21 Books You’ll Want To Curl Up With This Fall

Do you hear that? It’s the sound of millions of leaves turning fiery and bright and crunchy. It’s the sound of countless women pulling out their boots and scarves and plaid jackets. It’s the sound of pumpkin spice lattes being made. It’s the sound of a perfectly crisp evening. It’s the sound of the Gilmore Girls theme song. It’s the sound of fall, and it’s all around us.

If there’s one thing women around the world look forward to with bated breath every single year, it’s the arrival of autumn. We can’t help it – the weather, the fashion, and the aesthetic are to die for. And, lucky for us, it’s that time of year yet again.

Autumn calls for coffee and rambling walks through the park, poetry and indie music, and – perhaps most of all – books. There’s just something about getting lost in a good book as the world slowly becomes sepia-toned.

But the thing is, you have to pick the right book. Fall is too special a time of year to be reading the wrong story, a book that doesn’t belong in the season or do anything to bring it to life. With this in mind, we’ve compiled a list of the best books you’ll want to curl up with this fall, ranging from fun and cozy to downright scary and spooky.

If You’re in the Mood for a Little Mystery…

Five Little Pigs, by Agatha Christie

You simply cannot go wrong in picking up a Christie. (Honorable mentions for The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and And Then There Were None, two novels of hers that are on nearly every mystery list, and for good reason.) Hercule Poirot, Christie’s beloved Belgian mustachioed detective, is tasked with solving a murder 16 years after it occurred when a young woman convinces him her late mother simply couldn’t have been the person who killed her father – despite having gone to jail for it. And so, Poirot sets out questioning the five other people who were present that day, piecing together what happened bit by bit, using his “little gray cells.” Buy it here.