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Neil Gaimanstandalone novel1998

Fairy tale retelling, 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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Peter PanUniverse

universe112 books1902

Fantasy.

“Second star to the right, and straight on till morning — and there it is, the island that every child dreams once and then, growing up, contrives to forget.”
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includes Peter Pan, Fairy Haven, Disney Fairies, Neverland (Heather Killough-Walden), The Untold Stories of Neverland, Neverland, Disney's Peter Pan & Wendy, Hook's Revenge

Lud-in-the-MistNovel

Hope Mirrleesstandalone novel1926

Eerie in tone, about art and artists, set in secondary world.

FolktalesSeries

series3 books1978

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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Trot and Cap'n BillSeries

series4 books1911

Whimsical in tone.

“Baum conceived it as a rival series to his own Oz books, but both characters were eventually folded into Oz continuity and reappear as regulars in later Oz novels.”
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The King of Elfland's DaughterNovel

Lord Dunsanystandalone novel1924

Mythic fantasy, about forbidden love, set in fairyland and secondary world.

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