27 Creepy, Cozy Gothic Reads For Fall 2023

Fall is my favorite season.  I just love the chilly weather, the early nights, flickering candles, and Halloween on the horizon.  It's the perfect season to indulge in creepy and cozy reads that send shivers down your spine. As the leaves turn vibrant shades of red, yellow, and orange, and the air becomes crisp and cool, there's nothing quite like curling up with a captivating book that transports you to mysterious and eerie worlds. 

For those seeking an extra dose of spine-chilling excitement, I've curated a selection of great gothic mysteries. These books are sure to set a spooky mood, with their eerie atmospheres, haunted mansions, and dark secrets waiting to be uncovered. Prepare to be enthralled by tales of ghostly apparitions, family curses, and unsolved mysteries that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Whether it's a classic gothic novel or a modern twist on the genre, these stories are bound to send shivers down your spine and leave you craving for more.

This is actually my 'To Be Read' list for Fall 2023.  Perhaps you'll enjoy some of these titles as well.  Here is my list of 27 creepy cozy fall reads:

1)  Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

One of the most famous novels of the 20th century. A gothic tale of love, murder and secrets.

'Rebecca has woven its way into the fabric of our culture with all the troubling power of myth or dream.' Sarah Waters

'Rebecca is a masterpiece' Guardian

Working as a lady's companion, the orphaned heroine of Rebecca learns her place. Life begins to look very bleak until, on a trip to the South of France, she meets Maxim de Winter, a handsome widower whose sudden proposal of marriage takes her by surprise. Whisked from glamorous Monte Carlo to his brooding estate, Manderley, on the Cornish Coast, the new Mrs de Winter finds Max a changed man. And the memory of his dead wife Rebecca is forever kept alive by the forbidding Mrs Danvers . . .

Not since Jane Eyre has a heroine faced such difficulty with the Other Woman. An international bestseller that has never gone out of print, Rebecca is the haunting story of a young girl consumed by love and the struggle to find her identity.

2)  Down A Dark Hall by Lois Duncan

Kit Gordy sees Blackwood Hall towering over black iron gates, and she can't help thinking, This place is evil. The imposing mansion sends a shiver of fear through her. But Kit settles into a routine, trying to ignore the rumors that the highly exclusive boarding school is haunted. Then her classmates begin to show extraordinary and unknown talents. The strange dreams, the voices, the lost letters to family and friends, all become overshadowed by the magic around them.

When Kit and her friends realize that Blackwood isn't what it claims to be, it might be too late.

3)  Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Determined to make her heroine "as poor and plain as myself," Charlotte Brontë made a daring choice for her 1847 novel. Jane Eyre possesses neither the great beauty nor entrancing charm that her fictional predecessors used to make their way in the world. Instead, Jane relies upon her powers of diligence and perception, conducting herself with dignity animated by passion.

The instant and lasting success of Jane Eyre proved Brontë's instincts correct. Readers of her era and ever after have taken the impoverished orphan girl into their hearts, following her from the custody of cruel relatives to a dangerously oppressive boarding school and onward through a troubled career as a governess. Jane's first assignment at Thorn field, where the proud and cynical master of the house harbors a scandalous secret, draws readers ever deeper into a compelling exploration of the mysteries of the human heart.

A banquet of food for thought, this many-faceted tale invites a splendid variety of interpretations. The heroine's insistence upon emotional equality with her lover suggests a feminist viewpoint, while her solitary status invokes a consideration of the problems of growing up as a social outsider. Some regard Jane's attempts to reconcile her need for love with her search for moral rectitude as the story's primary message, and lovers of gothic romance find the tale's social and religious aspects secondary to its gripping elements of mystery and horror. This classic of English literature truly features something for every reader.

4)  The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

A mystery classic and renowned example of sensation fiction, The Woman in White is the fifth published novel by Wilkie Collins.

Published in 1859, we are immediately intrigued by the narrative - a young and genial tutor of arts, Walter Hartright, encounters a woman dressed head to toe in white who is lost in the streets of London. After reporting her to the authorities Walter is informed that the lady was an escapee from a mental asylum.

However, when Walter takes a new position in teaching art he encounters a girl named Laura, whose looks are stunningly similar to those of the woman in white. As the pair fall for one another, the sense of mystery deepens - is there more to their meeting than first meets the eye?

Lauded for its innovative and compelling plot and use of multiple characters in narration, The Woman in White is one of the earliest examples of detective fiction. Throughout his quest for the truth, Walter hires a number of private detectives and eventually mimics their methodology, with Collins' legal know-how lending realism to the plot line. Wilkie Collins was strongly motivated to author her novel by the unequal situation men and women found themselves: at the time, the law overtly deferred to men in matters of inheritance and estate.

The book's legacy is towering and significant: in the modern day The Woman in White continues to be voted and rated among the greatest novels ever published by surveys such as the BBC's Big Read and by newspapers such as The Observer. This edition holds the complete text, without abridgement.

5)  Turn of the Screw by Henry James

No, no—there are depths, depths! The more I go over it, the more I see in it, and the more I see in it, the more I fear. I don’t know what I don’t see—what I don’t fear!

After the unfortunate deaths of their parents, young Miles and Flora are left to live with their uncle. Unable to care for the children himself, the uncle hires an unnamed governess as caretaker for the children. Absorbed in his own affairs, the uncle grants the governess full authority over the supervision of the children at his country estate named Bly Manor — but Bly Manor has its own secrets, and the governess begins to see supernatural beings. The line between sanity and insanity blur with each passing day.

Henry James took a different approach to the traditional ghost story commonly found in the late 19th century, and his gothic horror novella The Turn of the Screw has inspired many notable horror and psychological thrillers since its publication

6)  The Death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware

On a day that begins like any other, Hal receives a mysterious letter bequeathing her a substantial inheritance. She realizes very quickly that the letter was sent to the wrong person--but also that the cold-reading skills she's honed as a tarot card reader might help her claim the money. 

Soon, Hal finds herself at the funeral of the deceased...where it dawns on her that there is something very, very wrong about this strange situation and the inheritance at the center of it. Full of spellbinding menace and told in Ruth Ware's signature suspenseful style, this is an unputdownable thriller from the Agatha Christie of our time.

7)  The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

Sixteen-year-old Kit Tyler is marked by suspicion and disapproval from the moment she arrives on the unfamiliar shores of colonial Connecticut in 1687. Alone and desperate, she has been forced to leave her beloved home on the island of Barbados and join a family she has never met.

Torn between her quest for belonging and her desire to be true to herself, Kit struggles to survive in a hostile place. Just when it seems she must give up, she finds a kindred spirit. But Kit’s friendship with Hannah Tupper, believed by the colonists to be a witch, proves more taboo than she could have imagined and ultimately forces Kit to choose between her heart and her duty.

8)  The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

The greatest haunted house story ever written--the inspiration for the hit Netflix horror series First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a "haunting"; Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers--and soon it will choose one of them to make its own.

9)  The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

Absorb this iconic story and imagine yourself walking through grand hallways adorned with golden chandeliers, only to discover that beneath lies a labyrinth shrouded in darkness where an enigmatic presence dwells: The Phantom. Erik, as he is truly named, is not just a ghost but a man, disfigured since birth and hidden away from society. His world revolves around music and the captivating voice of Christine Daaé, whom he teaches in secret.

'The Phantom of the Opera' is more than just a book; it's an exploration into the realm of obsession, artistry, and love set against a backdrop of architectural splendor and eerie mystery. Its pervasive influence on literature, film, and theatre underscores its infinite appeal and has had transformative impact on our culture. Get ready to be swept away by this haunting and enduring tale by Gaston Leroux. A story that has captivated audiences for generations, this classic novel is a masterful blend of romance, suspense and horror, set against the backdrop of the opulent Paris Opera House.

Intriguingly woven like an opera itself, each chapter reveals another layer of mystery as you delve deeper into Erik’s tragic past and fiery obsession for Christine. LeRoux expertly balances tenderness with dread throughout their complex relationship while offering glimpses into humanity's struggle between appearance and identity.

Prepare yourself for an immersive journey filled with unexpected twists which will leave your heart racing till its final act. Will Christine choose comfort or passion? Can love truly conquer fear? And most importantly, can The Phantom ever escape his solitude?

10)  Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

'Wuthering Heights is commonly thought of as "romantic", but try rereading it without being astonished by the extremes of physical and psychological violence' Jeanette Winterson Emily Bront 's novel of impossible desires, violence and transgression is a masterpiece of intense, unsettling power. It begins in a snowstorm, when Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter at Wuthering Heights. There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before: the intense passion between the foundling Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, her betrayal of him and the bitter vengeance he now wreaks on the innocent heirs of the past.

11)  The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

The story is set in 1790 in the countryside around the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town (historical Tarrytown, New York), in a secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow.

The “Legend” relates the tale of Ichabod Crane, a lean, lanky and extremely superstitious schoolmaster from Connecticut, who competes with Abraham “Brom Bones” Van Brunt, for the hand of 18-year-old Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter and sole child of a wealthy farmer, Baltus Van Tassel. Crane, a Yankee, and an outsider, sees marriage to Katrina as a means of procuring Van Tassel’s extravagant wealth.

After having failed to secure Katrina’s hand, Ichabod rides home “heavy-hearted and crestfallen” through the woods between Van Tassel’s farmstead and the Sleepy Hollow settlement.

Ichabod encounters a cloaked rider at an intersection in a menacing swamp. Unsettled by his fellow traveller’s eerie size and silence, the teacher is horrified to discover that his companion’s head is not on his shoulders, but on his saddle. In a frenzied race to the bridge adjacent to the Old Dutch Burial Ground, Ichabod rides for his life, desperately goading his horse down the Hollow. However, to his horror, the ghoul scrambles over the bridge, rears his horse and hurls his severed head into Ichabod’s terrified face.

The next morning, Ichabod has mysteriously disappeared from the town, leaving Katrina to marry Brom Bones. The only relics of the schoolmaster’s flight are his wandering horse, trampled saddle, discarded hat, and a mysterious shattered pumpkin.

Although the nature of the Headless Horseman is left open to interpretation, the story implies that the ghost was really Brom in disguise. Irving’s narrator concludes, however, by stating that the old Dutch wives continue to promote the belief that Ichabod was “spirited away by supernatural means,” and a legend develops around his disappearance and sightings of his melancholy spirit.

12)  Just Like the Other Girls by Claire Douglas

She thought she was safe. So did the others . . .

At loose ends after the devastating death of her mother, Una Richardson responds to an advertisement for a ladies’ companion, a position that leads her into the wealthy, secluded world of Mrs. Elspeth McKenzie.

But Elspeth's home isn’t the comforting haven it seems.

Kathryn, her cold and bitter daughter, resents Una's presence. More disturbing is evidence suggesting two girls lived here before her.

What happened to the young women?

Why won’t the McKenzies talk about them? 

What are they hiding?

As the walls begin to close in around her, Una fears she'll end up just like the other girls . . .

13)  The Perfect Place to Die by Bryce Moore

Stalking Jack the Ripper meets Devil in the White City in this terrifying historical fiction debut about one of the world's most notorious serial killers.

In order to save her sister, Zuretta takes a job at an infamous house of horrors—but she might never escape.

Zuretta never thought she'd encounter a monster. She had resigned herself to a quiet life in Utah. But when her younger sister, Ruby, travels to Chicago during the World's Fair, and disappears, Zuretta leaves home to find her.

But 1890s Chicago is more dangerous and chaotic than she imagined. She doesn't know where to start until she learns of her sister's last place of employment…a mysterious hotel known as The Castle.

Zuretta takes a job there hoping to learn more. And before long she realizes the hotel isn't what it seems. Women disappear at an alarming rate, she hears crying from the walls, and terrifying whispers follow her at night. In the end, she finds herself up against one of the most infamous mass murderers in American history—and his custom-built death trap.

With real, terrifying quotes in front of each chapter, strong female characters, and unbearable suspense, The Perfect Place to Die is perfect for fans of true crime, horror, and the Stalking Jack the Ripper series.

14)  The Shadows of Castle Fosse by Jill Tattersal

I awoke from an alarming dream with pounding heart and a dry mouth. Instantly I became aware that I was not alone. A shadow loomed over me, but before I could focus my eyes upon it, my lamp went out.

“The shadow feel upon me.

“Black folds enveloped me ..." terror engulfed me.

I struggled wildly for what seemed an eternity.
Sometimes I got my head free and gulped sweet air, but before I could cry out I would be swamped again, drowning in the suffocating dark”.

Damaris Marchester was beginning to believe the frightening rumors about Castle Fosse. First, there was the mysterious death of her aunt and the unexplained disappearance of the famous Quayle rubies. Then there were the terrifying stories of gypsy prophecies and the legend of the hostile ghosts who haunted the Black Arras Chamber. And now Damaris' stepmother insisted that she sleep in that very room.'

15)  The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons

An unparalleled picture of that vibrant but dark intersection where the Old and the New South collide.

Thirtysomething Colquitt and Walter Kennedy live in a charming, peaceful suburb of newly bustling Atlanta, Georgia. Life is made up of enjoyable work, long, lazy weekends, and the company of good neighbors. Then, to their shock, construction starts on the vacant lot next door, a wooded hillside they'd believed would always remain undeveloped. Disappointed by their diminished privacy, Colquitt and Walter soon realize something more is wrong with the house next door. Surely the house can’t be haunted, yet it seems to destroy the goodness of every person who comes to live in it, until the entire heart of this friendly neighborhood threatens to be torn apart.

16)  Houses of Stone by Barbara Michaels 

It is a find of inestimable value for Karen Holloway. The battered manuscript she holds in her hand—written in the nineteenth century and bearing the mysterious attribution "Ismene"—could prove a boon to the eager young English professor's career. But Karen's search for the author's true identity is carrying her into the gray shadows of the past, to places fraught with danger and terror. For the deeper she delves into Ismene's strange tale of gothic horror, the more she is haunted by the suspicion that the long-dead author was writing the truth . . . and that even now she is guiding Karen's investigation, leading her to terrible secrets hidden behind the cold walls of houses of stone.

17)  The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

The Moonstone, a priceless yellow diamond, is looted from an Indian temple and maliciously bequeathed to Rachel Verinder. On her eighteenth birthday, her friend and suitor Franklin Blake brings the gift to her. That very night, it is stolen again. No one is above suspicion, as the idiosyncratic Sergeant Cuff and the Franklin piece together a puzzling series of events as mystifying as an opium dream and as deceptive as the nearby Shivering Sand. The intricate plot and modern technique of multiple narrators made Wilkie Collins's 1868 work a huge success in the Victorian sensation genre

18)  Things in Jars:  A Novel by Jess Kidd

In this "miraculous and thrilling" (Diane Setterfield, #1 New York Times bestselling author) mystery for fans of The Essex Serpent and The Book of Speculation, Victorian London comes to life as an intrepid female sleuth wades through a murky world of collectors and criminals to recover a remarkable child.Bridie Devine--flame-haired, pipe-smoking detective extraordinaire--is confronted with the most baffling puzzle yet: the kidnapping of Christabel Berwick, secret daughter of Sir Edmund Athelstan Berwick, and a peculiar child whose reputed supernatural powers have captured the unwanted attention of collectors in this age of discovery. Winding her way through the sooty streets of Victorian London, Bridie won't rest until she finds the young girl, even if it means unearthing secrets about her past that she'd rather keep buried. Luckily, her search is aided by an enchanting cast of characters, including a seven-foot-tall housemaid; a melancholic, tattoo-covered ghost; and an avuncular apothecary. But secrets abound in this foggy underworld where nothing is quite what it seems. Blending darkness and light, Things in Jars is a stunning, "richly woven tapestry of fantasy, folklore, and history" (Booklist, starred review) that explores what it means to be human in inhumane times.

19)  Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Austen's witty exploration of the perils of mistaking fiction for reality During an eventful season at Bath, young, na ve Catherine Morland experiences the joys of fashionable society for the first time. She is delighted with her new acquaintances: flirtatious Isabella, who shares Catherine's love of Gothic romance and horror, and sophisticated Henry and Eleanor Tilney, who invite her to their father's mysterious house, Northanger Abbey. There, her imagination influenced by novels of sensation and intrigue, Catherine imagines terrible crimes committed by General Tilney. With its broad comedy and irrepressible heroine, this is the most youthful and and optimistic of Jane Austen's works. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. This description may be from another edition of this product.

20)  Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

Sue Trinder is an orphan, left as an infant in the care of Mrs. Sucksby, a "baby farmer," who raised her with unusual tenderness, as if Sue were her own. Mrs. Sucksby’s household, with its fussy babies calmed with doses of gin, also hosts a transient family of petty thieves—fingersmiths—for whom this house in the heart of a mean London slum is home.

One day, the most beloved thief of all arrives—Gentleman, an elegant con man, who carries with him an enticing proposition for Sue: If she wins a position as the maid to Maud Lilly, a naïve gentlewoman, and aids Gentleman in her seduction, then they will all share in Maud’s vast inheritance. Once the inheritance is secured, Maud will be disposed of—passed off as mad, and made to live out the rest of her days in a lunatic asylum.

With dreams of paying back the kindness of her adopted family, Sue agrees to the plan. Once in, however, Sue begins to pity her helpless mark and care for Maud Lilly in unexpected ways...But no one and nothing is as it seems in this Dickensian novel of thrills and reversals.

21)  The Moor by Laurie R. King

In the eerie wasteland of Dartmoor, Sherlock Holmes summons his devoted wife and partner, Mary Russell, from her studies at Oxford to aid the investigation of a death and some disturbing phenomena of a decidedly supernatural origin. Through the mists of the moor there have been sightings of a spectral coach made of bones carrying a woman long-ago accused of murdering her husband--and of a hound with a single glowing eye. Returning to the scene of one of his most celebrated cases, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Holmes and Russell investigate a mystery darker and more unforgiving than the moors themselves, in Laurie R. King's The Moor

22)  The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters

Abundantly atmospheric and elegantly told, The Little Stranger is Sarah Waterss most thrilling and ambitious novel yet.

After her award-winning trilogy of victorian novels, sarah waters turned to the 1940s and wrote the night watch, a tender and tragic novel set against the backdrop of wartime britain shortlisted for both the orange and the man booker, it went straight to number one in the bestseller chart in a dusty post-war summer in rural warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at hundreds hall home to the ayres family for over two centuries, the georgian house, once grand and handsome, is now in decline, its masonry crumbling, its gardens choked with weeds, the clock in its stable yard permanently fixed at twenty to nine but are the ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life little does dr faraday know how closely, and how terrifyingly, their story is about to become entwined with his prepare yourself from this wonderful writer who continues to astonish us, now comes a chilling ghost story.

23)  The Thirteenth Tale:  A Novel by Diane Setterfield

All children mythologize their birth... So begins the prologue of reclusive author Vida Winter's beloved collection of stories, long famous for the mystery of the missing thirteenth tale. The enigmatic Winter has always kept her violent and tragic past a secret. Now old and ailing, she summons a biographer to tell the truth about her extraordinary life: Margaret Lea, a young woman for whom the secret of her own birth remains an ever-present pain.

Disinterring the life she meant to bury for good, Vida mesmerizes Margaret with the power of her storytelling. Hers is a tale of gothic strangeness, featuring the Angelfield family, including the beautiful and willful Isabelle, the feral twins Adeline and Emmeline, a ghost, a governess, and a devastating fire. Struck by a curious parallel between their stories, Margaret demands the truth from Vida, and together they confront the ghosts that have haunted them.

The Thirteenth Tale is a return to that rich vein of storytelling that our parents loved and we loved as children. Diane Setterfield will keep you guessing, make you wonder, move you to tears and laughter, and in the end, deposit you breathless yet satisfied back upon the shore of your everyday life.

24)  The Family Plot by Megan Collins

A family obsessed with true crime gathers to bury their patriarch--only to find another body already in his grave. At twenty-six, Dahlia Lighthouse is haunted by her upbringing. Raised in a secluded island mansion deep in the woods and kept isolated by her true crime-obsessed parents, she is unable to move beyond the disappearance of her twin brother, Andy, when they were sixteen. After several years away and following her father's death, Dahlia returns to the house, where the family makes a gruesome discovery: buried in their father's plot is another body--Andy's, his skull split open with an ax. Dahlia is quick to blame Andy's murder on the serial killer who terrorized the island for decades, while the rest of her family reacts to the revelation in unsettling ways. Her brother, Charlie, pours his energy into creating a family memorial museum, highlighting their research into the lives of famous murder victims; her sister, Tate, forges ahead with her popular dioramas portraying crime scenes; and their mother affects a cheerfully domestic facade, becoming unrecognizable as the woman who performed murder reenactments for her children. As Dahlia grapples with her own grief and horror, she realizes that her eccentric family, and the mansion itself, may hold the answers to what happened to her twin.

25)  Leaves on the Wind by Yvonne Normal

Six years ago Eden Morley left her home in Montana, left the man she was engaged, Jared Danvers, to try her luck in the big city.  In those six years, much had happened to the lovely young woman.  She had become famous the world over as a high-fashion model, Eden, whose hazel eyes and daffodil hair looked out of countless magazines.  And she had become engaged to Wolf Beldmore, a handsome, wealthy member of the "beautiful people" who kept a pack of wolves trained to respond to his whistle.

And a year ago, Wolf died in an accident for which Eden felt responsible.  Would the rustling of autumn leaves always bring back that fateful night?  But Eden feels it is more than her imagination at work when she sees a wolf in the road, in an area supposedly free of wolves.  And then Jared Danvers returns, confessing that he could have killed her after she jilted him.  And her housemate, Dauphine Morris, is mysteriously linked to the world of high fashion Eden had inhabited.

Eden's struggle to free herself from the past and to make a new life for herself plunges her into a nightmare of terror.

26)  The Widow of Rose House by Diana Biller

It's 1875, and Alva Webster is ready for a fresh start. After three years of being pilloried in the presses for fleeing her abusive husband, his sudden death allows her to return to New York where she is determined to restore a dilapidated Hyde Park mansion, and hopefully her reputation at the same time. She is decidedly not supposed to fall in love. But when a haunting at her new home threatens her careful plans, she must seek help from the eccentric and brilliant and - much to her dismay - very handsome Professor Samuel Moore. Alva doesn't need more complications in her life, especially not a convention-flouting, scandal-raising one like Sam. Unfortunately, Sam is the only one who can help. Together, the two delve into the tragic secrets wreathing Alva's new home while Sam attempts to unlock Alva's history--and her heart.

27)  The Woman in Black by Susan Hill

"Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral of Mrs Alice Drablow, the sole inhabitant of Eel Marsh House, unaware of the tragic secrets which lie hidden behind the shuttered windows. The house stands at the end of a causeway, wreathed in fog and mystery, but it is not until Arthur glimpses a wasted young woman, dressed all in black, at the funeral, that a creeping sense of unease begins to take hold, a feeling deepened by the reluctance of the locals to speak of the woman in black - and her terrible purpose.

There you have it, 27 great books for your TBR fall book list. With a mix of creepy and cozy reads, this collection promises to make your autumn season all the more thrilling. From psychological thrillers to atmospheric gothic mysteries, these books will transport you to worlds filled with mystery, suspense, and a touch of darkness. So grab your blanket, brew a cup of coffee, and delve into these captivating tales that will keep you entertained throughout the fall season. Happy reading!

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