Enchanting books about witches When I was growing up, I was terrified of witches and anything that evoked spooky autumnal ...

This book did more than any other to shape how I think about witches. (As with the two novels below, I’ve praised “The Memory Garden” before.) ...

‘The Ruin of All Witches’ Review: Suspicion and Superstition When in 1651 a run of unexplained civic misfortune bedeviled Springfield, Mass., townspeople went looking for a scapegoat. By ...

Whether the witches are good, misunderstood, or just plain wicked — some fun fall fantasy reading options include The Witches of Bone Hill, Night of the Witch, and After the Forest.

The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World Malcolm Gaskill. Knopf, $30 (336p) ISBN 978-0-593-31657-3 ...