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Bride of the Sea A Little Mermaid Retelling

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Fantasy • Historical

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Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Fantasy • Historical

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Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Fantasy • Historical

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Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Fantasy • Historical

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Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Fantasy • Historical

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Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Fantasy • Historical

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Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Fantasy • Historical

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Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Fantasy • Historical

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Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Fantasy • Historical

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Prince of Foxes A Gothic Scottish Fairy Tale — H L. MacFarlane

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Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Fantasy • Historical

Heart of the Fae — Emma Hamm

Heart of the Fae

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Fantasy • Historical

Stardust A Novel — Neil Gaiman

Stardust A Novel

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Fantasy • Historical

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William Goldman

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Fantasy • Historical

Shanghai Immortal A Richly Told Debut Fantasy Novel Set in Jazz Age Shanghai — A. Y. Chao

Shanghai Immortal A Richly Told Debut Fantasy Novel Set in Jazz Age Shanghai

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Fantasy • Historical

The Dragon Republic — R. F. Kuang

The Dragon Republic

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Fantasy • Historical

Odyssey — Stephen Fry

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Fantasy • Historical

A Wild Winter Swan A Novel — Gregory Maguire

A Wild Winter Swan A Novel

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Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Fantasy • Historical

Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands — Heather Fawcett

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Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Fantasy • Historical

One Night in Hartswood — Emma Denny

One Night in Hartswood

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Fantasy • Historical

The Rebel Witch — Kristen Ciccarelli

The Rebel Witch

Kristen Ciccarelli

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Fantasy • Historical

A Dark Queen Rises — Ashok Banker

A Dark Queen Rises

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Fantasy • Historical

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Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Fantasy • Historical

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The Daughters of Izdihar

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Fantasy • Historical

If The Near Witch by V. E. Schwab is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Fantasy, Historical and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by M. M. Shelley, Emma Hamm, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Madeline Miller, and others.

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