Fall is the perfect time for sharing new stories about witches [1], spells, curses, and more. To help us get into the spooky season, these upcoming releases are here to satisfy all of your magical reading needs. Whether you like your magic with a little humour, or prefer the dark and twisted side of spell casting, one of these upcoming books about witches will be perfect for you! See which ones you want to put on your own TBR list. We guarantee that these novels will put a spell on you — after all, what's more magical than books?
The Witch Haven by Sasha Peyton Smith
Sasha Peyton Smith's The Witch Haven [2] is one part YA magic-school adventure and one part historical fantasy. After being whisked off to a secret training school for witches, Frances finds the community she's always longed for, but grows frustrated with the safe, tame magic they're taught. In her dreams, a boy named Finn assures her that there's so much more to magic, but her growing powers soon draw the attention of a powerful leader who hopes to rule over New York City and beyond.
Release date: Aug. 31
Witch Please by Ann Aguirre
Witch Please [3] is the first in Ann Aguirre's planned series focusing on quirky witches with charming small-town stories. Danica owns the "Fix-It Witches" magical repair shop with her nosy family. Down the street, Danica crosses paths with a cursed baker named Titus. When the two meet, love might not be the only magic that's in store.
Release date: Sept. 7
The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
Erin Sterling — a pen name for bestselling author Rachel Hawkins — offers a delightful and witty take on witchy mayhem in The Ex Hex [4]. Nine years ago, a brokenhearted Vivi cursed her ex-boyfriend Rhys with a mildly annoying hex. When Rhys arrives back in town and things start going off the rails, Vivi realises that her curse might be working just a little too well.
Release date: Sept. 28
The Orphan Witch by Paige Crutcher
In Paige Crutcher's fantasy, The Orphan Witch [5], oddball orphan Persephone spends has a habit of causing strange happenings wherever she goes. After accidentally displaying her magic in public, Persephone is relieved to be invited to a remote and exclusive island by an old friend. When she gets there, she unravels the truth about her life, her origins, and a century-old curse that could change her life forever.
Release date: Sept. 28
Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper
If you ever watched John Tucker Must Die and thought "you know, this could use more magic," then Lana Harper's Payback's a Witch [6] is for you! After being summoned back to her small town to oversee a once-in-a-generation magical competition among the other ancient families, Emmy has to deal with seeing her ex, Gareth. Upon her arrival, Emmy discovers that Gareth is also responsible for breaking the hearts of both Emmy's BFF Linden and the gorgeous, brilliant contestant Talia. When the trio bands together to sabotage Gareth and get their revenge, Emmy starts to open her heart to someone unexpected.
Release date: Oct. 5
The Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke
Witchcraft meets thriller in The Lighthouse Witches [7] by C.J. Cooke. The story opens with Liv, a single mom and artist who's commissioned to paint a mural in a 100-year-old Scottish lighthouse with an eerie history of witchcraft. Liv takes her three children with her to the creepy location, and shortly becomes terrified when two of her daughters vanish without a trace. Two decades later, her surviving daughter is still searching for her sisters. But when one of them turns up, the tale takes a twisted turn.
Release date: Oct. 5
Sistersong by Lucy Holland
Lucy Holland takes a British folklore ballad and turns it into Sistersong, a story of three royal siblings in ancient Britain. Their kingdom has always had magic in the land, but with their parents turning away, the land instead calls to the three siblings. Riva, a healer, is frustrated by her own scars, while the beautiful young Sinne dreams of adventure, and Keyne, the middle sibling, fights to discover his own identity. When a handsome stranger and a familiar mentor arrive, all three siblings' lives — and the fate of the kingdom — will never be the same again.
Release date: Oct. 5
Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood
Andromeda, the heroine of Lauren Blackwood's debut Within These Wicked Walls, isn't quite a witch in the brooms-and-cauldrons sense. She's a debtera, an exorcist whose magical talents are turned towards purging curses from households afflicted with the evil eye. When she's hired to purge a family home belonging to an eccentric young heir named Magnus Rochester, Lauren bites off more than she can chew.
Release date: Oct. 19
The Book Boyfriend by Jeanna Louise Skinner
Jeanna Louise Skinner's debut, The Book Boyfriend [8], contains romantic stories, a magical bookshop, a time-displaced stranger, and a heroine finding her own voice. While dealing with writers' block and a mental health diagnosis, Emmy inherits a secondhand bookstore and discovers that magic, is in fact, real. When a handsome stranger steps straight out of the Tudor era into Emmy's life, he enlists Emmy's help to lift the curse that has him trapped in an ancient book. However, she might be in more danger than she realises.
Release date: Oct. 27
All Of Us Villains by Amanda Foody & Christine Lynn Herman
The darker side of magic takes centre stage in All Of Us Villains [9], a collab from fantasy authors Amanda Foody and Christine Lynn Herman. A tell-all book is published, revealing the secrets of a small, magic-laden town called Ilvernath. Every generation, the town's seven powerful families each name a champion to compete in a battle to the death for control over the town's magick supply — the most powerful in the world. After generations of the wicked Lowe family emerging victorious, this year's set of contestants aren't ready to give up so easily, and they've each got secrets that could bring them victory or death.
Release date: Nov. 9