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Books like The Complete Fables

Explore 24 books like The Complete Fables by Aesop — a handpicked selection united by Folklore & Mythology, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Ancient & Classical, and Short Stories (single author).

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Top related books to The Complete Fables

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of The Complete Fables.

Hrafnkel’s Saga and Other Icelandic Stories

Hermann Pálsson

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Ancient & Classical

Sagas and Myths of the Northmen

Jesse L. Byock

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Ancient & Classical

Sagas of Warrior-poets

Diana Whaley

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Ancient & Classical

Gods and Mortals Ancient Greek Myths for Modern Readers

Sarah Iles Johnston

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Ancient & Classical

The Homeric Hymns A Translation, with Introduction and Notes

Diane J. Rayor

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Ancient & Classical

The Poetic Edda

Carolyne Larrington

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Ancient & Classical

Bulfinch’s Mythology The Age of Fable, The Legends of Charlemagne, The Age of Chivalry

Thomas Bulfinch

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Ancient & Classical

Mondays on the Dark Night of the Moon Himalayan Foothill Folktales

Kirin Narayan

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Short Stories (single author)

Italian Folktales

Italo Calvino

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Short Stories (single author)

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Writings on Irish Folklore, Legend and Myth

William Yeats

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Essays

#11

Ordinary Wonder Tales

Emily Urquhart

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Essays

#12

De Gestis Britonum

Geoffrey (of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph)

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Ancient & Classical • Essays

#13

Wolfish Wolf, Self, and the Stories We Tell About Fear

Erica Berry

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Essays

#14

Siegfried’s Murder

Anonymus

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Ancient & Classical • Literary Criticism

#15

The Mabinogion — []

Freida McFadden

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Literary Criticism

#16

Fabulous Stories

Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Ancient & Classical • Short Stories (single author)

#17

Mythos The Greek Myths Retold

Stephen Fry

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Ancient & Classical

#18

Antigone A New Adaptation of the Classic Greek Tragedy

Hollie McNish

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Ancient & Classical

#19

Sitting Up with the Dead A Storied Journey Through the American South

Pamela Petro

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Ancient & Classical

#20

Beowulf Poem, Poet and Hero — Heather O’Donoghue

Heather O'Donoghue

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Ancient & Classical

#21

Troy

Stephen Fry

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Ancient & Classical

#22

The Elder Edda

Anonymous

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Ancient & Classical

#23

The Reception and Performance of Euripides’ Herakles Reasoning Madness

Kathleen Riley

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Ancient & Classical

#24

Statius and the Thebaid

Vessey

Themes: Folklore & Mythology • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Ancient & Classical

Fans of The Complete Fables by Aesop will find 24 titles here, all united by Folklore & Mythology, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Ancient & Classical. Authors represented include Hermann Pálsson, Jesse L. Byock, Diana Whaley, Sarah Iles Johnston, and others.