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Enchanting Books About Witches

by PRH Editors

“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.” Just in time for fall, we’ve collected our favorite books about witches. But it’s not all curses and broomsticks, you’ll also find swoony romances and pulse-pounding thrillers. Be warned, these reads are sure to cast a spell over you!

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    Practical Magic

    by Alice Hoffman

    The Owens sisters confront the challenges of life and love in this bewitching novel from New York Times bestselling author Alice Hoffman.
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    The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

    by Sangu Mandanna

    A warm and uplifting novel about an isolated witch whose opportunity to embrace a quirky new family — and a new love — changes the course of her life.
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    A Discovery of Witches

    by Deborah Harkness

    In this tale of passion and obsession, Diana Bishop, a young scholar and a descendant of witches, discovers a long-lost and enchanted alchemical manuscript deep in Oxford’s Bodleian Library. Its reappearance summons a fantastical underworld, which she navigates with her leading man, vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont.
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    Payback’s a Witch

    by Lana Harper

    Chilling Adventures of Sabrina meets The L Word in this fresh, sizzling New York Times bestselling rom-com by Lana Harper.
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    The Weaver and the Witch Queen

    by Genevieve Gornichec

    The lives of two women — one desperate only to save her missing sister, the other a witch destined to become queen of Norway — intertwine in this spellbinding, powerful Viking Age historical fantasy novel from the acclaimed author of The Witch’s Heart.
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    Conjure Women

    by Afia Atakora

    Conjure Women is a sweeping story that brings the world of the South before and after the Civil War vividly to life. Magnificently written, brilliantly researched, richly imagined, Conjure Women moves back and forth in time to tell the haunting story of three remarkable women, their passions and friendships, and the lengths they will go to save themselves and those they love.
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    Blood Over Bright Haven

    by M. L. Wang

    The first woman ever admitted to a prestigious order of mages unravels a secret conspiracy that could change the practice of magic forever, in this standalone dark fantasy from the author of The Sword of Kaigen.
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    The League of Gentlewomen Witches

    by India Holton

    Miss Charlotte Pettifer belongs to a secret league of women skilled in the subtle arts. That is to say — although it must never be said — witchcraft. The League of Gentlewomen Witches strives to improve the world in small ways. Using magic, they tidy, correct, and manipulate according to their notions of what is proper. When the long lost amulet of Black Beryl is discovered, it is up to Charlotte, as the future leader of the League, to make sure the powerful talisman does not fall into the wrong hands.
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    Perfectly Wicked

    by Lindsay Lovise

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    Charmed meets Ghosthunters in this magically wicked paranormal romance. Wicked as a love spell, this witchy romance will enchant readers of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches and In Charm’s Way.
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    Dark Witch

    by Nora Roberts

    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts comes a trilogy about the land we’re drawn to, the family we learn to cherish, and the people we long to love …
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    Island Witch

    by Amanda Jayatissa

    Set in nineteenth-century Sri Lanka and inspired by local folklore, Island Witch follows the daughter of a traditional demon-priest — relentlessly bullied by peers and accused of witchcraft herself — who tries to solve the mysterious attacks that have been terrorizing her coastal village.
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    The Bear and the Nightingale

    by Katherine Arden

    Katherine Arden’s bestselling debut novel spins an irresistible spell as it announces the arrival of a singular talent with a gorgeous voice. “A beautiful deep-winter story, full of magic and monsters and the sharp edges of growing up” (Naomi Novik, author of Uprooted).
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    The Year of the Witching

    by Alexis Henderson

    A young woman living in a rigid, puritanical society discovers dark powers within herself in this stunning, feminist fantasy debut.
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    A Witch’s Guide to Fake Dating a Demon

    by Sarah Hawley

    Mariel Spark knows not to trust a demon, especially one that wants her soul, but what’s a witch to do when he won’t leave her side — and she kind of doesn’t want him to?
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    Her Majesty’s Royal Coven

    by Juno Dawson

    If you look hard enough at old photographs, we’re there in the background: Healers in the trenches; Suffragettes; Bletchley Park oracles; land girls and resistance fighters. Why is it we help in times of crisis? We have a gift, plain and simple. A Discovery of Witches meets The Craft in this epic fantasy about a group of childhood friends who are also witches.
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    Witch of Wild Things

    by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland

    Legend goes that long ago a Flores woman offended the old gods, and their family was cursed as a result. Now, every woman born in the family has a touch of magic …
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    Witcha Gonna Do?

    by Avery Flynn

    An unlucky witch and her know-it-all nemesis must team up in the first of a new, spicy romantic comedy series from USA Today bestselling author Avery Flynn.
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    Go Hex Yourself

    by Jessica Clare

    It’s one hex of an attraction in this romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author Jessica Clare.
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    The Witch and the Tsar

    by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore

    In this stunning debut novel, the maligned and immortal witch of legend known as Baba Yaga will risk all to save her country and her people from Tsar Ivan the Terrible — and the dangerous gods who seek to drive the twisted hearts of men.
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    Sweetwater and the Witch

    by Jayne Castle

    Welcome to the world of Harmony, where — despite its name, things are anything but — danger lurks just beneath the surface in this novel by New York Times bestselling author, Jayne Castle.
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