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  • Cover of Folktales
    FolktalesSeries

    series · 3 books · 1978

    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
    Start with Beauty →

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  • Cover of Earthsea
    EarthseaUniverse

    universe · 19 books · 1964

    Epic fantasy, reflective in tone, about wizards.

    “There is a lesson every wizard of Earthsea learns young: to know a thing's true name is to hold its whole being, and to speak it is to move the balance of the world.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with A Wizard of Earthsea →

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    includes Earthsea Cycle

  • Cover of Heartless
    HeartlessNovel

    Marissa Meyer · standalone novel · 2016

    Fairy tale retelling and fantasy, emotional in tone, about forbidden love.

    “Long before she was the terror of Wonderland—the infamous Queen of Hearts—she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love.”

    from the catalogue

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  • Cover of Towering
    ToweringNovel

    Alex Flinn · standalone novel · 2013

    About coming of age.

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  • Cover of Enchanted (Gail Carson Levine)
    Enchanted (Gail Carson Levine)Series

    series · 5 books · 1997

    About coming of age.

    “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
    Start with Ella Enchanted →

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  • Cover of Seven Kingdoms / Graceling Realm
    Seven Kingdoms / Graceling RealmSeries

    series · 6 books · 2008

    About coming of age and political intrigue.

    “Kristin Cashore continued the world with the prequel-adjacent Fire, set in a neighboring land, and the sequel Bitterblue, then extended it further north with Winterkeep and Seasparrow.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Graceling →

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