I read 30 witchy fantasy books & these are the BEST

These are the top 15 best witchy fantasy books to read in autumn 2023! A curated list filled with absolute favorites, PLUS what other booktubers considered to be amazing (gathered after researching multiple videos)! I hope you enjoy it, and that you can find here great 5-star reads for this Autumn!

➡️ This is part of a collaboration led by the amazing @BecxReadz ! So if you want to keep exploring witchy recommendations, please go and check her channel, AAAAND the following great booktubers: @KristinKravesBooks , @AZebraReads , and @taratalksbooks !

🧐 These were the videos researched to create the curated list:

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:48 Top 15
01:41 Top 14
02:12 Top 13
03:11 Top 12
04:09 Top 11
05:10 Top 10
06:13 Top 9
07:28 Top 8
08:39 Top 7
09:44 Top 6
10:38 Top 5
11:43 Top 4
12:32 Top 3
13:21 Top 2
14:01 Top 1

[laku_u]

I love how much range there is here! Cozy witches, scary witches, murderous witches, romantic witches, witch hunters!

[KristinKravesBooks]

Ohhh the research that went into putting this list together! I love it!

[tracalinajohnston]

Oh I love your passion! Makes me want to read all of these!

[themodernbookwoman]

I am working on a witchy reads video too! You should absolutely add to your witchy TBR:
Weyward by Emilia Hart
Once and Future Witches by Alix Harrow
Hester by Laurie Albanese
The Witches of Moonshyne Manor by Bianca Marais
Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young
The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
Garden of the Cursed by Katy Pool

[crazyforbooksandcoffee]

Love this ❤ love a good witchy book especially in Autumn 🍂

[ChristinaLorenzen]

I have The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina on my list and now I want to move it to the top of my pile. I am enjoying The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Mandanna and just added her other book, A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping to my wish list. I hadn't seen The Black Witch so I definitely want to check that one out. Thanks for great suggestions!

[asfaloth]

--I've read The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina and quite enjoyed it. I definitely recommend it.
--I definitely agree with you on Nettle&Bone. I really enjoyed reading it earlier this year.
--Most of the other books are on my TBR and I hope to get to them...eventually.

Thanks for sharing such a fun list!

[kriskis]

Cackle is my favorite and can’t find anything quite like that so far. Amazing atmosphere, strong female characters, interesting main character development, you will feel empowered after reading it.

[BecxReadz]

I hadnt fknished Slewfoot when i did my video or it would have been mentioned because it was great. Definitely recommend it. Thanks for collabing again this year ❤

[ArtD]

Thank you for the amazing recommendations. I added several to a wishlist for later purchase. A book I recommend though is "The Spellshop" by Sarah Beth Durst.

[_lilyofthevalley_]

Congrats on 10k! I didn't even notice!

[TheUkuleleFool]

Oooo! Fun suggestions. I will need to sit down and put some of these on my wishlist. Don’t judge me! A witch book that was so much fun, but not spooky was “ The House Witch” by Delemhach. Medieval setting, politics, romance and a fantastic, abrasive and lovable main character. 4.5 stars with over 9K reviews.

[axtell]

I am reading Circe at the moment. Enjoying so far

[vanessafreeman]

You have to read “Her Majesty’s Royal Coven” such a series the second ones even better

[Areyka]

The Wicked Deep is my favorite from this video ♥️

[amg]

VenCo by Cherie Dimaline is a modern day witch tale, really good, highly recommend. Thanks for this video!

[taratalksbooks]

Yes, Circe, I forgot to add that one to my list! I am currently reading Slewfoot!

[pollys]

Last year for #Hallowreads I read and loved soooo much "The Witch of Willow Hall" by Hester Fox, in my opinion an underrated or rather an overlooked book in the community. Is a historical fiction about a family that are descendants from the Salem witches and they arrive to this middle of nowhere manor near a dark forest. It has a little bit of romance but it's subtle so that the story cannot be properly considered a romance, it is more of a spooky mystery with ghosts and this amazing witch that is one of the sisters... loved it. Oh and it's set in the 19th century so the vibes are just *chef kiss*
And the year before I read "The Once and Future Witches" that a friend who lives in London lent me in English. I loved it so much that by the time it came out in Spanish I told my handful of friends to read it, with the surprising reaction of... not really liking it. So in my opinion even thoug the book was well translated, the translator didn't transfer the spirit of the original Alix Harrow's book in its entirety and killed the vibe in the process. I don't know, I tried to read it in Spanish and it definitely felt flat when I had loved it so so much when I read it in English.
This year I will be reading "Belladonna" and "Nettle and Bone" the first one in Spanish and the second one in English, I know that a Mexican publisher has published (valga la redundancia) it in Spanish but it's hard to find it in Spain and the shipping from Mexico would be a joke without the fun part. Anyway as you well know, books are incredibly expensive in Spain so... win-win at least for me (and you)

[zem_fm]

I really need to get around to Ninth Rain at some point, but at this rate it won't be for at least another year 🤡

[bobkeane]

Have you read The EX Hex it is more romance than fantasy but the title caught my eye and it turned out to be kind of a fun read.