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Books like Maleficent: 9 series to read next

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

Maleficent is 5 books, 2014–2026.

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Folktales
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Enchanted (Gail Carson Levine)
Russian / Jewish Fairy Tales Retold
Once Upon a Broken Heart
Tolkien's legendarium
Fairy Tale stories
Rose (Edith Pattou)
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 →

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
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Start with A Court of Thorns and Roses →

Enchanted (Gail Carson Levine)Series

seriesGail Carson Levine5 books1997

“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 →

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

Start with Excerpt from Uprooted →

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 →

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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Fairy Tale storiesSeries

seriesMercedes Lackey2 books1996

Fantasy and fairy tale retelling, about curses, set in secondary world.

Start with Firebird →

Rose (Edith Pattou)Series

seriesEdith Pattou2 books2003

Adventurous in tone, about quests.

Start with East →

Once Upon a TimeSeries

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

Fairy tale retelling and fantasy, set in secondary world.

“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.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Maleficent?: Folktales — the closest match to Maleficent on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Maleficent?: Maleficent. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Maleficent.
How big is Maleficent?: Maleficent is 5 books, 2014–2026.

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