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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm · 880 pages
The Golden Book of Fairy Tales
Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy, Hans Christian Andersen, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Charles Perrault, Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Comtesse de Segur · 160 pages
Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know
Hamilton Wright Mabie · 266 pages
Troll's Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales
Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling
Everyone thinks they know the real story behind the villains in fairy tales—evil, no two ways about it. But the villains themselves beg to differ. In Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling's new anthology for younger readers, you'll hear from the Giant's wife ("Jack and the Beanstalk"), Rumplestiltskin, the oldest of the Twelve Dancing Princesses, and many more. A stellar lineup of authors, including Gar
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
Jon Scieszka · 54 pages
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales is the ultimate in fractured fairy tales. Not only do the characters create their own stories, they also design the structure of the book itself. Classic fairy tales are deconstructed and rewritten with different but recognizable names, such as The Princess and the Bowling Ball, The Really Ugly Duckling, The Tortoise and the Hair and Chicken Lick
The Complete Fairy Tales
Hans Christian Andersen · 286 pages
Sixteen tales including "Little Claus and Big Claus," "Father's Always Right," and "The Goblin and the Grocer."
Tales of the Peculiar
Ransom Riggs · 165 pages
Presents an illustrated edition of the fantastical book featured in the Miss Peregrine series that includes unusual fairy tales about wealthy cannibals, a fork-tongued princess, and the origins of the first ymbryne.
The Turnip Princess and Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales
Franz Xaver von Schonwerth · 264 pages
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
Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales
Angela Carter · 486 pages
Once upon a time fairy tales weren't meant just for children. This collection contains lyrical tales, bloody tales, hilariously funny and ripely bawdy stories, from countries all around the world from the Arctic to Asia - and no dippy princesses or soppy fairies. Instead, we have pretty maids and old crones, crafty women and bad girls, enchantresses and midwives, rascal aunts and odd sisters.
Once Upon A Curse: 17 Dark Faerie Tales
Yasmine Galenorn, Alethea Kontis, Annie Bellet, Anthea Sharp, Phaedra Weldon, Christine Pope, Jennifer Blackstream, Donna Augustine, C. Gockel, Audrey Faye, Jenna Elizabeth Johnson · 414 pages
The Arabian Nights
Anonymous · 912 pages
Full of mischief, valor, ribaldry, and romance, The Arabian Nights has enthralled readers for centuries. These are the tales that saved the life of Shahrazad, whose husband, the king, executed each of his wives after a single night of marriage. Beginning an enchanting story each evening, Shahrazad always withheld the ending: A thousand and one nights later, her life was spared forever. This volume
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.
Once Upon a Curse: Stories and Fairy Tales for Adult Readers
Patricia C. Wrede, Peter S. Beagle, Nancy Kress, Cindy Lynn Speer, Siobhan Carroll, Imogen Howson, Lucy A. Snyder · 262 pages
Grimms' Fairy Tales and Andersen's Fairy Tales
Hans Christian Andersen, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
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
Oz Reimagined: New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond
John Joseph Adams, Douglas Cohen · 380 pages
The Complete Fairy Tales
Oscar Wilde · 144 pages
The Fairy's Return and Other Princess Tales
Gail Carson Levine · 390 pages
Contains six tales about princesses, including the title work in which the son of a baker and a princess fall in love, but her father disapproves.
The Light Princess
George MacDonald · 50 pages
Because she is not invited to the christening of the princess, the King's sister casts a spell depriving the child of gravity and the ability to weep tears.
Rags & Bones: New Twists on Timeless Tales
Neil Gaiman, Carrie Ryan, Gene Wolfe, Kelley Armstrong, Rick Yancey, Kami Garcia, Holly Black, Garth Nix, Margaret Stohl, Saladin Ahmed · 368 pages
An anthology of reimagined classic tales applies unique spins to old favorites, from Saladin Ahmed's interpretation of Sir Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene to Neil Gaiman's twisted adaptation of "Sleeping Beauty." This anthology of reimagined classic tales are written by best-selling and award-winning young adult authors such as Carrie Ryan, Charles Vess, Garth Nix, Neil Gaiman, Tim Pratt, Ho
From the Stories of Old: A Collection of Fairy Tale Retellings
Heather Hayden, B.C. Marine, Renee Harvey, Allie May, Kelsie Engen, Corinne Morier, Lynden Wade, J. L. Bernard, Louise Ross, Mckayla Eaton, Katelyn Barbee, Matthew Dewar, J.E. Klimov · 382 pages