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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorNine Hundred Grandmothers
R.A. Lafferty · 318 pages
"Here at last are the finest of Lafferty's shorter works, stories about: a man who found one day that he knew absolutely everyone in the world; a race who kept their most ancient ancestors on shelves in the basements; a speeded-up world where a man could earn and lose a dozen fortunes a night; a friendly bearlike creature named Snuffles who said he was God ... In all, twenty-one immensely enjoyabl
Rootabaga Stories
Carl Sandburg · 218 pages
Presents Sandburg's fanciful, humorous tales peopled with such characters as the Potato Face Blind Man, the Blue Wind Boy, and many others.
Pictor's Metamorphoses and Other Fantasies
Hermann Hesse · 213 pages
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag
Robert A. Heinlein · 214 pages
SciFi - The novella The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag (1942). Short stories are: " -- And He Built a Crooked House"; "They --"; "Our Fair City"; "The Man Who Traveled in Elephants"; and, "-- All You Zombies --".
The Complete Stories of Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll · 792 pages
The Turnip Princess and Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales
Franz Xaver von Schonwerth · 264 pages
The Red Fairy Book
Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang · 330 pages
Twenty-nine fairy tales from the folklore of France, Germany, Scandinavia, and Russia, including The Golden Goose, The Story of Sigurd, and The Twelve Dancing Princesses.
Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
Neil Gaiman · 352 pages
"En las manos maestras de Neil Gaiman, la magia es mucho más que un mero juego de engaños. La destreza y el poder de invención de este gran fabulador transforman el entorno cotidiano en un mundo hechizado por sucesos sombríos y extraños, en el que una anciana puede comprar el Santo Grial en una tienda de segunda mano, unos asesinos se anuncian en los clasificados de un periódico bajo la rúbrica ±C
The Annotated Brothers Grimm
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm · 416 pages
The Serial Garden: The Complete Armitage Family Stories
Joan Aiken · 329 pages
Follows the adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Armitage and their children , Harriet, Mark, and little Milo, as they try to find innovative ways to cope with a variety of extraordinary events including stray unicorns in the garden, lessons in magic that go awry, and eviction from their house to make way for a young magicians' seminary.
The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities: Exhibits, Oddities, Images, and Stories from Top Authors and Artists
Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer · 328 pages
Collection of stories centering around Dr. Thackery T. Lambshead's astonishing cabinet of curiosities, which is filled with artifacts and personal diaries and recreates the doctor's many exploits.
East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon
Peter Christen Asbjornsen, Jorgen Engebretsen Moe · 48 pages
A Medicine for Melancholy and Other Stories
Ray Bradbury · 321 pages
Pretty Monsters: Stories
Kelly Link · 408 pages
Kelly Link has lit up adult literary publishing—and Viking is honored to publish her first YA story collection. Through the lens of Link’s vivid imagination, nothing is what it seems, and everything deserves a second look. From the multiple award-winning “The Faery Handbag,” in which a teenager’s grandmother carries an entire village (or is it a man-eating dog?) in her handbag, to the near-future
Grimms' Fairy Tales and Andersen's Fairy Tales
Hans Christian Andersen, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
A House of Pomegranates
Oscar Wilde · 206 pages
Collection of Wilde Short stories, written before his plays, and well before the trial. H. L. Mencken essay praises Wilde's art, damns his lack of honor and arrogance that let to his trial and his ruin. Interesting evaluation of Wilde as an artist of great force, and at the same time, weakness. H. L. Mencken reminds us that Wilde was "news" and news that had stayed "news". Kutcher's beautiful i
Mary Poppins
P.L. Travers · 206 pages
An extraordinary English nanny blows in on the East Wind with her parrot-headed umbrella and magic carpetbag and introduces her charges, Jane and Michael, to some delightful people and experiences.
Dragons at Crumbling Castle: And Other Tales
Terry Pratchett · 352 pages
The Book of Dragons
E. Nesbit · 112 pages
Eight madcap tales of unpredictable dragons — including one made of ice, another that takes refuge in the General Post Office, and a fire-breathing monster that flies out of an enchanted book and eats an entire soccer team! Marvelous adventure and excitement for make-believers of all ages.
Fantasy Stories
Noel Langley, John Masefield, L. Frank Baum, Rudyard Kipling, Eva Ibbotson, Elizabeth Goudge, E. Nesbit, Patricia C. Wrede, Andrew Lang, Jane Yolen, Tove Jansson, Andre Norton, Norton Juster, Joan Aiken, C.S. Lewis, Katharine Mary Briggs, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm · 254 pages
Diana Wynne Jones's personal choice of favorite fantasy writing is a treat for all fans - and the perfect introduction for anyone coming to this genre for the first time. This collection contains stories from some of the best fantasy writers of all time. With stories including extracts from classics to modern favorites, this is a comprehensive and satisfying anthology. There are humorous stories