These LGBTQ+ Witch Books Will Cast a Spell on You
*adds every single title to my TBR*
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From Mel in Charmed to Prudence in the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina to Josie in Legacies, LGBTQ+ witch characters have been casting spells on us through our TV screens over the past few years. And a similar magical surge has been happening on our bookshelves, with the publishing company Tor Books proclaiming us officially in "the Season of the Witch" earlier this year. "I dare say that queer YA is finally big enough to have its own trends, and this past couple of years, there’s nothing we’ve seen rise further and faster than teenage witches in a whole rainbow of orientations and genders," author and book blogger Dahlia Adler wrote for Tor.com in February.
If queer, witchy YA is exactly what you're looking for, you can fill your bookshelves with titles like the epic fantasy series Brooklyn Brujas by Zoraida Córdova, the high school romance novel/paranormal adventure These Witches Don't Burn by Isabel Sterling, and the graphic novel Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu. If nonfiction is more your thing, check out titles like Initiated: Memoir of a Witch by Amanda Yates García or Queer Magic: LGBT+ Spirituality and Culture from Around the World by Tomás Prower. Finally, those who want to practice magick themselves can pick up spellbooks by queer authors, like Ariel Gore's Hexing the Patriarchy or Cassandra Snow's Queering Your Craft.
Here are some LGBTQ+ witch books to add to your bookshelves.
Zoraida Córdova's Labryinth Lost kicks off the Brooklyn Brujas trilogy, which follows three teen brujas as they develop their powers. In the first book, reluctant bruja Alex finds herself in a love triangle between a brujo, Alex, and her BFF, Rishi.
This anthology features 15 original comics by 17 women, demigirls, and bigender creators of color, all about queer witches of color.
This YA romance follows Yadriel, a trans boy and brujo who accidentally summons the ghost of his high school's bad boy...and then falls for him, hard.
Amanda Yates García's memoir follows her journey to becoming a witch; LitHub named it one of the "Best Queer Debuts of 2019."
This 2020 novel by Sarah Gailey follows a group of six witch friends—some of whom are queer—who have to cover up a prom night murder.
This 2019 graphic novel by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu follows a teen witch, Nova, who discovers that her childhood crush, Tam, is a werewolf. The pair team up to fight dark magic, rekindling their feelings in the process.
Blending history and spirituality, Tomás Prower's 2018 book Queer Magic informs readers about LGBTQ+ spiritual practices around the world.
Published in 2019, this YA novel follows Hannah, a teenage witch who has to team up with her ex-girlfriend and fellow witch, Veronica, to fight dark magic.
In the first book in this YA series, Sideways, an outcast teen lesbian with a very cool name, joins a coven of popular girls in her high school.
Cassandra Snow, author of Queering the Tarot, addresses the practice of magick from a specifically LGBTQ+ point of view, offering incantations, a primer on shadow work, and more.
Set in a fantasy world, Maggie Tokuda-Hall's debut novel follows an orphan Flora who assumes the identity of a pirate named Florian...and falls for Lady Evelyn Hasegawa, a highborn Imperial daughter on her way to an arranged marriage.
This 2017 middle-grade book follows thirteen-year-old Aster, a boy who wants to be a witch...even though in his family, only girls become witches, while boys become shapeshifters.
Seal Press Hexing the Patriarchy: 26 Potions, Spells, and Magical Elixirs to Embolden the Resistance
Ariel Gore's spellbook offers instructions for creating your own spells, potions, and elixirs.
This book—the first in a series—follows two best friends, Johnny, who is gay, and Alison, who is trans. They spend a summer dabbling in magic...until they accidentally cause an earthquake, attracting the attention of an organization dedicated to training young wizards.
Called "joyously, riotously queer" by Kirkus, Reverie follows a young gay man named Kane who wakes up without his memory and discovers magic.
This 2019 anthology features 21 essays from witches, artists, writers, and other creatives about their personal rituals.
This multi-POV adventure/romance based on Irish folklore features a few different queer characters.
Seventeen-year-old Georgina is the latest in a line of women with magical gifts...but hers hasn't yet shown up. During the last summer on her family island before she turns 18, Georgina strikes up a romance with visitor Prue and tries to discover who killed the island's magical bird.
This 2017 anthology features "essays, poetry, art, rage, love, rituals, spells, and musings by, for, and about Queer, Trans, and Intersex Witches."
This bestselling novel set in 1880 New York follows 17-year-old Beatrice, who gets a job as a shop girl for two witches, Eleanor (who is queer) and Adelaide.
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