As summer comes to a close, we can’t think of anything better than curling up with a good book as the weather gets colder! If you agree, then you need some new book recommendations. These September book releases are perfect for the season! We could easily picture reading these mysteries and spooky fantasies being great rainy-day reads.
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Keep Your Friends Close By Cynthia Murphy
Our first September book release is Keep Your Friends Close, which is perfect for fans of dark academia thrillers! It takes place in Morton Academy, where Chloe is at the top of student society. That is, until her best friend betrays her, and her life is changed forever. Things take a drastic turn when she discovers the Book of Crime and Punishment, which is a record of every time a student commits a misdeed and outlines their corresponding punishment. But when the book starts to match up with the murders of members from the school’s secret society, Chloe will need to use everything she has to stay ahead of the killer.
Release Date: September 2
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Content Warnings: death, murder, toxic friendship, classism, mention of bullying
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An Embroidery Of Souls By Ruby Martinez
Next up, in An Embroidery of Souls, we follow Jade, a thread speaker like her mother, who can alter the fabric of a human being. When her mother disappears, Jade is ordered by the queen to find her. We also follow Lukas, who, in an attempt to take care of his family, makes a deal with a violent gang leader and begrudgingly needs a thread speaker’s help. The two team up to catch a killer, but they soon become closer than they expected. We can’t wait to read this book, especially because the world setting is inspired by German and Mexican lore!
Release Date: September 9
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Content Warnings: body horror, confinement, gun violence, mention of animal cruelty
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Spellcaster By Jaymin Eve
Romantasy readers, run, don’t walk, to get your copy of Spellcaster! In it, Paisley feels the pressure from her family’s legacy at her witch college, especially because of her unpredictable magic. There, she meets Logan, the son of her father’s enemy, and as the two come closer, it’s a chaotic combination. Not to mention, the dark energy she senses in the school, which ends up with a monster attacking her, and it’s a problem she’ll need Logan’s help to solve.
Release Date: September 23
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Content Warnings: gore, death
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The Thirteenth Child By Erin A. Craig
Fans of Erin A. Craig will be ecstatic to read her newest fantasy! The Thirteenth Child is about Hazel, the thirteenth child, the one to be sacrificed to a god. When her godfather Merrick comes to get her, he explains that she will be a great healer and gives her the gift of knowing the exact cure to help her patients. But her gift is costly; Hazel can see when Death has claimed someone, and she must end their suffering. When she travels to the royal court, she must decide if she should save a doomed king and face the wrath of Death.
Release Date: September 30
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Content Warnings: death, death of a parent, war, murder, terminal illness, medical content, mention of alcoholism and self harm
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