![]() ![]() Wicked takes readers on an epic tour of Oz, with world building that rivals Baum’s original vision. Once there, Elphaba discovers that political tensions are tearing Oz apart. Elphaba, born with green skin and razor-sharp teeth, attends Shiz University alongside the ambitious Galinda. ![]() Years before Idina Menzel killed it as Elphaba in the Broadway production of Wicked, Gregory Maguire explored the infamous witch’s backstory in his critically acclaimed novel. Wicked: The Life And Times of The Wicked Witch of The West by Gregory Maguire (Regan Books) Goddess of Filth is a fun and breezy horror novel about the power of sensuality and the ways our worst fears can reveal empowering truths. But is this “demon” really a force of evil, or an ancestral deity with unfinished business? Their fun takes a diabolical turn, though, when a demon possesses the body of their bookish friend Fernanda, turning her into a snake-eyed, Nahuatl-speaking sex goddess. Castro (Creature Horror)Ī group of teenage friends in Texas decide to pretend they’re the girls from The Craft Changed My Life”> The Craftand hold a seance. But if you’re in the mood for light and dreamy stories about witches working magic and falling in love, then Practical Magic will feel like home to you. Hoffman wrote them over a series of decades and she played fast and loose with historical accuracy, so there are some continuity errors and anachronisms. ![]() Practical Magic and its sequels aren’t perfect. Over the next several hundred years, Owens women live witchy lives in their ancestral home, providing potions and other services to their communities, and trying to avoid falling in love. Maria Owens, a magic practitioner in the 17th century, curses her descendants after her lover breaks her heart: any man who loves an Owens woman is doomed to die. Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman (Credit: Penguin) All of them, though, are deliciously full of magic. Some are novels, while others are essays and manuals for real-life witchcraft. Some are about straight-up witches, while others focus on healers and wise women. Some of these books are classics and others are new releases. Here are 13 books-that’s a whole coven!-that you can read to get witchy. It’s Spooky Season, my witches! And you know what that means: it’s time to grab a handwoven blanket, a cup of herbal tea, and a magical page-turner. ![]()
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