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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 →
Russian / Jewish Fairy Tales RetoldSeries
series4 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
Start with Excerpt from Uprooted →
A Court of Thorns and RosesSeries
series6 books2015
Romantasy, about fae.
“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 →
DeerskinNovel
Robin McKinleystandalone novel1993
Dark fantasy, sad in tone, about identity and grief and loss.
Fairy Tale storiesSeries
series2 books1996
About curses.
Start with Firebird →
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 History of Middle Earth, The Lord of the Rings, The Fall of Gondolin, The History of the Lord of the Rings