For the Weird Sisters: A List of the 26 Best Witch Books

A rom-com with a magical twist, A Witch’s Guide to Fake Dating a Demon follows baker-witch Mariel and powerful demon Ozroth, who are thrown together when Mariel’s attempt to magically create flour goes badly wrong. A fake dating scenario to cover up both their mistakes soon blossoms into real feelings in this sweet story.

Sparks fly in this witchy romance when bookish witch Selene goes toe-to-toe with paranormal investigator Aiden. Aiden is determined to uncover the truth about Selene’s magical family, while Selene wants to keep the past in the past. Their mutual antagonism begins to turn into attraction as the two discover more about each other.

When Emmy Harlow reluctantly returns to her hometown for an important magical ceremony, she hopes that she won’t run into her awful ex, Gareth Blackmoore. Sadly, Blackmoore is all too present, and Emmy isn’t the only woman in town whose heart he’s bruised. Emmy teams up with fellow witches Talia and Linden to take down their former boyfriend and soon finds herself drawn to Talia as more than a co-conspirator.

If you like a dash of merfolk fiction alongside your witch romance, Witchful Thinking is the book for you. Lucy is a bored witch who, on a whim, casts a spell for a more exciting life — and her magic leads her back to her high school boyfriend Alex, a merman who had turned his back on land, until now.

In this dark, twisty fantasy, set in a parallel world inspired by our own, two women must negotiate a world that fears female power. Lux is a suspected witch, who has been forced to live alone in the woods, while Else has travelled to find her as part of her plan for revenge. Together, the two women use magic and cunning to fight back against the patriarchal forces that have pushed them to the margins.

The adult debut of renowned YA author Juno Dawson, Her Majesty’s Royal Coven is full of ’90s nostalgia and yet completely up-to-the-minute. Set after a magical war that threatened to tear the world of witches and warlocks apart, the story follows four women who were childhood friends but who find themselves in opposition as a prophesied child is discovered, whose presence may re-ignite the war.

Legendborn brings Arthurian myth into the modern world, following young Bree Matthews as she attends early college at UNC-Chapel Hill. Still processing her recent bereavement, Bree finds herself caught up with a secret society of Arthurian descendants and also connects with a group of Root magic workers to connect with her own family history. As Bree is pulled deeper into the magical world, she learns that a magic war is coming, and it’s going to change the world as she knows it.

Hannah’s a young Elemental witch living in Salem with the rest of her coven — which unfortunately includes her ex-girlfriend. As the summer vacation begins, Hannah’s plans to get over her heartbreak and flirt with the new girl in town are interrupted by the arrival of a witch-hunter who puts everyone she cares about at risk.

A romantic fantasy with a dark edge, The Water Witch follows archaeologist Ariadne Walker as she investigates an ancient mystery in northern France. Haunted by memories of her fiancé Simon, who drowned, Ariadne sinks deeper into the story of the water witch, a woman from legend who drowns men as an act of revenge.

Witches is a story woven from two parallel narratives, following two women — Indigenous healer Feliciana, and journalist Zoe. When Zoe begins to investigate the murder of Feliciana’s cousin Paloma, she listens to Feliciana’s story, particularly of her background in healing and magic — but she also begins to learn about herself.

Fans of badass teen witches will love The Babysitters Coven. Esme and her friends, including new friend Cassandra, make their money babysitting, but their steady after-school job soon takes a magical turn. As they dive deeper into the newly-discovered witchy world, Esme and her friends have to find a way not only to protect themselves but also the kids they look after.

First in the Brooklyn Brujas series, Labyrinth Lost tells the story of Alex, one of three sisters who are also witches. Alex wants to get rid of her magic, but the ceremony she performs to do so goes wrong, and her entire family vanishes. To try to find them, Alex must travel to the mysterious land of Los Lagos, where, with the help of a young brujo, Nova, she fights to rescue her loved ones.

Logan is a young witch living in a cursed town — literally. When she joins Mesmortes Coven Academy in Haelsford, Florida, she joins up with three other teen witches whose strong powers might help Haelsford or make it even more of a hellish place to live. The four band together to try to stop the deadly Wolves from feeding on the townsfolk, but even with their combined powers, they may not be able to break the curse.

The conclusion of the All Our Hidden Gifts trilogy dives deeper into the horror than the previous two books, with the full power of the Housekeeper card being revealed and the real agenda of the Children of Brigid becoming clear. Young witch Maeve and her friends must appease a malevolent spirit and expose an abusive, homophobic cult before Maeve loses her own humanity.

Katrell is not just a witch — she’s a witch who can talk to the dead. She uses her necromantic powers to keep her family fed but soon realises that she’s caught the attention of several people whose radar she really should have kept under. Now, Katrell has to fight for her own life and avoid a fate worse than death.

Witches feature strongly in this horror comic by the author of In the Dream House. El and Vee, two teenage girls, have lost their memories and travel into the woods to find out what has happened to them. Along the way, they encounter witches, cryptids, and monsters and find out what’s really going on in their small town.

Inspired by real history, The Mercies tells the story of the women of Vardo, an island where women are in charge following the deaths of the majority of the island’s men after the terrifying storm of 1617. When a witch hunter and his wife arrive from Scotland three years later, a witch hunt decimates the community, and the women must fight even harder to survive.

Another story with parallel narratives, The Witch’s Tree follows present-day Selena and 16th-century Grace, two women separated by three centuries but connected by the same ancient cottage. Selena is trying to get over her broken heart, while Grace is threatened by the looming danger of the witch trials, and the two women are drawn together to solve both of their problems.

The time of the European witch trials was a terrifying period in history, with some of the worst examples of this moral panic taking place in Scandinavia in the late 1600s. The Witches of Vardo tells the story of women who were imprisoned at the fortress of Vardo, awaiting their trials, and how they plan to not only survive but reclaim their power.

Although I, Tituba isn’t a recent publication, it’s still an important read for anyone interested in the Salem Witch Trials, and in particular Tituba, a real historical figure who was the first person to be accused of witchcraft. Unusually for those accused, Tituba survived the trials, and I, Tituba tells a fictionalised version of the story of her life after this famous historical event as well.

Matthew Hopkins is a figure that looms large in the European witch trials, and The Manningtree Witches borrows from history to tell a terrifying story of what happens when this famous witch finder comes to town. The townspeople turn against each other as paranoia runs rife and the women of Manningtree come under suspicion.

A 1920s historical novel with a fantasy twist, Bindle Punk Bruja has flappers, jazz clubs, mobsters — and witches. Luna is a bruja who wants to protect her community that lives on the margins of a gilded society, and is willing to fight for them no matter what, even if it means going toe-to-toe with the Klan and Al Capone.