Fall at the Fair! Fall themed fiction reads for adults

Enjoy this list of fall-themed adult fiction for our SweetBean Reading Challenge in August!

Updated July 31, 2024
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Autumn
Smith, Ali
Paper Book
Autumn 2016- Daniel is a century old. Elisabeth, born in 1984, has her eye on the future. And the UK is in pieces, divided by a historic once-in-a-generation summer. Love is won, love is lost. Hope is hand in hand with hopelessness. The seasons roll round, as ever. Ali Smith's new novel is a...
The autumn ghost : how the battle against a polio epidemic revolutionized modern medical care
Wunsch, Hannah
Paper Book
"A perfectly pitched medical mystery that will captivate you from page one."--Wes Ely, MD, MPH, author of Every Deep-Drawn Breath, winner of the 2022 Christopher Award for Literature. A suspenseful, authoritative account of how the battle against a mid-century polio...
Autumn nights
Macomber, Debbie
Paper Book
When the weather starts to turn chilly, get cozy with two classic tales of romance where falling in love means becoming part of a family. The Playboy and the Widow Unwilling to let go of the memory of her husband, Diana Collins is struggling to raise her two girls on...
Autumn skies
Hunter, Denise
Paper Book
The Bluebell Inn is turning a profit, and it's time for the Bennett siblings to sell it and move on. Only Grace has plans to stay in the small lake town of Bluebell, North Carolina, where she hopes her growing outfitters business will save her from the loneliness of her siblings' departure and the...
Black river orchard : a novel
Wendig, Chuck
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A small town is transformed when seven strange trees begin bearing magical apples in this masterpiece of horror from the author of Wanderers and The Book of Accidents. "This masterful outing should continue to earn Wendig comparisons to...
The cider shop rules
Lindsey, Julie Anne
Paper Book
Autumn in Blossom Valley means pumpkin patches are ripe and Winona Mae Montgomery and her Granny Smythe's cider shop is flourishing. But with this season comes ... A FATAL HARVEST The Fall Festival is in full swing. Civil War reenactors from...
Death at the manor
Schellman, Katharine
Paper Book
The tortured spirits of the dead haunt a Regency-era English manor-but the true danger lies in the land of the living in the third installment in the Lily Adler mysteries, perfect for fans of Deanna Raybourn. Regency widow Lily Adler is looking forward to spending the autumn away...
Eternal
Scottoline, Lisa
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER   #1 bestselling author Lisa Scottoline offers a sweeping and shattering epic of historical fiction fueled by shocking true events, the tale of a love triangle that unfolds in the heart of Rome...in the creeping shadow of fascism. ...
An event in autumn
Mankell, Henning
Paper Book
The eleventh riveting installment in the mystery thriller series that inspired the Netflix crime drama Young Wallander * Wallander is "one of the most impressive creations in crime fiction today.... An old-fashioned moral force and sense of disquiet of the sort rarely found in...
An evil heart
Castillo, Linda
Paper Book
2024 SUE GRAFTON MEMORIAL AWARD WINNER Chief of Police Kate Burkholder investigates the brutal death of a young Amish man in An Evil Heart, the latest installment of the bestselling series by Linda Castillo. On a crisp autumn day in Painters Mill,...
The glass forest : a novel
Swanson, Cynthia
Paper Book
"[A] triumph. Swanson is a name to be considered among the likes of Gillian Flynn, Chris Pavone, and Laura Lippman" (Library Journal, starred review). From the New York Times bestselling author of The Bookseller comes a gripping literary suspense novel set...
It happened one autumn
Kleypas, Lisa.
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author Lisa Kleypas comes the next title in the beloved romance series The Wallflowers - perfect for fans of Sarah MacLean, Julia Quinn and Eloisa James. 'Kleypas can make you laugh and cry - on the same page' Julia...
Kissing kosher
Meltzer, Jean
Paper Book
"An unflinchingly honest romance." --Kirkus, starred review From the author of THE MATZAH BALL and MR. PERFECT ON PAPER comes this hilarious and emotional rivals-to-lovers romance. Step 1: Get the secret recipe. Step 2: Don't fall in love......
Put out to pasture
Flower, Amanda
Paper Book
A delightful new cozy mystery from USA Today bestselling author Amanda Flower! There's fowl play afoot on the farm Shiloh Bellamy has saved her family's farm from financial ruin--but now what? She's barely scraping by on the farm's new organic business model and the fall festival...

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