🌳 New England Witchcraft

Explorations of witchcraft history and lore in New England, from the Salem trials to enduring folk traditions. These works examine how fear, power, and belief collided in colonial communities.

Killing the Witches

by Bill O'Reilly • 2023

Twenty dead in Salem, two hundred jailed. The Founders built a cure. It is wearing off.

3.62

17k+

🏛️ Colonial America 🧙 Witch Trials 😱 Mass Hysteria ⛪ Religious Persecution 📜 Puritanism

Killing the Witches 92%

Twenty dead in Salem, two hundred jailed. The Founders built a cure. It is wearing off.

by Bill O'Reilly 2023

3.62

17k+ ratings

🏛️ Colonial America 🧙 Witch Trials 😱 Mass Hysteria ⛪ Religious Persecution 📜 Puritanism

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

by Elizabeth George Speare • 1958

An orphan from Barbados lands in Puritan Connecticut, where independence is mistaken for witchcraft.

4.03

161k+

🔥 Puritan Witch Trial 🌾 Colonial New England 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 🏠 Found Family 👀 Small Town Fear

The Witch of Blackbird Pond 91%

An orphan from Barbados lands in Puritan Connecticut, where independence is mistaken for witchcraft.

by Elizabeth George Speare 1958

4.03

161k+ ratings

🔥 Puritan Witch Trial 🌾 Colonial New England 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 🏠 Found Family 👀 Small Town Fear

Slewfoot

by Brom • 2021

Condemned for witchcraft, a Puritan widow bonds with the ancient spirit the village calls the Devil.

4.20

112k+

🏚️ Puritan Horror 🌳 Folk Horror ⚖️ Witch Trial 🔥 Female Rage 🦌 Forest Spirit

Slewfoot 91%

Condemned for witchcraft, a Puritan widow bonds with the ancient spirit the village calls the Devil.

by Brom 2021

4.20

112k+ ratings

🏚️ Puritan Horror 🌳 Folk Horror ⚖️ Witch Trial 🔥 Female Rage 🦌 Forest Spirit

The Heretic's Daughter

by Kathleen Kent • 2008

Salem witch trials: a girl's coerced confession could save her life or condemn her mother.

3.79

38k+

🧙‍♀️ Salem Witch Trials ⛪ Puritan New England ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🔗 Coerced Confession 🩹 Generational Trauma

The Heretic's Daughter 90%

Salem witch trials: a girl's coerced confession could save her life or condemn her mother.

by Kathleen Kent 2008

3.79

38k+ ratings

🧙‍♀️ Salem Witch Trials ⛪ Puritan New England ⚖️ Wrongfully Accused 🔗 Coerced Confession 🩹 Generational Trauma

Magic Lessons

by Alice Hoffman • 2020

Trained in secret magic, Maria curses her bloodline after the magistrate she loves betrays her.

4.22

70k+

🧹 Witch Trials 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 🌳 Generational Saga 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere ⚖️ Colonial Salem

Magic Lessons 89%

Trained in secret magic, Maria curses her bloodline after the magistrate she loves betrays her.

by Alice Hoffman 2020

4.22

70k+ ratings

🧹 Witch Trials 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 🌳 Generational Saga 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere ⚖️ Colonial Salem

The Possession of Alba Díaz

by Isabel Cañas • 2025

Alba Díaz's sham engagement saves her from her parents' schemes, until a mine demon possesses her.

3.86

18k+

🕯️ Colonial Gothic 👹 Demonic Possession ⚗️ Alchemical Magic 😈 Exorcism Gone Wrong ⛪ Religious Fanaticism

The Possession of Alba Díaz 89%

Alba Díaz's sham engagement saves her from her parents' schemes, until a mine demon possesses her.

by Isabel Cañas 2025

3.86

18k+ ratings

🕯️ Colonial Gothic 👹 Demonic Possession ⚗️ Alchemical Magic 😈 Exorcism Gone Wrong ⛪ Religious Fanaticism

A Path Begins

by J.A. White • 2014

After finding a spellbook, an outcast girl must protect her sick brother from a rival witch.

3.97

6k+

🔥 Witch Hunt 📖 Forbidden Spellbook 💉 Addictive Magic 👧 Protective Sister ⛪ Puritan Village

A Path Begins 89%

After finding a spellbook, an outcast girl must protect her sick brother from a rival witch.

by J.A. White 2014

3.97

6k+ ratings

🔥 Witch Hunt 📖 Forbidden Spellbook 💉 Addictive Magic 👧 Protective Sister ⛪ Puritan Village

Conjure Wife

by Fritz Leiber • 1943

A professor destroys his wife's folk charms, and the academic wives' secret witchcraft turns on him.

3.79

3k+

🕯️ Folk Magic 🏫 Academic Horror 🧹 Hidden Witch Cult 🤨 Skeptical Academic 👻 Soul Theft

Conjure Wife 89%

A professor destroys his wife's folk charms, and the academic wives' secret witchcraft turns on him.

by Fritz Leiber 1943

3.79

3k+ ratings

🕯️ Folk Magic 🏫 Academic Horror 🧹 Hidden Witch Cult 🤨 Skeptical Academic 👻 Soul Theft

The Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft

by Rosemary Ellen Guiley • 1989

It took centuries of persecution before witchcraft became a religion. Here is everything in between.

4.03

866

🍃 Modern Paganism 🔥 Witch Hunts 🧿 Folk Magic ✨ Ritual Practice 🌙 Divine Feminine

The Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft Summary

The Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft 89%

It took centuries of persecution before witchcraft became a religion. Here is everything in between.

by Rosemary Ellen Guiley 1989

4.03

866 ratings

🍃 Modern Paganism 🔥 Witch Hunts 🧿 Folk Magic ✨ Ritual Practice 🌙 Divine Feminine

The Last Witch

by C.J. Cooke • 2025

1485: A noblewoman defies an inquisitor. In her cell, women are already summoning a goddess.

4.07

3k+

🖤 Witch Trial Horror 👩‍👩‍👧 Female Solidarity 💪 Defiant Heroine 🌫️ Gothic Dread 🔥 Female Rage

The Last Witch 89%

1485: A noblewoman defies an inquisitor. In her cell, women are already summoning a goddess.

by C.J. Cooke 2025

4.07

3k+ ratings

🖤 Witch Trial Horror 👩‍👩‍👧 Female Solidarity 💪 Defiant Heroine 🌫️ Gothic Dread 🔥 Female Rage

House of Splinters

by Laura Purcell • 2025

A pregnant wife inherits a desolate manor where wooden figures creep, and an old curse stirs.

4.08

2k+

🏚️ Haunted House 🩸 Family Curse 👻 Possessed Child 🔥 Witch Trials 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

House of Splinters 89%

A pregnant wife inherits a desolate manor where wooden figures creep, and an old curse stirs.

by Laura Purcell 2025

4.08

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Haunted House 🩸 Family Curse 👻 Possessed Child 🔥 Witch Trials 🤥 Unreliable Narrator

Damnation

by Katelyn Taylor • 2025

A Salem landowner's forbidden affair with a beggar healer is swallowed whole by the witch trials.

3.90

1k+

🧹 Salem Witch Trials 💔 Forbidden Love 🤰 Secret Pregnancy 🥀 Tragic Romance 🏘️ Colonial New England

Damnation 89%

A Salem landowner's forbidden affair with a beggar healer is swallowed whole by the witch trials.

by Katelyn Taylor 2025

3.90

1k+ ratings

🧹 Salem Witch Trials 💔 Forbidden Love 🤰 Secret Pregnancy 🥀 Tragic Romance 🏘️ Colonial New England

The Near Witch

by Victoria Schwab • 2011

Children vanish on the moor. The stranger is blamed, and Lexi alone believes he is innocent.

3.65

49k+

🖤 Atmospheric Gothic 🧙 Witch Folklore 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🏚️ Persecuted Outsider 🏘️ Isolated Village

The Near Witch 89%

Children vanish on the moor. The stranger is blamed, and Lexi alone believes he is innocent.

by Victoria Schwab 2011

3.65

49k+ ratings

🖤 Atmospheric Gothic 🧙 Witch Folklore 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🏚️ Persecuted Outsider 🏘️ Isolated Village

The Black Bird Oracle

by Deborah Harkness • 2024

When the council demands her twins, a witch reclaims the forbidden shadow magic of her ancestors.

4.06

42k+

🧙 Witch Family Saga 🔮 Coven Politics 🐦 Prophesied Child 🖤 Witch Vampire Romance 🌑 Gothic Atmosphere

The Black Bird Oracle 89%

When the council demands her twins, a witch reclaims the forbidden shadow magic of her ancestors.

by Deborah Harkness 2024

4.06

42k+ ratings

🧙 Witch Family Saga 🔮 Coven Politics 🐦 Prophesied Child 🖤 Witch Vampire Romance 🌑 Gothic Atmosphere

The Crucible

by Arthur Miller • 1953

A farmer's secret affair fuels Salem's accusers, and his wife is named a witch.

3.61

468k+

🧙 Salem Witch Trials 😱 Mass Hysteria ⛪ Puritan New England 🎭 Tragic Hero ⚖️ False Accusations

The Crucible 89%

A farmer's secret affair fuels Salem's accusers, and his wife is named a witch.

by Arthur Miller 1953

3.61

468k+ ratings

🧙 Salem Witch Trials 😱 Mass Hysteria ⛪ Puritan New England 🎭 Tragic Hero ⚖️ False Accusations

Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs

by Scott Cunningham • 1985

Over 200 herbs, each with its magical purpose, planetary ruler, and the ritual that unlocks it.

4.29

8k+

🌿 Herb Magic 🕯️ Folk Magic 📖 Magical Correspondences ✨ Spellcraft 🪄 Practical Magic

Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs Summary

Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs 88%

Over 200 herbs, each with its magical purpose, planetary ruler, and the ritual that unlocks it.

by Scott Cunningham 1985

4.29

8k+ ratings

🌿 Herb Magic 🕯️ Folk Magic 📖 Magical Correspondences ✨ Spellcraft 🪄 Practical Magic

A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult

by Suzannah Lipscomb • 2020

How magic shaped religion, science, and entertainment for 95,000 years, and never really vanished.

4.02

1k+

🕯️ Esoteric History 📜 Folk Magic Traditions ⚖️ Witch Trials 🌙 Magic In Antiquity 🔮 Ritual Magic

A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult Summary

A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult 88%

How magic shaped religion, science, and entertainment for 95,000 years, and never really vanished.

by Suzannah Lipscomb 2020

4.02

1k+ ratings

🕯️ Esoteric History 📜 Folk Magic Traditions ⚖️ Witch Trials 🌙 Magic In Antiquity 🔮 Ritual Magic

A Spell to Wake the Dead

by Nicole Lesperance • 2025

Three friends cast a moonlit spell and find a mutilated corpse on a Cape Cod beach.

3.66

1k+

🧙‍♀️ Witchy Horror 🔮 Occult Mystery 💜 Found Family ✨ Witchcraft Gone Wrong 🕯️ Cult Conspiracy

A Spell to Wake the Dead 88%

Three friends cast a moonlit spell and find a mutilated corpse on a Cape Cod beach.

by Nicole Lesperance 2025

3.66

1k+ ratings

🧙‍♀️ Witchy Horror 🔮 Occult Mystery 💜 Found Family ✨ Witchcraft Gone Wrong 🕯️ Cult Conspiracy

Young Goodman Brown

by Nathaniel Hawthorne • 1835

A Salem husband enters the night woods and finds his wife and neighbors at a witches' sabbath.

3.64

17k+

🔥 Puritan Allegory 🖤 Psychological Horror 🌫️ Dream Or Reality 🙏 Crisis Of Faith 😈 Secret Sin

Young Goodman Brown 88%

A Salem husband enters the night woods and finds his wife and neighbors at a witches' sabbath.

by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1835

3.64

17k+ ratings

🔥 Puritan Allegory 🖤 Psychological Horror 🌫️ Dream Or Reality 🙏 Crisis Of Faith 😈 Secret Sin

Enchantment

by Peter Paddon • 2013

Master trance, touch, and the gaze to bend people's will ethically: no psychology, just magick.

3.88

🌿 Practical Witchcraft 🍄 Folk Magic 🌀 Trance Work ✨ Glamour Magic ⚖️ Magical Ethics

Enchantment 88%

Master trance, touch, and the gaze to bend people's will ethically: no psychology, just magick.

by Peter Paddon 2013

3.88

86 ratings

🌿 Practical Witchcraft 🍄 Folk Magic 🌀 Trance Work ✨ Glamour Magic ⚖️ Magical Ethics

The Wax Child

by Olga Ravn • 2023

In a Danish village, a wax doll watches women whose healing magic draws the witch hunters.

3.61

8k+

🕯️ Literary Horror 🌾 Folk Horror 🔥 Witch Trials 💕 Queer Desire ✨ Folk Magic

The Wax Child 88%

In a Danish village, a wax doll watches women whose healing magic draws the witch hunters.

by Olga Ravn 2023

3.61

8k+ ratings

🕯️ Literary Horror 🌾 Folk Horror 🔥 Witch Trials 💕 Queer Desire ✨ Folk Magic

The House of the Seven Gables

by Nathaniel Hawthorne • 1851

A spinster shields her freed brother from a scheming cousin inside their cursed New England mansion.

3.45

43k+

🏚️ Gothic Mansion 🩸 Ancestral Curse ⛪ Puritan New England 🔗 Wrongful Imprisonment 🏡 Found Family

The House of the Seven Gables 88%

A spinster shields her freed brother from a scheming cousin inside their cursed New England mansion.

by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1851

3.45

43k+ ratings

🏚️ Gothic Mansion 🩸 Ancestral Curse ⛪ Puritan New England 🔗 Wrongful Imprisonment 🏡 Found Family

Turn Off the Light

by Jacquie Walters • 2026

A single mother moves home with her daughter. The cellar remembers a witch trial from 1630.

3.88

1k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Horror 🏚️ Colonial Gothic 🔥 Witch Trial Horror 🏠 Haunted Family Home 👯 Estranged Sisters

Turn Off the Light 88%

A single mother moves home with her daughter. The cellar remembers a witch trial from 1630.

by Jacquie Walters 2026

3.88

1k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Horror 🏚️ Colonial Gothic 🔥 Witch Trial Horror 🏠 Haunted Family Home 👯 Estranged Sisters

Cackle

by Rachel Harrison • 2021

Her boyfriend left. The small town is lonely. Then the town witch decides she's worth protecting.

3.71

55k+

🏘️ Small Town Witchcraft 🦇 Gothic Witch Fiction 🖤 Dark Female Friendship 🧙‍♀️ Witch Mentor ✨ Magical Awakening

Cackle 88%

Her boyfriend left. The small town is lonely. Then the town witch decides she's worth protecting.

by Rachel Harrison 2021

3.71

55k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Witchcraft 🦇 Gothic Witch Fiction 🖤 Dark Female Friendship 🧙‍♀️ Witch Mentor ✨ Magical Awakening

Wicked Walking

by Claudia Cain • 2022

A witch hunts a possessing entity that can wear the face of anyone she loves.

4.42

161

🔮 Small Town Witchcraft 👁️ Possession Horror 🧙 Family Of Witches 🔑 Hidden Family Secrets 🧠 Altered Memories

Wicked Walking 88%

A witch hunts a possessing entity that can wear the face of anyone she loves.

by Claudia Cain 2022

4.42

161 ratings

🔮 Small Town Witchcraft 👁️ Possession Horror 🧙 Family Of Witches 🔑 Hidden Family Secrets 🧠 Altered Memories

The Tarot Spellbook

by Sam Magdaleno • 2022

One spell per tarot card: 78 rituals to bring in love, money, clarity, and confidence.

4.06

104

🃏 Tarot ✨ Spellcrafting ✍️ Sigil Magick 🌙 Moon Phases 🌐 Elemental Magick

The Tarot Spellbook 88%

One spell per tarot card: 78 rituals to bring in love, money, clarity, and confidence.

by Sam Magdaleno 2022

4.06

104 ratings

🃏 Tarot ✨ Spellcrafting ✍️ Sigil Magick 🌙 Moon Phases 🌐 Elemental Magick

Dark Sisters

by Kristi DeMeester • 2025

In her father's megachurch, purity is law. In the woods, something older and hungrier waits.

3.81

6k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🖤 Feminist Horror 🩸 Generational Curse 🗡️ Blood Magic ⛪ Purity Culture

Dark Sisters 88%

In her father's megachurch, purity is law. In the woods, something older and hungrier waits.

by Kristi DeMeester 2025

3.81

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🖤 Feminist Horror 🩸 Generational Curse 🗡️ Blood Magic ⛪ Purity Culture

Wicca for One

by Raymond Buckland • 2004

Consecrate tools, cast circles, and walk the Wheel of the Year: solitary Wicca from the source.

4.07

2k+

🧹 Solitary Practice 🌙 Modern Wicca 🕯️ Ritual Design ⚖️ Magical Ethics 🔄 Wheel Of The Year

Wicca for One 88%

Consecrate tools, cast circles, and walk the Wheel of the Year: solitary Wicca from the source.

by Raymond Buckland 2004

4.07

2k+ ratings

🧹 Solitary Practice 🌙 Modern Wicca 🕯️ Ritual Design ⚖️ Magical Ethics 🔄 Wheel Of The Year

The Hounding

by Xenobe Purvis • 2025

Five orphaned sisters, accused of turning into dogs. A village thirsts for blood.

3.64

24k+

🐦‍⬛ Folk Horror 🔥 Accused Witches 👥 Orphaned Siblings 😰 Collective Hysteria 🏚️ Rural Isolation

The Hounding 88%

Five orphaned sisters, accused of turning into dogs. A village thirsts for blood.

by Xenobe Purvis 2025

3.64

24k+ ratings

🐦‍⬛ Folk Horror 🔥 Accused Witches 👥 Orphaned Siblings 😰 Collective Hysteria 🏚️ Rural Isolation

Lovely, Dark and Deep

by Claudia Cain • 2021

A young witch follows missing children through an iron gate into a realm of hungry monsters.

4.18

273

🏘️ Witchy Small Town 🌲 Fae Horror 🧙 Reluctant Witch 🗡️ Fae Love Interest ⚖️ Magic With A Cost

Lovely, Dark and Deep 88%

A young witch follows missing children through an iron gate into a realm of hungry monsters.

by Claudia Cain 2021

4.18

273 ratings

🏘️ Witchy Small Town 🌲 Fae Horror 🧙 Reluctant Witch 🗡️ Fae Love Interest ⚖️ Magic With A Cost

Ghost Story

by Peter Straub • 1979

Four old friends tell ghost stories to bury their past. Now the past tells its own.

3.92

84k+

📚 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🤫 Shared Dark Secret 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

Ghost Story 88%

Four old friends tell ghost stories to bury their past. Now the past tells its own.

by Peter Straub 1979

3.92

84k+ ratings

📚 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🤫 Shared Dark Secret 👻 Vengeful Spirit 🕯️ Slow Burn Horror

Weyward

by Emilia Hart • 2023

One family. Three centuries. Three women who discover the natural world is on their side.

4.05

415k+

🕯️ Witch Trials 🌿 Nature Magic ⏳ Triple Timeline 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival 📜 Hidden Family History

Weyward 88%

One family. Three centuries. Three women who discover the natural world is on their side.

by Emilia Hart 2023

4.05

415k+ ratings

🕯️ Witch Trials 🌿 Nature Magic ⏳ Triple Timeline 💔 Domestic Abuse Survival 📜 Hidden Family History

Dance Upon the Air

by Nora Roberts • 2001

An abused wife hiding on a witch's island falls for the sheriff who sees her truth.

4.21

75k+

🧙 Witch Romance 🏘️ Small-Town Magic 🫂 Abuse Survivor ✨ Cozy Witch Vibes 😬 Reluctant Witch

Dance Upon the Air 88%

An abused wife hiding on a witch's island falls for the sheriff who sees her truth.

by Nora Roberts 2001

4.21

75k+ ratings

🧙 Witch Romance 🏘️ Small-Town Magic 🫂 Abuse Survivor ✨ Cozy Witch Vibes 😬 Reluctant Witch

Floating Dragon

by Peter Straub • 2003

Toxic gas and ancient evil poison a Connecticut town. Four psychic survivors share a desperate song.

3.82

13k+

🖤 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌊 New England Horror 🔄 Cyclical Evil 🔮 Psychic Bond

Floating Dragon 88%

Toxic gas and ancient evil poison a Connecticut town. Four psychic survivors share a desperate song.

by Peter Straub 2003

3.82

13k+ ratings

🖤 Literary Horror 🏘️ Small Town Horror 🌊 New England Horror 🔄 Cyclical Evil 🔮 Psychic Bond

How to Kill a Witch

by Zoe Venditozzi • 2025

Witch hunts weren't about magic. They were about controlling women. And they haven't stopped.

3.81

18k+

🔥 Witch Trials 📚 Feminist History ⚡ Gender Based Violence ⛓️ Patriarchal Control 💬 Modern Misogyny

How to Kill a Witch 88%

Witch hunts weren't about magic. They were about controlling women. And they haven't stopped.

by Zoe Venditozzi 2025

3.81

18k+ ratings

🔥 Witch Trials 📚 Feminist History ⚡ Gender Based Violence ⛓️ Patriarchal Control 💬 Modern Misogyny

The Lighthouse Witches

by C.J. Cooke • 2021

A single mother's daughters vanish on a remote Scottish island. The lighthouse has seen this before.

3.93

32k+

🏚️ Folk Horror 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Gothic ⏳ Time Slip 🔥 Witch Trial Horror 👧 Uncanny Child

The Lighthouse Witches 88%

A single mother's daughters vanish on a remote Scottish island. The lighthouse has seen this before.

by C.J. Cooke 2021

3.93

32k+ ratings

🏚️ Folk Horror 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Gothic ⏳ Time Slip 🔥 Witch Trial Horror 👧 Uncanny Child

Herb Magic

by Patti Wigington • 2020

Herbal spells: what to use, when to cast, and how to stay safe.

4.27

243

🌿 Herbal Magic 📜 Folk Magic 🌱 Green Witchcraft ✨ Spellcraft 🔗 Sympathetic Magic

Herb Magic 88%

Herbal spells: what to use, when to cast, and how to stay safe.

by Patti Wigington 2020

4.27

243 ratings

🌿 Herbal Magic 📜 Folk Magic 🌱 Green Witchcraft ✨ Spellcraft 🔗 Sympathetic Magic

The Witch's Way

by Shawn Robbins • 2019

Spells, divination, spirit work: every modern witch's practice rests on one rule. Learn it first.

3.77

592

🧙 Modern Witchcraft 🌒 Beginner Witchcraft 🌿 Nature Spirituality 🕯️ Spellcraft 🌼 Herbal Magick

The Witch's Way 88%

Spells, divination, spirit work: every modern witch's practice rests on one rule. Learn it first.

by Shawn Robbins 2019

3.77

592 ratings

🧙 Modern Witchcraft 🌒 Beginner Witchcraft 🌿 Nature Spirituality 🕯️ Spellcraft 🌼 Herbal Magick

The Bewitching

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia • 2025

A grad student researching a forgotten horror writer wakes a witch, and she's the next course.

3.81

46k+

🕯️ Academic Gothic 🌲 Folk Horror 💔 Saphic Yearning 📜 Found Manuscript 🔮 Generational Curse

The Bewitching 88%

A grad student researching a forgotten horror writer wakes a witch, and she's the next course.

by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2025

3.81

46k+ ratings

🕯️ Academic Gothic 🌲 Folk Horror 💔 Saphic Yearning 📜 Found Manuscript 🔮 Generational Curse

The Drowning Girl

by Caitlín R. Kiernan • 2012

A schizophrenic painter and her girlfriend shelter a roadside ghost who sings them toward drowning.

3.70

6k+

🖋️ Literary Horror 🏚️ Gothic New England 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💕 Sapphic Love Story 🎨 Art As Obsession

The Drowning Girl 88%

A schizophrenic painter and her girlfriend shelter a roadside ghost who sings them toward drowning.

by Caitlín R. Kiernan 2012

3.70

6k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Horror 🏚️ Gothic New England 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 💕 Sapphic Love Story 🎨 Art As Obsession

Wicca Spellbook Starter Kit

by Lisa Chamberlain • 2018

A grimoire of candle, crystal, and herbal spells that teaches you to design your own magic.

4.24

328

🕯️ Candle Magic 💎 Crystal Magic 🌿 Herbal Magic 🌈 Color Magic ✨ Practical Magic

Wicca Spellbook Starter Kit 88%

A grimoire of candle, crystal, and herbal spells that teaches you to design your own magic.

by Lisa Chamberlain 2018

4.24

328 ratings

🕯️ Candle Magic 💎 Crystal Magic 🌿 Herbal Magic 🌈 Color Magic ✨ Practical Magic

Thinner

by Richard Bachman • 1984

After an unpunished fatal accident, a Romani's touch triggers a wasting that no doctor can halt.

3.78

229k+

🦴 Body Horror 🧿 Supernatural Curse ⚖️ Guilty Protagonist 🧙 Folk Horror 📼 1980s Horror

Thinner 88%

After an unpunished fatal accident, a Romani's touch triggers a wasting that no doctor can halt.

by Richard Bachman 1984

3.78

229k+ ratings

🦴 Body Horror 🧿 Supernatural Curse ⚖️ Guilty Protagonist 🧙 Folk Horror 📼 1980s Horror

The Invited

by Jennifer McMahon • 2019

A house built from a witch's curse. A girl digging for treasure. A bog that never forgets.

3.80

45k+

🖤 Rural Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🔍 Missing Mother 🏠 Found Family 🩸 Generational Trauma

The Invited 88%

A house built from a witch's curse. A girl digging for treasure. A bog that never forgets.

by Jennifer McMahon 2019

3.80

45k+ ratings

🖤 Rural Gothic 👻 Haunted House 🔍 Missing Mother 🏠 Found Family 🩸 Generational Trauma

Beneath the Poet’s House

by Christa Carmen • 2024

A widow's historic house hides séances, ghosts, and a writer whose muses never survive.

3.79

2k+

🏚️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 📚 Literary Horror 🌊 New England Gothic 🧠 Psychological Horror

Beneath the Poet’s House 88%

A widow's historic house hides séances, ghosts, and a writer whose muses never survive.

by Christa Carmen 2024

3.79

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Modern Gothic 👻 Haunted House 📚 Literary Horror 🌊 New England Gothic 🧠 Psychological Horror

Revolutionary Witchcraft

by Sarah Lyons • 2019

Turn your craft into a direct-action toolkit: how spells, sigils, and rituals can dismantle systems.

3.89

562

🗳️ Political Witchcraft ✨ Ritual Design 🕯️ Ancestral Healing 🌿 Animist Worldview ✊ Spiritual Activism

Revolutionary Witchcraft 88%

Turn your craft into a direct-action toolkit: how spells, sigils, and rituals can dismantle systems.

by Sarah Lyons 2019

3.89

562 ratings

🗳️ Political Witchcraft ✨ Ritual Design 🕯️ Ancestral Healing 🌿 Animist Worldview ✊ Spiritual Activism

The Witching Hour

by Anne Rice • 1990

A surgeon is the last witch her family's dark spirit needs to be reborn.

4.10

125k+

🧹 Generational Witches 📜 Secret Society 🔮 Psychic Abilities 👹 Demonic Rebirth 🏚️ Haunted Mansion

The Witching Hour 88%

A surgeon is the last witch her family's dark spirit needs to be reborn.

by Anne Rice 1990

4.10

125k+ ratings

🧹 Generational Witches 📜 Secret Society 🔮 Psychic Abilities 👹 Demonic Rebirth 🏚️ Haunted Mansion

The Witch's Daughter

by Paula Brackston • 2008

Her neighbor is a four-hundred-year-old witch. And the warlock who made her has returned.

3.66

44k+

🖤 Immortal Witch 🪵 Witch Trials 🌿 Healing Magic 💫 Mother Daughter Bond 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

The Witch's Daughter 88%

Her neighbor is a four-hundred-year-old witch. And the warlock who made her has returned.

by Paula Brackston 2008

3.66

44k+ ratings

🖤 Immortal Witch 🪵 Witch Trials 🌿 Healing Magic 💫 Mother Daughter Bond 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere

’Salem’s Lot

by Stephen King • 1975

A writer returns to confront his childhood haunted house, only to find the town dying room by room.

4.10

667k+

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🦇 Vampire Infestation ✍️ Writer Protagonist ✝️ Crisis Of Faith ⚰️ Ancient Evil Awakened

’Salem’s Lot 88%

A writer returns to confront his childhood haunted house, only to find the town dying room by room.

by Stephen King 1975

4.10

667k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Horror 🦇 Vampire Infestation ✍️ Writer Protagonist ✝️ Crisis Of Faith ⚰️ Ancient Evil Awakened

Witches

by Tiffany Calligaris • 2015

Falling for a Salem witch awakens her dormant power and puts a target on her back.

3.64

1k+

🎓 Witch College 🧙‍♀️ Salem Witches 💔 Love Triangle 🌙 Hidden Magical Heritage 🐈‍⬛ Witch Familiar

Witches 88%

Falling for a Salem witch awakens her dormant power and puts a target on her back.

by Tiffany Calligaris 2015

3.64

1k+ ratings

🎓 Witch College 🧙‍♀️ Salem Witches 💔 Love Triangle 🌙 Hidden Magical Heritage 🐈‍⬛ Witch Familiar

The Book of Forbidden Knowledge

by Johnson Smith & Company • 1910

Conjure love, control dreams, debunk spirit tricks: a 1910 manual of occult secrets.

3.44

471

🖤 Black Magic 🌿 Folk Magic 🔮 Divination 🧿 Talismans 🍀 Superstition Lore

The Book of Forbidden Knowledge 87%

Conjure love, control dreams, debunk spirit tricks: a 1910 manual of occult secrets.

by Johnson Smith & Company 1910

3.44

471 ratings

🖤 Black Magic 🌿 Folk Magic 🔮 Divination 🧿 Talismans 🍀 Superstition Lore

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