Easy Book Recommendations for Fall
What could be better in autumn than reading a good book? Maybe reading an easy good book? School is starting, and whether you are a student or a caretaker of one, life can get busy when you are trying to get back into the swing of things. In this post I will be recommending several of my favorite fall books. These books will range from ones that you can finish in a day or some that will keep you hooked for weeks and are easily picked up again between busy and hectic days. I will also include several genres, ranging from cozy, classics, to historic fantasy. I hope you enjoy this post, because finding beauty and truth in literature should be accessible for anyone at any stage and season of life.
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Book Review: An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson
An Enchantment of Ravens sweeps you into the autumn lands, where moss and golden birch leaves are just as magical as any fantastical thing the author could have otherwise imagined. The novel begins with Isabel, a famous painter in her village, whose craft is highly valued by the fair folk. She risks everything by painting portraits of fairies to make a living — knowing that every encounter could be her last.
Everything changes when the autumn prince, Rook, appears in her parlour to sit for a portrait. From there, an adventure unfolds that cannot be undone. With the Wild Hunt dogging every one of their steps, Isabel and Rook’s journey sets in motion events that will alter both their lives and the destiny of humans — forever.
Read my full review of An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson
Book Review: Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
In a land of snow and ice, Emily Wilde, a women of education and a Cambridge professor, is on an expectation; not only find faeries but to compile one of the world’s first encyclopaedias of faeries. Beside the actual faeries, who are at best cunning, and at worst malicious, she has her rival and colleague to contend with, Wendell Bambleby. In too soon a time Emily finds that she only has her old and faithful Dog, her books, and her wit to defend herself with against the perilous odds in the cold wilderness she faces.
Book Review: Heartless by Marissa Meyer
Cath believes in as many as six impossible things being able to happen before breakfast. But what happens when she’s faced with an impossible decision?
Heartless by Marissa Meyer reimagines the infamous Queen of Hearts as Lady Catherine Pinkerton—a noblewoman torn between societal expectations and her own dreams. Set in the whimsical yet morally decaying Kingdom of Hearts, the story follows Catherine’s struggle to choose between love, duty, and her passion for baking.
In this glittering world of afternoon teas with royalty and masquerade balls by night, Catherine dreams of something simpler: opening a bakery with her best friend. But everything changes when she becomes entangled with the King—and an unexpected engagement that threatens to shatter her dreams.
Beneath the sweeping romance and forbidden love lies a darker truth: the moral corruption of Hearts’ nobility. Danger is brushed aside for parties, and incompetence is buried beneath extravagance.
Read my full review of Heartless by Marissa Meyer
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy
“What do you want to be when you grow up?”
“Kind,” said the boy.
This line sums up Charlie Mackesy’s The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse. Full of endearing ink sketches and watercolour paintings, this book touches the parts of ourselves that long to slow down and reflect on what is truly important in life, as well as teaching the reader how to be gentle with themselves and others.
Read my full review of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy
Book Review: Welcome to the Fae Café by Jennifer Kropf
Welcome to the Fae Café by Jennifer Kropf opens with Kate Cole, a twenty-two-year-old college student with a dream of becoming an author who’s doing her best to juggle school and open a café with her best friend, Lily Baker. Her life seems ordinary enough with a quirky internal monologue, a habit of skipping her university classes, and a routine of spying on her competition, a local café, until a normal morning ends with her accidentally killing someone. This in itself is enough to be a story, although a gruesome and unfortunate one, but when she turns herself in at a police station, the police find no evidence and no body, and the witnesses to the unfortunate incident can't recall even seeing Kate Cole that morning. As it turns out, the man she killed wasn’t human at all but a fae assassin, and his death sets off a chain of events Kate never could have imagined or prepared enough for.In comes Prince Cressica of the North, who, after hearing about how one of his fae brothers-in-arms was killed at the hands of a merciless human assassin, is horrified and takes the initiative to track down Kate Cole to avenge his fallen fellow assassin—against the fearsome Queene of the North’s orders, of course. This direct violation of his Queene’s command now means that not only is his life forfeit, but also the lives of the fellow assassins who joined him on his quest to kill the human assassin. He and his fae crew must kill Kate Cole or die... This starts a whole stream of antics involving fae, coffee, and a whole lot of pink yarn.
Read my full review of Welcome to the Fae Café by Jennifer Kropf
Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
Once upon a time, there was a toad who lived in a thornbush. The bush was tight and large — large enough to keep out a grown man and desperate travelers with axes.
One day the toad prayed, even though she didn't know who would answer her as she's, of course, a fairy, not a toad; but also in a way sort of a toad, thus her name, Toadling.
Anyways, she prayed, petitioning who ever heard her to keep away the humans, making sure to say "Amen." at the end like the priest who died taught her to. What results is a Muslim knight who mistakes her for the sleeping, cursed princess she's been guarding.
Thus, is the beginning of Thornhedge, a story where a desperate curse holds back evil.
Read my full review of Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A.Milne
In the Hundred Acre Wood there lived animals, stuffed, but very much alive. Each with their own individual struggles and flaws, and each with their own attachments to Christopher Robin, a boy from the real world.
Read my full review of Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A.Milne
That's all folks! If you have found your life getting more busy in the Fall, to I'd love to hear your perspective in the comments bellow how you make time for reading. ❤❤❤
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