heads, also a fall graphic novel
Pumpkin heads is a good one too ☺️
For a book that feels like crunchy leaves, I’d recommend Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh. I read it while listening to the Over the Garden Wall soundtrack.
My recommendation for foggy, atmospheric book is: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. I read it around November last year and I think it was the perfect timing. A bit slow at times, but great vibes. A mix of mystery, mild academia, some spooky house elements, some "maybe paranormal, maybe not" elements, cute romance bits. A couple of surprising twists. But mostly vibes, imo even tho the mystery elemet kept me hooked 😊 Overall great. Read it in French and loved the writing, don't know about other translations tho.
I have a dark romance retelling book recommendation for “A girl running lost in the woods” - Hunted by Cassandra Faye! This book has The Shinning vibes, it’s short but it works
I feel like the Sawkill Girls is a good one for "girl in the woods" there's a creepy creature (I can't remember what he's called now) and sacrifices in the woods.
The Maidens by Alex Michalidis (I know I spelled that wrong) has great fall/dark academia vibes, with a did not see that coming twist!
FALL BOOK REQUEST 🌾 Melancholy contemporary/literary that makes you contemplate life ⬇️
The Gunners by Rebecca Kaufman. Group of former childhood friends meet up as adults after one of them passes away. Very sad at times but I found it uplifting by the end.
Once They Were Wolves tends to be a bit melancholy with a little bit of mystery
radio silence by alice oseman
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender… beautiful, melancholic, tragic and a little magical 🍂 (Check trigger warnings tho)
It’s a short story collection, but Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King. I just read an ARC of it (comes out in November). It was great and I think it fits this prompt really well!
If you want witchy books The Wicked Deep and Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw are both good. 📚❤️
Hard agree!
FALL BOOK REQUEST 🍂 Books that feel like a crisp fall walk through crunchy leaves ⬇️
Rules for Visiting by Jessica Francis Kane
Winter Parting by Sam Beck.
I don't know if this will make sense for anyone else but this is definitely the feeling I had while reading The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin!!
I haven't yet read The Wicker King, but this is the vibe I have going for it based on what I've heard--Can someone who has read it confirm or deny?
In An Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire, The Girl From The Other Side (manga series), Witch Hat Atelier (")
Lala since I've been reading lots of Rick Riordan I am realizing that I love a riddle in books. I didn't realize that before.
I came for cozy books and only got horror 😩 Don’t know what I was expecting from Lala hahahah
A book like a warm cup of tea, one you want to hug, small town vibes, and with a slight supernatural vibe. Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber.
This is just the best video ever and exactly what i needed. I'm so excited about my autumn/Halloween reading plans! 🧡🧡🧡
I think you said “bruja” while talking about Cemetery Boys, but “brujo” is the correct masculine form! 🧡🧡🧡
Omg your hair, and outfit, and makeup are 💯💯💯💯
Also, I love that I’ve read so many of the books you mentioned. Makes me feel like I’m on the right track, ha
Girl lost in the woods:
The good daughter by Karin Slaughter. Starts with gruesome scene, girls flee into the woods and the book explores the aftermath of that.
The house in the dark of the woods by Laird Hunt. Mom goes into woods to collect wood, gets lost. Mystical, confusing, absurdism?
Be not far from me by Mindy McGinnis. Girl goes camping with friends, gets into an argument and runs off. Can't find her way back
FALL BOOK REQUEST 🎲 Mystery with riddles/games ⬇️
Genuinely my first thought was Redwall 8)
The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynne Barns! It’s about a girl who receives a billion dollar inheritance from a complete stranger and he was obsessed with riddles/games/secret rooms and tunnels!
The Escape Room (kind of)
Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh (also kind of woman in the wood)
Truly Devious series by Maureen Johnson! It's YA and a lot of fun! Also The Westing Game which is more middle grade
Yesss They Never Learn is my top thriller of the year too I’m just obsessed with it so much!! Also your outfit is so cute 😍😍😍
also for mystery with riddles the inheritance games is a really good ya one!!
Girl missing in the woods- ruthless by Carolyn Lee adams- the first chapter begins with a girl waking up in the back of a truck and realizing she's been kidnapped. Her captor takes her to a cabin in the woods and the rest of the book is her running and hiding trying to get away and survive
I completely forgot about that book! I still have it on my shelf. I should read that.
@@silentwings1323 yes!!! It's really good! You should read it!! 📚
My favourite witch book is The Witches of New York, about a pair of witches living in 1880s (I think?) New York City as they bring a new young girl into their "coven." It's a great girl-friendship book that's super witchy and also talks a lot about women's roles and feminism in the 19th century.
So good
I love this so much! I love that you added the comments and ppl gets to answer too. I’m going to mine these answers to create some fall books for me. 😁
My cozy winter/fall/holiday book is Bridget Jones's Diary...so funny and all the holiday vibes :)
I almost bought this book yesterday...then changed my mind🥲
for the crunchy leaves one I’d totally recommend Heartstopper! it’s not that atmospheric but it’s set during the school year (so it starts in fall) and it has comfy vibes for sure 🥰 pumpkinheads would also be great for that one (they’re both graphic novels)
Recommendations for Witches: the two prequels to the Practical Magic series: Magic Lessons & The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman. I didn’t much care for Practical Magic ( I love the movie though) but I adored the prequels with The Rules of Magic being my favourite.
FALL BOOK REQUEST 🔎 Mystery with perfectly set up and satisfying plot twists ⬇️
Frog Music by Emma Donoghue
Blue Monday by Nicci French
The SunDown Motel
Unnatural Causes
The Family Upstairs
Snow by John Banville ☘️
☘️👋📖🍀☕️🫖📕🐝📚
The Devil and the Dark Water
The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
Confessions by Kanae Minato
His and Hers by Alice Feeney
Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica
Pendulum by Adam Hamdy
Haven’t they grown by Sophie Hannah
I specifically picked these two because I know you haven’t read them and they are both fast paced thrillers.
He Said/She Said by Erin Kelley (mystery/thriller)
I love Kaylas VIDEOS!! Also love that classic autumn Pinterest board outfit 🍂🍁
Ahhh thank you!! 🤗🧡
@@BooksandLala me just woken up checked notifications heart stopped, not freaking out, not Kayla replying😭💗
I don't know if you'll see this but for YA 'Girl Lost In The Forest': What Waits In The Woods by Kieran Scott and Campfire by Scott Sarles are two that I have read in the past few weeks that were so good! Campfire could also fall under the anthology category because the characters take turns telling ghost stories and it is a major part of the plot.
Fall vibes/witchy - First Frost by Sarah Addison Allen. Witch recommendation - Born Wicked by Jessica Spotsworth 1st in Trilogy. Highly recommend
For the “lost in the woods” I would recommend Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall 🍂
Yes!! I read that based on Kayla’s reading blog of it and it was so good. It’s perfect for fall!
love that one so much!
Also The Girl who loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King and The Twisted Ones by T Kingfisher!
Currently reading The Missing Years. I’m pretty sure I know what the twist is going to be but I’m having tons of fun reading it. I added Force of Nature, People Like Us, and the Dead and the Dark, and Still Mine to my TBR.
I also loved They Never Learn 💗 For Your Own Good, Force of Nature, and The Outliers sound intriguing! 👀
Forest rec is the night will find us by Matthew Lyons. I’ve heard good things and it’s on my tbr for this October. Haunted house I recommend broken girls.
I would highly recommend the Silverwing Series by Kenneth Oppel. Its a fun animal fantasy Young Adult story featuring around a bat named Shade and his adventures during his first migration with his bat colony the Silverwings, Perfect for autumn/Halloween especially book three.
FALL BOOK REQUEST ☕ A story that feels like Gilmore Girls ⬇️
The City Bakers Guide to Country Living. It's basically Gilmore Girls if Sookie was the main character. It starts in the fall and covers several holidays too!
Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell and Faith Erin Hicks.
@@tracey7241 I second that! Also ‘the readers of broken wheel recommend’ 😊
The Plot. LOL Only if Gilmore Girls include murder
Welcome To New York, by Luana Ferraz.
It also fits into the "warm" category and it's basically a fall season of Gilmore girls, just with different characters. You just follow the life of these two people as they go through their lives and get to know each other 💕💕💕
FALL BOOK REQUEST 😱 Truly terrifying scared-to-turn-the-page horror ⬇️
(this request came in a lot and I didn't feel confident enough with a recommendation to include it in the video)
Light of the Fireflies by Paul Pen
Within These Walls by Ania Ahlborn
A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
It by Stephen King (obvi) and The Troop by Nick Cutter
Maynard's House by Herman Raucher
For anthologies/short story collections I would recommend The Dangers of Smoking in Bed or The Things We lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez. These are both excellent horror short story collections
Girl Lost in the Wood: Be Not Far From Me - Mindy McGinnis
Dark Academia: These Violent Delights - Micah Nemerever
Girls Who Kiss With Dark Vibes: The Female of the Species - Mindy McGinnis
Group where People are Dying: Never Saw Me Coming - Vera Kurien
I feel like it fits fall, so I recommend The Thief of Always by Clive Barker (reminds me of a mix between Coraline and The Nightmare Before Christmas)
One thing came to mind: fall in other countries! Like, there must be some books with that sort of theme!
For the "girl in the forest"/ "girl running from someone in the forest" prompt I remember reading Black Ice by Becca Fitzpatrick when I was younger and enjoying it very much!
FALL BOOK REQUEST 🧑🤝🧑👭👫 Closed Circle/Locked Door Whodunnit ⬇️
I enjoyed The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji. Takes place on an abandoned island off the coast of Japan.
@@tepachon6466 came here to recommend this. Best locked door mystery I've read in awhile.
Timothy Zahn's Icarus Hunt is a lot of fun, since it's essentially a sci-fi noir/whodunit
A classic "And then there were none" - Agatha Christie
The Passengers by John Marr. Also someone else mentioned this too but And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
I want to recommend To Be Taught if Fortunate by Becky Chambers. Her Wayfarer series and newest novella are pretty popular but I don’t hear much about this one. It is a short novella about a group of astronauts on an exploratory mission and what they discover. It is written as a letter back to earth, and talks about humans and their desire for discovery and what that means. I loved it!
FALL BOOK REQUEST ☁️ It's always foggy ⬇️
By Gaslight by Steven Price!
The Monster of Elendhaven by Jennifer Giesbrecht!
Six of Crows because Ketterdam is such a dark city and it was foggy a lot
The Wicked Deep
House of Salt and Sorrow
This was such a solid recommendations video! I do think you might like What Should Be Wild which is on your GoodReads Want to Read.
Kayla I LOVED this video so so so much! Would love more videos like this in future! ❤️
THEY NEVER LEARN is so good!!! Never Saw Me Coming is good too.
Another witchy short story collection that I enjoyed was also called Toil & Trouble, but it’s the one by Augusten Burroughs. I would read his grocery list, so I may be a tad bit biased. But it’s definitely witchy without being too scary.
I had that on my TBR but I took it off ... I think I'll add it again 😉
Girl lost in the woods: The River at Night by Erica Ferencik (this kind of fits, but it’s a group in the woods after a whitewater rafting accident 🤷🏻♀️). Also, The Forgotten Girls by Sara Blaedel. Neither is a perfect match. But, might work.
Putting The Missing Years on hold in my library for sure! Sounds right up my alley!
Bennington women has such warm cozy fall vibes!
I'd reccomend the murder most unladylike series by Robin Stevens - especially the first one for autumnal/fall vibes. It's a Middle-Grade murder mystery that is cozy, fun and quintessentially British. (For any brits it's Enid Blyton meets Agatha Christie)
Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven is incredible for Halloween and the fall spooky season. The audio book was like an investigative thriller.
Paybacks a witch definitely fits the lesbian flannel vibe!
Among the Beasts and Briars is an original fairytale that works perfectly with "girl lost in the woods but make it pull from old world fairytales"! It is ya fantasy but it's a short, whimsical read!
Tananarive Due is a GOAT! I will read ANYTHING from her! SHE IS an autobuy for me.
anthologies she is in is gold too.
The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding is a warm cup of Chai tea in a pumpkin patch vibes for sure!!!!!!
Girl the gets lost in the woods I highly recommend Be Not Far From Me but Mindy McGinnis. It's amazing
FALL BOOK REQUEST 🧙♀️ Witch books ⬇️
Practical Magic, of course! I'm currently reading The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina and really enjoying it!
Black Witch Magic by Mila Nicks - also works for small town paranormal. 💖
Kingdom of the Wicked
Funky Town by Mathilde Van Gheluwe.
the scapegracers! starring a butch lesbian witch and a girl gang
I don't know where it would fit, it's a YA contemporary mystery, Serious Moonlight by Jenn Bennett. Also the Jackaby series by William Ritter is a nice lil YA mystery series with a Sherlock/Dr who-esque detective, really great for fall!
FALL BOOK REQUEST 👹 Spooky/horror short story collections ⬇️
Through The Woods by Emily Carroll.
Your House is on Fire Your Children All Gone. All stories are set in the same town and are loosely linked, but each chapter is a separate story.
The October Country by Ray Bradbury
Echos ghost stories anthology
Theodore Sturgeon's E Pluribus Unicorn
* adds 700 books to goodreads tbr *
Thanks Lala! 🤓
FALL BOOK REQUEST 😬 Unsettling/Uncomfortable don't-know-what's-going-on ominous atmosphere ⬇️
It's an October release but Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw is perfect for this!
Bloodline by Jess Lourey!
Not a unique recommendation but Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer! Also, some translated fic - Record of A Night Too Brief by Hiromi Kawakami.
We Need to Do Something by Max Brooks III
Wonderland by Zoje Stage
FALL BOOK REQUEST ✨ Dark Academia ⬇️
My top recs remain If We Were Villains, The Secret History, Catherine House, and Bunny. A little more unconventional answers: Real Life by Brandon Taylor and These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever.
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell is a good one I think. I wouldn’t call it a thriller or a mystery, but it is really dark. Don’t read this if you’re triggered by physical abuse or gaslighting.
Plain Bad Heroines and Summer Sons. Two of my favourites!
Ace of Spades (gossip girl meets get out)
A lesson in vengeance - Victoria Lee
Black chalk - Christopher J. Yates
And maybe Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo?
Highly recommend Sawkill Girls for spooky/sapphic vibe - 5 star read for me!
Haunted House vibes: The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell, The little Stranger by Sarah Waters, Magpie Hall by Rachael King
FALL BOOK REQUEST 🌲 Lost in the woods suspense ⬇️
The girl who loved Tom Gordon by stephen king
Be Not Far From Me by Mindy McGinnis! More of a survival story of a girl lost in the woods but it's intense and there is a mystery element
@@lauralagassee2363 I loved this book
I dont know if it's exactly the vibe that is being looked for but The Girl in Red by Christina Henry is inspired by red riding hood. I'd say "lost" might not apply completely, but woods and suspense are included!
It's more of a winter than fall book, but I Am Still Alive by Alice Kate Marshall! She's more trapped than purely lost, but it's a survival story with some big suspence/thriller moments.
Now these are some epic recommendations! I'm starting to fear I'll never be able to read them all 😅😫
The Missing Years sounds right up my alley! I immediately bought it on kindle :D