5 Fantasy Books about WITCHES (for teens)

Grimoires, books of shadows, hexes and spells... Never has it been a more exciting time for witchery!

Witchy folklore has influenced so much of our culture, from hearth and home witches to sea and green witches, to simple superstition towards them from the non-magical, it is no surprise so many authors have been inspired to write about them and all the incredible, and sometimes scary, things they can do.

The selection of top fantasy witchy teen books below are reads you most definitely will not want to miss, set in fantastical worlds where the stakes are high and just one witch can change the course of history, save family or even friends.

If you're looking for a new take on a familiar witch, Sabrina will have you spellbound with a foot in the human world and the other intertwined with magic. If you're after a darker high fantasy, The Bone Witch or Labyrinth Lost are bound to lure you into fantastical worlds. And why not check out Sea Witch, if you love fairy tale twists?

Ready to be bewitched? We're about to put a spell on you with these top five witch fantasy books...

Georgina Atwell

Toppsta

2023-04-20

5 Fantasy Books about WITCHES (for teens)

The Bone Witch

Tea can raise the dead, but resurrection comes at a price...

When Tea accidentally resurrects her brother, Fox, from the dead, she learns she is different from the other witches in her family. Her gift for necromancy means that she's a bone witch, a title that makes her feared and ostracized by her community. But Tea finds solace and guidance with an older, wiser bone witch, who takes Tea and her brother to another land for training.

Riveting and atmospheric, The Bone Witch is perfect for readers looking for witch novels for adults and teens stories with diverse representation and multicultural influences dark fantasy.

A story of scorned witches, sinister curses, and resurrection, The Bone Witch is the start of a dark fantasy trilogy, perfect for fans of Serpent & Dove and The Cruel Prince.

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Season of the Witch (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: Netflix tie-in novel)

From the creator of Riverdale comes the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, a new NETFLIX series based on the classic Archie comic series. This prequel YA novel tells an all-new, original story.

It's the summer before her sixteenth birthday, and Sabrina Spellman knows her world is about to change. She's always studied magic and spells with her aunts, Hilda and Zelda. But she's also lived a normal mortal life - attending Baxter High, hanging out with her friends Susie and Roz, and going to the movies with her boyfriend, Harvey Kinkle. Now time is running out on her every day, normal world, and leaving behind Roz and Susie and Harvey is a lot harder than she thought it would be. Especially because Sabrina isn't sure how Harvey feels about her. Her cousin Ambrose suggests performing a spell to discover Harvey's true feelings. But when a mysterious wood spirit interferes, the spell backfires in a big way.

Sabrina has always been attracted to the power of being a witch. But now she can't help wondering if that power is leading her down the wrong path. Will she choose to forsake the path of light and follow the path of night?

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The Witch of Salt and Storm

Sixteen-year-old Avery Roe wants only to take her rightful place as the sea witch of Prince Island, making the charms that keep the island's whalers safe and prosperous at sea. But before she could learn how to control her power, her mother - the first Roe woman in centuries to turn her back on magic - steals Avery away from her grandmother. Avery must escape before her grandmother dies, taking with her the secrets of the Roe's power.

The one magical remnant left to Avery is the ability to read dreams, and one night she foresees her own murder. Time is running short, both for her and for the people of her island who need the witches' help to thrive.

Avery has never read a dream that hasn't come true, but a tattooed harpoon boy named Tane tells her he can help her change her fate. Becoming a witch may prevent her murder and save her island from ruin, but Avery discovers it will also require a sacrifice she never expected. And as she falls in love with Tane, she learns it is his life and hers that hang in the balance.

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Sea Witch

The fairy tale you thought you knew...

The story of the Sea Witch, the villainess from Hans Christian Anderson's classic tale The Little Mermaid, told from the viewpoint of the Sea Witch when she was a twelve-year-old girl...

Evie has been wracked with guilt ever since her best friend, Anna, drowned. So when a girl appears on shore with an uncanny resemblance to Anna, Evie befriends her in an effort to make amends. And as the two girls catch the eyes - and hearts - of two charming princes, Evie believes that she might finally have a chance at happy ever after. But is Evie's new friend really who she says she is?

A gripping story of friendship, betrayal and the power of hope...

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Labyrinth Lost

Nothing says Happy Birthday like summoning the spirits of your dead relatives.

Alex is a bruja, the most powerful witch in a generation...and she hates magic. At her Deathday celebration, Alex performs a spell to rid herself of her power. But it backfires. Her whole family vanishes into thin air, leaving her alone with Nova, a brujo boy she can't trust. A boy whose intentions are as dark as the strange marks on his skin.

The only way to get her family back is to travel with Nova to Los Lagos, a land in-between, as dark as Limbo and as strange as Wonderland...

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5 Fantasy Books about WITCHES (for teens)

The Bone Witch

Season of the Witch (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: Netflix tie-in novel)

The Witch of Salt and Storm

Sea Witch

Labyrinth Lost

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