My Fall TBR: Mysteries and Thrillers Galore

As the seasons change, I feel like the literature you consume should change too. For example, the summer is for romance books like Reel by Kennedy Ryan, The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood, and Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez. You know, the feel goods. The love stories that make you kick your feet back and forth and squeal into your pillow. While technically, you could read those stories around the calendar, they just fit the summertime.

With autumn on its way, I find my TBR is more centered around thrillers, mysteries, and horrors. I’m a thriller geek, so I’m extremely excited about this time of the year. So much so that I’ve already compiled my list of must reads for the season. 

Mai’s Fall TBR List

Source: Goodreads

1. In My Dreams I Hold A Knife - Ashley Winstead : Six friends reunite for a college reunion 10 years after Heather Shelby was murdered on campus.

   

Source: Amazon 

2. Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn : Journalist Camille Preaker returns to her hometown to investigate the brutal murders of two preteen girls.

Source: Goodreads

3. ‘Til Death - Busayo Matuluko : During her cousin’s wedding, Lara Oyinlola investigates anonymous threats against the bride and ends up uncovering a web of family secrets, crimes, and near death experiences.

Source: Goodreads

4. False Witness - Karin Slaughter : Defense attorney Leigh Collier’s life is threatened when she is assigned to defend a wealthy client who knows a dark secret from her past.

Source: Amazon

5. Local Woman Missing - Mary Kubica : Shelby Tebow goes missing… and then Meredith Dickey and her daughter go missing in the same community. And 11 years later Delilah turns up.

Source: Simon & Schuster

6. The Reformatory - Tananarive Due : A boy is sent to a reform school where he sees the horrors of racism and injustice for the living… and the dead.

Source: Amazon

7. The Ballad Of Black Tom - Victor Lavalle : The story follows a man who makes money by delivering magical objects.

   
   

I’ll be adding some reads here and there, but since the school year is starting back up, I anticipate my reading speed slowing down significantly. These are all books I’m really looking forward to reading, especially because they’re by a diverse group of writers.

Stay tuned for my Winter TBR which will be full of dark romance and dark academia reads. I can’t wait to tell you all about them!

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