Master Book List

General Pagan

Being a Pagan: Druids, Wiccans, and Witches Today; Ellen Evert Hopman & Lawrence Bond
Introduction to Pagan Studies; Barbara Jane Davy

Druid Studies

Magic & Divination

Real Magic: An Introductory Treatise on the Basic Principles of Yellow Magic; Isaac Bonewits
Real Energy: Systems, Spirits, And Substances to Heal, Change, And Grow; Isaac Bonewits
The Druid Magic Handbook; John Michael Greer

Historical

A Brief History of the Druids; Peter Beresford Ellis
A History of Pagan Europe; Prudence Jones @
A World Full of Gods: An Inquiry Into Polytheism; John Michael Greer
Contemporary Druidry: A Historical and Ethnographic Study; Michael T. Cooper
Gods and Myths of Northern Europe; H.R. Ellis-Davidson @
In Search of the Indo-Europeans: Language, Archaeology, and Myth; J.P. Mallory @
The Celts; Frank Delaney
The Celtic Heroic Age: Literary Sources for Ancient Celtic Europe and Early Ireland and Wales; John T. Koch @
The Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory: Why an Invented past Won’t Give Women a Future; Cynthia Eller
The Tain: Translated from the Irish Epic Tain Bo Cuailnge; Thomas Kinsella @
Travels Through Middle Earth; Alaric Albertsson @

“Classic”

Buckland’s Complete Book of Witchcraft; Raymond Buckland
Drawing Down the Moon; Margot Adler
The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess; Starhawk

Other

Chakras for Beginners: A Guide to Balancing Your Chakra Energies; David Pond
Kindling Our Stars: Nurturing Bright and Dark Flames; Genevieve Wood
The Complete Book of Herbs: A Practical Guide to Growing and Using Herbs; Lesley Bremness
Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Crystal, Gem, and Metal Magic; Scott Cunningham
Cunningham’s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs; Scott Cunningham
Shambhala: The Fascinating Truth Behind the Myth of Shangri-La; Victoria LePage
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Celtic Wisdom; Carl McColman @
Pagan Theology: Paganism as a World Religion; Michael York @

Fictional

The Apple and the Thorn; Emma Restall Orr
The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm; Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest; Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling, & Charles Vess

Books I’ve Already Read (good and bad)

Complete Idiot’s Guide to Wicca and Witchcraft; Denise Zimmerman & Katherine Gleason
Confessions of a Teenage Witch; Gwinevere Rain
Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner; Scott Cunningham
The Book of Wizardry: The Apprentice’s Guide to the Secrets of the Wizards’ Guild; Cornelius Rumstuckle

* = currently reading

@ = suggestion from ADF recommended reading