18 books like The curse of the wise woman

What to read after The curse of the wise woman — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Lizzie Dripping Helen Cresswell · 1973 · 112p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Shares Witches with this book.

The boy with two shadows Margaret Mahy · 1971 · ★ 3.6 · 26p · ≈ 52m · Moderate When a witch decides to go on holiday she looks for someone to look after her shadow. But having two shadows to look after, especially when one belongs to a witch, is a big job, as a little boy is about to find out." Shares Witches

Little Broomstick Mary Stewart · 1971 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate A black cat that needs to rescue its brother from a witch's spell enlists the help of a lonely ten-year-old Mary Smith. It is Tib the black cat who leads Mary to the strange flower in the woods. When she discovers a little broomstick shortly afterwards, she is astonished to feel it jump in to action. Before she can gather her wits, it is whisking her over the treetops, above the clouds, and in… Shares Witches

Wizard of Washington Square Jane Yolen · 1969 · 111p · ≈ 3h · Moderate David and Leilah are delighted to meet the wizard who lives in the park until he accidently turns David's dog into a statue and the statue is stolen. Shares Witches

Wicked deeds on a winter's night (Immortals After Dark Book 4) Kresley Cole · 2007 · ★ 4.5 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Kresley Cole’s scorching tale about a jaded werewolf and a captivating young witch in the third novel in the Immortals After Dark series is “one for the keeper shelf” (RT Book Reviews)! Bowen MacRieve of the Lykae clan was nearly destroyed when he lost the one woman meant for him. The ruthless warrior grew even colder, never taking another to his… Shares Witches

Thirteen Kelley Armstrong · 2012 · ★ 4.5 · 472p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Shares Witches with this book.

Of blood and bone Nora Roberts · 2018 · ★ 4.3 · 512p · ≈ 17h · Moderate "They look like an everyday family living an ordinary life. But beyond the edges of this peaceful farm, unimaginable forces of light and dark have been unleashed. Fallon Swift, approaching her thirteenth birthday, barely knows the world that existed before -- the city where her parents lived, now in ruins and reclaimed by nature since the Doom sickened and killed billions. Traveling anywhere is a… Shares Witches

Sidonia the sorceress Wilhelm Meinhold · 1800 · 364p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Shares Witches with this book.

Remember the Tarantella Finola Moorhead · 1987 · 350p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares Witches with this book.

Feathertop Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1996 · 36p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Shares Witches with this book.

The Once and Future Witches Alix E. Harrow · 2020 · ★ 4.5 · 528p · ≈ 17h · Moderate In 1893, there's no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, dark days before the burnings began, but now witching is nothing but tidy charms and nursery rhymes. If the modern woman wants any measure of power, she must find it at the ballot box. But when the Eastwood sisters―James Juniper, Agnes Amaranth, and Beatrice Belladonna―join the suffragists of New Salem, they begin to… Shares Witches

Shadow of night Deborah Harkness · 2012 · ★ 4.5 · 588p · ≈ 19h · Moderate Picking up from A Discovery of Witches’ cliffhanger ending, Shadow of Night takes Diana and Matthew on a trip through time to Elizabethan London, where they are plunged into a world of spies, magic, and a coterie of Matthew’s old friends, the School of Night. As the search for Ashmole 782 deepens and Diana seeks out a witch to tutor her in magic, the net of Matthew’s past tightens around them,… Shares Witches

Witch Barbara Michaels · 1973 · ★ 3.9 · 274p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares Witches with this book.

Shalador's Lady Anne Bishop · 2010 · ★ 4.4 · 476p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Return to the "intense...erotic...and imaginative" (Nancy Kress) world of the national bestselling Black Jewels novels in this sequel to The Shadow Queen. For years the Shalador people suffered the cruelties of the corrupt Queens who ruled them, forbidding their traditions, punishing those who dared show defiance, and forcing many more into hiding. Now that their land has been cleansed of tainted… Shares Witches

Devil-may-care Elizabeth Peters · 1977 · ★ 3.5 · 275p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Ellie is young, rich, engaged and in love. These are the carefree days before marriage and new responsibility, and anything goes --including house-sitting at eccentric Aunt Kate's palatial estate in Burton, Virginia. Ellie feels right at home here with the nearly invisible housekeepers and the plethora of pets, but she soon realizes that there are disturbing secrets about the local aristocracy… Shares Witches

The Witch Family Eleanor Estes · 1960 · ★ 4.0 · 223p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Two little girls who love to draw witches build an elaborate world around the imaginary Old Witch and her family. Shares Witches

Dime Store Magic Kelley Armstrong · 2004 · ★ 4.1 · 415p · ≈ 13h · Moderate From one of today’s most original writers comes the mesmerizing tale of an exceptional young woman caught up in an otherworldly realm where some will stop at nothing to get what they want. Paige Winterbourne was always either too young or too rebellious to succeed her mother as leader of one of the world’s most powerful elite organizations—the American Coven of Witches. Now that she is… Shares Witches

I'm Casting a Spell! Lisa Bullard · 2014 · 24p · ≈ 48m · Light Shares Witches with this book.

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