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FolktalesSeries
series3 books1978
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 →
Wrath & DawnSeries
series5 books2015
Tense in tone, about revenge and court intrigue, set in middle east.
“Renée Ahdieh's duology concludes with The Rose & the Dagger.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Moth & the Flame →
The Forbidden WishNovel
Jessica Khourystandalone novel2016
Romantasy, adventurous in tone, about shapeshifters, set in secondary world.
“When Aladdin discovers Zahra's jinni lamp, Zahra is thrust back into a world she hasn't seen in hundreds of years—a world where magic is forbidden and Zahra's very existence is illegal.”
from the catalogue
ToweringNovel
Alex Flinnstandalone novel2013
About coming of age, set in secondary world.
A Court of Thorns and RosesSeries
series6 books2015
Romantasy, about fae, set in secondary world.
“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 →
KarouSeries
series4 books2011
Set in secondary world.
“From copyright page: Seventeen year old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters - the chimerae who form the only family she has ever known.”
from the catalogue
Start with Daughter of Smoke & Bone →