It’s Finally Fall. Bring on the Bookish Sweatshirts.

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Book Riot Managing Editor Vanessa Diaz is a writer and former bookseller from San Diego, CA whose Spanish is even faster than her English. When not reading or writing, she enjoys dreaming up travel itineraries and drinking entirely too much tea. She is a regular co-host on the All the Books podcast who especially loves mysteries, gothic lit, mythology/folklore, and all things witchy. Vanessa can be found on Instagram at @BuenosDiazSD or taking pictures of pretty trees in Portland, OR, where she now resides.

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I’m the friend who, immediately after Labor Day, starts to ask if it’s fall yet. I know summer isn’t over until late September, but there I am, every year, chomping at the pumpkin-spiced bit to get my hands on all the gourd and apple and cinnamon-flavored things that come with my favorite season. Now that the autumnal equinox has come and gone, I have the green light to go full fall feral without angering the summer people. You can catch me whipping up soups and stews and tea blends while dancing to Fleetwood Mac in my kitchen, rewatching Hocus Pocus and Practical Magic, and of course, mainlining all the cozy reads I’ve saved to read this time of year in equally cozy clothing.

If you’re looking for some bookish sweatshirts to get properly into sweater season, you’ve come to the right place. These selections lean into the fall of it all with the usual autumnal imagery—gourds, leaves, steaming cups of something, stacks of books, etc. They’re cute and cozy, sometimes ghosty, and some kind of bookish. All of them would very much like a place in your closet. They’re definitely going in mine!

Hot tip: as of this writing, most of the items below are on sale for less than the listed prices. Happy shopping, and happy fall!

person wearing a beige sweater with fall graphics and text in orange ink. Text at the top of the design says Tis The Season and floats above nine graphics/text pairings including candle lit pages and autumn tales

It’s like the sweater says: ’tis the season! Welcome those fall nights, falling leaves, and rustling pages with this cozy fall reading sweater. $23+

The Goods

woman in a crosswalk wearing a white crewneck sweatshirt with Salem Book Club text above a graphic of a black cat, a stack of books, a Victorian house, and a witch on a broomstick

Sweaters and spooky season are a match made in heaven, and this Salem Book Club sweatshirt ties them both together. $26+

military green crewneck sweater with white Reading Retreat text above a graphic of a cabin in the woods. The trees are green, yellow, and orange and there are other objects around the exterior of the house, including two open books, a fire, a cup of coffee, pumpkins, and leaves

Reading retreats were all the rage this summer, and I’m taking that energy straight into fall. This reading retreat sweatshirt would make a perfect accessory for a bookish getaway. $34+

heathered grey crewneck sweatshirt with an embroidered ghost on the front. The ghost is white with black trim and there is an open book resting on top of him, and black text beneath him that says "read more booo0ks"

This adorable embroidered ghost sweatshirt comes with a reminder we probably don’t need, but will gladly accept. $30+

a brown crewneck sweatshirt with an embroidered design of a ghost on the front. the ghost is white and wearing round glasses, and holding a book open while hovering on top of a stack of books. There is pumpkin off to one side and assorted brown and orange leave statrs, and a moon floating around the ghost

The spectral dude on this ghostly embroidered sweatshirt took the last one’s advice, I see. I wonder what he’s reading. $28+

light grey crewneck sweater with a graphic of a bookstore and cafe on the front. Bordering the image is black cursive script that reads "fall romance book club" as well as assorted fall-themed graphics, like pastries, pumpkins, book stacks, and leaves

This fall romance book club sweatshirt gives me big You’ve Got Mail vibes. Adding that to my fall rewatch list now. $50

dark brown crewneck sweatshirt with an embroidered image of four ghosts on the front. Three of the ghosts are holding a book in assorted positions and one is holding a mug, with golden leaves hovering above and between all of them

What’s better than one bookish ghost? Four of them, obvi. This ghostly foursome is exactly my brand of bookish cuteness. $30+

a light blue quarter zip sweatshirt with an embroidered image of a pumpkin-shaped coffee mug on top of a book on the left side. there are four maple leaves positioned around the cup and book

Just looking at this fall reading quarter zip sweatshirt makes me crave a pumpkin-flavored something. $24+

a coffee cup, an open book, and a pair of brown and white socks

This sweater keeps it simple, but the cozy vibes are strong. $13+

a green hooded sweatshirt with text that reads Cozy Readers Book Society bordering a graphic of a stack of four books with a bow on top. Arranged around the books are a lit pillar candle, a pumpkin, a steaming cup of coffee/tea, and assorted leaves in fall colors

Whether you love cozy books or just love being cozy while you read, declare yourself a member of the cozy readers book society with this hoodie. $34+

dark green crewneck sweater with an embroidered design of a black cat stretching on top on an open book and red and yellow leaves floating around

How cute is the kitty in this embroidered bookish cat sweatshirt? He might be reading, or he might be shredding the hell out of those pages. $34+

a military green crewneck sweatshirt with text that reads All Book for Fall hovering over graphics of a stack of books, a pumpkin, a steaming cup of coffee, and a scarf. There are leaves in assorted fall colors all over the design

I love it when my clothing announces my plans! If you, too, are booked up for fall, here’s the perfect bookish fall sweatshirt for you. $13+

For even more bookish sweatshirts, most items on last year’s roundup of bookish crewneck sweatshirts are still available! In other seasonal goods, we have these Halloween stickers and bookmarks. And because fall just is hoa hoa hoa season, here are some goods to celebrate 20 years of Twilight.

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