The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
#3594.02 in the official ranking · full ranking
Books 1 book Status Complete 2022 Reading commitment Low Sangu Mandanna Last reviewed 2026-08-25
Overview
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches follows Mika Moon, a reclusive witch who has spent her life keeping her distance from other people after being taught that witches must live in hiding and alone, until she reluctantly takes in three orphaned child witches at a crumbling countryside house. Published by Sangu Mandanna in 2022 as a standalone novel, it traces Mika's growing attachment to the children and to the adults caring for them as she finds a found family and a found home in the process, in a warm, low-stakes cozy fantasy register rather than one built around external threat or high magical stakes. The novel was a notable commercial success in the wave of 2020s cozy and romantic fantasy, and it remains a separate story from Mandanna's other admitted series, set instead in a magical bookshop, with no shared characters or setting between the two.
Cozy fantasy · For Adult
Core Canon: Reading Order (1 work) counts toward ranking
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches (2022) core · 4.02 (410,735 ratings)
Quick answers
- How many books are in The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches? The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches's Core Canon is 1 book.
- Is The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches finished? Complete (2022).
- How much reading does The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches take? Low reading commitment (estimated from 1 Core Canon book).
- How is The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches ranked? #359 in this site's official ranking, based on 410,735 reader ratings across 1 Core Canon book. See the full ranking for how this is calculated.
Why is it ranked #359?
Ranked #359 in the official ranking.
- Average reader rating of 4.02 across 1 core book.
- Backed by 411k reader ratings.
- Less than 0.01 behind #358, Ella Enchanted (a finer tie-break level decides the order).
- Below the top-10 average of 4.45.
- A single standalone novel: ranked on that one book alone.
Why explore this universe?
Well rated · 1 book · Complete · 411k ratings · Ranks #359 overall
Good choice if you want a quick, low-commitment cozy fantasy universe that's already finished, so there's no wait for the next book.
Reading order
A single Core Canon work: no sequencing question to resolve.
Awards (verified)
- No awards found for this universe.
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Research details
Ranking metrics: weighted average 4.02 across 410,735 ratings on 1 Core Canon book. See Why is it ranked here? above for the full breakdown, or the full ranking.
How do we know this?
Admission: Admit The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches (Sangu Mandanna) accepted 2026-08-25
Sources: (see source tier definitions)
Last reviewed: 2026-08-26
Rule: Core Canon covers the single standalone novel, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches (2022).