West Des Moines Public Library: Autumn Staff Picks

Press release from the West Des Moines Public Library:

October 7, 2021

Whether you're a fan of a cozy read or a spooky read to bring you into the fall season, our library staff has you covered! We've narrowed down our favorite books with fall vibes for kids, young adults, and adults below. Let us know if you end up reading any of our suggestions!

Children's

• Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
• The Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste
• The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
• Bess the Barn Stands Strong by Elizabeth Gilbert Bedia
• The Little Ghost Who Lost Her Boo by Elaine Bickell
• Doll Bones by Holly Black
• Coraline by Neil Gaiman
• A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz
• Bats at the Library by Brian Lies
• The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
• The Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag
• Sheets by Brenna Thummler
• A Path Begins (the Thickeyt #1) by J.A. White

Young Adult

• The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
• The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black
• Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol
• Winterwood by Shea Ernshaw
• Until Friday Night by Abbi Glines
• Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
• The Grace Year by Kim Liggett
• Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
• Sabriel by Garth Nix
• Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
• The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
• Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick
• These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling
• Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
• Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker
• The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White

Adult

• Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
• The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg
• Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
• The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan
• The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
• Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places by Colin Dickey
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
• Feed by Mira Grant
• Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
• The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
• A kitchen witch's guide to recipes for love and romance by Dawn Aurora Hunt
• Spell Booked by Joyce Lavene
• The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
• The Giver of Stars by JoJo Moyes
• Fallscaping: Extending Your Garden Season into Autumn by Nancy J. Ondra and Stephanie

Cohen

• The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
• The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story by Kate Summerscale

This press release was produced by the West Des Moines Public Library. The views expressed here are the author’s own.