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Best Modern Fairy Tale Books

November 12, 2025

We all know the genre of "fairy tale rewrite," in which a classic, familiar tale gets rewritten or recast from a new perspective. But there are other ways to riff on fairy tales in contemporary novels: by leaning on them for inspiration and peppering references to them in an original story. Some of these novels […]

Best Book Shops for Witches

November 5, 2025

Books About Magic | Magic & Scholarship

If you're familiar with the term "dark academia" (think bookshelves, libraries, stormy nights, beveled windows, ivy-covered buildings, flickering candles), you know that loving books often comes with the vibe or aesthetic of practicing magic. Bibliophilia is practically a requirement to being an occultist. The smell of paper, the feel of pages flipping through fingers, and […]

Books About Spiritual Gifts

November 3, 2025

Book Recommendations

Mediumship 101 Have you ever wondered what the origin story of a medium looks like? For most, the ability to communicate and interpret messages from the dead began in childhood. For others, it takes major life milestones or traumatic events for gifts to begin taking shape. There's no one size fits all way to become […]

How to Spot a Witch

October 30, 2025

Culture & Magic

We have a bone to pick with Roald Dahl. It’s not that we don’t love his mischievous, real-world tale of witches lurking in 1980s England — we do. The Witches is a classic. It's suspenseful, adventurous, and filled with danger and vivid imagery. But Dahl’s witches are bald, clawed, square-footed, and “allergic” to children. They're […]

Books Like Harry Potter for Adults

October 27, 2025

Book Recommendations

Toto, I don't think we're in Hogwarts anymore. Hogwarts is over, for a variety of reasons (i.e. J.K. Rowling's political views, and the fact that it's been a minute since Harry Potter was novel). The books are distant childhood memories and the movies are outdated and overplayed (especially around Christmas--have you noticed?). Regardless of how […]

The Best Magical Realism Books of All Time

October 21, 2025

Book Recommendations | Books About Magic | Featured Reads

Magical realism is when elements of the fantastic, the otherworldly, the "unreal" slip into day-to-day life. "Unreal" is in quotes because reality is subjective, and good literature's purpose is to present a variety of perspectives and challenge our notion of what's "normal" and "accepted." When used like a lens with a blurring effect, magical realism […]

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