A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult

This is a non-fiction book about the concept of magic throughout history. If I took a class in college about the history of magic, I could see this being the textbook. It's academic in tone and has great illustrations to accompany the text. It covers a broad range of topics and information without ever going too deep into any one area. I wish it had a better list of sources for further reading about certain topics. I rated it a three because, while informative, it felt redundant at times and the text could have been pared down. An overall definition of magic would have been good too, because by the end it was hard to know what it was I was even reading about, the concept had gotten so broad.

Update: Since reading this book, I've noticed I understand many references I would've missed before. I'd say that means I learned something!