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Medieval Mystic Women and Their Magical Experiences

May 4, 2026

Magical literature is not only reserved for the genre of fiction; throughout history, it has been written from personal experience and retrieved from memory. Accounts of magical experiences are ubiquitous throughout history, but it is perhaps the memoirs of pious women in the Middle Ages that are best remembered for their "magical" experiences, which can […]

The Best Nonfiction Books About Witches

May 2, 2026

Book Recommendations | Books About Magic

What does it mean to be a witch? How does one get started with witchcraft? This list is geared towards answering these questions. If you’re ready to look deeper into witchcraft's history and complicated relationship with society, take a look at these fascinating nonfiction musings from a few brilliant minds. They may also help point […]

Best Modern Fairy Tale Books

May 2, 2026

Book Recommendations | Library

We all know the genre of the fairy tale retelling, in which classic, familiar tales get rewritten or recast from new perspectives. But there are other ways to riff on fairy tales in contemporary novels. Authors can drop hints of classic tales into their narratives, or they can employ the very craft techniques of fairy […]

Memoirs About Witches and Magic

May 1, 2026

Books About Magic | Featured Reads

Over the years, many witches have told their tales of awakening in memoir form. While the backgrounds and settings of these narratives are all richly unique, what they share is a theme of reclaiming one's power by embarking on an underworld journey that ultimately releases them to eschew cultural pressures and tap into their own […]

The Best Books About Magic and Witches

April 30, 2026

Book Recommendations | Books About Magic

The word "witch" conjures a plethora of images: trick-or-treating children in pointy hats, a woman with a green face riding a broom, a trio of hags chanting over a cauldron. There are many interpretations of witches, and many many hundreds of books about witches, both real and fictional. Typically, fictional books about witches, or "witch […]

Books on Female Hysteria

April 22, 2026

Book Recommendations | Library

For women, madness is a rite of passage. Anne Sexton: “lonely thing, twelve-fingered, out of mind./A woman like that is not a woman, quite./I have been her kind.”1 Taylor Swift: “And there's nothing like a mad woman/What a shame she went mad.”2 Florence Welch: “The magic and the misery, madness and the mystery/Oh, what has […]

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