Books like Naming the Witch by Kimberly B. Stratton

The Witches is a dark fantasy for children by Roald Dahl that follows a young boy and his grandmother as they confront a secret society of child‑hating witches ruled by the Grand High Witch.

A historian uncovers an alchemical manuscript that awakens a hidden world of witches, vampires, and daemons in Oxford, compelling her to confront long‑held fears and a forbidden romance.

A tale of witches, neurosurgeons, and secrets in New Orleans, exploring the power of the past and the present.

Tea, a bone witch feared for her death magic, is taught to wield elemental power by an older bone witch, forcing her to confront danger and decide between good and evil.

Set amid the 1640s English witch trials, former conspirator Alice returns to her brother’s house to uncover family secrets and the dark truth behind Matthew Hopkins’ hunts.

The Story of the Salem Witch Trials is a comprehensive history of the infamous 1692 witch-hunts in Salem, Massachusetts, providing a unique and accessible approach to an often misunderstood subject. It covers the complex decisions made by those responsible for the trials and highlights their actions that turned an otherwise minor event into a crisis that has captivated American history for over three centuries.

An overview of the Salem witch trials, covering their Puritan roots, the accusations, and the social hysteria that defined the event.

Paula Brackston’s sequel to The Witch’s Daughter, The Return of the Witch, follows love and magic as Elizabeth, Gideon, and Tegan navigate a world of witches and warlocks in search of freedom and redemption.

In a culture where the supernatural possessed an immediacy now strange to us, magic was of great importance both in the literary and mythic tradition and in ritual practice. Recently, ancient magic has hit a high in popularity, both as an area of scholarly inquiry and as one of general,popular interest. In Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds Daniel Ogden presents three hundred texts in new translations, along with brief but explicit commentaries. This is the first book in the field to unite extensive selections from both literary and documentary sources.Alongside descriptions of sorcerers, witches, and ghosts in the works of ancient writers, it reproduces curse tablets, spells from ancient magical recipe books, and inscriptions from magical amulets. Each translation is followed by a commentary that puts it in context within ancient culture andconnects the passage to related passages in this volume....