Hey guys! This week’s theme for the Top Ten Tuesday is a Halloween freebie.. and so I have decided to tell you about some of my favorite and most interesting books on witches! And no, I will not mention Harry Potter :p
- A discovery of witches – Deborah Harkness: I fell in love with how magic is described in this book, especially the knot magic!
- Serpent and Dove – Shelby Mahurin: another very interesting way to see how magic works! And some pretty bad witches!
- Wild Beauty – Anna-Marie Mclemore: The magic is more delicate and gentle here, related to flowers and plants, but also hides a powerful dark side!
- The Rules of Magic – Alice Hoffman: Impossible to read it without wanting to try some of the witchy tips and recipes in this book! It’s beautiful and heartbreaking!
- Toil and Trouble: 15 Tales of women and witchcraft: So many short stories about all kinds of witches! And with a heavy feminist message. A beautiful discovery to be made if you haven’t already!
- W.I.T.C.H. – Elisabetta Gnone: This comic book series was one of my childhood favorites with its 5 elemental witches! And the drawings are just so gorgeous!
- Truthwitch – Susan Dennard: Ok, this one I have just started. But I’m pretty sure I’m gonna love it! I love the concept of the Witchlands already, and all the different kind of witches!
- These witches don’t burn – Isabel Sterling: This one was not perfect but it has the merit of showing LGBTQA+ characters and witch coven in Salem in the 21st century! So it was a really nice discovery!
- Equal Rites – Terry Pratchett: Witches like you won’t find anywhere else!
- The Raven Boys – Maggie Stiefvater: If I was a bit disappointed by the end of this series, I LOVED all of Blue witchy family and their peculiar powers!
That’s it for my selection of books with witches that I loved or at least the ones for which I loved the witchy representation!
Which witchy books do you like the most? Let me know!!
See you for a cup,
Elise
A Book and a Cup 
I didn’t ever read the « A Discovery of Witches » book, but am watching the show, and much as I want to, so far, I don’t *love* it. Hoping that changes the further in I watch. 🙂
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I can’t wait for season 2 of the show!! or is it out already??
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Truthwitch and The Raven Boys were both good.
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I can’t wait to keep going with Truthwitch! I only read like 2 chapters haha
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I love THE RAVEN BOYS series. Have you read all four books? So good. My Halloween TTT
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Yes I did!! I’m still confused over the end of book 4 though lol
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I’ve been wanting to try the Harkness books for a while.
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go for it!!!
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ADOW!! I love this trilogy so much. I also like how the time travelling thing was explained in detail. AND THE W.I.T.C.H. Series, YES!! This was such a big part of my childhood and I love going through the comics from time to time.
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Yes me too!! It was brilliant and so well detailed! haha I need to reread W.I.T.C.H at some point!
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Loved Rules of Magic and The Raven Cycle! Great post!
My TTT!
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thanks a lot!! Rules of Magic is so unique I loved it for how the magic is described in it!
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I’m so ashamed I haven’t read Serpent and Dove yet. I just haven’t been in the mood to start it yet. But I did check out These Witches Don’t Burn and I need the sequel!
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haha there is no shame to have!!! when you’ll feel ready you’ll probably enjoy it more!
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I love Terry Pratchett ‘s witches most of all!
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They are so incredible!!
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Great list, will have to try some of these!! I love the idea of Terry Pratchett, but I just can’t get into them. Think my favourite Witchy books after Harry Potter are anything by Diana Wynne Jones – Charmed Life or Witch Week or Magicians of Caprona 🙂
My TTT: https://whenitdoes.blogspot.com/2019/10/halloween-freebie-spooky-and.html
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ooo I hope you will one day, they are so worth it!
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Ooo I love Terry Pratchett’s witches books – My absolute favourite is Wyrd Sisters ❤
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I haven’t read it yet but I know I’ll love it!
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Toil and Trouble sounds like such a great read.
My TTT.
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yes it is very diverse and rich in stories of all kind!
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I love fiction about witches, so this is a great list for me. Several of these are on my TBR, too!
Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!
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Yeah!! hope it will make you want to read them even more :p
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So many fun and great books on this list. 🙂
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thanks!!
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Haha, when I saw the title of this post, Harry Potter was the first book that came to mind. I haven’t read any of these, but The Raven Boys is on my TBR list.
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Hope you will enjoy it! and love Blue’s family as much as I did!
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Love this list! I’ve heard so many good things about The Rules of Magic and I adored watching the TV show W.I.T.C.H – I never knew that there was a book version too!
My TTT: https://arubunwritten.wordpress.com/2019/10/29/ttt-my-favourite-halloween-tv-specials/
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I never watched the TV shows but I discovered W.I.T.C.H. when I was like 10 and it was in my Minnie Magazine lol
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I love Raven Boys but the others are all on my TBR – I need to get reading! Ah! Great list!
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yeah!! hope you’ll love them all!
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I’ve only seen the Practical Magic movie but « The Rules of Magic » seems like the perfect heartfelt but spooky-ish read for the month. Adding it to my TBR : )
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YESSSS! So happy to read that! I loved the Practical magic movie but not so much the book. But the Rules of Magic is so so good!
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SO many great picks. I’m swooning. I love bookish witches and the array of magical elements and worlds we get within them. I recently started A Discovery of Witches! Serpent and Dove is at the top of my TBR for the end of the year or beginning of next. And ahh, I love Alice Hoffman (still need to read The Rules of Magic but I adored Practical Magic by her), Wild Beauty and The Raven Cycle.
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I’m glad you connect so much with my choices haha!! The Rules of Magic is so incredible!! Can’t wait for you to read it!
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Ohlala tellement de livres qui me donnent envie 😩😍😭
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hehe ils valent tous le coup!!!
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Je n’ai lu que A Discovery of Witches mais Serpent & Dove et Truthwitch ont l’air pas mal 🙂
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Oui hein 😍😍😍 Truthwitch au final je vais le garder pour Décembre pour avoir plus de temps mais j’ai hâte
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