12 Books to Enjoy With Your Pumpkin Spice Latte

Embrace the start of Fall full force with a big cup of pumpkin spice and a few good reads courtesy of BookSparks.

Fall has arrived and you know what that means: #PSL time! As you cozy up in your favorite coffee shop this fall, here is a list of 12 books to enjoy with your favorite hot beverage. After making your way through this reading list, also be sure to check out October's new releases, the latest books becoming movies, and books that will remind you of Twilight.

01
Beautiful Affliction

Beautiful Affliction

Beautiful Affliction: A Memoir by Lene Fogelberg

While living in Sweden, Lene Fogelberg is positive she is dying and cannot find an answer. Throughout the happiest moments of life, when her children were born and love stories with her husband, she is questioning when she will die. After she moves to the US, Lene finds an answer. After all these years, is it too late?

02
Big Magic

Big Magic

Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert

Elizabeth Gilbert provides a refreshing perspective on inspiration and creativity. She encourages readers to embody curiosity while letting go of misery, to learn how to take on what they love and put down what they are scared of. Fans of Elizabeth Gilbert's work will love this book on how to harness their own creativity.

03
The Year of Necessary Lies

The Year of Necessary Lies

The Year of Necessary Lies: A Novel by Kris Radish

A great-granddaughter stumbles across secret tape recordings from her notorious activist ancestor, Julia. Julia once lived during a time of change that was full of forbidden love and unwelcoming decisions shaped her infamous legacy. A hundred years later, her great-granddaughter questions if her family history will remain a secret or if it will mold her own future.

04
The Prettiest One

The Prettiest One

The Prettiest One: A Thriller by James Hankins

A nightmare that has bothered Caitlin Sommers for years is a reality. She awakes with a loss of memory from the past months and in an isolated parking lot wearing bloody clothes. She wants to find out what happened to her, but is too scared of the truth. Caitlin investigates, leading her away from her world to a small town where she discovers a frightful truth.

05
Reading the Sweet Oak

Reading the Sweet Oak

Reading the Sweet Oak by Jan Stites

Ruby's granddaughter, Tulsa, doesn't have time for her own love stories, but doesn't want to upset her grandmother. They decide to start their very own romance book club with their friends and what they learn along the way is surprising. The book club along the Sweet Oak River leads to a beautiful story of friendship, love, and finding romance.

06
The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine

The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine

The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith

For the first time, Ramotswe is using vacation time after resisting. The idealistic fantasy of peace is shaken after she meets Samuel, a young boy in trouble. In addition, Ramotswe worries about the agency while she is gone and if they can handle their cases. Her vacation now consists of solving two mysteries — Samuel's and a high profile case.

07
All the Ghosts Dance Free

All the Ghosts Dance Free

All the Ghosts Dance Free: A Memoir by Terry Cameron Baldwin

Join Terry Cameron Baldwin as she travels from her childhood memories to adulthood. Along the way, there will be reminisces of living on the coast of Southern California, teen years in Palm Springs, psychedelic revolution in San Francisco, and now living in Mexico. Her parents' death, integrity, and stories guide a lifetime of beginnings and endings.

08
The Hundred-Year Flood

The Hundred-Year Flood

The Hundred-Year Flood by Matthew Salesses

After 9/11 and his uncle's suicide, Tee escapes to Prague. He believes that a new home will in turn create a new identity and a way to avoid his adopted father. A flood is headed towards his new city leading to life questions about his adoption and as an American.

09
Rooville

Rooville

Rooville: A Novel by Julie Long

Owen Martin is excited to return home and experience the simple life he once lived. However, he returns to the small town that now embraces the Transcendental Mediation movement. The shop doors have even been refurbished to face East throughout the town. Owen is shocked and disapproves of the changes, but saving his family farm and the town becomes an unexpected priority.

10
The Girl in the Spider’s Web

The Girl in the Spider’s Web

The Girl in the Spider's Web: A Lisbeth Salander novel by David Lagercrantz

Blomkvist receives an unexpected phone call that someone has information regarding the US and he notices there is a hacker involved. Realizing he recognizes the hacker, he asks Salander for help. The two will be tracking down the criminals through a web of lies and spies.

11
A Woman of Note

A Woman of Note

A Woman of Note by Carol M. Cram

It is early in the nineteenth-century and Isabette is a talented pianist in Vienna. Men dominate the industry forcing Isabette's secret of composing and playing her own music. After meeting two men, they are intrigued by Isabette, but underestimate her potential. Throughout heartbreak and risk, music remains her foundation.

12
Not on Fire, but Burning

Not on Fire, but Burning

Not on Fire, but Burning: A Novel by Greg Hrbek

A thought of Skyler's baby brother, Dorian, flashes in her head as she failed to escape the radiation. Dorian is twelve-years old now and living in a time when the country is split into territories and adamantly despises Muslims. He is seeking revenge for his sister, even though his parents insist she was never around. After his neighbors add a Muslim to the family, he is about to find redemption or face tragedy.