Monday, September 22, 2025

Top Ten Books on My Fall TBR


I'm linking up with That Artsy Reader Girl for another Top Ten Tuesday.

It's time for another seasonal check-in! I finished all but one of the books on my Summer TBR. Here are ten of the books I'm planning to read this fall!
1. Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
I've been wanting to read this one for a long time! It's been out for long enough now that there isn't a holds list at the library, so I should be able to pick it up as soon as I have a gap in my holds coming in. I haven't read any of Okorafor's work since reading the Binti trilogy.
2. Humankind by Rutger Bregman
Conversely, I've had a hold on this book for weeks and weeks and it should finally be coming in this fall. Unsurprisingly, I'm not the only one who would like a hopeful view of humanity right now.
3. It Had to Be Him by Adib Khorram
So far Khorram has knocked it out of the park every time, so when I saw he had a new one coming out, I didn't hesitate to request that my library get a copy on Libby.
4. Mediocre by Ijeoma Oluo
Oluo's So You Want to Talk About Race was stellar, and at this moment in time I would very much like to hear her rant against mediocre white men controlling the power structures of the country.
5. Meet Your Baker by Ellie Alexander
This has been on my list since the days of the Get Booked podcast (RIP). Although it's rare that I find a mystery novel that can compete with the likes of Agatha Christie and Anthony Horowitz, I am always game to try another cozy mystery.
6. The Power of Moments by Chip & Dan Heath
This book was recently mentioned on an episode of the What Should I Read Next? podcast, and it reminded me how much I've enjoyed some of the Heath brothers' previous books. As I recently took on a volunteer events coordinator role for a local organization, it's nudged me to want to reread The Art of Gathering and pick up this one as well.
7. We Have Never Been Woke by Musa al-Gharbi
This is my one holdover from my summer to-read list.
8. The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
It has now been several months since I read Mistborn: The Final Empire, and I'm hoping it all comes back to me when I pick up the next book in the series!
9. Worth It by Brit Barron
Barron's keynote at the 2024 Q Christian Fellowship conference was absolutely a highlight of that weekend for me, and I was very excited to see that she has a book out! I'm hoping to read this before I attend the next Q Christian Fellowship conference in January.
10. The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
I gotta get in at least one read for spooky season. I'm not sure if I've actually read the title story of this collection or if I just saw it performed as part of speech team in high school, in which case it would have been abridged for time. In any case, I'm looking forward to revisiting it along with the other stories in this collection.

What do you plan to read this fall (or spring if you're in the southern hemisphere)?

Looking back:
One year ago I was reading: Jessica, Delusions of Gender, and Here One Moment
Five years ago I was reading: The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rebecca
Ten years ago I was reading: Jesus Calling, Number the Stars, The Hiding Place, David Copperfield, and Uncle Tom's Cabin

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