Books Like Ella Enchanted

by Gail Carson Levine · about this book

Loved Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine? If its fantasy, middle grade and curses hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Among the Beasts & Briars, Talking to Dragons and The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Ella Enchanted: Fantasy · Middle Grade · Curses · Fairy Tale Retelling · Female Lead

Among the Beasts & Briars
Ashley Poston

Curses · Fairy Tale Retelling · Charming · Fantasy · First Person Narrator

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Talking to Dragons
Patricia C. Wrede

Middle Grade · Charming · Fairy Tale Retelling · Fantasy · Curses

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The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
Axie Oh

Fairy Tale Retelling · Curses · Charming · Fantasy · First Person Narrator

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Howl's Moving Castle
Diana Wynne Jones

Curses · Fairy Tale Retelling · Middle Grade · Charming · Fantasy

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Nettle & Bone
T. Kingfisher

Fairy Tale Retelling · Curses · Charming · Fantasy · Female Lead

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A Spindle Splintered
Alix E. Harrow

Fairy Tale Retelling · Curses · Fantasy · First Person Narrator · Female Lead

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Six Crimson Cranes
Elizabeth Lim

Fairy Tale Retelling · Curses · Fantasy · First Person Narrator · Female Lead

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Emily Wilde Series 2 Books Collection Set By Heather Fawcett (Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries & Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands)
Heather Fawcett

Charming · Curses · Fantasy · First Person Narrator · Female Lead

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Midsummer's Mayhem
Rajani LaRocca

Middle Grade · Fairy Tale Retelling · Charming · First Person Narrator · Female Lead

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The School for Good and Evil
Soman Chainani

Fairy Tale Retelling · Middle Grade · Fantasy · Female Lead · Whimsical

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Spinning Silver
Naomi Novik

Fairy Tale Retelling · Curses · Fantasy · First Person Narrator · Female Lead

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To Kill a Kingdom
Alexandra Christo

Fairy Tale Retelling · Curses · Fantasy · First Person Narrator · Female Lead

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The Thirteenth Child
Erin A. Craig

Fairy Tale Retelling · Curses · Fantasy · First Person Narrator · Female Lead

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A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas

Fairy Tale Retelling · Curses · Fantasy · First Person Narrator · Female Lead

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Bonded by Thorns
Elizabeth Helen

Fairy Tale Retelling · Curses · Fantasy · Female Lead · Princes and Princesses

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Tress of the Emerald Sea
Brandon Sanderson

Curses · Fairy Tale Retelling · Charming · Fantasy · Female Lead

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The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Kelly Barnhill

Middle Grade · Fairy Tale Retelling · Fantasy · Female Lead · Freedom vs Control

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Once Upon a Broken Heart
Stephanie Garber

Curses · Fairy Tale Retelling · Fantasy · Female Lead · Whimsical

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Fairy Tale
Stephen King

Fairy Tale Retelling · Curses · Fantasy · First Person Narrator · Coming of Age

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Egg & Spoon
Gregory Maguire

Fairy Tale Retelling · Middle Grade · Fantasy · Female Lead · Whimsical

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