Autumn is the perfect time to sit in a chair and lose yourself in a cozy book with a hot cup of tea while it’s raining outside. We decided to help you create such a mood by collecting a selection of the most autumnal books.
Station Eleven – Emily St. John Mandel
Station Eleven is a terrifying yet lyrical story about the fleeting nature of fame, human relationships, and the beauty of the world. Why is the city where the heroes come from a place of evil? What is the threat to actors? So how is Kirsten’s fate connected with Hollywood actor Arthur Linder?
“Chocolate” – Joanne Harris
The sleepy calm of a small French town is disturbed by the arrival of a young woman, Vianne, and her daughter. They appeared together with a noisy and colorful carnival procession, and when the carnival was over, bright joy remained in the eyes of Vianne, who opened the chocolate shop here. Somehow, miraculously, he learns the residents’ deepest desires and offers everyone the kind of chocolate treat that will make them feel the taste of life again.
“Carmilla” – Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Laura lives a lonely life with her father and a few servants in a castle deep in the Styrian forests of Austria, isolated from the outside world. On a moonlit night, a carriage carrying an unexpected guest, the beautiful Carmilla, crashes into a field. Laura and her father invite him to stay with them until he recovers. The beautiful stranger accepts the offer. Soon strange events begin to happen: Laura falls ill, her condition worsens day by day, and she has choking attacks at night. After several painful nights, young Laura must learn the shocking truth about the mysterious guest.
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
The story of a small, sleepy town in South America, told by a little girl. The story of his brother Jim, his friend Dill, and his honest, principled lawyer father Atticus Finch, one of the last and best of the old “Southern aristocracy.” The story of the trial of a black man accused of attacking a white girl. But above all, this is the story of a turning point when the xenophobia, racism, intolerance and bigotry inherent in the American South gradually became a thing of the past. The “wind of change” was blowing in America. What will it bring?..
“The Secret History” – Donna Tartt
The action takes place at a small college in Vermont, where nineteen-year-old Richard Papen comes to study ancient Greek. Richard’s new friends (four young boys and a girl) are smart, easy-going, wealthy, and so passionate about ancient culture that they almost see themselves as a special caste of guardians of the place. However, their friendship cannot withstand the attacks of the modern world. A murder occurs in a cheerful, close-knit company. Trying to understand what happened years later, the hero reenacts his student life and the stages of his relationships with his classmates and the girl he loves, day by day.
“The Stranger of Wildfell Hall” – Anne Brontë
A young woman dressed in black suddenly appears in the abandoned mansion of Wildfell Hall. She is beautiful, smart, educated and independent. The neighbors are dying of curiosity, but the mysterious stranger is in no hurry to reveal the secret of his past…
“Challengers” – Emilia Hart
The story of three women from the same family, who lived in different periods. They all had to face difficulties and tribulations, but they were united by fortitude as well as magical abilities. A book about women’s resilience, independence and the power of nature.
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