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Books like Fairy Tale stories: 9 series to read next

Fairy Tale stories is fantasy and fairy tale retelling, about curses, set in secondary world. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Fairy Tale stories is 2 books, 1996–1999.

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Folktales
Tolkien's legendarium
Saga of the Unfated
Russian / Jewish Fairy Tales Retold
Once Upon a Broken Heart
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Enchanted (Gail Carson Levine)
The Sharing Knife
Earthsea

FolktalesSeries

seriesRobin McKinley3 books1978

Fantasy and fairy tale retelling, set in secondary world.

“Almost 20 years later, McKinley returned to the same material with her 1997 novel Rose Daughter.”
from the catalogue description of Beauty

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Tolkien's legendariumUniverse

universe163 books1923

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Before the seas were bent and the mountains raised, there was Music — and from that Music came Arda, and in the west of Middle-earth the long defeat and stubborn hope of those who dwell there.”
from the catalogue description

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Saga of the UnfatedSeries

seriesDanielle L. Jensen2 books2024

Romantasy, about prophecy and gods.

“Bound in an unwanted marriage, Freya spends her days gutting fish, but dreams of becoming a warrior.”
from the catalogue description of A Fate Inked in Blood

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Russian / Jewish Fairy Tales RetoldSeries

seriesNaomi Novik4 books2015

Fantasy and fairy tale retelling, set in secondary world.

“The two books share no characters or setting, only Novik's method of building a novel around one inherited folk tale.”
from the catalogue description

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Once Upon a Broken HeartSeries

seriesStephanie Garber4 books2021

Romantasy.

“Once Upon a Broken Heart and its sequels follow the fallout of that bargain across a fairy-tale-inflected world of curses and dangerous magic.”
from the catalogue description

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A Court of Thorns and RosesSeries

seriesSarah J. Maas6 books2015

Romantasy, about fae.

“There are currently five novels in the series, with the sixth scheduled to release on October 27, 2026, and the seventh on January 12, 2027.”
from the catalogue description
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Enchanted (Gail Carson Levine)Series

seriesGail Carson Levine5 books1997

About coming of age.

“Fairest moves to the neighboring kingdom of Ayortha for a take on Snow White, with later volumes continuing to draw on other tales within the same connected world.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Ella Enchanted →

EarthseaUniverse

universe19 books1964

Epic fantasy, reflective in tone.

“There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”
from the catalogue description

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Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Fairy Tale stories?: Folktales — the closest match to Fairy Tale stories on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Fairy Tale stories?: Firebird. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Fairy Tale stories.
How big is Fairy Tale stories?: Fairy Tale stories is 2 books, 1996–1999.

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