Black cats, spell books, broomsticks and potions… it’s witchy season! As September rolls in, so does the magic. Every year we are graced with incredible books that captures our obsession with witchy women and 2026 is no different. If you’re looking to curl up with a fresh cast of crafty coven members, this is the list for you.
The Witches of Cambridge by Alice Hoffman
Hundreds of years later, 1950s Cambridge, Massachusetts feels far away from the witch trials that it once held. Two girls, Ava and Lauren, with very opposite personalities are both attending Radcliffe College. They start to have things in common when a secret organization of witches dating back to colonial times called the Lilith Society recruits both of them. Ava and Lauren grow to be friends as they are navigating their new powers together. Radcliffe may seem safe for witches but Lauren and Ava discover it isn’t as girls from the Lilith Society begin to go missing. Maybe the witch trials are not as far away as they may think.
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Practically Magic by Jen Calonita
Witch Kat Hadley feels completely invisible to boys. She’s had so many crushes but not a single one has liked her back. Then she finds out that her older sister, Harrie, cast a curse to protect Kat from heartbreak. Kat is so unbelievably mad that she loses control, breaking not only their sisterhood but magic itself. Now every spell that one of the Hadley witches has cast is reversing itself. Spells meant for good are now causing harm, curses are now attracting instead of repelling, and the magical veil is getting dangerously thin. If Kat and Harriet don’t find a solution asap, Mystic Hollow might never see another Halloween. As they are trying to clean up the mess, Kat notices that every boy she’s ever liked now likes her back. Who cares if it is just a spell? Kat is finally feeling wanted, for the first time in her life.
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The Hocus Pocus Handbook by Ann Aguirre
Thea Winter was stolen from the mortal world as a baby and then raised by a hobgoblin named Mudge. Mudge taught her everything she should know to stay alive in fae courts. The problem is Thea didn’t learn to stay out of trouble which is how she found herself in a marriage of convenience, but with a missing husband. She now must hunt her husband down with the help of the Winter’s Hound, Kerboros. Under his cousin Lord Liskal’s command, Kerboros has done what he must in order to survive–staying invisible and careful to not want anything. That changes when he meets Thea who he is not allowed to have.
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A Time of Witches by Madeline Martin
Ever since her mother’s death, Lilith’s life is getting strange. Plants turn towards her and animals are drawn to her. But the worst has been the nightmares of burning at the stake. These occurrences have drawn her to England. In 1645, Sybil is accused of being a witch. As an educated woman and a widow, she’s drawn both suspicion and now betrayal. As these two women face their own trials, their worlds and fates are intertwined.
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Witch Trial by Harriet Tyce
Eighteen-year-old Christian Shaw has been found dead in a park stunning the city of Edinburgh. The city is even further shocked when the police charge her best friends, Eliza and Isobel, with the murder. Social media goes into a frenzy with theories of wickedness, rituals, and teenage pacts. The trial is a media sensation with every person in Edinburgh fighting for a chance to see Eliza and Isobel themselves. Every person but Matthiew Phillips, a heart surgeon on the jury. As the trial progresses, Eliza and Isobel’s lawyers are creating a surprising and unsettling defense that leaves Matthew questioning everything. Amidst his confusion, Matthew begins to have terrifying visions that he tells himself are hallucinations, but could they be witchcraft.
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The Magic We Made by Meg Cabot
New York Times bestseller Meg Cabot delivers a dazzling standalone in her Witches of West Harbor series. Frankie is managing with the new “witch tourism” that’s entered her town, despite being a staunch believer that there is a scientific explanation for everything. But when young aspiring witches start to go missing, she’s troubled not only by the disappearances, but by the charming psychic neighbor who has been brought in to find them.
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Hocus Pocus by Brinda Charry
Samuel Thomas believes he is destined for magical greatness and intends to travel far away from home to find it. Walter Mepham is in charge of a museum that’s struggling and Samuel might be the answer for attracting patrons. The two form a complex partnership in an effort to see both succeed. Though the book isn’t so much witchy as it is about a magician, it conjures up its own magic in the exploration of art and ambition.
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Hexy Beast by Avery Flynn
In book three of The Sherwood Witches series, Effie Sherwood may be the eldest, but she isn’t your typical first born. Wild and reckless she jumps on the back of a hunky motorcyclists ride only to discover he’s a werewolf. Though witches and werewolves don’t necessarily belong together, the pack believes they are fated for one another. And while they navigate the tricky wolf politics, they can’t deny that each of them are falling.
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Spell Struck by Martha Waters
In 1920s London, traces of England’s magical past exist but with the outlawing of magic, it’s a rare sight. Large magical families fight this by operating secret, magical, and illegal speakeasies. In charge of her family club, Vesper Holloway creates extra intrigue with a bit of spell powder and magical cocktails. However, she fears that a string of accidents might scare people away from her family’s establishment. Once a friend of her brother, Maxwell Ashbridge is now a part of the government agency enforcing the ban of magic and has a vendetta against the elite. Luckily though he doesn’t have a vendetta against Vesper. In fact, Maxwell has a crush on her so he promises he will protect her club if they team up to investigate. As they spend their time together and accidents continue to happen, their chemistry grows and the fight to repeal magic increases. This leaves them having to decide what magic they are willing to fight for–the magic between them or the magic that’s been banned.
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The Southern Sorority of Superstitious Witches by Katie Ortiz
Three girls, Lucille, Catherine, and Victoria, jump on the chance to be a part of a trial semester for women at Alabama’s most prestigious university. Each girl, running from a dark past, is determined to succeed even as their male classmates want to see them fail. When the boys take it too far in their sabotage and pranks, Lucille, Catherine, and Victoria create a coven that fronts as a sorority, using the rich Southern folklore steeped witchcraft to fight back. As they gather a larger group of witches, they discover something much darker threatens the presence of women on the campus.
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They Called Us Wicked by Gloria Munoz
Friends Lucy, Clara, Fabiola, and Sirena are a coven and have been since they discovered each other on the astral plane as kids. Together they have been hiding their unique magic from a world that is threatened by witchcraft. Now, they are meeting in person for the first time. Lucy is excited to be a first year student at Fletcher University but things seem odd with her roommate. It almost seems like Retta has latent magical powers that she doesn’t know about so when she goes missing it’s up to her and her coven to find her. In their search in an enchanted forest hidden underneath Fletcher’s campus, Lucy discovers that Fletcher is a part of the anti-magic world. Can magical abilities and lifelong friends overpower an authority that doesn’t want you to exist?
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Spellfire by Agatha Willow
Even though she swore she would never return, Bryn is coming back to Grimoire Academy. Her beloved former professor has passed away and left Bryn her prize spellbook library. She plans to be at the academy briefly but when she runs into her former classmate and now headmistress, Amelia Hexford, Bryn becomes so flustered by the gorgeous witch that she accidentally agrees to a teaching position. Bryn can’t exactly hide from Amelia in a small staffroom so they get to know each other pretty well. All that time together might just leave Bryn and Amelia spellbound for each other.
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