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Howl's CastleSeries
series3 books1986
completed
Adventurous in tone.
Start with Howl's Moving Castle →
FolktalesSeries
series3 books1978
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 →
Five Hundred KingdomsSeries
series8 books2004
Fairy tale retelling and fantasy, set in secondary world.
“Mercedes Lackey's Five Hundred Kingdoms series is set in a world where an all-powerful narrative force called the Tradition tries to push people into fairy-tale roles whether they want them or not.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Fairy Godmother →
NarniaUniverse
universe38 books1950
Portal fantasy.
“Once there is a wardrobe at the back of a spare room, and behind the fur coats the wood gives way to snow, and a lamp-post burns alone among the trees.”
from the catalogue
Start with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe →
includes Narnia, Narnia Solo Adventures
Enchanted (Gail Carson Levine)Series
series5 books1997
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 →
Woodcutter UniverseSeries
series18 books2006
Fairy tale retelling and fantasy, set in secondary world.
Start with Enchanted →