Recs if you like Witchcraft for Wayward Girls...

Books with witchy female characters

Books We Love from NPR began in 2013, always boasting over 200 books (almost 400 in recent years) featuring genres from memoirs, to cookbooks, to graphic novels, to children’s literature, to nonfiction, to novels. Check out NPR’s website to filter this massive list.

The list is in reverse alphabetical order directly from NPR.

Horror stories about pregnancy and children that will immediately take away any baby fever you might have

Horror books that take place in boarding schools (or somewhere similar) for the most part. Because homework isn't bad enough already. Recommendations are always welcome!

“Nothing bad has ever happened in the forest.” -Andrew from Don't Let the Forest In (and all of these MCs, probably)

for those who don't conform to the norm.

All things witchy and wonderful. Spooky, cozy or otherwise. Throw in some witchy non-fiction for good measure.

Suggestions encouraged! Always looking for more witchy books.

I love horror that takes place in the 70s, 80s, and 90s, so figured I'd put it all together here and hope for more recs in the process! This is a Stephen King free list.

Historical, mythological and just general witchy reads. Credit to @tvcr4wler for their list burn the witch! where I got some of these. Suggestions welcome.

wave em, shake em, jazz hands-em

always accepting suggestions for books with hands on the cover

Eerie horror book recs for the girlies who are not afraid of the dark, but seek it from the comfort of their couch. Let me rot.

Nominees and winners of every category of the Good Reads Choice Awards for the year of 2025. Some books overlap so they were only entered once.

So far these men: can write women characters with depth, don’t enact needless sexual violence on their characters, and aren’t irl monsters. Also their writing is good.

All the books chosen by Booksandlala for the Literally Dead Book club.

some book recs that involve the complexities of motherhood: the tough and tender, chaotic and beautiful, exhausting and full of purpose.