🍂 40+ very specific autumn fantasy book recommendations to read alone in the forest 🍂

books mentioned:
lonely castle in the mirror
last tale of the flower bride
the silent companions
our hideous progeny
house of roots and ruin
the darkest part of the forest
immortal longings
stolen heir
life as we knew it
hell bent
harrow the ninth
what moves the dead
thorn hedge
wicked deep
the queer principles of kit webb
girl who fell beneath the sea
one for my enemy
if we were villains
lakesedge
a magic steeped in poison
the binding
the raven cycle
gilded
garden of the cursed
sea of tranquility
the children of green knowe
the hacienda
language of thorns
blood debts
the black witch
a dowry of blood
a far wilder magic
station eleven
emily wilde's encyclopedia of fairies
spells for forgetting
heart of stone
house of salt and sorrow
divine rivals
the bear and the nightingale
half a soul
our wives under the sea

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🍂 40+ very specific autumn book recommendations to read alone in the forest 🍂

[rowen.m]

To the person who asked about a Carmilla-esque book, please read “The Wicked and the Willing” by Lianyu Tan. It’s set in 1927/1928 Singapore. Very atmospheric and spooky. Lesbians, need I say more! I’m only 90 pages into it, but I’m enjoying it so far. ❤

[erinl]

when i saw the title of this video i literally said "oh thank god" loud enough for my mom to ask what happened 😭 i've been needing some fall vibes and you always have the best recs, thank you cari!!

[Merve]

I recently read the perfect autumn book that feels so much like a Ghibli movie. It's called Unraveller by Frances Hardinge and it takes place in a world where spider like creatures give other humans the ability to curse each other and the main character can break them. It has spooky vibes but is actually really cozy and super atmospheric.

[bookbrain]

Just what i needed for my favorite season of the year!!

[lolaevergreen]

We wouldn't mind an hour+ long book recommendations video! :D

[pancieran]

I can't believe you're giving us a video on the raven cycle (my fav book) this close to my birthday THANK YOU 😭😍

[scarlettteacup]

Another cute fantasy romance with autumn vibes is An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson. It's not my favourite of her books but it's still really good and definitely very autumn-y

[anon]

i'm so glad you read the raven cycle! those books were my entire personality when i was 17 😅

[carolynndunn]

This title had me DYING. I was literally hoping you would upload because I'm going backpacking (alone, in the woods) next week and I've been needing some new books to bring. I might avoid the really, really spooky ones tho haha

[megandcochrane]

I just finished Anatomy : A Love Story and it was so amazing. Not smutty, not too lovey dovey…just the yearning and then the surgical stuff. So good, so gothic, and I need everyone to read it. Also! The audiobook narrator is Scottish.

[kingdomkeeper]

Ah! I love this! I will also need a Winter vibes list eventually 😅🩵

[barbc]

I've been meaning to come back to tell you that YOUR recommendations are the ONLY ones I fully trust. Idk how you do it, but every book you have recommended that I've read have always been bangers. So, THANK YOU for reading and curating these amazing lists. You are the best!

[kristinblack]

What good timing this video has! I was in such a reading slump - hadn't finished a book in months - and now I have like 10 books on hold and have read two since you posted this. Thanks Cari!

[ol]

Also, mushrooms + romance + gothic = Mexican gothic. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea and it’s a lot of not plot just vibes kind of thing, but definitely loads of mushrooms, romance and gothic 😂

[rixanoz]

I’m getting my tea and clearing out my tbr for this one.

[mollygross]

omg you just unlocked a deep memory with life as we knew it!!! completely forgot about that book but i was obsessed when i was younger. i remember staying up all night to finish it and using the light from my nintendo DS to sneakily read it lol.

[NellyVilla]

27:49 omg my request made it to your thumbnail 💃🏻🕺💃🏻🕺

[AnimeLover]

Thank you for mentioning life as we knew it. I had the exact same reaction as you. I wanted to go to the store and start hoarding, canned foods and medical supplies. It was an amazing yet terrifiying book! I recommend it to anyone who’s in a good mind space.

[who-is-eva]

Here in southern germany we are in that same beautiful period between summer and autumn as you are in Seoul and I just got up, made myself some tea and am ready to take notes for my fall tbr, yay!
Also! Finished Lonely Castle in the Mirror two weeks ago and it hasn't let me go yet, it's my favourite book of the whole year, maybe my new all time fave!

[sappho]

the binding is my favourite book !! just of all of them. i feel a little jealous/possessive seeing it recommended but it is absolutely breathtaking !! definitely recommend checking trigger warnings first though, this one doesn't pull any punches