Fall Reading List

This is my version of this week’s Top Ten (or Twelve) Tuesday, which is the Top Ten Books on My Fall TBR.

I really enjoyed putting together my Summer Reading List (even though I didn’t quite finish it), because it got me reading books I wouldn’t normally think about.  I used to love reading classics, and I’ve had reading jags where I only read non-fiction, but I hadn’t been doing much of either until I created my Summer Reading List.  I got out of my comfort zone  little, which was wonderful!  So wonderful, in fact, that I decided to create another list for the Fall.  Fall, my favorite season, creates a different mood for reading than Summer, so I decided to forgo the forgotten books on my Summer list for now and create a new list of completely Fall reads.  Same categories, same goals, to read three of the four in each category.  Here’s the list I’ve come up with to start my Fall reading:

 

Non-Fiction

1. Southern Daughter by Darden Asbury Pyron.  A biography on Margaret Mitchell, the author of one of my favorite books.
2. The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer.  I actually know nothing about Amy Scumer, but I’ve heard fantastic things about this memoir.
3. In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahari.  Sounds different and interesting.
4. Charlotte Bronte by Claire Harmon.  A bio on one of my favorite authors? Yes, please!

 

Classics

1. Emma by Jane Austen.  This will be a buddy read with a friend of mine, just started this weekend.
2. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen.  I really want to participate in some way in the Austenatious Book Club, but it doesn’t look like it’s going to work out for me unless I jump in on this now.  Two Jane Austens?  I’m not sure, but I’ll try…
3. Dracula by Bram Stoker.  What better way to spend Halloween than reading this?
4. Bleak House by Charles Dickens.  This just feels like it may be a fall or winter read.  We’ll see how it goes.

 

Fiction Outside My Comfort Zone

1. Hag Seed by Margaret Atwood.  So looking forward to this!
2. Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee.  It sounds kind of creepy and cool, and I’ve been hearing great, great things.
3. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles.  Sounds like it’s going to be a big hit.
4. The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware.  This feels like the perfect Fall book.

 

 

Other Goals for Fall

1. Read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.  The second Illustrated edition comes out next week, so of course that requires some rereading!
2. Read (Listen) to two audiobooks.  I was pretty big on audiobooks last year, but since I got a new job and my commute time has been cut in half, there just doesn’t seem to be as much audiobook listening time for me, and I want to find ways to re-incorporate it into my life.
3. Read two Book of the Month Club picks.  My gift subscription has ended, but I loved my time as a BOTM Member, so much so that I’m considering getting a new subscription for myself.  Nevertheless, I intend to keep an eye on the monthly picks when they’re released so I can add to my TBR.

 

What are everyone else’s goals for the Fall?