2023 Fall Book Preview
Fall is around the corner, as much as I don’t want to admit it. I harp all year about waiting for Summer and loving Summer, but I do love Fall as well. Fall just means that Winter is coming so I don’t want to rush toward it! BUT, there is something so joyful about the Fall. I feel like it’s a universally happy time because everyone is craving a “fresh start” and as F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in The Great Gatsby, “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.”
And I have to say, I agree. We had a chill in the air recently and it got me excited for apple picking, (iced) pumpkin spice lattes, corn mazes and hayrides, football sundays (Go Bills!) and slow, cozy mornings. I love those first crisp days and it’s nice not to worry about it being too hot for my dog. I am a Summer girl through and through, but I do love the magical elements of Fall.
Which also means, new books! The Fall book drop is always one of the best of the year and it’s exciting to see some of the buzz for the “best of the year.” Here are some 2023 Fall new releases on my radar!
Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher
Genre: YA Historical Fiction/Romance
Release Date: November 28, 2023
One Sentence Pitch: Heartstopper meets A Knight’s Tale in this YA rom com about love, friendship and being brave enough to change the course of history.
The Blackwoods by Brandy Colbert
Genre: YA Contemporary
Release Date: October 3, 2023
One Sentence Pitch: A YA novel about four generations of a famous Hollywood family that deals with love, ambition, loss, and fame in a world where everything in public and nothing is private.
Iris Kelly Doesn’t Date by Ashley Herring Blake
Genre: Adult Romance
Release Date: October 24, 2023
One Sentence Pitch: A horrible one night stand turns into a fake relationship with real feelings starring Iris Kelly, the only single one standing in her friend group and a local actor playing Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing.
Friends Don’t Fall in Love by Erin Hahn
Genre: Adult Romance
Release Date: October 17, 2023
One Sentence Pitch: 1. The main character is named Lorelai. 2. The cover screams Fall! 3. It’s a friends to lovers romance!
10 Things that Never Happened by Alexis Hall
Genre: Adult Romance
Release Date: October 17, 2023
One Sentence Pitch: A nervous employee, who never should have been hired, bumps his head and fakes amnesia which causes some real feelings to develop.
One Night in Hartswood by Emma Denny
Genre: Adult Fantasy Romance
Release Date: November 7, 2023
One Sentence Pitch: A brother’s sister is left by her betrothed the evening before their wedding and sets off on a quest to find him in order to keep their politically arranged marriage when he meets a helpful stranger, unaware of their entwined fates.
Next Door Nemesis by Alexa Martin
Genre: Adult Romance
Release Date: November 14, 2023
One Sentence Pitch: Collins Carter has gone viral for all the wrong reasons so she goes home to live with her parents in Ohio (sigh) only to find her former best friend and greatest annoyance is now running for PTA president.
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
Genre: Fantasy Romance
Release Date: November 7, 2023
One Sentence Pitch: The second book in the series following the smash hit, Fourth Wing! If you read the first book, you know it ended on a wild cliffhanger so this should appease many readers!
The Christmas Orphans Club by Becca Freeman
Genre: Adult Contemporary Fiction
Release Date: September 26, 2023
One Sentence Pitch: Four friends prepare to spend their final Christmas holiday together in NYC before one of them moves away, a budding romance finally flourishes, and things change forever.
You, Again by Kate Goldbeck
Genre: Adult Romance
Release Date: November 7, 2023
One Sentence Pitch: An enemies to lover romance where sparks fly and is basically a friends-without-benefits situation set in the culinary world of NYC.
The Fall of White Rivera by Crystal Maldonado
Genre: YA Romance
Release Date: October 10, 2023
One Sentence Pitch: Two nemeses have to work together to plan the perfect Fall formal in this enemies to lovers YA Rom Com that also deals with deeper topics like Chronic Illness, fatphobia, sexuality, and identity.
Thieves’ Gambit by Kayvion Lewis
Genre: YA Heist/Suspense
Release Date: September 26, 2023
One Sentence Pitch: The Inheritance Games meets Ocean’s Eleven in this thrilling YA ride that also has the high stakes gaming element of The Hunger Games. It’s also already being turned into a movie!
Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood
Genre: YA Romance
Release Date: November 7, 2023
One Sentence Pitch: A YA rom com for fans of chess aspect of The Queen’s Gambit and a little rivalry when it comes to their passions.
My full Fall Reading Guide will be out in September and I can’t wait to share it with you! But until then, I hope these new releases make it onto your TBRs.