It’s officially fall, and the season of Big Books is well underway. Here at Lit Hub, we’ve already told you what we think you should read, and pointed you toward the books most likely to be talked about around your water cooler (do offices still have those?), but if you’re still having trouble deciding which of the season’s offerings to pick up, we now hereby present a flowchart. That’s right. Why not?

As is now tradition, our highly paid literary scientists have created this handy and 100 percent accurate method for picking your next book. Let us know how it works for you—and don’t forget, you can always play more than once.

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2026 fall flowchart lit hub

Emily Temple

Emily Temple

Emily Temple is the managing editor at Lit Hub. Her first novel, The Lightness, was published by William Morrow/HarperCollins in June 2020. You can buy it here.