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Fairy tales & myth retellings

The best books on fairy tales & myth retellings, ranked by quality.

  1. 1
    The School for Good and Evil Soman Chainani · 2007
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 (58 ratings)
    EN Fairy tales & myth retellings YA fantasy Middle grade
  2. 2
    The Song Of Achilles Madeline Miller · 2011
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (142 ratings)
    EN Fairy tales & myth retellings Ancient & medieval settings
  3. 3
    Norse Mythology Neil Gaiman, Anna Llisterri · 2016
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 (38 ratings)
    EN Fairy tales & myth retellings
  4. 4
    Circe Madeline Miller · 2018
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (114 ratings)
    EN Fantasy Fairy tales & myth retellings
  5. 5
    The palace of illusions Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni · 2008
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (21 ratings)
    EN Fairy tales & myth retellings Ancient & medieval settings
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    The Ramayana and the Mahabharata Vālmīki, Robert P. Goldman, Rosalind Lefeber, Sheldon I. Pollock · 1823
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (18 ratings)
    EN Fairy tales & myth retellings Classics
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    The tale of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo · 2003
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.1 (54 ratings)
    EN Fairy tales & myth retellings Middle grade
  8. 8
    How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories Holly Black, Rovina Cai · 2020
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (8 ratings)
    EN Fairy tales & myth retellings YA fantasy
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    The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith, John Glore · 1992
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (20 ratings)
    EN Fairy tales & myth retellings Picture books Humorous fiction
  10. 10
    Phantastes George MacDonald · 1850
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.2 (18 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Fantasy Fairy tales & myth retellings Classics
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    The green fairy book Andrew Lang · 1892
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.4 (8 ratings)
    EN Fairy tales & myth retellings
  12. 12
    The Three Billy Goats Gruff Paul Galdone · 1974
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (3 ratings)
    EN Fairy tales & myth retellings Picture books
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    Mythology Edith Hamilton · 1940
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.0 (24 ratings)
    EN Fairy tales & myth retellings
  14. 14
    Rapunzel Gebrüder Grimm [Brothers Grimm] · 1960
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 (3 ratings)
    EN Fairy tales & myth retellings
  15. 15
    The Best fairy tales Gebrüder Grimm [Brothers Grimm] · 1986
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (2 ratings)
    EN Fairy tales & myth retellings
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    Vikram and the Vampire Richard Francis Burton, Ernest Henry Griset, Isabel Lady Burton · 1870
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 (2 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Fantasy Fairy tales & myth retellings Classics
  17. 17
    Household Tales Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm · 2022
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 5.0 (1 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Fairy tales & myth retellings Classics Children's books
  18. 18
    Wonder book for girls & boys Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1800
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.9 (7 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Fairy tales & myth retellings Classics Children's books
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    Tanglewood tales for girls and boys Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1853
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.8 (10 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Fairy tales & myth retellings Classics Children's books
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    The King of Elfland’s Daughter Lord Dunsany · 1924
    ★★★★★★★★★★ 3.8 (4 ratings)
    EN Free ebook Fantasy Fairy tales & myth retellings Classics
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    Children’s Stories Oscar Wilde · 2020
    EN Free ebook Fairy tales & myth retellings Classics Children's books
  22. 22
    Darby O’Gill and the Good People Herminie Templeton Kavanagh · 1903
    EN Free ebook Fantasy Fairy tales & myth retellings Short stories
  23. 23
    Old Indian Legends Zitkála-Šá · 1901
    EN Free ebook Fairy tales & myth retellings Classics Short stories
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