32 Spellbinding Books About Witches That Are Sure to Charm Readers

There's a dash of real history in Rivka Galchen's Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch, but more than anything else, this is a story about just how dangerous community gossip can be. Set in 1618 Germany, the book follows Katharina Kepler, an illiterate widow known for bragging about her children and making herbal remedies. When one of her neighbors, Ursula Reinbold, accuses Katharina of giving her a drink that made her ill, the rest of the community seizes on the idea that she's a witch. This leaves her mathematician son, Johannes, to help his mother form a defense against the outlandish charges before it's too late.