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Alison Doherty is a writing teacher and part time assistant professor living in Brooklyn, New York. She has an MFA from The New School in writing for children and teenagers. She loves writing about books on the Internet, listening to audiobooks on the subway, and reading anything with a twisty plot or a happily ever after.

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Does anyone else like to stalk what books authors are reading on Instagram? You don’t have to admit it. Now, I’ve done the work so you don’t have to. With cozy weather, back-to-school, and no excuse not to read with a cup of something warm and a soft blanket, these 25 authors are getting into the autumn reading spirit! So please be warned, reading further probably will increase the list of books you want to read.

Ta-Nehisi Coates is reading American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson

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Margaret Atwood is reading Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline

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Laurie Halse Anderson is reading Internment by Samira Ahmed

Taylor Jenkins Reid is reading Good Talk by Mira Jacob

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Nic Stone is reading Slay by Brittney Morris, Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson, and Who Put This Song On? by Morgan Parker

Alyssa Cole is reading The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa

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Cheryl Strayed is Reading This Particular Happiness by Jackie Shannon Hollis and The Butterfly Girl by Rene Denfeld

Gayle Forman is reading Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi

Adam Silvera is reading Frankly in Love by David Yoon

https://www.instagram.com/p/B2Pog8onyNQ/

Sona Charaipotra is reading When You Ask Me Where I’m Going by Jasmin Kaur

https://www.instagram.com/p/B28HTQuAIhH/

Rebekah Weatherspoon is reading The Idea of You by Robinne Lee and How to Hack a Heartbreak by Kristin Rockaway

https://www.instagram.com/p/B2sTr99gMNv/

Pepper Winters is reading The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel

Rainbow Rowell is reading Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

Elizabeth Gilbert is reading I Might Regret This by Abbi Jacobson

Aminah Mae Safi is reading Time of Our Lives by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka

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Becky Albertalli is reading Dear Sweat pea by Julie Murphy

Victoria Aveyard is reading Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo, The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh, and Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin

Beatriz Williams is reading The Christmas Spirits on Tradd Street by Karen White

Sally Thorne is reading Viral by T. Gephart

Kelly deVos is reading The Speed of Falling Objects by Nancy Richardson Fischer

Jill Santopolo is reading The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff

Jen Pastiloff is reading How to Cure a Ghost by Fariha Róisín

https://www.instagram.com/p/B3DrIqKnvAn/

Megan Stielstra is reading How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

https://www.instagram.com/p/B2IRfUWhWDq/

Amanda Joy is reading Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia

Jessica Khoury is reading Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb

Dahlia Adler is Reading By Any Means Necessary by Candice Montgomery

And if your Instagram itch hasn’t been totally scratched yet, peruse one of the following: