To match Suzanne Walker’s writing, Wendy Xu, illustrator and the other co-creator of Mooncakes, has brought the story to endearing, vibrant life and colour. What’s stayed constant since then is her ability to completely ace the emotional beats of any story she chooses to tell, so naturally the same is true for Mooncakes. Suzanne Walker, co-creator and writer of the story, has been a dear friend of mine since our shared fandom days. I’ve been in love with Mooncakes since its webcomic days on tumblr, since before it was published by Oni Press in 2019 in a revised version. If you are looking for a sweet, cozy and ultimately wholesome graphic novel to light up the darker season, you should turn to this adorable, modern-supernatural and intersectionally queer love story about family, belonging and taming one’s (very literal) demons. Here are some LGBTQ+ witch books to add to your bookshelves.Amazon Affiliate Link | Affiliate LinkĪs we’re moving through autumn, Mooncakes is a warm cup of your favourite beverage in book form. Finally, those who want to practice magick themselves can pick up spellbooks by queer authors, like Ariel Gore 's Hexing the Patriarchyor Cassandra Snow's Queering Your Craft.
If nonfiction is more your thing, check out titles like Initiated: Memoir of a Witchby Amanda Yates García or Queer Magic: LGBT+ Spirituality and Culture from Around the Worldby Tomás Prower. If queer, witchy YA is exactly what you're looking for, you can fill your bookshelves with titles like the epic fantasy series Brooklyn Brujasby Zoraida Córdova, the high school romance novel /paranormal adventure These Witches Don't Burnby Isabel Sterling, and the graphic novel Mooncakesby Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu.
"I dare say that queer YA is finally big enough to have its own trends, and this past couple of years, there’s nothing we’ve seen rise further and faster than teenage witches in a whole rainbow of orientations and genders," author and book blogger Dahlia Adler wrote for Tor.com in February. And a similar magical surge has been happening on our bookshelves, with the publishing company Tor Books proclaiming us officially in "the Season of the Witch" earlier this year. From Mel in Charmed to Prudence in the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina to Josie in Legacies, LGBTQ+ witch characters have been casting spells on us through our TV screens over the past few years.
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