It’s fall, the weather is cooler and I am completely in my element. Since we’re moving into the big holiday season and family’s (especially in the US) will be coming together toward the end of the month, and Hallmark movies are about to dominate my television through the end of the year, I cooked up a couple of prompts that will fit perfectly with both these themes.

As always, the books listed are merely suggestions, and you are not limited to only the books I have listed. Also, I haven’t read all of the suggested books. Some of them I pulled from other reader’s lists because the synopsis sounded interesting. Do your due diligence to check trigger warnings, etc before jumping in. Happy reading!

It’s that time of year in the U.S. when families begin to gather and it doesn’t always end well. In honor of familial dysfunction, let’s read about it. Here are a few suggestions:

And a few others:

• Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
• These Summer Storms by Sarah Maclean
• The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo
• Seven Days of Us by Francesca Hornak
• Incidents Around the House by Josh Mallerman
• Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs

Tis the season of cheesy Hallmark movies. Second chances and new beginnings tend to be a theme in those movies, so let’s read a book focusing on just that.

A few more:

• All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
• Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
• The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
• The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams
• Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver

For more reading prompts and to see my progress on these and other challenges check out this page.

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Happy reading!