I live in Massachusetts, just north of Boston and a quick car ride away from Salem. With Halloween two days away, it’s hard not to get caught up in the season. I also got an Amazon.com gift certificate in the mail yesterday, which was destined to be used within 24 hours – I just don’t have that kind of restraint when it comes to books.
Anyway, I finally bought my own copy of Kathleen Kent’s The Heretic’s Daughter after borrowing my friend’s. My purchase got me thinking about my favorite witch-related stories, since I am so close to Salem and Halloween is upon us. So here I present a short list of my favorite “bewitching” books:
- The Crucible by Arthur Miller (classic and sometimes scarily relevant)
- The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
- The Witches by Roald Dahl
- The Heretic’s Daughter by Kathleen Kent
- Wicked by Greogory Maguire
- The Sweep series by Cate Tiernan
- Three Sisters Island trilogy by Nora Roberts
Don’t forget to check back on Friday for the answers to last week’s “Terrifying Trivia of the Literary Kind” quiz.
