S6E4: While the days are getting shorter and the temperatures are dropping lower, being indoors is looking a lot more cozy. In other words, it's the perfect season to get back to reading! Not only is autumn THE season for reading, but there are so many sub-genres that perfectly compliment the moody weather and spooky atmosphere of fall. Tune in to hear our recommendations for witchy and gothic reads, to cozy, dark academia, and just plain dark. We also spend some time reviewing lists compiled by reading platforms (GoodReads and Fable) on suggested autumnal reads. As ever, happy reading from the Hot Girls Read podcast.

Titles Mentioned

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna

The Secret History by Donna Tart

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree,

Discworld series by Terry Pratchett

The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery

The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

The Hexologists by Josiah Bancroft

The Wisteria society for Lady Scoundrels by India Holton

Weird Woods: Tales from the Haunted Woods of Britain (A British Library short story collection)

Anything by Shirley Jackson (Haunting of Hill House, We Have always lived in the Castle)

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

Bunny by Mona Awad

Temptation of Magic by Megan Scott

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

Natasha Preston books

A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid

The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

Weyward by Emilia Hart

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman

The Green Witch: Your Complete Guide to the Natural Magic of Herbs, Flowers, Essential Oils, and More by Arin Murphy

Slewfoot by Alexis Henderson

Psychic Witch by Mat Auryn

Dracula by Bram Stoker

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

The Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe

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