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Read on Theme: 48 Books with Seasonal Titles
Here at Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ World Headquarters, we receive correspondence from all over the planet, and every summer we hear from our friends in the Southern Hemisphere. Summer for us, we are reminded, is winter for them. Therefore our Summer Reading Guide is useless at best, and maybe even a little cruel. Ìý
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This is a salient point. In an effort to cover all our bases, all year round, we’ve curated this themed list of book titles sorted by season. Just jump to whichever season is currently relevant in your corner of the planet.
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You’ll note that we’ve had some fun here with the database, riffing on homonyms and ambiguous wordplay (Billy Summers, Apples Never Fall). Overachievers may want to tackle the works of Ali Smith and Karl Ove Knausgard, each of whom have written a quartet of books with seasonal titles.
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Scroll over the book covers to learn more about each title, and add the ones that pique your interest to your Want to Read shelf. Feel free to add any additional suggestions, variations, or riffs in the comments section.
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Now it's your turn! Do you like to read according to season? Let's talk books in the comments below!
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Anna wrote: "Interesting how many in the "fall" category use the word not to mean the season, but failure, or the act of falling. Like I've not read the book, but from the title, I'd hazard a guess that "Snow F..."There's also A Beautiful Fall, perhaps A Beautiful Fall too :-D
Anna wrote: "Interesting how many in the "fall" category use the word not to mean the season, but failure, or the act of falling. Like I've not read the book, but from the title, I'd hazard a guess that "Snow F..."I came here to say exactly this. lol I was like "Things fall apart" isn't about autumn and then I saw they did it more than once lol
okay but most autumn books are a *stretch* and have nothing to do with the season lol
This list is sorely missing any of the seasonal quartet by Ali Smith, which are simply called Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer. If you only want to read one, my pick is Spring, although I love all four.
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Anna wrote: "Interesting how many in the "fall" category use the word not to mean the season, but failure, or the act of falling. Like I've not read the book, but from the title, I'd hazard a guess that "Snow F..."You know, I was just thinking something similar. How they just stuck with the names and not other key things that scream seasonal, especially winter with snow and ice and cold.
I also got a laugh that Billy Summers made the list. Nothing about the title screams summertime to me beyond the name summer.
Charlotte wrote: "This list is sorely missing any of the seasonal quartet by Ali Smith, which are simply called Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer. If you only want to read one, my pick is Spring, although I love al..."
They were specifically mentioned in the write-up at the top.
Anna wrote: "Then again, not many books HAVE autumn in the title. The only additional one I can think of is "Dragons of Autumn Twilight" by Weiss and Hickman."Here's one: An Autumn War (part of a season-titled quartet by Daniel Abraham. It's been a few but IIRC they are each set in the designated season (but with some intervening years).
If you want a fun YA fantasy romance, check out Autumn's Tithe by Hannah Parker!
Have not read any among these except 'The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet' which, when I come to think of it, didn't have much to do with autumn...however, it was a wildly exciting read!
Then again, not many books HAVE autumn in the title. The only additional one I can think of is "Dragons of Autumn Twilight" by Weiss and Hickman.