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I don’t know about you, but when it comes to fall (and spooky season), I’m craving darker, atmospheric reads. Not horror (because I’m a scaredy cat) but something a little darker with an atmosphere that is thick and tangible.
While I haven’t yet read any of the 10 books below, they feel like they’ll hit the mark with it comes to darker atmospheres, and I hope to read them soon!
The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig
Katabasis by R.F. Kuang
Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross
Enigma by RuNyx
A Sea of Unspoken Things by Adrienne Young
The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin
Alchemised by SenLinYu
A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
Nocticadia by Keri Lake
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Did you read any of these? If yes, would you recommend them?
These all certainly look dark! I think I saw quite a bit about The Nature of Witches back in the day. That cover art is so familiar. 🙂
Yes, I think The Nature of Witches has been quite popular, so I’m curious to try it myself 🙂
All very spooky, I would try The Nature Of Witches.
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It does sound great indeed!
Ooo I have A Study in Drowning to read next month. I am excited!
I hope you’ll love A Study in Drowning!
What a fantastic collection of titles for a moody autumn TBR! I’m completely with you on craving those darker, tangible atmospheres this time of year**A Study in Drowning** and **The Tainted Cup** are definitely jumping straight onto my own list. I hope you get to read them all soon!
Thanks! Hope we’ll both love A Study in Drowning and The Tainted Cup!
The Tainted Cup is amazing and Katabasis is on my tbr too.
Hope we’ll both love Katabasis!
Wild Reverence looks really good.
It does, I have high hopes for that one! 🙂
Alchemised, the Tainted Cup and the Knight and the Moth certainly are atmospheric!
They all sound so good, I hope to get to them soon!
The Tainted Cup is amazing and I would highly recommend prioritising that one! 🤭 Katabasis is also great but it’s a little heavy at times. I hope you enjoy whichever ones you get to! Happy reading 🙂
I hope to get to The Tainted Cup soon, I’ve only heard rave reviews about that one! I also want to read Katabasis, but if it’s a little heavy I need to choose my timing to read it wisely 😀
I do hope to read Katabasis by R.F. Kuang within the next year.
Great list!
Hope we’ll both love Katabasis when we get to it!
I really wanna read The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig!!
It sounds so good! Hope we’ll both love it when we get to it 🙂
I have read 7 of these!! The Tainted Cup is a must!! I adored it and the second book so much. I just read Alchemised and be prepared for the darkness! Wild Reverence and The Knight and the Moth are amazing reads! I hope you enjoy them all when you get to them!
Yay, that’s great to hear! I can’t wait to dive into all of these 🙂
I’m a bit of a chicken when it comes to books with dark and stormy settings. But I’ve been curious about The Nature of Witches.
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I’ve heard great things about The Nature of Witches!
Ahh all of these covers are so stunning. Nocticadia and The Nature of Witches are both stunning.
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They really are, and they fit so well together!
I loved the Knight and the Moth!
Glad to hear that, I hope to read it soon, it does sound so good!
I don’t read horror either, but I can handle something with a darker atmosphere!
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Yes, exactly the same for me 🙂
My sister is a huge fan of Adrienne Young – I hope you enjoy all of these!
Great to hear, I haven’t read any books by her yet, but I hope to do so soon 🙂
I like the cover of A Sea of Unspoken Things. I hope you enjoy them all when you get a chance to read them.
Thanks! The cover of A Sea of Unspoken Things does feel perfectly atmospheric 🙂