Rebel Witch is a #1 New York Times bestseller!

Someone pinch me.

Kristen Ciccarelli

Feb 27, 2025

My sincerest apologies for sending two emails in a row, but I have some news…

Rebel Witch is an instant bestseller!

A #1 NYT Bestseller!

A #1 Indie Bestseller!

And a USA Today Bestseller!

Heartless Hunter also jumped back onto all 3 lists this week—hitting the USA Today list for the first time ever.

Thank you so, so much. This would not have happened without you!

I’m completely overwhelmed by the outpouring of love for this book (and series). Thank you for reading Rune & Gideon’s story. For posting about it. For writing reviews. For recommending it to friends and family. It’s astounding to me that you’ve enjoyed their journey as much as I enjoyed writing it.

A reader recently told me that it’s a privilege to get to read these books, but truly the privilege is mine. It is an honor to write books for you. It’s the best job in the world, and I’m both humbled by it and grateful for it.

I’ll leave you with the final paragraph of Rebel Witch’s acknowledgements, which sums up the reason I wrote Rune & Gideon’s story:

[This] is my hope for you, dear reader. It’s the same hope I had for Rune at the beginning of her story. (And for myself, in a way.) I hope you stop caring so much about the opinions of others and allow yourself to live. I hope you find the courage to be unapologetically yourself and start making your life—and maybe even the world—what you and the ones you love need it to be.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

xo Kristen

P.S. Mysterious Galaxy has LOTS of signed copies of Rebel Witch. So does Novel Neighbor. If you want one, they will ship to you!