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FolktalesSeries
series3 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
Start with Beauty →
A Court of Thorns and RosesSeries
series6 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
Start with A Court of Thorns and Roses →
ToweringNovel
Alex Flinnstandalone novel2013
Fantasy and fairy tale retelling, emotional in tone, about coming of age, set in secondary world.
Fairy Tale RetellingSeries
series2 books2023
Fantasy and fairy tale retelling, emotional in tone, about fae and forbidden love, set in secondary world.
“Advertised as a novella but Kobo USA reports 54K words as of 2024-08-23.”
from the catalogue
Start with Mountains Made of Glass →
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
Start with The Fellowship of the Ring →
includes The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The History of Middle Earth, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of the Lord of the Rings
Once Upon a Broken HeartSeries
series4 books2021
Romantasy, about curses.
“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
Start with Once Upon a Broken Heart →