My (frankly excessive) autumn reading list | Gothic books, classics & modern

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Let's celebrate the season with some dark and gothic books, including classics, a graphic novel and modern literature.
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▶︎ Books
Books marked with * were free review copies received by the publisher (without any specific obligation to mention them).
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Villette by Charlotte Brontë
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
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Gwen and Art Are Not In Love by Lex Croucher*
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Trouble by Lex Croucher
bit.ly/TroubleLexCroucher
Mrs S by K Patrick*
bit.ly/MrsSBook
The Other Side of Mrs Wood by Lucy Barker*
bit.ly/TheOtherSideMrsWood
Mary by Anne Eekhout (looks like it’s getting an English translation! By Laura Watkinson)
bit.ly/MaryShelleyBookEnglish
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
bit.ly/NinthHouseBook
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
bit.ly/TheFamiliarLeighBardugo
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
bit.ly/RebeccaDaphneDuMaurier
The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
bit.ly/EssexSerpentBook
Melmoth by Sarah Perry*
bit.ly/MelmothBook
Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Robert Maturin
bit.ly/MelmothTheWanderer
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
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Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
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Hell Screen by Ryunosuke Akutagawa (translated by Jay Rubin)*
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Through the Woods by Emily Carroll
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A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll
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Please Don’t Use This Exhibit by Jen Campbell*
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► Chapters
0:00 My Autumn reading list
5:32 The extra gothic and creepy books
8:33 My travels and projects
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Hoi! I'm Sanne. Ten years ago I moved from the Netherlands to London, where I'm currently working as a freelance social media producer in the publishing industry, event host and content creator. I've been making videos for 13 years and on my channel I talk about books, translation, the publishing industry, London, travel, plus career and creativity advice. If you're looking for your next book to read, need a confidence boost before starting your internship/new job or want to follow my journey trying to reach new creative and freelance goals, you're in the right place!
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I currently live in St Albans, just North of London.
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I’m a Freelance Social Media Producer, public speaker and KZfaqr/blogger. Before that I was an Audience Manager at Penguin Random House UK.

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@ciaracoolcu 9 ай бұрын

I wish you could post allll the time, it's always such a treat to see you in the sub box!! and i am so in love with your outfit, so perfect for autumn 🍂

@booksandquills 9 ай бұрын

Does anyone NOT go overboard with their TBR this season every year? Let me know what's at the top of your list! - Sanne

@jenvcampbell 9 ай бұрын

Not me eying the 30-book-high pile next to my book trolley 😂 Jeanette Winterson's new book is top of mine. x

@booksandquills 9 ай бұрын

@@jenvcampbell Ohhhh yes I spotted that in your video, it looks amazing!

@roosjoosten7829 9 ай бұрын

Mary by Anne Eekhout has actually been translated into English by Laura Watkinson and will be published by Pushkin Press next month! I've read the orginal Dutch version and I loved it.

@booksandquills 9 ай бұрын

I only found out later when I was doing the links for the description, such exciting news! And great to hear you liked it :D Can't wait to read it!

@krisnorvig6643 9 ай бұрын

Just went a Rebecca pilgrimage... it was so great to be with people who'd read this book. Highly recommend! It's very suspenseful & beautifully-written. And then there's the backstory about Dame Daphne as well, fascinating. The best of the movies/mini-series about it (in my opinion) is the 1940 Hitchcock film. But later versions with Diana Rigg & Kristin Scott Thomas are both so fun to watch as Mrs. Danvers.

@thebookbelle 7 ай бұрын

Ohh I've never heard of The Other Side of Mrs Wood - sounds v up my street. Also VERY excited about The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo. Great video Sanne! x

@jenny6904 8 ай бұрын

love your videos! so beautifully presented!

@gailgilchrist5421 9 ай бұрын

Always nice to see a new Books and Quills video. I will have to watch out for that Dutch book about Mary Shelley when it is published in English. Have you ever seen the 1987 film Gothic, which is about Mary Shelley writing Frankenstein as part of a competition while staying in Switzerland? It is very over-the-top, as were most of Ken Russell's films, with a great cast. I loved it!

@booksandquills 9 ай бұрын

I watched it when it came out, but that’s a good reminder for a rewatch this season! 👀

@leoraaileen 9 ай бұрын

Sanneeeeee 💞💞💞 I loveeeeed ninth house! Ik wil heel graag de Nederlandse vertaling nog een keer lezen!

@Applepopess 9 ай бұрын

I'm reading Slewfoot at the moment and it's great. Excellent for spooky season.

@autism_and_niamh 9 ай бұрын

The timing for this video is impeccable!! Just compiling my personal ~ spooky readings ~ for this month...need to tackle that TBR pile someday! And YAS please to the St Albans guide, it looks stunning :)

@ImCalebRosengard 9 ай бұрын

This is delightful, thank you :)

@constancewith_a_soundtrack5339 9 ай бұрын

Oh, yes, i was waiting for your next tbr!

@luke28 9 ай бұрын

whoa sanne, so many cool upcomming vido ideas, looking forward to them!

@mirthe6974 9 ай бұрын

Love it when a new video from you pops up in my inbox 🥰! My autumn tbr is getting out of hand, but I’d primarily like to finish Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell this month and also start If we were villains and Mrs Death Misses Death 🍂

@booksandquills 9 ай бұрын

Ahh thanks! I don't think I'll read the book any time soon, but I've got the Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell TV show on my list for potential autumn viewing.

@azfarsyed7082 9 ай бұрын

Glad to see you life is moving .

@user-iy4nd8ge2r 9 ай бұрын

Wonderful to see you again!!! I love autumn and cozy books. One of my favorite books must be jane eyre by charlotte bronte,it was published 1847 and i love her writing and the connection between jane and mr Rochester.

@TheCoastalaussie 9 ай бұрын

Nice to see you again. Hope you have some cosy time in the near future, to upload again soon. Doei. :)

@LuciaBellanger95 9 ай бұрын

Her body and other parties is so good!!!!!

@Larissa_KD 9 ай бұрын

Great selection! I've also put Rebecca on my autumn TBR, together with If We Were Villains by ML Rio, Her Majesty's Royal Coven by Juno Dawson, Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett and I've already finished Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen!

@padlocksncocoapuffs 9 ай бұрын

So funny I just watched your Dracula reading blog from a few years ago last night and then you upload today! My fall reading list is very long too including Dracula obviously.

@puffmaggie 9 ай бұрын

ahh an October upload!! oh man can you update us on your feelings for new Emily Carrol once you read it? the reviews i've seen don't seem like the best, so curious how you'll feel. i hope you like Rebecca, i just read it for the first time and loved it! hopefully knowing the ending doesn't stop you from enjoying it :P looking forward to all the adventure videos!

@RovingReader 9 ай бұрын

I didn’t know you lived in St. Albans!!! I went to London, hung out with a BookTuber in Norwich, and then she took me to St. Albans to meet up with another friend of ours who took me to Cardiff with her :) I have a vlog of my day there but I should have asked you for tips!

@DayWatch 6 ай бұрын

villette really is a bit of a drag... tenant of wildfell hall is super slow in the beginning but picks up quickly and is amazing. i'd like to hear your thoughts on rebecca now, it's one of my all-time favourites, there are soooo many layers to this book - the netflix adaptation is a joke lol don't worry, all you got from that was the main storyline nothing about the sub-plots and undertones of the story.

@booksandquills 6 ай бұрын

This is all excellent intel, thank you! Will report back on both Rebecca and Tenant :D

@nikhil_mahajan685 9 ай бұрын

Love from India. ❤❤❤

@readingwithreeses1274 9 ай бұрын

I read Melmoth a few years ago and while I made it through, it was bleeeeeak AF. So depressing and it put me in a book slump :( I would recommend The Essex Serpent, which I loved, over Melmoth hands down.

@booksandquills 9 ай бұрын

I do love a bleak book though 👀 But good to know!

@RovingReader 9 ай бұрын

All of these unsettling books DO seem cozy 😂