Books that feel like autumn

Shorter days, wet leaves, a jumper you forgot you owned. These are the books that carry that feeling: a little melancholy, a little magic, best read with the lamp on.

1. Autumn

   1.Autumn

   Ali Smith · 2016

   A lifelong friendship told in fragments, as the year and the country both turn colder.

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2. The Secret History

   2.The Secret History

   Donna Tartt · 1992

   Classics students, a remote college and a crime that hangs over every misty page.

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3. A Month in the Country

   3.A Month in the Country

   J. L. Carr · 1980

   A short, golden novel about one healing summer that already feels like a memory.

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4. Rebecca

   4.Rebecca

   Daphne du Maurier · 1938

   A grand house by the sea, a dead first wife and a slow-building chill.

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5. We Have Always Lived in the Castle

   5.We Have Always Lived in the Castle

   Shirley Jackson · 1962

   Two sisters, a locked-up house and a village that wants them gone. Quietly eerie.

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6. The Shadow of the Wind

   6.The Shadow of the Wind

   Carlos Ruiz Zafón · 2001

   Rain-dark Barcelona and a hidden library of forgotten books. A mystery to sink into.

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7. Possession

   7.Possession

   A. S. Byatt · 1990

   Two scholars chase a secret Victorian love affair through letters and old archives.

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8. Brideshead Revisited

   8.Brideshead Revisited

   Evelyn Waugh · 1945

   Oxford, a crumbling country estate and a family remembered in amber light.

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9. Something Wicked This Way Comes

   9.Something Wicked This Way Comes

   Ray Bradbury · 1962

   A strange carnival arrives in October. The perfect pre-Halloween read.

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10. Practical Magic

    10.Practical Magic

    Alice Hoffman · 1995

    Witch sisters, family curses and kitchen spells. Cozy, with an edge.

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