Witchy Book recommendations (or, Autumn book recs)

Hey, y’all! I just posted a reel on Instagram where I listed 12 books perfect for Fall. Whether they’re set in the autumn months, have an autumn vibe, or just make me think of Fall, they’re all there.

I used three words/phrases to describe each book. And I sat on my porch in a witch’s hat.

For those of you not on Instagram, here are the books:

1. Fault Lines by Nora Shalaway Carpenter

fracking, West Virginia, teenaged environmentalists

2. Into the Wilderness by Sara Donati

New York wilderness, Mohawk, 1792

3. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

Oxford, hereditary witches, alchemical manuscript

4. Legends of the Fall by Jim Harrison

novella, October, Montana brothers

5. Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

Kentucky, house novel, obsession

4. The Cloisters by Katy Hays

dark academia, Medieval tarot cards, gothic

5. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

17th century New England, single mother, adultry

6. Ghost on Black Mountain by Ann Hite

five women, Depression-era Appalachia, ghosts

7. Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman

sisterhood, magic, spells

8. The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe

Salem, Massachusetts; dual timeline, artifact

9. A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean

Western Montana, fly fishing, religion

10. Still Life by Louise Penny

rural Canadian village, murder, chief inspector

11. When Venus Fell by Deborah Smith

Tennessee, romance, well-guarded hearts

12. When We Were Ghouls by Amy Wallen

memoir, haunted memories, travel