Welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday post! This weeks topic was a freebie! Autumn and I tried to decide what topic we were going to choose and it was not easy ( we have a hard time making decisions) We tossed around a couple of different ones, but decided to go with something fall related, autumnal colored covers! Is it random, absolutely! But here you go with some recommendations for books both Autumn and I have enjoyed that have colors that fall within the autumnal color spectrum! Although I mentioned her name already I am happy to again feature my best friend on this post! So here is our list of Top Ten Autumnal Colored Cover Reads!

Top Ten Autumnal Colored Cover Reads

Ashley’s Picks

I tried to go with covers that were a mix of the fall colors (just ignore the blue!)

Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch

I definitely need to reread this one. I adored the first book in this series and have been putting off reading the third because the author has not published the next in the series and who knows if it will ever happen. But basically this is a fantasy on a boat with pirate type characters…I feel like that is enough said!

The Daring of Della Dupree by Natasha Lowe

This book falls into the Fall reads vibe as well! It is about some young witches and is just a fun wholesome story! It is a cute quick read that is great to with with any young ones you have in your life! The author also includes a recipe and activites at the end.

Full Review: The Daring of Della Dupree

The Rogue King by Abigail Owen

A steamy, action packed paranormal romance story filled with sass, dragon politics, battles and tons of paranormal creatures. The world is so interesting as well as the background story to the characters and dragon clans. Definitely recommend the series as a whole.

Full Review: The Rogue King

I’ll Meet You There by Heather Demetrios

This is a story about self discovery, love and overcoming what life throws at you. This book was not only beautiful, raw and emotional, but it was also deep, realistic and relevant to our current society and problems faced by many people. It was one of the first contemporary YA books I read that really had an impact on me and stayed with me. Don’t miss out on reading the Authors Notes and acknowledgements because they really added even more to the overall story and the authors relation to the topic.

Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs

Not just this one, but the series is so great. I am nowhere near being done reading through the season, but it is so far just such a solid urban fantasy series. It has such a large cast of characters and a main character that is a badass and somehow always getting herself into trouble.

Autumn’s Picks

Here are my five! I feel like mine aren’t so much fall-colored covers and are really just books with orange covers – but, I have actually read all of them, so I feel like that should count for something !

World War Z by Max Brooks

This is the gateway book that had me reading exclusively zombie-related fiction from about 2008 to 2011 and is still the one that I would say left me feeling the most unsettled (which is exactly what I’m looking for in zombie fiction), even after multiple re-reads. Definitely a great fall read if you’re still, like me, desperately clutching at anything with zombies in it even all these years after the hype has died – skip the movie though, not worth it.

The Martian by Andy Weir

I think at this point everyone’s read this one and seen the movie twice, right? It will always hold a special place in my heart though because I dropped everything to read it when a friend of mine texted me to tell me that he’d just finished it and loved it, and that it was one of the only books he’d picked up at all since high school. There’s definitely something special about a book that can get even a non-reader reading.

Alright, Alright, Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused by Melissa Maerz

Dazed is without question my favorite movie of all time, and I firmly believe that it’s a movie you either absolutely get, or you just don’t , and it’s totally okay if you don’t. But if you do get it, you know the film is something undeniably special, and this book makes it so, so clear that it’s not just the audience that was left feeling that – it was the cast, the crew, anyone who touched the production, and it’s obvious that many of them still hold the experience close to their hearts even almost 30 years later.

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

This one is a quick read and also makes fantastic fall book club material if you happen to be a part of one (or just want to read it with a group of friends) – definitely not horror or a thriller in the typical sense, but packed with interesting themes that can prompt great discussions.

Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

If you’re not already familiar, I guarantee this one is not what you’d expect based on the title alone, but it’s certainly fascinating and absolutely worth picking up if you’re interested in something a little odd and entirely compelling. I think I would need more space than I have here to pull together a proper review and recommendation, so instead I’ll leave you with this 2014 Wired review that highlights the book’s particular brand of weirdness, and its cultural impact, better than I ever could.

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