Which YA Books About Witches have cast their spell on me, and which witch books do I still want to read? This list has been updated in 2025 and features the best YA Books About Witches: old and new teen books about witchcraft in both contemporary and historical settings.
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Best Books About Witches
I love books about witches – the sisterhood, the magic, the witchy paranormal drama! Here are some of my favorite YA books about witches, updated for the Spooky Season 2025!
This post contains the following kinds of witch books:
- New Witch Books for Halloween 2025
- YA Witch Books in Fantasy Settings
- YA Books in Contemporary Modern Settings
- YA Historical Fiction Featuring Witches
New Witch Books for 2025:
Witchlore by Emma Hinds
Coven Tendency by Zoe Hana Mikuta
Brewed with Love by Shelly Page
Love Spells Trouble by Nic Davenport
A Spell to Wake the Dead by Nicole Lesperance
Everything She Does is Magic by Bridget Morrissey
No Charm Done by Tori Anne Martin
Extraordinary Quests for Amateur Witches by Kayla Cottingham
The Fate of Magic (Witch and Hunter #2) by Sara Raasch and Beth Revis
See all the details on the New 2025 Witch Books here!
YA Witches in Fantasy Settings
Night of the Witch by Beth Revis and Sara Raasch
A NYT bestseller!
Fritzi, the lone survivor of a brutal attack on her coven, is determined to find her only remaining family member and bring the hexenjägers (zealous witch hunters) to justice. But to do this, she will have to take down their leader, the merciless and enigmatic Kommandant Dieter Kirch.
Bring Me Your Midnight by Rachel Griffin
Tana Fairchild’s life has been planned out since the moment she was born: marry the governor’s son to secure an unprecedented alliance between the witches who live on her island and the mainlanders who see her very existence as a threat.
Tanais supposed to release most of her magic into the ocean during the full moon. But when Tana misses the midnight ritual, there is no one she can turn to for help…until she meets Wolfe.
Wolfe claims he is from a coven that practices dark magic, making him one of the only people who can help her. But instead, he teaches her forbidden magic.
Sweet and Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley
Tamsin is the most powerful witch of her generation. But after committing the worst magical sin, she’s exiled by the ruling Coven and cursed with the inability to love. The only way she can get those feelings back—even for just a little while—is to steal love from others.
The Witch King by H. E. Edgmon
In Asalin, fae rule and witches like Wyatt Croft…don’t. Wyatt’s betrothal to fae prince Emyr North was supposed to change that. But when Wyatt lost control of his magic one devastating night, he fled to the human world.Now a coldly distant Emyr has hunted him down.
Half Bad series by Sally Green
Read my Review of Half Bad AND the sequel ,Half Lies!
Nathan lives in a cage: beaten, shackled, trained to kill. In a modern-day England where two warring factions of witches live amongst humans, Nathan is an abomination, the illegitimate son of the world’s most terrifying and violent witch, Marcus.
Nathan’s only hope for survival is to escape his captors, track down Marcus, and receive the three gifts that will bring him into his own magical powers—before it’s too late.
Chime by Frannie Billingsley
I loved this spooky, atmospheric British witch story and highly recommend the audiobook!
Before Briony’s stepmother died, she made sure Briony blamed herself for all the family’s hardships.
She often escapes to the swamp, where she tells stories to the Old Ones. But only witches can see the Old Ones, and in her village, witches are sentenced to death.
The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin
For centuries, witches have maintained the climate. But now their control is faltering as the atmosphere becomes more erratic. All hope lies with Clara, an Everwitch whose rare magic is tied to every season.
Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart
Two witches who are sworn enemies join forces to take down a threat.
Iraya has spent her life in a cell, but every day brings her closer to freedom – and vengeance.
Jazmyne is the Queen’s daughter, but unlike her sister before her, she has no intention of dying to strengthen her mother’s power. Sworn enemies, these two witches enter a precarious alliance to take down a mutual threat.
YA Witch Books Set in Modern, Contemporary Settings
All Our Hidden Gifts by Caroline O’Donoghue
After Maeve finds a pack of tarot cards while cleaning out a closet during her in-school suspension, she quickly becomes the most sought-after diviner at St. Bernadette’s Catholic school.
But when Maeve’s ex–best friend, Lily, draws an unsettling card that Maeve has never seen before, the session devolves into a heated argument that ends with Maeve wishing aloud that Lily would disappear. When Lily isn’t at school the next Monday, Maeve learns her ex-friend has vanished without a trace.
Bad Witch Burning by Jessica Lewis
Katrell doesn’t mind talking to the dead; she just wishes it made more money. Clients pay her to talk to their deceased loved ones, but it isn’t enough to support her unemployed mother and Mom’s deadbeat boyfriend-of-the-week.
Magic doesn’t come for free, and soon dark forces are closing in on Katrell. The further she goes, the more she risks the lives of not only herself, but those she loves.
Coven by Jennifer Dugan and Kit Segan
Emsy has always lived in sunny California, and she’d much rather spend her days surfing with her friends or hanging out with her girlfriend than honing her powers as a fire elemental.
But when members of her family’s coven back east are murdered, her family must suddenly return to dreary upstate New York.
There, Emsy will have to master her neglected craft in order to find the killer . . . before her family becomes their next target.
How to Succeed in Witchcraft by Aislinn Brophy
Shay Johnson has all the makings of a successful witch. As a junior at T.K. Anderson Magical Magnet School, she’s determined to win the Brockton Scholarship. Her competition? Ana Álvarez. The key to victory? Impressing Mr. B, drama teacher and head of the scholarship committee.
When Mr. B asks Shay to star in the musical, she warily agrees, even though she’ll have to put up with Ana playing the other lead.But in rehearsals, Shay realizes Ana is . . . not the despicable witch she’d thought. Perhaps she could be a friend—or more.
Wild is the Witch by Rachel Griffin
After a night of magic turns deadly, Iris Gray vows to never let another person learn she’s a witch.
While she loves working at the wildlife refuge she runs with her mother, she loathes Pike Alder, the witch-hating aspiring ornithologist who interns with her.
Our Crooked Hearts by Melissa Albert
On the way home from a party, seventeen-year-old Ivy and her soon-to-be ex nearly run over a nude young woman standing in the middle of a tree-lined road.
Even more unsettling, her enigmatic mother’s past resurface, with the help of the boy next door.
Ivy must find answers if she’s going to escape the darkness closing in.
The Witchery by S. Isabelle
Haelsford, Florida, is a hellmouth. Or at least, that’s what Logan, a new witch struggling to control her powers, thinks when she arrives at Mesmortes Coven Academy.
With the Haunting Season approaching, Wolves will soon rise from the Swamp to kill, and the humans and witches must work together to survive the yearly onslaught.
But when students start turning up dead, the cost to break the curse may be greater than any witch or human could ever know…
Spells for Lost Things by Jenna Evans Welch
Willow never feels like she fits in anywhere and plans to travel the world to find the place she belongs. But her plans get put on hold when her somewhat neglectful mother drags Willow to Salem, Massachusetts, to wrap up an aunt’s affairs. An aunt who may or may not have been a witch.
A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee
Witchcraft at boarding school in this Dark Academia tale.
Felicity Morrow is back at Dalloway School. The centuries-old, ivy-covered campus was home until the tragic death of her girlfriend. Witchcraft is woven into Dalloway’s history. The school doesn’t talk about it, but the students do. In secret rooms and shadowy corners, girls convene. And before her girlfriend died, Felicity was drawn to the dark.
This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron
Bri inherits an old estate and learns to embrace her magical gifts.
Briseis has a gift: she can grow plants from tiny seeds to rich blooms with a single touch.
When Briseis’s aunt dies and wills her a dilapidated estate in rural New York, Bri and her parents decide to leave Brooklyn behind for the summer. But their new home is sinister in ways they could never have imagined. It comes with a walled garden filled with the deadliest botanicals in the world that can only be entered by those who share Bri’s unique family lineage.
Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury
Also check out the sequel, Blood Like Fate (2022)
A dark urban fantasy about a witch who must find her first love, then sacrifice him.
After years of waiting for her Calling—a trial every witch must pass in order to come into their powers—the one thing Voya Thomas didn’t expect was to fail.
When Voya’s ancestor gives her an unprecedented second chance to complete her Calling, she agrees—and then is horrified when her task is to kill her first love.
The Scapegracers by Hannah Abigail Clarke
An outcast lesbian witch finds her coven among the popular girls
As a witch, lesbian, and lifelong outsider, Sideways Pike has a hard time making friends. But when the three most popular girls pay her $40 to cast a spell at their Halloween party, Sideways gets swept into a new clique.
The unholy trinity are dangerous angels, sugar-coated rattlesnakes, and now–unbelievably–Sideways’ best friends.
The Ravens by Danielle Page and Kass Morgan
A sorority of witches… YESSSS!
Kappa Rho Nu isn’t your average sorority. Their parties are notorious. Their fundraisers are known for being Westerly College’s most elaborate affairs. But beneath the veil of Greek life and prestige, the sisters of Kappu Rho Nu share a secret: they’re a coven of witches.
When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey
My review highly recommended this sly, witchy dark comedy about four teens whose magic goes wildly awry.” It’s a great story of friendship, secrets, and first love.
A Wicked Magic by Sasha Laurens
When a spell goes wrong, a teen witch must save her boyfriend from an ancient demon.
During a spell gone wrong, Liss’s boyfriend is snatched away by an evil entity and presumed dead. Dan and Liss’s friendship dies that night, too. How can they practice magic after the darkness that they conjured?
Wayward Witch by Zoraida Córdova (2020)
The third book in the Brooklyn Brujas series, featuring a trio of witch sisters.
Rose Mortiz has always been a fixer, but lately she’s been feeling lost. She has brand-new powers she doesn’t understand, and her family is still trying to figure out how to function in the wake of her amnesiac father’s return home.
YA Witches in Historical Settings
Witch Hunt by Sasha Payton Smith
Months after the devastating battle between the Sons of St. Druon and the witches of Haxahaven, Frances has built a quiet, safe life for herself, teaching young witches and tending the garden within the walls of Haxahaven Academy.
To right this wrong, and save lives and her own magical powers, Frances must hunt down answers in the parlors of Parisian secret societies, the halls of the Louvre, and the tunnels of the catacombs. Her only choice is to team up with the person she swore she’d never trust again, risking further betrayal and her own life in the process.
Witch Hunt is the sequel to Witch Haven (2021)
In 1911 New York City, seventeen-year-old Frances spends her days as a seamstress, mourning the mysterious death of her brother months prior.
Before she can be condemned as a murderess, two cape-wearing nurses arrive to inform her she is deathly ill and ordered to report to Haxahaven Sanitarium.
But Frances finds Haxahaven is a school for witches.
The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson (2020)
This isn’t technically YA, but it reads like a crossover and is a great feminist witchcraft story with historical vibes!
You can read my review of The Year of the Witching here.
Serpent and Dove by Shelby Mahurin
Hate to love and and arranged marriage AND witches in a fantasy French setting? Sign me up!
In eighteenth century France, Louise le Blanc fled her coven and took shelter in the city of Cesarine, forsaking all magic and living off whatever she could steal. There, witches like Lou are hunted. They are feared. And they are burned.
Once and Future Witches by Alex E. Harrow (2020)
In the 1800s, a trio of witch sisters use witchcraft to change the course of history. Can’t wait to try this feminist historical fiction!
In 1893, there’s no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings began, but now witching is nothing but tidy charms and nursery rhymes. If the modern woman wants any measure of power, she must find it at the ballot box.
But when the Eastwood sisters–James Juniper, Agnes Amaranth, and Beatrice Belladonna–join the suffragists of New Salem, they begin to pursue the forgotten words and ways that might turn the women’s movement into the witch’s movement.
Born Wicked series by Jessica Spotswood
Little Women with witches? Yes, please, to a sister story with witches set in 1890s New England!
You can read my review of Born Wicked here!
Everybody knows Cate Cahill and her sisters are eccentric. Too pretty, too reclusive, and far too educated for their own good. But the truth is even worse: they’re witches. And if their secret is discovered by the priests of the Brotherhood, it would mean an asylum, a prison ship—or an early grave.
Before her mother died, Cate promised to protect her sisters. But with only six months left to choose between marriage and the Sisterhood, she might not be able to keep her word..
Trial by Fire series by Josephine Angelini
This time travel book is both contemporary and historical – a girl falls into an alt-universe and meets her doppelgänger, a powerful witch.
Read my Review of Trial by Fire
This world is trying to kill Lily Proctor. Her life-threatening allergies keep her from enjoying many of the experiences that other teenagers take for granted… which is why she is determined to enjoy her first (and perhaps only) high-school party.
But Lily’s life never goes according to plan, and after a humiliating incident in front of half her graduating class Lily wishes she could just disappear.
Suddenly Lily is in a different Salem – one overrun with horrifying creatures and ruled by powerful women called Crucibles. Strongest and cruellest of all the Crucibles is Lillian… Lily’s identical other self in this alternate universe.
Kingdom of the Wicked by Keri Maniscalco
Emilia and her twin sister Vittoria are 17th Century Sicilian witches who live secretly among humans. One night, Vittoria misses dinner and Emilia soon finds the body of her beloved twin.
Devastated, Emilia sets out to find her sister’s killer and to seek vengeance at any cost—even if it means using dark magic that’s been long forbidden.
Tell me about your favorite witch books in the comments!
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Hex Hall! 😍 People don’t talk about these books enough, but they are honestly fantastic.
I remember reading the first book of Born Wicked but I never continued. Unfortunately, I don’t think it was my thing.
I’m actually intrigued by Trial by Fire and Half Bad. Thank you for the recommendations 😀
Have you read Serpent and Dove? It’s the newest witch book everyone is talking about. I bought it and It seems pretty good so far 🙂
I remember an upsetting thing happening to a character I liked in the Hex Hall series, but otherwise, it’s so good!
Thanks for the recommendation – I didn’t know that was a witch book and I will add it 🙂
Oh thanks for sharing these!
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You’re welcome – feel free to recommend and I will add to the list!
Serpent & Dove, most definitely! But then again, I don’t have too many to compare it to. Lol.
Added and I’m going to read it!
How to Hang a Witch is great by Adriana Mather (yes, that Mather…)
Witches descendants in modern day Salem. Just say yes!
I forgot about that one – thanks so much and adding it!
I loved the Hex Hall books so much. I was so sad, when Hawkins abandoned the spinoff. I kept hoping she would go back to it after the Rebel Belle books were done, but she didn’t. *sad face* I read the Graces books. I liked the series, and my daughter loved them too, but I know people’s opinions were very mixed on them.
They were really fun – and funny. I didn’t know a spin-off was a possibility but I feel like paranormal is ready for a comeback.
Someone described the first Grace book as like Twilight which I could be up for lol
Serpent and Dove is definitely on my list! I read and loved Born Wicked, but I still need to read the last book.