Witches book series in reading order

by Daisy Meadows

by Kim Harrison

by Isobel Bird

by Jill Murphy

by Fiona Horne

by L.J. Smith

by Anne Bishop

by Dolores Stewart Riccio

by E.D. Baker

by Mercedes Lackey

by Serena Valentino

by Christopher Pike

by Chris Colfer

by Janet Evanovich

by Bill Willingham

by Rhyannon Byrd

by Craig Schaefer

by Nora Roberts

Daisy Meadows is the name on the Rainbow Magic children's books, a fantasy line whose subjects include fairies, goblins, Jack Frost and two girls, Kirsty Tate and Rachel Walker. The catalogue opens in 2003 with colour-fairy titles such as Ruby the Red Fairy, Amber the Orange Fairy and Fern the Green Fairy, and runs to Nur the Vlogger Fairy (2023). Sub-series include the Weather, Jewel, Party, Pet Keeper, Dance, Ocean and Showtime Fairies. Magic Animal Friends appears under the same name.

Wanda Coven writes children's fiction, with 62 books catalogued from 2012 to 2026. Heidi Heckelbeck Has a Secret (2012) opens the list, alongside Heidi Heckelbeck Casts a Spell, Heidi Heckelbeck Gets Glasses and Heidi Heckelbeck and the Cookie Contest from the same year. The newest title is Henry Heckelbeck at the Mega Magic Mart (2026). Subjects include witches, magic, schools, best friends, pets and family life. Coven is still publishing.

Cate Tiernan is the pen name of Gabrielle Charbonnet, an American author. The Sweep books are her best known work under the Tiernan name, following a cast of high school students through Wiccan practice; the same series is published as Wicca in the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands and Australia, and as White Magic in Italy and France. Balefire and Immortal Beloved follow it. Under her own name Charbonnet is known for the Princess, American Gold Gymnasts and Disney Girls children's books. Twenty-three titles run from 2001 to Darkest Fear (2014).

Terry Pratchett

148 books• 18 series

Terry Pratchett (28 April 1948 to 12 March 2015) was an English author, humorist and satirist. Discworld, a run of 41 comic fantasy novels published from 1983 to 2015, is the work most associated with Pratchett, together with Good Omens (1990), written with Neil Gaiman. The Carpet People (1971) was the first Pratchett novel, and The Colour of Magic (1983) opened Discworld. The Shepherd's Crown, the last Discworld novel, came out in August 2015, five months after Pratchett's death. The catalogue also lists the Long Earth, Bromeliad Trilogy and Johnny Maxwell series, with The Discworld Bestiary dated 2026.

Diana Wynne Jones (16 August 1934 to 26 March 2011) was a British novelist, poet, academic, critic and short story writer. The speculative fiction of Diana Wynne Jones for children and young adults is usually called fantasy but draws on science fiction ideas such as time travel and parallel universes, along with realism. The Chrestomanci heptalogy, the Dalemark Quartet, the Moving Castle trilogy, Dark Lord of Derkholm and The Tough Guide to Fantasyland rank among the best-known works. The catalogue lists 61 books, from Changeover (1970) and The Ogre Downstairs (1974) to The Islands of Chaldea (2014). Magic, witches and wizards run through the subjects.

Joseph Delaney

33 books• 6 series

Joseph Delaney was an English author of dark fantasy for children, and the Spook's books, listed also as the Last Apprentice or Wardstone Chronicles, are the work he is known for. The Spook's Apprentice (2004) began that series, which draws on the folklore, history and landscape of Lancashire and has sold more than 4.5 million copies across 30 countries. Delaney taught before publishing, and his earliest fiction appeared under the pen name J.K. Haderack, starting with Mercer's Whore (1997). 33 catalogued titles end with Wulf's War (2023). Delaney lived from 1945 to 2022.

Paranormal romance is the core of the Yasmine Galenorn catalogue, where subject tags name witches, vampires, fairies, shapeshifting, witchcraft and women mediums. 141 books are listed between 1997 and 2026. Early entries include Trancing the Witch's Wheel (1997), Embracing the Moon (1998), Tarot Journeys (1999) and Magical Meditations (2003), and a non-fiction heading sits among the series. Otherworld, Indigo Court and the Chintz 'n China Mystery recur as headings, alongside Wild Hunt, Moonshadow Bay, Bewitching Bedlam, Fury Unbound and Starlight Hollow. Yasmine Galenorn is still publishing.

Kim Harrison

43 books• 8 series

Kim Harrison is the pen name of American author Dawn Cook, born September 30, 1966. The Hollows, an urban fantasy series that hit #1 on the New York Times list, features Rachel Morgan. Harrison has also written young adult fiction and science thrillers, scripted two Hollows graphic novels and published traditional fantasy as Dawn Cook. The catalogue counts 44 books from Dead Witch Walking (2004) through Secondhand Luck (2026), with Absolute Demon set for 2027. Witches, vampires, demonology and Cincinnati recur in the subject headings.

Deborah Blake writes on Wicca and witchcraft and also writes paranormal romance. Titles in the catalogue include Circle, Coven & Grove (2007), Everyday Witch A to Z (2008), The Goddess is in the Details (2009) and Witchcraft on a Shoestring (2010), with subjects such as goddess religion, rites and ceremonies and tarot. Blake's series include Baba Yaga, Broken Riders, Veiled Magic and Catskills Pet Rescue Mystery. The catalogue counts 42 books, and Wickedly Wishful (2025) is the newest.

Isobel Bird's 15 catalogued books all appeared in 2001 and 2002 and belong to the Circle of Three series. The books are young adult fiction about witches, Wicca and witchcraft, and friendship and magic are also recorded subjects. So Mote It Be (2001) is listed as the first title. Other 2001 titles include Merry Meet, Second Sight, Blue Moon, In the Dreaming, Making the Saint, Ring of Light, The Five Paths, The House of Winter and Through the Veil. Initiation (2002) is the last book, and the run is likely complete.

Juliet Blackwell writes cozy mysteries. The Witchcraft Mystery series and the Haunted Home Renovation Mystery series are the two named series, and standalone novels and novellas sit beside them. The catalogue counts 30 books from Secondhand Spirits (2009) to The Séance Garden (2026). Witches, magic, San Francisco, vintage clothing, remodeling and women business owners appear in the subject tags.

Lisa Jane Smith (1958-2025), writing as L.J. Smith, produced young adult horror and fantasy about vampires, witches and the supernatural. The Vampire Diaries is her best known series and was adapted for television; Night World, the Secret Circle and Dark Visions sit beside it. Both The Vampire Diaries and Night World reached the New York Times bestseller list, and Smith's books took five award nominations. Fifty-four titles run from The Night of the Solstice (1987) to Paradise Lost (2014).

James Patterson

510 books• 73 series

James Patterson, born on March 22, 1947, is an American writer whose catalogue here holds 514 books published from 1976 to 2027. The run opens with The Thomas Berryman Number (1976), and Along Came a Spider (1992) and Kiss the Girls (1995) follow later. Alex Cross, Michael Bennett, Maximum Ride, Daniel X, Witch & Wizard, NYPD Red, Private, Middle School and the Women's Murder Club are among the Patterson series, alongside standalone thrillers, non-fiction and romance. Marshall Karp shares the credit on 5 of the books. Patterson's sales exceed 425 million copies, and Patterson was the first person to sell one million e-books. Forbes ranked Patterson the highest-paid author in 2016, for a third year running, and the National Book Foundation gave Patterson the Literarian Award in November 2015. 27 Stars is scheduled for 2027.

Kelley Armstrong, born 14 December 1968, is a Canadian writer working mainly in fantasy since 2001. Thirty-one fantasy novels carry the Armstrong name, thirteen of them in Women of the Otherworld, five in Cainsville, six in the Rockton books, and three each in Darkest Powers, Darkness Rising and Age of Legends. Armstrong also wrote the Nadia Stafford crime trilogy, three standalone teen thrillers, and the middle-grade Blackwell Pages trilogy with Melissa Marr. The catalogue runs to 177 titles, from Bitten (2001) to Last Resort at Haven's Rock, scheduled for 2027, with subjects including werewolves, witches, vampires and the supernatural.

Raymond Buckland (1934–2017), craft name Robat, was an English writer on Wicca and the occult and a high priest in the Gardnerian and Seax-Wica traditions. Witchcraft from the Inside (1971) records Buckland as the first person in the United States to openly practise Wicca, and Buckland brought the Gardnerian lineage to the country in 1964 after initiation in Britain by Monique Wilson. The catalogue holds 53 books, including Buckland's Book of Saxon Witchcraft (1974) and Color Magick (1983), plus the Bram Stoker Mystery and Penny Court Enquirers Mystery series.

Jill Murphy

34 books• 2 series

Jill Murphy (1949-2021) was a British author and illustrator of children's books, first published by Allison & Busby in 1974. The Worst Witch novels, which follow Mildred Hubble at a school for witches, and the Large Family picture books about elephants are the two series, and both reached stage and television. The catalogue holds 34 titles from My Teddy (1973) to Just One of Those Days (2020), most of them about 40 pages, taking in Peace At Last (1980), Whatever Next! (1983) and Five Minutes' Peace (1986).

Nora Roberts

279 books• 37 series

Nora Roberts, born Eleanor Marie Robertson on October 10, 1950, is an American writer of romance under that name. As J. D. Robb, Roberts writes police procedurals with science-fiction elements, and has also published as Jill March and, in the UK, as Sarah Hardesty. This listing carries 280 Roberts books, opening with Irish Thoroughbred (1981); The Missing is scheduled for 2027. Series on the page include the In Death Universe, the MacGregors, Night Tales, the Calhoun Women, the Chesapeake Bay Saga, Irish Hearts and the O'Hurleys.

Mercedes Lackey

230 books• 52 series

Valdemar, a country in the world of Velgarth, is the setting for many of Mercedes Lackey's interlinked fantasy novels and trilogies. Lackey, an American writer born on June 24, 1950, brings human and non-human protagonists from many cultures together in the Valdemar books. A second Lackey setting resembles Earth but hides populations of elves, mages, vampires and other mythical beings. Bedlam's Bard follows a young man who works magic through music, SERRAted Edge features elves who race cars, and the Diana Tregarde thrillers star a Wiccan fighting evil. Arrows of the Queen (1987), Arrow's Flight (1987) and Arrow's Fall (1988) are among the listed titles, and Elemental Masters and Five Hundred Kingdoms are further series.

Witchcraft and murder meet in Shirley Damsgaard's Ophelia & Abby Mysteries. Eight books are catalogued between 2005 and 2011: Witch Way to Murder (2005), Charmed to Death and The Trouble With Witches (2006), The Witch Is Dead and Witch Hunt (2007), The Witch's Grave (2008), The Seventh Witch (2010) and Shadow Tales (2011). Librarians, psychics and ghosts fill the subject list.

Adam Blade is the name used by a small collective of authors who write Beast Quest, along with Team Hero, Beast Quest: New Blood and Space Wars. Beast Quest has sold more than 11 million copies. The catalogue lists 288 Adam Blade books from 2007 to 2024, opening with titles such as Ferno The Fire Dragon, Sepron The Sea Serpent and Cypher the Mountain Giant (all 2007) and reaching Pirano the Water Dragon (2024). Monsters, quests, heroes and cyborgs appear in the subjects, along with the fictional characters Tom, Elenna and Max.

Mel Odom's 86 catalogued books range from Lethal Interface (1992) to The Legend of Bass Reeves (2025). Subjects list television tie-ins, children's fiction, science fiction, fantasy, mystery, vampires, witches and Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Series include Bass Reeves Frontier Marshal, Rover, Left Behind: Apocalypse, Hunter's League, Blackpool Mysteries, Hellgate: London, Makaum War and F.R.E.E.Lancers, and Forgotten Realms and Net Force appear among the characters.

Debbie Viguié, an American author born in 1973, co-wrote the Wicked series with Nancy Holder. The catalogue lists 71 Viguié books from 2003 to 2026, starting with Curse, Legacy, Midnight Pearls and Spellbound in 2003. Subject tags include vampires, witches, werewolves, murder and Christian life. The Fall of Candy Corn, The Summer of Cotton Candy and The Winter of Candy Canes all appeared in 2008. Series include Psalm 23 Mysteries, Kiss Trilogy, Sweet Seasons, Wolf Springs Chronicles and Salty Tale Mystery, and one book is shared with Constance M. Burge.

Fiona Horne is an Australian singer, born 24 June 1966, who fronted the electro-rock band Def FX and went on to write books on modern witchcraft. Horne has also worked in radio and television, and later became a commercial pilot, humanitarian aid worker, skydiver with a world record, fire dancer, yoga instructor and freediver. The catalogue lists 14 books from 2001 to 2021, from Seven Days to a Magickal New You (2001) to Teen Magick: Witchcraft for a New Generation (2021). Subject tags include witchcraft, covens, magic and memoir.

Bailey Cates writes the Magical Bakery Mystery books, which mix baking with witches, charms and magic. The catalogue lists 12 books from 2012 to 2026, the earliest being Bewitched, Bothered, and Biscotti (2012) and Brownies and Broomsticks (2012). Charms and Chocolate Chips (2013), Spells and Scones (2016) and Witches and Wedding Cake (2020) are later titles. Rituals and Rolling Pins (2026) is the newest. Subjects include bakeries, aunts, murder and women sleuths.