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Lud-in-the-MistNovel
Hope Mirrleesstandalone novel1926
About art and artists.
Once Upon a Broken HeartSeries
series4 books2021
Romantasy, about curses and forbidden love.
“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.”
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StardustNovel
Neil Gaimanstandalone novel1998
Adventurous in tone, about quests and coming of age, set in fairyland.
“Stardust has a different tone and style from most of Gaiman's prose fiction, being consciously written in the tradition of pre-Tolkien English fantasy, following in the footsteps of authors such as Lord Dunsany and Hope Mirrlees.”
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PoisonNovel
Chris Woodingstandalone novel2003
Portal fantasy, about quests and coming of age.
A Court of Thorns and RosesSeries
series6 books2015
Romantasy, emotional in tone.
“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.”
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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.”
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Start with Beauty →