Looking for something to read for Halloween but are easily scared by horror and disgusted by graphic descriptions of gore? Try one of these reads featuring witches or hauntings that is cozier and more atmospheric than outright bloodcurdling and stomach churning.
- Witches’ Bane by Susan Wittig Albert
- Howloween Murder by Laurien Berenson
- Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
- Death Overdue by Allison Brook
- The Whispering Dead by Darcy Coates
- Dead Cold Brew by Cleo Coyle
- Thirteenth Child by Erin A. Craig
- A Catered Costume Party and A Catered Halloween by Isis Crawford
- The Lost Witch by Paige Crutcher
- Vampires, Bones and Treacle Scones by Kaitlyn Dunnett
- Rise and Divine by Lana Harper
- Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
- Weyward by Emilia Hart
- Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
- The Scarlet Veil and Serpent and Dove by Shelby Mahurin
- Bewitched by You by Kendra Mase
- Wild and Wicked Things by Francesca May
- Candy Corn Murder and Haunted House Murder by Leslie Meier
- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
- The Honey Witch by Sydney Shields
- The Kiss Curse by Erin Sterling