Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Fall 2025 to-Read List


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Two freshly picked apples and several apple leaves lying on an opened book that itself is lying on a wooden surface, possibly a picnic table. I have the full ten books this time, and I’m excited about all of them.

Brandy Norwood’s autobiography that I mentioned in one of my summer TBR posts  has been pushed back to a March of 2026 release. I hope to feature it again on a winter or spring TBR list if the publication date remains more or less the same in several months.

There are a few Top Ten Tuesday bloggers who talked about some fabulous books I ended up adding to this list, so I will be thanking them today as well.

 

 

Book cover for Seven Ways Through the Woods by Jenn Reese White. Image on cover is a painting of a pale-skinned child with dark brown hair wearing a bright red coat and green hat. She is smiling as she walks into a dark woods at dusk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.  Seven Ways Through the Woods by Jenn Reese White

Thank you to Nicole @ BookWyrmKnits for this recommendation.

Why I’m Interested: I love picture books and the woods, so this is going to be a fun read for me.

 

 

Book cover for The Macabre by Kosoko Jackson. Image on cover shows a painting of a foreboding statue or figure wearing a white hood and cloak and standing in the middle of a garden. Weirdly enough, all of the plants are blood red and there is blood dripping from the bottom of the painting as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. The Macabre by Kosoko Jackson

Why I’m Interested:  Two words for you all: cursed paintings. Such a scary topic as we slide into Halloween season.

 

Book cover for Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood. Image on cover shows a white cat standing underneath a neon light and looking up expectantly. Various parts of its fur are orange, red, green, yellow, or purple depending on which lights illuminate it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood

Release Date: Today

Why I’m Interested: Chronic illness amidst a global pandemic sounds intense for sure…but you also don’t get to read about disabled characters in this setting very often. I’m intrigued and hoping this is fantastic.

 

Book cover for Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy by Mary Roach. Image on cover shows a human face that is, oddly enough, comprised by dozens of ears, noses, eyes, lips, and pieces of skin that look like they were taken from a variety of donors. There is blue space between each piece and the pieces do not match up evenly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.  Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy by Mary Roach

Thank you to AJ Sterkel for this recommendation.

Release Date: September 26

Why I’m Interested:  I know a bit about organ transplants and cadaver skin being used to help heal burn victims but not about all of the other body parts that could be used to give the living better and longer lives. This could be quite interesting.

 

Book cover for The Hunger We Pass Down by Jen Sookfong Lee. Image on cover shows a painting of a frightened woman standing in the shadow slightly hunched over and looking over her right shoulder.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.  The Hunger We Pass Down by Jen Sookfong Lee

Release Date: September 30

Why I’m Interested: Yes, I know I may be repeating a few answers from this past summer, but this still sounds like such a good read. I love books that follow the same family through multiple generations.

 

Book cover for Good Spirits by B.K. Borison. Image on cover shows a man and woman embracing. Snow and autumn leaves are tumbling down around them as they kiss. They’re both wearing warm clothes and look cozy despite the cold.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Good Spirits by B.K. Borison 

Release Date:  October 7

Why I’m Interested: October is often a horror-heavy month for me because Halloween is my favourite holiday, but as I slowly drift away from (most) horror I’m finding other festive books to read. This one looks cute, especially given that I reread A Christmas Carol every December.

 

Book cover for Female Fantasy by Iman Hariri-Kia . Image on cover shows a heavily-muscled white man embracing a middle eastern woman who is wearing a purple dress as she floats underwater with him.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. Female Fantasy by Iman Hariri-Kia 

Release Date: October 14

Why I’m Interested: It looks silly and fun, and I mean that in the best possible way.

 

Book cover for Slayers of Old by Jim C. Hines. Image on cover is a drawing of a black cat who has ten eyes on its head and octopus tentacles growing from its backside. The cat is winding its legs around someone who is wearing yellow trousers and using a cane.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. Slayers of Old by Jim C. Hines

Thank you to Annemieke @ A Dance With Books  for this recommendation.

Release Date: October 21

Why I’m Interested: Buffy the Vampire Slayer was one of my favourite shows back in the day. I’ve always wondered what a slayer (or other chosen one) does after they retire.

Book cover for The Look by Michelle Obama. Image on cover shows Mrs. Obama wearing a stunning, floor-length, light blue gown. She’s standing at a window and looking out at the light and whatever is on the other side of that glass. She looks thoughtful.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. The Look by Michelle Obama

Release Date: November 4

Why I’m Interested: Fashion is generally a topic that doesn’t’ interest me at all, but I’m hoping Mrs. Obama might throw some more stories in with the photos of her various outfits over the years.

 

Book cover for Book of Lives by Margaret Atwood. Image on cover shows Ms. Atwood smiling and holding one finger up to her lips as if to shush the viewer. She’s wearing a bright read sweater and red gloves, too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. Book of Lives by Margaret Atwood

Release Date: November 4

Why I’m Interested: I know almost nothing about Ms. Atwood’s personal life but am curious to change that.

 

 

 

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68 Responses to Top Ten Tuesday: Books on My Fall 2025 to-Read List

  1. Hope you enjoy all of your Fall TBR hopefuls! I’ve been seeing B.K.’s books on many lists for a while now so perhaps I should take a closer look. 🙂

  2. The Macabre looks good! Maybe not for me, but my wife loves creepy books…

    Personally I don’t enjoy reading about fashion for its own sake (I couldn’t care less about wearing something fashionable myself, ahaha), but more for the way fashion reflects people and history. Here’s hoping the Michelle Obama book is like that!

    Hope you enjoy all these!

  3. I’m really looking forward to Slayers of Old too.

  4. Nice picks. The last two seem to be like good books. Have a good week.https://dmhoisington.wordpress.com/2025/09/23/top-ten-tuesday-2/

  5. Ooh, Female Fantasy *does* look like it’d be a lot of fun! I love the cover for Good Spirits so much as well. Happy reading and I hope you enjoy all of these, Lydia! 🍂

  6. Slayers of Old! As a recent retiree, this one is a must read for me.

  7. I’m so excited for Replaceable You! And the Margaret Atwood book, of course.

  8. If the inside of Seven Ways Through the Woods looks anything like the cover, you’re in for a treat. That is gorgeous artwork. Enjoy.

  9. Slayers of Old sounds so interesting! I hope you’ll love all these books 🙂

    If you’d like to visit, here’s my TTT: https://thebooklorefairyreads.wordpress.com/2025/09/22/top-ten-tuesday-books-on-my-fall-2025-to-read-list/

  10. Your books all sound so good. I hope you enjoy them.

  11. Buffy was one of my all-time favs, too! I’ll have to check out Slayers of Old! Hope you enjoy all on your Fall TBR!

  12. I predict great reading ahead! Happy fall reading! 🍁

  13. Will There Ever Be Another You has been popping up in bookish newsletters for the last week or so. It sounds very interesting – I was going through some serious stuff during lockdown, so I might have to grab this one.

  14. Poinsettia

    I like the sound of Good Spirits! Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!

  15. Yay for having all of them!! Now I hope you enjoy ALL of them! Happy reading!

  16. Good list! Anything with Michelle Obama gets my interest! Will There Ever Be Another You by Patricia Lockwood has a very cool cover! Enjoy!

  17. Veros @ Dark Shelf of Wonders

    I think Slayers of Old sounds like so much fun! I read another book by Jim C. Hines and I enjoyed it. I also love the creepy can on the cover!
    Here’s my TTT: https://darkshelfofwonders.com/top-ten-books-i-hope-to-read-this-fall/

  18. I’m not a huge fan of Margaret Atwood, but I’m tempted to give her memoir a try. Enjoy your reads!

  19. Those all sound very interesting. I hope you enjoy them. Happy Tuesday!

  20. Happy reading all of these! 😀

  21. Fashion doesn’t interest me much either but I will read pretty much anything that Michelle Obama releases.

  22. Such a great list. Nice to see a holiday title in the mix. Hope you enjoy these.

  23. I enjoyed the last book I read by Roach. I’d definitely read more from her and REPLACEABLE YOU sounds really interesting. A little gross, to be honest, but fascinating. I hope you enjoy it and all these others.

    Happy TTT!

    Susan
    http://www.blogginboutbooks.com

  24. I love stories about cursed paintings so The Macabre sounds really good to me!

  25. Really interesting in The Hunger We Pass Down as well. Hope you enjoy your TBR this fall.

  26. Slayers of Old is one I’m really looking forward to, also! And I hope you enjoy Seven Ways Through the Woods. (I have to wait for my library to process their copies before I can read it, and I don’t know how long that will take. But I’m looking forward to it also!)

    Happy TTT (on a Thursday)!

  27. I’m very curious about Margaret Atwood as well, and the Mary Roach book too! I hope you enjoy all of these!

  28. Interesting choices! I’d like to check out the Mary Roach book — I’ve read a few of her books in the past, and always find them entertaining. Hope you enjoy!

  29. Aw awesome! I love it when bloggers share how they came across some books. I hope Slayers is going to be a great read.

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