Today we are thrilled to welcome Courtney Wallace, also known as The Incessant Bookworm on her blog, Youtube, and Instagram account where she shares what she's reading, tips for the reading life, and reading challenges. We're chatting with Courtney about her back to school reading challenge, how reading challenges influence her reading life, AND we're pairing our favorite fall activities with a bunch of book recommendations.

Courtney's back to school reading challenge // Anne of Green Gables read-a-long // and read around the world challenge.

Connect with Courtney:

• @incessantbookworm
• On Youtube
• On her blog

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

Ulysses by James Joyce

Belgravia by Julian Fellowes

Waiting for a Scot Like You by Eva Leigh

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout

Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam

A Brush with Death by Ali Carter

Harlem Shadows by Claude McKay

We're Going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union

While We Were Watching Downton Abbey by Wendy Wax

Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Moreno-Garcia

Jackaby by William Ritter

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

Inferno by Dan Brown

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

A Taste of Sage by Yaffa S. Santos

With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

October Sky by Homer Hickam

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

How Much of These Hills is Gold by C. Pam Zhang

The Good Girl by Mary Kubica

The River by Peter Heller

An Elderly Lady is Up To No Good by Helene Tursten

The City Baker's Guide to Country Living by Louise Miller

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld

American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld

Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger by Rebecca Traister

The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert

Fall-themed ASMR Channels

Autumn Cozy

Autumn Ambiance Playlist

Calmed By Nature

Cafe Ambiance

Fall Ambiance