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
2192 The Witches Of Eastwick John Updike 1984 American English
2224 Good Omens Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman 1990 British English
2334 The Devil In Velvet John Dickson Carr 1951 American English
2452 Worse Things Waiting Manly Wade Wellman 1973 American English
2534 Young Goodman Brown & Other Short Stories Nathaniel Hawthorne 1835 American English
2647 Hurricane Season Fernanda Melchor 2017 Mexican Spanish
2701 Witch World Andre Norton 1963 American English
3488 Akata Witch Nnedi Okorafor 2011 American English
4560 The Lady's Not For Burning Christopher Fry 1948 British English
4561 The Unfortunate Fursey Mervyn Wall 1946 Irish English
5342 A Funtineli Boszorkány Albert Wass 1959 Hungarian Hungarian
5425 Religion And The Decline Of Magic Keith Thomas 1971 British English
5982 Soulstealers Philip A. Kuhn 1990 American English
6944 Elizabeth Ken Greenhall 1976 American English
7853 La Sorcière Marie NDiaye 1996 French French
8103 I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem Maryse Condé 1986 Guadeloupean French
8690 Wicked Gregory Maguire 1995 American English
9718 The Crucible Arthur Miller 1953 American English
14985 Moon Witch, Spider King Marlon James 2022 Jamaican English
14985 I Shall Wear Midnight Terry Pratchett 2010 British English
16542 A Mirror for Witches Esther Forbes 1928 American English
16626 Badjelly The Witch Spike Milligan 1973 New Zealander English
16694 The Witch Of Blackbird Pond Elizabeth George Speare 1958 American English
17160 The Worst Witch Jill Murphy 1974 British English
17160 Tales from Rugosa Coven Sarah Avery 2013 American English
17160 Madouc Jack Vance 1989 American English
17160 Puffball Fay Weldon 1980 British English
17160 The Ruin Of All Witches Malcolm Gaskill 2021 British English
17160 Dark Sister Graham Joyce 1992 British English
17160 Lilli The Witch Knister 1989 German German
17160 The Witching Hour Anne Rice 1990 American English
17149 Initiation Into Hermetics Franz Bardon 1962 Czech German
17160 The Scandalous Confessions Of Lydia Bennet, Witch Melinda Taub 2023 Unknown English
17160 The Witches Of New York Ami McKay 2016 Canadian English
17160 Girls Against God Jenny Hval 2018 Norwegian English
17160 Venco Cherie Dimaline 2023 Canadian English
17160 Allow Me To Introduce Lon Milo DuQuette American English