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Explore 24 books like The Aeneid by Virgil — a handpicked selection united by Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Classics, and Literary.

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The Lord of the Rings Collector’s Edition Box Set Includes the Fellowship of the Ring, the Two Towers, and the Return of the King — J R R Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings Collector’s Edition Box Set Includes the Fellowship of the Ring, the Two Towers, and the Return of the King — J R R Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Classics • Literary

Phantastes A Faerie Romance for Men and Women — George MacDonald

Phantastes A Faerie Romance for Men and Women

George MacDonald

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Classics • Literary

Plain Tales from the Hills — Rudyard Kipling

Plain Tales from the Hills

Rudyard Kipling

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Classics • Literary

Dubliners — James Joyce

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Classics • Literary

The Nutcracker — E. T. A. Hoffmann

E. T. A. Hoffmann

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Classics • Literary

Stone Blind A Novel — Natalie Haynes

Stone Blind A Novel

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Classics • Literary

Dracula A Novel — Bram Stoker

Dracula A Novel

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Classics • Literary

The History of Middle-Earth, Part Two — Christopher Tolkien

The History of Middle-Earth, Part Two

Christopher Tolkien

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Classics • Literary

The History of Middle-Earth Box Set #1 The Silmarillion / Unfinished Tales / Book of Lost Tales, Part One / Book of Lost Tales, Part Two — Christopher Tolkien

The History of Middle-Earth Box Set #1 The Silmarillion / Unfinished Tales / Book of Lost Tales, Part One / Book of Lost Tales, Part Two

Christopher Tolkien

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Classics • Literary

The Silmarillion — John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

The Silmarillion

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Classics • Literary

Herc A Queer Greek Mythology Retelling — Phoenicia Rogerson

Herc A Queer Greek Mythology Retelling

Phoenicia Rogerson

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Classics • Literary

芥川龍之介

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Classics • Literary

The Complete Novels — Jane Austen

The Complete Novels

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Classics • Literary

Tales from the Perilous Realm — J. R. R. Tolkien

Tales from the Perilous Realm

J. R. R. Tolkien

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Classics • Literary

Homer’s Daughter — Robert Graves

Homer’s Daughter

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Classics • Literary

The Dream of the Red Chamber — Cao Xueqin

The Dream of the Red Chamber

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Classics • Literary

The Adventures of Pinocchio (MinaLima Edition) (Ilustrated with Interactive Elements) — Carlo Collodi

The Adventures of Pinocchio (MinaLima Edition) (Ilustrated with Interactive Elements)

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Classics • Literary

Grimms’ Fairy Tales — Jacob Grimm

Grimms’ Fairy Tales

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Classics • Literary

Hans Christian Andersen Tales — Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen Tales — Hans Christian Andersen

HANS CHRISTIAN. ANDERSEN

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Classics • Literary

Lucky Girls Stories — Nell Freudenberger

Lucky Girls Stories

Nell Freudenberger

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Classics • Literary

Twenty-Three Tales by Leo Tolstoy, Fiction, Classics, Literary — Leo Tolstoy

Twenty-Three Tales by Leo Tolstoy, Fiction, Classics, Literary

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Classics • Literary

A Thousand Ships — Natalie Haynes

A Thousand Ships

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Classics • Literary

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow The Original 1820 Edition — Washington Irving

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow The Original 1820 Edition

Washington Irving

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Classics • Literary

The Story of Hong Gildong — Kyun Hŏ

The Story of Hong Gildong

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Classics • Literary

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Classics, Literary — the same threads that run through The Aeneid by Virgil. Among the authors featured: J. R. R. Tolkien, George MacDonald, Rudyard Kipling, James Joyce, and others.

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