LIST: autumn reading recs

i did another one of these posts for summer, so i decided to do one for autumn! this is my favorite season because of sweater weather. also, where i live, it's not too hot, not too cold. if you're looking for great books to curl up with this fall, here is a great place to start!

"fall has always been my favorite season. the time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale." - wither, lauren destefano

chilly windy days (a precipice of change)🌫:

“each day means a new twenty-four hours. each day means everything’s possible again. you live in the moment, you die in the moment, you take it all one day at a time.” - legend, marie lu

• the lumatere chronicles by melina marchetta (tw: rape)
• legend by marie lu
• cloudwish by fiona wood
• outrun the moon by stacey lee
• saints and misfits by s.k. ali (tw: rape)
• want by cindy pon
• wolf by wolf by ryan graudin
• the epic crush of genie lo by f.c. yee
• the hate u give by angie thomas
• first and then by emma mills
• if i was your girl by meredith russo
• looking for alibrandi by melina marchetta

falling leaves (desires and anticipation)🍂🍃:

"hope? hope can be a powerful force. maybe there's no actual magic in it, but when you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic." - daughter of smoke and bone, laini taylor

• daughter of smoke and bone by laini taylor
•  i'll give you the sun by jandy nelson
• passenger by alexandra bracken
• the conspiracy of us by maggie hall
• places no one knows by brenna yovanoff
• blood for blood by catherine doyle
• six of crows by leigh bardugo
• crimson bound by rosamund hodge
• the darkest part of the forest by holly black
• the lynburn legacy by sarah rees brennan
• tiny pretty things by sona charaipotra and dhonielle clayton
• a crown of wishes by roshani chokshi
• north of beautiful by justina chen

a full moon (spoooooky)🌑:

"the moon is a loyal companion. it never leaves. it's always there, watching, steadfast, knowing us in our light and dark moments, changing forever just as we do. every day it's a different version of itself. sometimes weak and wan, sometimes strong and full of light. the moon understands what it means to be human. uncertain. alone. cratered by imperfections."- shatter me, tahereh mafi

• girl on the verge by pintip dunn 
• jane, unlimited by kristin cashore (out september 19th)
• forest of a thousand lanterns by julie c. dao (out october 10th)
• the bone witch by rin chupeco
• the diviners by libba bray
• illuminae by amie kaufman and jay kristoff
• three dark crowns by kendare blake
• the archived by victoria schwab
• far from you by tess sharpe
• the naturals by jennifer lynn barnes
• the shadowhunters chronicles by cassandra clare
• howl's moving castle by diana wynne jones
• this savage song by victoria schwab

season of gratitude (realizations and love)❤:

“you go shake your foundations, will. I think it's about time I saved myself.” - saving francesca, melina marchetta

• saving francesca by melina marchetta 
• anna and the french kiss by stephanie perkins
• starfish by akemi dawn bowman (out september 26th) (tw: emotional abuse, sexual abuse)
• this adventure ends by emma mills
• gallagher girls by ally carter
• jellicoe road by melina marchetta
• words in deep blue by cath crowley
• noteworthy by riley redgate
• just visiting by dahlia adler
• the lost & found by katrina leno (tw: self-harm)
• the last time we say goodbye by cynthia hand (tw: suicide)
• finding audrey by sophie kinsella
• the sky is everywhere by jandy nelson