The books span personal narrative, including that of Burroughs, as well as “Initiated: Memoir of a Witch,” by the first-time author and practicing witch Amanda Yates Garcia. (She calls herself the “oracle of Los Angeles.”)

Some of the books are political, such as Lindy West’s “The Witches Are Coming” (based on a similarly titled Times column), which is not actually about witchcraft but misogyny in the #MeToo era. There is “Modern Witchcraft,” by the Wiccan high priestess Deborah Blake, which argues for witchcraft as a female-focused religion, and “Revolutionary Witchcraft,” by Sarah Lyons, a guide to the history and practice of politically motivated magic.

There is fictional witchery in “Hex Life,” a collection of witch stories written by female fantasy authors, and also plenty of self-help. “Bitchcraft: Simple Spells for Everyday Annoyances and Sweet Revenge” is pretty much what it sounds like; “Wild Witch: A Guide to Earth Magic” focuses on magic through plants and herbs. And for those who feel they may need some basics in horticulture to make use of those spells, not to worry: There’s “The Modern Witchcraft Guide to Magickal Herbs” by Judy Ann Nock, the founder of a goddess spirituality group, and “The Witch’s Herbal Apothecary,” by the master herbalist Marysia Miernowska.

“I initially was nervous to publicly call myself a witch,” said Yates Garcia, who performs energetic healings and conducts magic workshops in Los Angeles. “I was brought up practicing witchcraft — my mother was a witch — and even though it does have a lineage in my family, even recently, you couldn’t really say you were a witch.”

And yet it seems the time has come to come out of the so-called broom closet.

There is no perfect way of tracking witches in America, but we do know that Wicca — the religion that has its roots, at least partially, in 1950s England, with a retired civil servant named Gerald Gardner who once tried to hex Hitler — is more popular than ever, according to a number of studies.

[ Meet the “Terry Gross of witches. ]

Not all witches are Wiccan (some are pagan ), and not all Wiccans or pagans practice witchcraft, but you get the point.