Frighteningly Perfect Bookish Halloween Sweatshirts

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Depending on where you live, it might still be hot outside. Sweatshirts might be the last thing you want to consider putting on your body. But with Halloween around the corner and the cooler winds of fall, you’ll want to start planning for all things spooky, scary, and fun. There is a bumper crop of amazing bookish Halloween sweatshirts to choose from this time of year, and you’ll want to order ASAP to get them in time for sporting all season long. Bonus: If you’re anything like me, Halloween season lasts for 12 months, so these bookish Halloween sweatshirts will keep you warm well after the calendar flips to November.

Whether you’re a fan of the ghastly or a fan of all things pasteloween, there is a bookish Halloween sweatshirt for you. I found skeletons and ghosts, kitty cats and bats, haunting everything from bookstores to libraries and even cozy reading nooks. Any options below promise to be the perfect reading uniform as the nights grow longer and days become cooler.

Cheers to the season of the witch, book lovers. We know this is the best time of year to read our hearts out beside a crackling candle, open windows, and crunching leaves.

Unless otherwise noted, all of the sweatshirts are crewnecks. Not all are especially size-inclusive, even though fat people have money and like clothing, too.

Frighteningly Perfect Bookish Halloween Sweatshirts — Image courtesy of CustomTeePort on Etsy

The first sweatshirt in this collection isn’t explicitly Halloween themed, but it better falls under the “autumnal bookish sweatshirts” umbrella. I would sure get cozy on this reading retreat. $34 and up, with crewneck and hoodie options, up to size 2XL.

Image of a gray sweatshirt. It has a skeleton in a coffin and says "dead set on reading" in red. There's a red circle that says in black font "booked to the bone." — Image courtesy of ChapterCatchers on Etsy

Are you booked to the bone? I know I am, and I know I plan on living my best afterlife like the skeleton on this sweatshirt. $38, with a few color options, up to size 5XL.

Image of a brown sweatshirt. There is an embroidered white ghost with orange glasses reading on top of a pile of books. — Image courtesy of Tocsxoanw on Etsy.

This cute little ghosty wants nothing more than for you to join him in some good reading. $20 and up, with color options and choices on the sweatshirt style you might like, up to size 5XL.

Image of a blue sweatshirt. It has a picture of a cat holding a stack of books. The cat has a pumpkin on its head. Above the image are the words "spooky but bookish." — Image courtesy of TheLeadersLoft on Etsy

Spooky but bookish might describe the everyday lives of many of us, not just our fall seasonal style. This cute sweatshirt has a few color options and goes up to size 5XL for $41+.

Image of a green sweatshirt. It has several bookshelves on it that have cats, ghosts, books, bats, and pumpkins. — Image courtesy of ColorfulTeeStation on Etsy

Cats and bats and ghosts and pumpkins and spiderwebs and taper candles and books, oh my! Choose your sweatshirt style up to size 3XL, beginning at $22.

Image of a gray sweatshirt. There is a small image of a stack of purple and black books, with bats surrounding it and a pumpkin on top. — Image courtesy of KateTeesCollection on Etsy.

The simplicity of this bookish Halloween sweatshirt is what makes it so great. $45 in a variety of colors up to size 5XL.

Image of a white woman wearing a heathered red sweatshirt. It is a double sided sweatshirt, with a ghost reading on the front and a haunted bookshelf on the back. — Image courtesy of CozyThreadsCustom

This looks like a combination of two others already on this list, but because it’s double-sided, I couldn’t resist including it. Get your reading ghost and their haunted library all in one cozy sweatshirt. $44 and up, with several color and style options, up to size 3XL.

Image of a black sweatshirt that features what looks like 6 different stamps. Those "stamps" feature a black cat reading, a pumpkin reading, and other halloween imagery with books. — Image courtesy of fableandloom on Etsy.

This might be the sweatshirt I accidentally buy while putting this roundup together because it’s so cute. I love the variety of bookishly haunted stamps. $54+, with a variety of colors up to size 5XL.

Image of a black sweatshirt with various creatures reading books. Among them are a cute bat and rat. — Image courtesy of BachWaveDesigns on Etsy.

Creepy creatures made cute and bookish? Yes, please! $30 and up, with lots of color options and style choices.

Image of a gray sweatshirt with an embroidered tarot card in the center. It is a tarot card representing "the reader," with a coffee mug, book, and half moon. — Image courtesy of ThreadedbySabrina

The embroidery trend on sweatshirts takes the apparel up a notch, and this rendering of a tarot card for readers is especially fun. You can wear this one year-round if you’re not already incorporating your Halloween wares in your everyday rotation. $45, up to size 3XL.

Image of a gray sweatshirt. There is a small embroidered cat with a pumpkin, coffee cup, and open book. — Image courtesy of GrumpyGooseShop

Speaking of cute embroidery, everything about this sweatshirt makes me want to get cozy with a book. $56+ in a variety of colors.

Image of a black sweatshirt with the white letters spelling out "book club." There are bats, ghosts, pumpkins, and a spider surrounding the words. — Image courtesy of fableandloom on Etsy

The perfect sweatshirt for a horror book club or any book club meetings you’re having during fall. The creatures are too cute! $55, up to size 5XL, in a number of colors (but let’s be real: the black looks especially good!).

Image of an army green sweatshirt with the word "read" in white. Inside the letters is Halloween iconography. — Image courtesy of UniqueGiftsBy001

Here’s another take on the simple word that includes Halloween iconography. $34 and up, with tons of colors, up to size 3XL.

Image of a purple sweatshirt. It features a skeleton sitting in a library surrounded by pumpkins, bats, and a black cat. It says "I'll be in my office" in white font. — Image courtesy of ChloesComfyThreads on Etsy

Dream office or DREAM OFFICE? $33 and up, with tons of options, to size 5XL.

Image of a pale purple sweatshirt with black embroidery in the center. There is a heart with ghosts and books inside. Around the heart, it reads "read more boooooks." — Image courtesy of ThreadedbySabrina on Etsy

Last but not least, let’s end this fun collection of bookish Halloween sweatshirts with a vital message from our friendly neighborhood ghosts: it’s always a good time to read more booooooks. $45, up to size 3XL, with color options.

Don’t stop here. Check out these amazing bookish cardigans and if you’re a fan of all things Wednesday, you’ll love these goods, too.

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