The Greatest Books of All Time on Witchcraft

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
647 Lolly Willowes Sylvia Townsend Warner 1926 British English
894 Rosemary's Baby Ira Levin 1967 American English
1196 Conjure Wife Fritz Leiber 1943 American English
1848 Darker Than You Think Jack Williamson 1948 American English
2191 The Witches Of Eastwick John Updike 1984 American English
2223 Good Omens Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman 1990 British English
2332 The Devil In Velvet John Dickson Carr 1951 American English
2450 Worse Things Waiting Manly Wade Wellman 1973 American English
2532 Young Goodman Brown & Other Short Stories Nathaniel Hawthorne 1835 American English
2646 Hurricane Season Fernanda Melchor 2017 Mexican Spanish
2700 Witch World Andre Norton 1963 American English
3489 Akata Witch Nnedi Okorafor 2011 American English
4559 The Lady's Not For Burning Christopher Fry 1948 British English
4560 The Unfortunate Fursey Mervyn Wall 1946 Irish English
5340 A Funtineli Boszorkány Albert Wass 1959 Hungarian Hungarian
5422 Religion And The Decline Of Magic Keith Thomas 1971 British English
5978 Soulstealers Philip A. Kuhn 1990 American English
6944 Elizabeth Ken Greenhall 1976 American English
7852 La Sorcière Marie NDiaye 1996 French French
8101 I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem Maryse Condé 1986 Guadeloupean French
8686 Wicked Gregory Maguire 1995 American English
9714 The Crucible Arthur Miller 1953 American English
14983 Moon Witch, Spider King Marlon James 2022 Jamaican English
14983 I Shall Wear Midnight Terry Pratchett 2010 British English
16522 A Mirror for Witches Esther Forbes 1928 American English
16598 Badjelly The Witch Spike Milligan 1973 New Zealander English
16655 The Witch Of Blackbird Pond Elizabeth George Speare 1958 American English
17117 The Worst Witch Jill Murphy 1974 British English
17117 Tales from Rugosa Coven Sarah Avery 2013 American English
17117 Madouc Jack Vance 1989 American English
17117 Puffball Fay Weldon 1980 British English
17117 The Ruin Of All Witches Malcolm Gaskill 2021 British English
17117 Dark Sister Graham Joyce 1992 British English
17117 Lilli The Witch Knister 1989 German German
17117 The Witching Hour Anne Rice 1990 American English
17113 Initiation Into Hermetics Franz Bardon 1962 Czech German
17117 The Scandalous Confessions Of Lydia Bennet, Witch Melinda Taub 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Witches Of New York Ami McKay 2016 Canadian English
17117 Girls Against God Jenny Hval 2018 Norwegian English
17117 Venco Cherie Dimaline 2023 Canadian English
17117 Allow Me To Introduce Lon Milo DuQuette American English