There are witches, there are wizards, there is Hogwarts. But sometimes a story doesn’t really fit into any of these categories, it just has that beautiful, lingering hint of… magic.
Series
- Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (Legacy of Orisha #1)
- Bitterburn by Ann Aguirre (Gothic Fairytales #1)
- Hidden Legacy series by Ilona Andrews
- The Watchmaker’s Daughter by C.J. Archer (Glass and Steele #1)
- Queene of Light by Jennifer L. Armintrout (Lightworld / Darkworld #1)
- Cursed Luck by Kelley Armstrong (Cursed Luck #1)
- Shadow and Bone Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo
- Triplet Witch Trilogy by Annette Blair
- Works Like Magick series by Annette Blair
- Hurog Duology by Patricia Briggs
- Sianim series by Patricia Briggs
- Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher (Codex Alera #1)
- The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton (The Belles #1)
- Conjuring Max by Carolyn Crane (Code of Shadows #0.5)
- Curse of the Black Swan by Alyssa Day (League of the Black Swan #1.5)
- Something Dark and Holy series by Emily A. Duncan
- We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal (Sands of Arawiya #1)
- Drake Sisters series by Christine Feehan
- Sisters of the Heart series by Christine Feehan
- The Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne
- Beautiful Beast by E.J. Hill (Beautiful Queens #1)
- Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman (Practical Magic #2)
- The Goblin King by Shona Husk (Shadowlands #1)
- The Mage Wars by Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon
- Breath of Magic by Cheyenne McCray (Magic #3.5)
- Ordinary Magic series by Devon Monk
- Stealing Snow series by Danielle Paige
- These Rebel Waves by Sara Raasch (Stream Raiders #1)
- Witchy series by Ariel Slamet Ries
- Sixty-Six Seconds by Craig Schaefer (Daniel Faust Companion)
- The Study Series by Maria V. Snyder
- The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White (Camelot Rising #1)
Short story collections
Standalones – Novels
- Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
- Spellhorn by Berlie Doherty
- Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Standalones – Novellas
Standalones – Short stories
- The Closed Window by A.C. Benson
- The Last Witch by James Bibby
- The Walker Behind by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Last Rites by Louise Cooper
- Eternal Altercation by Peter Crowther
- In the Realm of Dragons by Esther M. Friesner
- Wizard Home Security by Victor Gischler
- The Blue Pebble by Shirley Kennedy
- “…Or Forever Hold Your Peace” by Susan Krinard
- The Rite Stuff by Michael Kurland
- Villaggio Sogno by Richard A. Lupoff
- Spellcaster 2.0 by Jonathan Maberry
- Winter’s Kiss by Melissa Marr
- Master of Chaos by Michael Moorcock
- Timekeeper by John Morressy
- The Witch’s Bicycle by Tim Pratt
- To Become a Sorcerer by Darrell Schweitzer
- Disillusioned by Lawrence Schimel & Mike Resnick
- Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells by Delia Sherman
- Trinity Blue by Eve Silver
- The Projected Girl by Lavie Tidhar