“What are the best books about Witchcraft?” We looked at 336 of the top Witchcraft books, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!

The top 16 titles, all appearing on 3 or more “Best Witchcraft” book lists, are ranked below by how many lists they appear on. The remaining 300+ titles, as well as the lists we used are in alphabetical order at the bottom of the page.

Also, See our article on The Best Books About Or Featuring Witches.  

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Top 16 Witchcraft Books Of All-Time

16 .) Akata Witch written by Nnedi Okorafor

Lists It Appears On:

• Asiana Circus
• The Portalist
• Book Riot

Akata Witch transports the reader to a magical place where nothing is quite as it seems. Born in New York, but living in Aba, Nigeria, twelve-year old Sunny is understandably a little lost. She is albino and thus, incredibly sensitive to the sun. All Sunny wants to do is be able to play football and get through another day of school without being bullied. But once she befriends Orlu and Chichi, Sunny is plunged in to the world of the Leopard People, where your worst defect becomes your greatest asset. Together, Sunny, Orlu, Chichi and Sasha form the youngest ever Oha Coven. Their mission is to track down Black Hat Otokoto, the man responsible for kidnapping and maiming children. Will Sunny be able to overcome the killer with powers stronger than her own, or will the future she saw in the flames become reality?

15 .) Dead Witch Walking written by Kim Harrison

Lists It Appears On:

• Asiana Circus
• Book Riot
• Ranker

All the creatures of the night gather in “the Hollows” of Cincinnati, to hide, to prowl, to party… and to feed. Vampires rule the darkness in a predator-eat-predator world rife with dangers beyond imagining – and it’s Rachel Morgan’s job to keep that world civilized. A bounty hunter and witch with serious sex appeal and an attitude, she’ll bring ’em back alive, dead… or undead.

14 .) Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers & Other Pagans In America written by Margot Adler

Lists It Appears On:

• The Mystica
• Thought Co
• Alchemy Arts

Almost thirty years since its original publication, Drawing Down the Moon continues to be the only detailed history of the burgeoning but still widely misunderstood Neo- Pagan subculture. Margot Adler attended ritual gatherings and interviewed a diverse, colorful gallery of people across the United States, people who find inspiration in ancient deities, nature, myth, even science fiction. In this new edition featuring an updated resource guide of newsletters, journals, books, groups, and festivals, Margot Adler takes a fascinating and honest look at the religious experiences, beliefs, and lifestyles of modern America’s Pagan groups.

13 .) Labyrinth Lost written by Zoraida Córdova

Lists It Appears On:

• The Portalist
• Book Riot
• Electric Literature

I was chosen by the Deos. Even gods make mistakes. Alex is a bruja, the most powerful witch in a generation…and she hates magic. At her Deathday celebration, Alex performs a spell to rid herself of her power. But it backfires. Her whole family vanishes into thin air, leaving her alone with Nova, a brujo she can’t trust, but who may be Alex’s only chance at saving her family.

12 .) Living Wicca: A Further Guide for the Solitary Practitioner written by Scott Cunningham

Lists It Appears On:

• The Moonlight Shop
• Ranker
• Neo Pagan

Living Wicca has helped countless solitary practitioners blaze their own spiritual paths. Let the wise words of Scott Cunningham guide you toward a new level of practice. Living Wicca takes a philosophical look at the questions, practices, and differences within Witchcraft. You’ll learn how to create your own rituals and symbols, develop a book of shadows, and even become a high priest or priestess. Also covered in this Scott Cunningham classic are tools, magical names, initiation, the Mysteries, 120 Wiccan symbols, and the importance of secrecy in your practice. New edit New interior design

11 .) Teen Witch: Wicca for a New Generation written by Silver RavenWolf

Lists It Appears On:

• Ranker
• Inked Goddess Creations
• Neo Pagan

Teenagers and young adults comprise a growing market for books on Witchcraft and magick, yet there has never been a book written specifically for the teen seeker. Now, Silver RavenWolf, one of the most well-known Wiccans today and the mother of four young Witches, gives teens their own handbook on what it takes and what it means to be a Witch. Humorous and compassionate, Teen Witch gives practical advice for dealing with everyday life in a magickal way.

10 .) The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane written by Katherine Howe

Lists It Appears On:

• Book Riot
• EW
• Barnes And Noble

A spellbinding, beautifully written novel that moves between contemporary times and one of the most fascinating and disturbing periods in American history–the Salem witch trials. Harvard graduate student Connie Goodwin needs to spend her summer doing research for her doctoral dissertation. But when her mother asks her to handle the sale of Connie’s grandmother’s abandoned home near Salem, she can’t refuse. As she is drawn deeper into the mysteries of the family house, Connie discovers an ancient key within a seventeenth-century Bible. The key contains a yellowing fragment of parchment with a name written upon it: Deliverance Dane. This discovery launches Connie on a quest–to find out who this woman was and to unearth a rare artifact of singular power: a physick book, its pages a secret repository for lost knowledge. As the pieces of Deliverance’s harrowing story begin to fall into place, Connie is haunted by visions of the long-ago witch trials, and she begins to fear that she is more tied to Salem’s dark past then she could have ever imagined. Written with astonishing conviction and grace, The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane travels seamlessly between the witch trials of the 1690s and a modern woman’s story of mystery, intrigue, and revelation.

9 .) Witchcraft Today written by Gerald Gardner

Lists It Appears On:

• Neo Pagan
• Patheos
• Thought Co

Commemorating its 50th anniversary is an expanded edition of the first Wicca book, by the father of the Pagan renaissance.

8 .) A Witches’ Bible: The Complete Witches’ Handbook written by Janet & Stewart Farrar

Lists It Appears On:

• Patheos
• Exemplore
• Neo Pagan
• Thought Co

This collection includes two books in one volume, Eight Sabbats for Witches and The Witches’ Way and is the most comprehensive and revealing work on the principles, rituals and beliefs of modern witchcraft.

7 .) The Witching Hour written by Anne Rice

Lists It Appears On:

• Asiana Circus
• Book Riot
• EW
• Barnes And Noble

On the veranda of a great New Orleans house, now faded, a mute and fragile woman sits rocking. And the witching hour begins… Demonstrating once again her gift for spellbinding storytelling and the creation of legend, Anne Rice makes real for us a great dynasty of witches – a family given to poetry and incest, to murder and philosophy, a family that over the ages is itself haunted by a powerful, dangerous, and seductive being. A hypnotic novel of witchcraft and the occult across four centuries, by the spellbinding, bestselling author of The Vampire Chronicles.

6 .) To Light a Sacred Flame: Practical Witchcraft for the Millennium written by Silver RavenWolf

Lists It Appears On:

• Witch Digest
• Ranker
• Neo Pagan
• Inked Goddess Creations

Originally released in 1999, this bestselling guide to magickal practices-based on the experiences and successes of a third-degree working Witch-has been revised and updated! Written for today’s seeker, To Light a Sacred Flame contains techniques that unite divinity with magick, knowledge, and humor.

5 .) To Stir a Magick Cauldron: A Witch’s Guide to Casting and Conjuring written by Silver RavenWolf

Lists It Appears On:

• Ranker
• Inked Goddess Creations
• Witch Digest
• Neo Pagan

To Stir a Magick Cauldron Boasting more than 100,000 copies in print, this indispensable guide has been revised and updated. Silver RavenWolf dishes out tried-and-true Witch wisdom, covering the essentials of Witchcraft.

4 .) Practical Magic written by Alice Hoffman

Lists It Appears On:

• Asiana Circus
• Book Riot
• EW
• Barnes And Noble
• Electric Literature

For more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in their Massachusetts town. Gillian and Sally have endured that fate as well: as children, the sisters were forever outsiders, taunted, talked about, pointed at. Their elderly aunts almost seemed to encourage the whispers of witchery, with their musty house and their exotic concoctions and their crowd of black cats. But all Gillian and Sally wanted was to escape. One will do so by marrying, the other by running away. But the bonds they share will bring them back—almost as if by magic…

3 .) The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth Of The Ancient Religion Of The Great Goddess written by Starhawk

Lists It Appears On:

• Ranker
• Patheos
• Thought Co
• Alchemy Arts
• Neo Pagan

The twentieth anniversary edition of The Spiral Dance celebrates the pivotal role the book has had in bringing Goddess worship to the religious forefront. This bestselling classic is both an unparalleled reference on the practices and philosophies of Witchcraft and a guide to the life-affirming ways in which readers can turn to the Goddess to deepen their sense of personal pride, develop their inner power, and integrate mind, body, and spirit. Starhawk’s brilliant, comprehensive overview of the growth, suppression, and modern-day re-emergence of Wicca as a Goddess-worshipping religion has left an indelible mark on the feminist spiritual consciousness. In a new introduction, Starhawk reveals the ways in which Goddess religion and the practice of ritual have adapted and developed over the last twenty years, and she reflects on the ways in which these changes have influenced and enhanced her original ideas. In the face of an ever-changing world, this invaluable spiritual guidebook is more relevant than ever.

2 .) To Ride A Silver Broomstick: New Generation Witchcraft written by Silver RavenWolf

Lists It Appears On:

• Ranker
• Inked Goddess Creations
• The Mystica
• Witch Digest
• Neo Pagan

Throughout the world there is a New Generation of Witches – people practicing or wishing to practice the Craft on their own, without an in-the-flesh magickal support group. “To Ride a Silver Broomstick” presents both the science and religion of Witchcraft so you can become an active participant while growing at your own pace. This book is ideal for anyone, regardless of religious background: male or female, young or old, beginners and initiates.

1 .) Wicca, A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner written by Scott Cunningham

Lists It Appears On:

• Thought Co
• Alchemy Arts
• The Moonlight Shop
• Learning witch Craft
• The Mystica
• Exemplore
• Neo Pagan

Cunningham’s classic introduction to Wicca is about how to live life magically, spiritually, and wholly attuned with nature. It is a book of sense and common sense, not only about magick, but about religion and one of the most critical issues of today: how to achieve the much needed and wholesome relationship with our Earth. Cunningham presents Wicca as it is today: a gentle, Earth-oriented religion dedicated to the Goddess and God. Wicca also includes Scott Cunningham’s own Book of Shadows and updated appendices of periodicals and occult suppliers.

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