Witchy reads and books about witches are just the thing to dive into with Halloween around the corner. Witches are generally depicted as being mysterious and powerful, and have often been feared or shamed throughout history, and it all makes for fascinating stories.
Here’s some of the best witchy reads and books about witches! (P.S. This list is divided into two sections, General Fiction and Young Adult Fiction . Plus there are a couple titles for young readers and non-fiction titles tacked on at the end. Happy reading!)
General Fiction
Circe Madeline Miller
What It's About:
Publication Date: April 10, 2018
out of 5 on Goodreads
A Discovery of Witches (All Souls Trilogy #1) Deborah Harkness
What It's About:
Publication Date: January 8, 2019
out of 5 on Goodreads
A Secret History of Witches Louisa Morgan
What It's About:
Publication Date: May 1, 2018
out of 5 on Goodreads
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane Katherine Howe
What It's About:
Publication Date: April 6, 2010
out of 5 on Goodreads
The Witch's Daughter Paula Brackston
What It's About:
Publication Date: January 31, 2012
out of 5 on Goodreads
Wicked Gregory Maguire
What It's About:
Publication Date: November 28, 2000
out of 5 on Goodreads
The Witch of Willow Hall Hester Fox
What It's About:
Publication Date: October 2, 2018
out of 5 on Goodreads
Practical Magic Alice Hoffman
What It's About:
Publication Date: August 5, 2003
out of 5 on Goodreads
The Rules of Magic Alice Hoffman
What It's About:
Publication Date: June 26, 2018
out of 5 on Goodreads
What Should Be Wild Julia Fine
What It's About:
Publication Date: May 8, 2018
out of 5 on Goodreads
The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman
What It's About:
Publication Date: November 26, 2019
out of 5 on Goodreads
I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem Maryse Condé
What It's About:
Publication Date: February 5, 2009
out of 5 on Goodreads
The Witches of New York Ami McKay
What It's About:
Publication Date: July 11, 2017
out of 5 on Goodreads
The Familiars Stacey Halls
What It's About:
Publication Date: February 19, 2019
out of 5 on Goodreads
The Master and Margarita Mikhail Bulgakov
What It's About:
Publication Date: May 3, 2016
out of 5 on Goodreads
The Vine Witch Luanne G. Smith
What It's About:
Publication Date: October 1, 2019
out of 5 on Goodreads
The Heretic's Daughter Kathleen Kent
What It's About:
Publication Date: October 12, 2009
out of 5 on Goodreads
The Witch's Trinity Erika Mailman
What It's About:
Publication Date: October 7, 2008
out of 5 on Goodreads
Corrag Susan Fletcher
What It's About:
Publication Date: November 15, 2010
out of 5 on Goodreads
The Hangman's Daughter Oliver Pötzsch
What It's About:
Publication Date: August 2, 2011
out of 5 on Goodreads
Dark Witch Nora Roberts
What It's About:
Publication Date: January 24, 2017
out of 5 on Goodreads
Equal Rites (Witches Trilogy #1) Terry Pratchett
What It's About:
Publication Date: January 29, 2013
out of 5 on Goodreads
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch Neil Gaiman
What It's About:
Publication Date: March 5, 2019
out of 5 on Goodreads
Witches of East End Melissa de la Cruz
What It's About:
Publication Date: June 21, 2011
out of 5 on Goodreads
Witch & Wizard (Book #1) James Patterson
What It's About:
Publication Date: October 31, 2010
out of 5 on Goodreads
Mules and Men Zora Neale Hurston
What It's About:
Publication Date: January 8, 2008
out of 5 on Goodreads
Swansong Kerry Andrew
What It's About:
Publication Date: January 25, 2018
out of 5 on Goodreads
The Crucible Arthur Miller
What It's About:
Publication Date: March 25, 2003
out of 5 on Goodreads
The Witching Hour Anne Rice
What It's About:
Publication Date: October 16, 1990
out of 5 on Goodreads
Chocolat Joanne Harris
What It's About:
Publication Date: January 1, 2000
out of 5 on Goodreads
The Bloody Chamber And Other Stories Angela Carter
What It's About:
Publication Date: May 26, 2015
out of 5 on Goodreads
Young Adult Fiction
The Wicked Deep Shea Ernshaw
What It's About:
Publication Date: March 6, 2018
out of 5 on Goodreads
Serpent and Dove Shelby Mahurin
What It's About:
Publication Date: September 3, 2019
out of 5 on Goodreads
Uprooted Naomi Novik
What It's About:
Publication Date: March 1, 2016
out of 5 on Goodreads
Toil & Trouble Tess Sharpe
What It's About:
Publication Date: August 28, 2018
out of 5 on Goodreads
When the Moon Was Ours Anna-Marie McLemore
What It's About:
Publication Date: October 4, 2016
out of 5 on Goodreads
These Witches Don't Burn Isabel Sterling
What It's About:
Publication Date: May 28, 2019
out of 5 on Goodreads
Magic for Liars Sarah Gailey
What It's About:
Publication Date: June 4, 2019
out of 5 on Goodreads
Akata Witch Nnedi Okorafor
What It's About:
Publication Date: April 14, 2011
out of 5 on Goodreads
Witch Child Celia Rees
What It's About:
Publication Date: May 12, 2009
out of 5 on Goodreads
Labyrinth Lost (Brooklyn Brujas #1) Zoraida Córdova
What It's About:
Publication Date: August 1, 2017
out of 5 on Goodreads
Beautiful Creatures Kami Garcia
What It's About:
Publication Date: December 1, 2009
out of 5 on Goodreads
The Bone Witch Rin Chupeco
What It's About:
Publication Date: March 7, 2017
out of 5 on Goodreads
Young Readers
The Witches Roald Dahl
What It's About:
Publication Date: February 17, 1997
out of 5 on Goodreads
The Witch of Blackbird Pond Elizabeth George Speare
What It's About:
Publication Date: January 10, 2011
out of 5 on Goodreads
Non-fiction
Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power Pam Grossman
What It's About:
Publication Date: June 4, 2019
out of 5 on Goodreads
The Penguin Book of Witches Katherine Howe
What It's About:
Publication Date: September 30, 2014
out of 5 on Goodreads
The Witch Ronald Hutton
What It's About:
Publication Date: October 2, 2018
out of 5 on Goodreads
Witches, Midwives, and Nurses Barbara Ehrenreich
What It's About:
Publication Date: July 1, 2010
out of 5 on Goodreads
A Storm of Witchcraft Emerson W. Baker
What It's About:
Publication Date: October 1, 2016
out of 5 on Goodreads
Just finished the Discovery of Witches trilogy! The books were really good! I also read the Familiars and that one was great as well!
Thanks for this list, I will definitely check some of them out!
Some great recommendations, some I love and some I’ve added to my to-read list! Did nearly have a panic when I clicke the amazon link and found that my wishlist had vanished… I’m UK and so my lists are there and not at the .com!
Wow. That is quite a list. Thanks for the post.
So good to see Circe and the Crucible! Also Master and Margarita, even though it made me feel like I was on acid or something lol
What a great list, I would add another Pratchett witches novel; Wyrd sisters.
Amazing and really helpful post! Will definitely be reading some of these
I had a lot of these already in my wishlist but this helps with much more! Thank you!
glad to hear it! :)
Fantastic list! I want to read when the moon was ours and akata witch. Loved circe!! Wicked deep was excellent as well! And I wouldn’t have thought of chocolat or ocean at the end of the lane, but they’re good ones too.
Great list! I would add the Dorrie books by Patricia Coombs (my favorites as a child) and Which Witch by Eva Ibbotson.
Yes!! I LOVE this trilogy!!! The show was a bit cheesy but I still love watching it and am so excited for the next season🤗
Great List ! Thank you,Thank you. I have a few of these and am looking forward to reading a lot of the ones on this list.
Weyward as well was a very good book.
Thank you for the list. I’m heading to Powell’s Books in Portland, Oregon right now to take a closer look at Uprooted, Practical Magic and The Wicked Deep. @seastoriesandsciencefiction