Into the Forest discussion

Here is the place to discuss the books you read, original tale, collection of tales, retelling or novel inspired by fairy/folk tales and mythology where there is a character (s) who is a “Magic User” Includes witches, warlocks, wizards, mages, necromancers, etc.

Howls Moving castle would fall into this category. love those books

Howl’s Moving Castle
Castle in the Air
House of Many Ways

I've only read the first book in the series. I really should finish the last two books.

Netanella wrote: "Howl’s Moving Castle
Castle in the Air
House of Many Ways

I've only read the first book in the series. I really should finish the last two books."

I've read the first two books, but not the third!

Here are some recs, though I suspect this one will be pretty easy for people?

-Terry Pratchett's Witches or Tiffany Aching series
-Sorcerer to the Crown
-The House in the Cerulean Sea
-The Once and Future Witches
-The Magician’s Daughter
-Uprooted
-Of Sorrow and Such
-Mooncakes
-The Year of the Witching
-The Okay Witch
-Ordinary Monsters
-Juniper & Thorn
-The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
-Dreadful
-A Sorceress Comes to Call
-A Rose by Any Other Name

I just finished the following for this prompt.

Hekate - The Witch by Nikita Gill - 01.09.2026

The Bewitching which I mentioned in the Academics Alchemist thread could also double as a magic user for this prompt
Bitter Greens is an excellent kind of retelling of Rapunzel from the pov of the witch.
Snow in Summer is a retelling of Snow White set in the Appalachians, so has a witch
After the Forest a wonderful novel influenced by Hansel and Gretel.
Of course you can always go to the source and read the original tales:

Italian Folktales
Wonder Tales: Six French Stories of Enchantment
The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm

Sorry, all of these mentioned had the more traditional evil witches. For more benevolent magic users I think Juliet Marillier has a lot of them. She an author who’s books I really enjoy while reading them, but over the years they all kind of blur together