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The Best Witch Romance Books

July 17, 2025

Book Recommendations | Books About Magic

Is love more powerful than magic? (Are the two mutually exclusive?) In witch romance books, love and magic are often pitted against one another (see classic precedents like Alice Hoffman's Practical Magic). The best books about witchy romances put a spotlight on the struggles modern women face as they juggle self-identity with the pursuit of […]

Best Novels About Philosophy

July 10, 2025

It's a powerful thing when a book opens your mind to questions about the human condition, the self, and the nature of existence. Novels that are philosophical in nature take us to fictional worlds that somehow reflect and comment on the human condition better than reality, making you question where you stand and what you […]

The Best Speculative Fiction of 2025

June 30, 2025

Book Recommendations | Featured Reads

Though most associate magic with fantasy books (i.e. dragons, spell-casting, witches, and vampires), magic can also be found in novels about the mundane, everyday world. This is the foundation for magical realism and speculative fiction. This post won't get into the technical or craft considerations for these two genres, but know that there are some. […]

The Best Books About the Magic of Nature - Nonfiction Edition

June 25, 2025

Book Recommendations | Featured Reads | Magic in Nature

If there was any silver lining to 2020’s lockdowns, it was the rediscovery of nature. There's something uniquely rejuvenating about being outside, feeling bare feet on grass, touching bark, tasting ocean spray. Whatever your preferred landscape, the books in this list will inspire and reinvigorate, intertwining drama and self-discovery with the howling call of the […]

Top Fantasy and Romance Books

June 18, 2025

Book Recommendations

This year in literature is proof that we're living in a romance and fantasy heyday. As we hit the halfway mark in 2025, readers are already settled in for wild, heart-tugging rides that open our imaginations and awaken our pining. Which reads count as the top fantasy and romance books of 2025? Here's a peek […]

The Spell Lives On: 5 Memoirs About Witches and Magic

June 6, 2025

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 […]

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