As the temperature starts to drop and the leaves begin to turn, it is becoming the best time of year to curl up with a good book. Grab a soft blanket, maybe light a good pumpkin candle, and dive into this list of the best cozy fall books releasing in 2026.

In Love With Your Ghost by Laurel Osterkamp

Hartley and Levi were in love until Levi ghosted her with no explanation or goodbye. He didn’t die, but instead just disappeared leaving Hartley haunted. Ironically, Hartley can actually see ghosts. Over a decade after their sudden end, Hartley and Levi are reunited when his grandmother and her good friend, Soledad Herrera, passes away leaving each of them half of her estate. In order to inherit their hald, they must live together for one month in Soledad’s crumbling, creepy house on the grounds of the abandoned and haunted Hot Springs Sanitarium. The pair is at odds because Levi wants to tear everything down while Hartley wants to save every stone. The sanitarium’s ghosts want something too and they are going to make it known. While Hartley and Levi face the haunted house together, old feelings of theirs might rise from the dead.

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Be Still My Unbeating Heart by Josh Winning

Bastian might be a vampire but he is more focused on visiting Italian villages, finding a cute boy to dance with, and hanging out with Whitby, his talking cat and best friend. Unfortunately his relaxation is disrupted when a girl is found murdered by what appears to be a vampire. Bastian swears it wasn’t him and it really wasn’t but the local police chief is not convinced so he assigns detective Nico De Luca to watch him until his trial. Bastian does enjoy having the gorgeous detective by his side, but he is more worried about the real killer still being on the loose. As bodies are still being found, Bastian and De Luca must find the killer framing vampires before it’s too late.

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The Cozy Nook Bookshop by Jeannie Chin

Emma Rogers-Li is excited to be starting over. After losing her friends, apartment, and jerk ex boyfriend, the opportunity to work in a bookshop in the small town of Heart’s Hope Crossing, Vermont is the perfect escape. She finally feels in control again until she runs right in Hunter Hall when rounding a corner. Town legend says that couples that meet at that corner of town are destined to be with each other. Though Emma doesn’t believe in the town gossip that they are perfect for each other, she is intrigued by the tall, rugged forest ranger. Maybe Emma’s second chance at life will be a second chance at love.

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A Fall to Remember by Ellie Alexander

Miranda Brown has taken a rare break from running her market, The Green Grocer, in the town of Half Moon Bay, California. She gets attention she wasn’t expecting when her hilariously bad travel photos go viral. Now a travel company wants to cover her hometown’s famous Fall Harvest Festival, sending the charming photographer Jim Cole to capture Miranda’s authentic imperfection. As Miranda begins to fall for Jim, she is struggling with being herself especially when she learns that his job is dependent on this campaign. Is Miranda just a part of his marketing plan or is Jim falling for her too?

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The Seoul Lettershop by Baek Seungyeon

After being betrayed by her sister, Hyo-min and sacrificing her dreams of being a film director, Woo Hyo-young has learned how to be silent and she’s exhausted. When her estranged sister starts to send letters of apology, Hyo-young runs. Ending up in Seoul, she begins to work in a small letter shop ran by an old classmate, Seon-ho. Among the stacks of quiet paper and handwritten notes, Hyo-young learns the power of letters to heal wounds, bridge distances, and uncover truth. Hyo-young begins to bond with a regular customer and artist, Yeonggwang, and through their friendship, she begins to confront her past. The Geulwol letter shop has become both a refuge and a mirror for Hyo-young’s pain, struggle with forgiveness, and the courage it takes to write your own story.

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The Fall Fixup by Karmen Lee

Aiden Flowers can fix anything except for his toxic family. Cars or kitchens are easy but his father that ruined his credit or his sister that he has been no contact with for years are not quite as easy. Janae Gunner is crafty. Give her the foundation and she can make something beautiful. This is the perfect matchup when an apartment fire leaves Aiden homeless and Janae’s house is half finished. In exchange for a place to stay, Aiden will help Janae fix up the rest of her house. They certainly didn’t plan on falling in love but they complete each other. As their past comes back to haunt them, they have to rely on the foundation they’ve built to weather the storm.

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Disenchanted by Lucy Jane Wood

Sage Hemlock is avoiding magic. Her witchy side has unfortunately betrayed her and broken her heart. Instead, Sage has put all of her energy into running the local museum and spending her time with her library and cat. Sage is hoping that by remaining quiet, her coven will forget about her and she can rid herself of magic forever. That plan is ruined when a historical book sparks a curse covering Sage’s small town life in magic. There is now a bean stalk in her garden and her friend and coworker Casimir has turned into a fairytale prince. Now with the coven close behind, Sage must face magic in order to save all that she loves from being trapped in a fairytale forever.

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Love Felt Like This by Julie Olivia

Famous singer-songwriter Griffin Harvey was working on his second album when he gained custody of his two year-old daughter. Now the only songs he is singing are about shapes and numbers. Beverly has spent her life in children’s television but she can’t continue to produce when she is losing funding. She puts all of her savings on the line to save her show but it turns out that meeting Griffin on a television show might help the most. After their banter and chemistry is caught live, they agree to work together to write and compose for the kids show. Hiding in Beverly’s hometown with his daughter, Griffin has found the muse that he needs but their collaboration will only be for three months. Though they were attempting to find Hollywood magic, it seems that the magic is within each other.

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Fall into Place by Kristyn J. Miller

Lenore is spending one final autumn in rural Vermont at her family’s historic apple farm before they sell it. She is devastated to say goodbye to French Hill Farm and to the place that has inspired her art. Reading through her late grandmother’s journal reminds her of beloved childhood memories and of the crush she had on the groundskeeper’s son. Callan’s path has been tangled up with French Hill Farm his entire life. He has taken over his father’s role as the groundskeeper but now that it is going to be sold, his future is now uncertain. When Lenore shows up, old feelings return. She has always been off limits as his best friend’s little sister and the once chance he had, he ruined. Though they felt they have outgrown it, Lenore and Callan have the chance to spend one last fall in their hometown and one last season with each other.

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Take A Chance, Sasha Sinclair by Ashley Herring Blake

Sasha Sinclair has been living a lonely life since her documentary filmmaker parents passed away in a car accident three years ago. Since then, she’s spent her time with casual hookups and jobs to fill her time, but she has been thinking of working on her parents’ dream project–a film on Alice Bishop in Clare Mountain, North Carolina. Margot Bishop has lived with the rumors that she is a witch (she’s not) thanks to her ancestor Alice Bishop. In 1901, Alice arrived in Clare Mountain, and opened an apothecary which led to her being called the Rose Witch. Now the Bishops use the rumors to their advantage in running Ghostlight, an occult themed amusement park. Unfortunately, the park isn’t doing well so the Bishops agree to make a documentary with Sasha. Margot is deemed the point person to help Sasha in all that she needs, and the pair begin to cozy up off camera.

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The Memory of Borrowed Books by Meg Anderson

Claire Ashford has meticulously arranged her life just as she has organized the Foxhollow Bay’s centuries old library. All of her plans are cast aside when the town announces its plans to shut the library down. In one of her nights wallowing among the books, Claire finds a secret door where inside books are full of memories–memories from each patron that has ever entered the library doors. With limited time until the demolition, Claire must figure out what the library is telling her. As she reads memories looking for a solution, she will discover that saving the library has more to do with her own memories than she ever realized.

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The Haunted Librarian by Auralee Wallace

Amelia Bates has a storm cloud over her head, literally and metaphorically. She’s had a bit of a rough time lately especially as a ghostseer, but she has also gotten caught in a storm on her way to work as a newly hired librarian. As a bookworm, Amelia has always loved curling up with a good novel and a cup of tea but she’ll discover the library is more than just a quiet, cozy place. The patrons are talkative and curious, the shy head librarian makes her heart skip a beat, and there are spirits causing chaos that put the future of the library in danger. In order to help the ghosts and save the library, Amelia has to be brave and learn to trust others if she wants the happily ever afters that she has read about.

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Entities to Lovers by Mallory Marlowe

Medium Rory Woods spends her time at Ye Olde Spirit Shop that she runs with her mom where she offers psychic readings by day and ghost tours of Boston by night. She’s annoyed when she’s forced to host a tour with her adjunct history professor and devastatingly handsome coworker, Ezra Blackwell. Ezra loves to show off his extensive history knowledge and enjoys teasing Rory so when they disturb a matchmaking ghost, it’s no wonder they end up hexed. Rory and Ezra are having continuous bad luck unless they are side by side. They are desperate to break the curse, even so desperate to try kissing to appease the spirit. As they work together to solve the jinx, they learn that spending time with each other might not be as much of a curse as they thought.

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Falling for Her by Natasha Madison 

As Finley Westbrook’s life is falling apart and her divorce is turning into a legal battle becoming a short-term, live-in nanny might be the change that she needs. Living on her family’s fortune, Finley has never had a job before, but how hard can it be. Small-town detective and single dad Lincoln Burke is desperate to find a nanny as his ex-wife is going out of town and he’s investigating a major case. Though she’s not the best option, Finley is his only. Lincoln refuses to fall for the chaotic woman even with chemistry heating up between the two. As Finley continues to push his buttons, Lincoln is struggling to resist. As danger begins to threaten them, their temporary arrangement may change things more than they could have ever expected.

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