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Books like Fairytales Slashed: 9 series to read next

Fairytales Slashed is fantasy. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Fairytales Slashed is 20 books, 2010–2017.

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Folktales
Once Upon a Broken Heart
Narnia
Once Upon Anthologies
Karou
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Peter Pan
Once Upon / Faery
Once Upon a Time

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

Start with Beauty →

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

Start with Once Upon a Broken Heart →

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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Once Upon AnthologiesSeries

seriesuncredited, C. Gockel & Phaedra Weldon9 books2015

Fantasy and fairy tale retelling.

Start with Once Upon a Curse: 17 Dark Faerie Tales →

KarouSeries

seriesLaini Taylor4 books2011

“From copyright page: Seventeen year old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters - the chimerae who form the only family she has ever known.”
from the catalogue description of Daughter of Smoke & Bone
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Daughter of Smoke & Bone →

A Court of Thorns and RosesSeries

seriesSarah J. Maas6 books2015

Romantasy.

“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
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with A Court of Thorns and Roses →

Peter PanUniverse

universe112 books1902

Fantasy.

“Second star to the right, and straight on till morning — and there it is, the island that every child dreams once and then, growing up, contrives to forget.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Peter Pan →

Once Upon / FaerySeries

seriesDennis L. McKiernan5 books2001

Set in fairyland.

“From the bestselling author of the Mithgar novels comes a new version of a classic French fairy tale.”
from the catalogue description of Once Upon a Winter's Night

Start with Once Upon a Winter's Night →

Once Upon a TimeSeries

seriesCameron Dokey, Debbie Viguié, Suzanne Weyn, Liz Braswell & Nancy Holder18 books2002

“Cursed at birth, Aurore is fated to prick her finger at the age of sixteen and sleep for one hundred years -- until a prince awakens her with a kiss.”
from the catalogue description of Beauty Sleep

Start with Beauty Sleep →

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.

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What should I read after Fairytales Slashed?: Folktales — the closest match to Fairytales Slashed on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Fairytales Slashed?: Fairytales Slashed, Volume One. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Fairytales Slashed.
How big is Fairytales Slashed?: Fairytales Slashed is 20 books, 2010–2017.

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