Readers dig witches.
There’s just no two ways around it. Every year, authors and publishers deliver witchy stories across all genres—horror, romance, historical fiction, fantasy, mystery, YA, nonfiction, even
science fiction—and every year, readers eat them up.
Not literally. So far as we know.
In honor of this ongoing trend, the Goodreads editorial team has once again mixed up a cauldron full of old, recent, new, and upcoming witch books for your future reading plans. As you shall see, the collection spans all genres and several spaces in between.
This time around, we’re starting with a curated collection of reader favorites, featuring some original publication dates that go back to the
previous millennium. After that, you’ll find a selection of witch-themed books from earlier this year. Then a quick preview section of upcoming witch stories through the end of 2026. We’ve even tagged a collection of witchy nonfiction at the bottom of the page.
It makes for some fun clicking and browsing. We’ve got
New York witches and
Boston witches.
Mexican witches and
Persian witches.
Croatian witches and
Nigerian witches.
Prairie witches and
island witches.
Ancient witches and
medieval witches and
Tudor witches.
Irregular witches and
disco witches and buttoned-up
corporate witches.
You’ll find plenty of familiar author names in the collection, too, including
Alix E. Harrow,
Grady Hendrix,
Sangu Mandanna,
Freida McFadden,
Silvia Moreno-Garcia,
Terry Pratchett,
Nora Roberts, and, on loan from the vampire bureau,
Anne Rice. Scholarly types will find a nice selection of nonfiction titles to peruse, including a bedrock overview on European witchery from rock star U.K. historian
Ronald Hutton.
So click around and have fun. As always, you can use the
Want to Read button to manage your digital bookshelf or virtual bedside reading stack.
Bonus trivia: Did you know that the long-awaited sequel film
Practical Magic 2 hits theaters on September 11? And that
Alice Hoffman, author of the original book, is back with the
first novel in her
brand-new witch series on September 8?
