Cozy Fall Book Tracker For Your Bullet Journal (Step-by-Step)

Looking for fresh Bullet Journal page ideas as the season shifts? I’m sharing exactly how I built my new cozy autumn spread, step by step, so you can recreate it in your own notebook.

This fall, I’m planning to continue working on my reading habits, and I wanted a tracker that actually felt like the season — warm colors, cozy doodles, and just enough space for all my autumn reads.

In this post, I’m walking you through my process for creating this fall book tracker from blank page to finished spread, plus the supplies I used and a few tips along the way.

I’ve been journaling since 2018, and I have created plenty of different pages, including several book trackers. But in this post we will do something special – not just a book tracker, but a Fall-themed one.

Of course, if you want more inspiration, there are more reading journal and book tracker posts at the end for you to check out.

I also created several FREE printable book trackers, in case you want to try tracking your reading without spending all the time creating the layout yourself.

All of that is at the end of the post, but it’s time for us to dive in and start creating.

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Stationery Used

Of course, when you create your own tracker, you can definitely use whatever you already have in your collection. But here are the exact supplies I used.

Kokuyo journal – this has been my favorite book to play around with new pages. Plus I love that the spiral part is made of soft material so it never gets in the way of writing.
Altenew Fineliners – at the moment, these are my favorites, and the set comes with different nib sizes so I get a variety of line thicknesses.
Altenew Brush Pens – these are great for brush lettering and easy to control, but for this particular case I used the brush pens to fill out the large black elements, since it’s faster than using a fineliner.
Zebra Mildliners – these are my favorite markers; they are high quality, and I love their colors.
Tombow Dual Brush Pen – for this setup, I used the light grey color to add shadow to my doodles; you’ll see. It is a cute way to make the doodles stand out.

Ok, these are all the supplies; let’s dive in.

Fall Book Tracker

As somebody who still struggles with reading (somehow, once I got off the reading train, I’m having a hard time getting back to it), my purpose here was to create something fun, pretty, and without too many books.

That way, I hope the layout will inspire me and will not be too overwhelming – the main idea is not to read as much as I can but to read consistently.

Usually, my favorite way to track books is creating a bookshelf-type tracker, but I wanted to try something different, and I also didn’t want to have that many books on the list.

Here is the process – we will start from sketching the page in pencil to ensure that everything is created and spaced properly before we dive into adding pen and having more fun with the designs.

Step One: Header

I started with the header, and I really wanted to try something different from the usual colorful letters I use. I generally feel like I went with a more minimalist and simple approach to this tracker.

Here are a few tips when creating your headers:

You draw letters rather than write them, so try to first create some size rectangles for each letter – that way you can keep consistency and have your letters the same size.
Take the word and find its middle (in case of Fall, you divide it into two parts fa and ll). Then make sure that the middle of your word fits with the center of the page. This is not a must-have, but if you want your headers centered, it will be very helpful.

I personally don’t always follow these tips, but I also don’t mind much if things are not centered too much; there is always an option to later fill out the sides with doodles to make it more balanced.

Step Two: Draw The Page

Ok, this is the most time-consuming step, of course, because this is where you basically create the entire page in pencil.

I was thinking about fall, books, and it also made me think of witches and maybe a bit of Halloween, so I put together all these topics. Instead of a bookshelf, I decided to use a witch’s cupboard as a place to write my books.

Once the cupboard was drawn, I just filled out the rest of the blank space with some fall and bookish doodles.

I used AI to generate an image of similar Fall doodles to give you more inspiration and ideas for decorating your Fall book tracker.

Again, check the end of the post for some step-by-step fall doodles if you need some extra help with your decorations.

Step Three: Pen In The Page

Now that you have your pencil set up and everything looking how you want, let’s use pens to outline all the doodles and the text.

Here, I used 03 and 01 pens for larger details and 005 pens for smaller elements, like hatching or little lines inside the doodles.

As you can see on the hat and inside the cupboard, I added some hatching to symbolize that these parts are behind, so they are a bit darker.

I also ended up writing the FALL letters a bit unevenly, so my original plan for decorating them is gone. Now to fix it, I’ll have to fill out that space inside the letters in black.

Step Four: Adding Color

The final step is the most fun one – this is when you add color and extra touches to your layout.

Once I saw the final page, I decided I didn’t really want to add color to all the doodles, and instead I opted to add a bit of color to some parts of every doodle.

Another thing I did might actually not be very clearly seen in the pictures, but I added a grey shadow to all the doodles on the right and bottom sides. I think it creates a bit of a 3D effect.

Either way, this is the final look. That’s what I can see: I have three books for each month of the season, and at the bottom there is a space to write my favorite one.

And there you go; just in a few simple steps, you can create a little book tracker as well.

Free Book Tracker Printables

As I mentioned before, I created several FREE printables for you that you can use right away and help you with your reading goals.

You can already find them in the Resources Vault.

If you don’t have access yet, you can always sign up in the form below.

Once you confirm your subscription, you’ll get the password to get 50+ free Bullet Journal printables, stickers, and worksheets to use right away.

If you’ve never used printables before, be sure to check my post How To Use Printables In Your Bullet Journal.

It’s pretty basic, and you can find all the supplies you need in my post Supplies For Using Bullet Journal Printables.

More Resources

Are you looking for more resources for your reading journal, or inspiration on how to bring Fall into your Bullet Journal pages? I’ve got you covered.

Be sure to check out these posts next:

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