When the air finally turns crisp, the leaves start to fall, and pumpkin spice is everywhere, there’s nothing better than curling up with a cozy, feel-good rom com!
These books are full of small-town festivals, cozy sweaters, flirty pumpkin patch (or apple orchard) moments, and sweet slow-burn romances.
If you’re looking for stories that feel like a Hallmark movie with just the right amount of spice, this list of fall rom coms is for you! From cozy small-town bakeries to autumn harvest festivals, these books are the perfect additions to your seasonal TBR.
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1. Falling Like Leaves by Misty Wilson
A city girl forced to leave Manhattan for small-town Bramble Falls, a former best friend (and first kiss!) turned grumpy barista, and all the cozy YA rom-com vibes about family, first love, and finding your place.
2. The Honeycrisp Orchard Inn by Valerie Bowman
Ellie, daughter of an inn owner, returns home from the city. Aiden, the stubborn son of the orchard owner, has zero patience. Forced to be roommates and plan a fall festival together to save their family businesses, sparks are bound to fly.
3. The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore
A cozy, witty romance set against the charm of a small-town café in autumn. A delightful seasonal grumpy x sunshine between the city girl taking over the local cafe and a grumpy local farmer. Grab your latte and settle in for the perfect PSL read.
4. Love and Lattes at Pumpkin Hollow by Victoria Walters
This one has all the Hallmark-movie small-town sweetness! One dreamy stranger, one farm in need of saving, one chance to patch things up!
5. Lauryn Harper Falls Apart by Shauna Robinson
Lauryn Harper had the perfect plan until a work mishap sends her back to her hometown. Suddenly, she’s tasked with reviving the once-famous Apple Festival and facing the friend she left behind. A witty, heartfelt novel about friendship, forgiveness, and second chances.
6. If It Makes You Happy by Julie Olivia
Set in small-town Vermont in 1997, this slow-burn romance has golden-boy Cliff (single dad, hot baker forearms, flannel wearer) living next door to a recently divorced B&B owner who has…less figured out. A nostalgic, heartwarming story about love, family, and second chances.
7. A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna
Sera Swan was once one of Britain’s most powerful witches—until she lost most of her magic. Now she runs a magical inn with her resurrected great-aunt, a talking fox, and a whole lot of quirky chaos. When icy historian Luke Larsen arrives, Sera discovers that family, magic, and maybe even romance might be the key to reclaiming her future.
8. There’s Pumpkin About You by Athena Carstairs
One determined party planner. One grumpy pumpkin farmer. The battle is set over Goldleaf Pumpkin Farm, and with stubbornness, sparks, and fall charm in abundance, this is a small-town enemies-to-lovers romance perfect for pumpkin patch season.
9. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
Mika Moon, one of the only witches in Britain, hides her magic—until she’s asked to teach three young witches at the mysterious Nowhere House. A cozy, enchanting romance about found family, belonging, and the prickly (but irresistible) librarian who just might change her life.
10. Love’s a Witch by Tricia O’Malley
Think Charmed meets The Pumpkin Spice Café. Sloane MacGregor swore she’d never return to Briarhaven, Scotland but when a curse calls her back, she clashes with Knox, the grumpy mayor determined to keep her away. Hexes, sparks, and small-town magic make this a cozy witchy treat.
11. Fall at Once by Nora Everly (out October 28th)
A steamy small-town romance with fake dating, a firefighter single dad, and plenty of pumpkin spice. When a newly single party planner helps her grandma in Cozy Creek, she doesn’t expect to be rescued repeatedly by her hot firefighter neighbor or to fake-date him for the fire brigade’s Fall Fundraiser. Sparks fly, and soon it feels a lot more real than fake.
12. Love at First Fright by Nadia El-Fassi
Rosemary Shaw can see ghosts, no big deal. She’s an acclaimed horror author whose book is being adapted into a film at a haunted English manor. Ellis Finch, a Hollywood star with secrets of his own, is cast in the adaptation, and their feuding chemistry lights up both the movie and their lives. Add in ghostly mayhem, found family, and swoony banter, and this paranormal rom-com is the perfect Halloween-season read.
Final Thoughts
Whether you’re curled up with a PSL by the fire or stealing a few chapters between pumpkin patch outings, these books will give you all the cozy fall feelings.
Which fall rom com will you be picking up first? Share your seasonal TBR in the comments. I’d love to know what you’re reading!
