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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 →
HeartlessNovel
Marissa Meyerstandalone novel2016
Fantasy and fairy tale retelling, 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
CosmereUniverse
universe54 books2005
Epic fantasy.
“Before the worlds, there was Adonalsium, and then there was not.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Final Empire →
includes Komashi, Warbreaker, Mistborn, Elantris, Canticle, The Stormlight Archive, Lumar, First of the Sun
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 →
The Forbidden WishNovel
Jessica Khourystandalone novel2016
Romantasy, adventurous in tone, about shapeshifters.
“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.