This fall, we are closing out our summer break and heading into cooler weather. With that comes road trips to see the changing leaves, more cozy reading time, spooky season, and back to school. The following are a handful of books coming out in September, October and November that touch on those themes and are perfect for fall reading.
Road Trip Reading
Releases October 6
Scott is unemployed and spiralling in impending fatherhood. When he receives a call from his brother to transport his cryogenically frozen father across the country, the timing is terrible. However, the Cryo center is closing, and they have no choice. It is a race against time and temperature to move his dad to a new facility and for Scott to return in time for his first child’s birth.
Releases November 10
Annie is struggling in New York, trying to make rent by dancing in a dog mask for a burlesque show. One day she receives a letter from her mother wanting to meet. Annie only knows that her mom left when she was little. With nothing holding her back, she borrows a Buick LeSabre and makes the cross-country trek to the small town of her birth in Alaska.
Reading About Books
The Bookshop Book by Mark Lawrence
Releases October 28
Rose has been trapped in a book her mother wrote and cornered by an evil pursuer. Luckily, she is able to jump out of that book and into another. Right where Frederick “Red” is standing. Together they navigate through literature, trying to avoid the evil that stalks them while also discovering who they really are.
Receipts from the Bookshop by Katie Chapman
Releases September 8
This non-fiction follows Katie as she navigates running a small-town independent bookstore. From customers, new books, and never-ending cardboard boxes.
Monster Books
Morfran, Dark Lord Reformed by S.B West
Releases September 8
Morfran is tired of being the dark lord. So one day he leaves it all behind to become a goat farmer. But when he ends up in a village where a rebellion is brewing, he finds himself saving the town. They quickly decide that he is the perfect man to lead the rebellion against the Dark Lord. A rebellion against himself.
Dive Bar at the End of the Road by Kelley Armstrong
Releases October 6
After narrowly missing hitting someone or something on the road, five strangers are stranded in a dive bar waiting for first light and hopefully cell service. But things aren’t quite what it seems, and leaving the bar isn’t such a good idea.
Books on School Subjects
Releases Oct 6
Livia has long left behind her younger self; the music, the passions, the loss for a quiet country life. But when an old lover reconnects, she is forced to examine everything she left behind.
Saved by the Spell by Tanya Huff
Releases November 3
All the teachers want at the High School for Performing Magic is a quiet year of decent national math scores, students learning a few spells, and things staying relatively quiet. They really don’t get paid for more than that. But when a Hero quickly emerges in one of the students there dreams are crushed. Cause when there is a Hero, there is always a Villain.
Want more recommendations for these themes? Check out my Fall Reading Guide Part 2: Just A Couple More, Please post tomorrow on Substack.
And if you aren’t ready to say goodbye to Summer, we have lots of recommendations in our Summer Reading Guide.