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Books like Fairy Tales Forever: 9 series to read next

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

Fairy Tales Forever is 1 book, from 2016.

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Tolkien's legendarium
Folktales
Ravenspire
Gilded Duology
The School for Good and Evil
A Thousand Nights
Fairy Tale stories
The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieu
Narnia

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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FolktalesSeries

seriesRobin McKinley3 books1978

Fairy tale retelling and fantasy, 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

Start with Beauty →

RavenspireSeries

seriesC. J. Redwine4 books2016

Fairy tale retelling and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Ravenspire retells classic fairy tales as loosely connected stories set in a shared fantasy world, beginning with a Snow White-inspired tale in which a princess must reclaim her father's throne from a queen who seized it through dark magic.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Shadow Queen →

Gilded DuologySeries

seriesMarissa Meyer2 books2021

About curses.

“Long ago cursed by the god of lies, a poor miller’s daughter has developed a talent for spinning stories that are fantastical and spellbinding and entirely untrue.”
from the catalogue description of Gilded

Start with Gilded →

The School for Good and EvilSeries

seriesSoman Chainani8 books2013

Adventurous in tone, about magic schools.

“After their fortunes are reversed, Agatha is taken to the School for Good while Sophie is taken to the School for Evil, their friendship is put to the test.”
from the catalogue description
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A Thousand NightsSeries

seriesE. K. Johnston2 books2015

Fairy tale retelling and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“Lo-Melkhiin killed three hundred girls before he came to her village, looking for a wife.”
from the catalogue description

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Fairy Tale storiesSeries

seriesMercedes Lackey2 books1996

About curses.

Start with Firebird →

The Old Kingdom / Abhorsen milieuSeries

seriesGarth Nix11 books1995

Fantasy, set in secondary world.

Start with An Essay on Free Magic: (A manuscript fragment from the Great Library of the Clayr) →

NarniaUniverse

universe38 books1950

Portal fantasy.

“Once there is a wardrobe at the back of a spare room, and behind the fur coats the wood gives way to snow, and a lamp-post burns alone among the trees.”
from the catalogue description

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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.

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What should I read after Fairy Tales Forever?: Tolkien's legendarium — the closest match to Fairy Tales Forever on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Fairy Tales Forever?: Cinderella Dreams of Fire. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Fairy Tales Forever.
How big is Fairy Tales Forever?: Fairy Tales Forever is 1 book, from 2016.

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