Books to read in between summer and autumn

Books to read in between summer and autumn. These are some books you can read during the transition period between summer and autumn. Spread across different genres and I'm gonna tell you exactly why they fit this time of year so well. Nothanger Abbey by Jane Austen is about a young woman who is obsessed with Gothic novels and slowly starts to believe that she herself is living in one. And to me, this book just feels like the perfect seasonal crossover. It makes you feel like candlelight on a stormy evening with just a touch of a gothic mystery. Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali is about a man who is reflecting on a very brief but intense and destructive love affair that shaped the rest of his life. And this book, in my opinion, very beautifully captures nostalgia, and it just reminds me of a very long, melancholic train ride. Interpreter of Maldies by Jhumpa Lahiri is a short story collection about Indian-American people dealing with cultural displacement, loneliness, and family problems. This, to me, just feels like the sound of the rain tapping on your umbrella. It's very bittersweet, but very nostalgic and also really introspective, which is why I feel like it goes perfectly with the end of summer, beginning of autumn. The Enigma of Arrival by V.S. Naipaul is about a writer from Trinidad who settles in the English countryside, and there starts very quietly observing people, nature, and time. And this book, to me, is the epitome of observing gradual change and it feels like a cup of hot tea after a gloomy, misty walk. Dead Poets Society by NH Kleinbaum is about a group of boarding school boys who are very inspired by their unconventional teacher to start thinking for themselves. And this very short but very nice book fits perfectly with the feeling of the beginning of the school year. Nostalgic reflection and golden leaves. Babel by R.F. Kuang is about a genius student who enters Oxford and there gets entangled in power, language, colonialism and empire. And this book is so geniusly written and it just feels like an intellectual awakening at a library at dusk.