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Books like Once Upon Anthologies: 9 series to read next

Once Upon Anthologies is fairy tale retelling and fantasy. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Once Upon Anthologies is 9 books, 2015–2022.

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Fairy Tale Anthologies
Narnia
Tolkien's legendarium
Woodcutter Universe
The Land of Stories
Once Upon a Broken Heart
Coloured Fairy Books
Peter Pan
Folktales

Fairy Tale AnthologiesSeries

seriesEllen Datlow, Terri Windling & Ellen Steiber7 books1993

Fairy tale retelling and fantasy.

“Each book commissions new stories from a rotating set of authors reworking familiar tales, often into darker, more adult territory than their source material.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Snow White, Blood Red →

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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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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Woodcutter UniverseSeries

seriesAlethea Kontis18 books2006

Fairy tale retelling and fantasy, set in secondary world.

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The Land of StoriesSeries

seriesChris Colfer13 books2012

“Colfer started plans for a prequel series in 2016, and has since published three books in this series, beginning with A Tale of Magic... in 2019.”
from the catalogue description
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Start with The Wishing Spell →

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 →

Coloured Fairy BooksSeries

seriesAndrew Lang & Anatole France13 books1883

Fairy tale retelling and fantasy, whimsical in tone, set in our world.

“Compiled with his wife Leonora Blanche Lang, the series collects nearly 800 stories in all and did much to establish fairy tales as a respected part of children's literature, inspiring many later imitators.”
from the catalogue description

Start with The Blue Fairy Book →

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 →

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 →

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What should I read after Once Upon Anthologies?: Fairy Tale Anthologies — the closest match to Once Upon Anthologies on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Once Upon Anthologies?: Once Upon a Curse: 17 Dark Faerie Tales. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Once Upon Anthologies.
How big is Once Upon Anthologies?: Once Upon Anthologies is 9 books, 2015–2022.

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