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What to read after The Tain: 24 titles sharing themes of Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Classics, and Literary, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

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Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of The Tain.

The Aeneid — Virgil

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

The Silmarillion Deluxe Illustrated by the Author Special Edition — J R R Tolkien

The Silmarillion Deluxe Illustrated by the Author Special Edition — J R R Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien

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

The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights Volume 2 — Robert Irwin

The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights Volume 2

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

The Jungle Book — Rudyard Kipling

The Jungle Book

Rudyard Kipling

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

Search After Happiness — Charlotte Brontë

Search After Happiness — Charlotte Brontë

Charlotte Bronte

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

Stone Blind A Novel — Natalie Haynes

Stone Blind A Novel

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

Medea A Novel — Eilish Quin

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

Tales from the Perilous Realm — John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

Tales from the Perilous Realm

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

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

The Quest of the Holy Grail — P. M., Translator Anonymous; Matarasso

The Quest of the Holy Grail

P. M., Translator Anonymous; Matarasso

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

The Golden Ass — Apuleius

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

Plain Tales from the Hills — Rudyard Kipling

Plain Tales from the Hills

Rudyard Kipling

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

Kristin Lavransdatter, III: The Cross — Sigrid Undset

Kristin Lavransdatter, III: The Cross

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

Flower Fables — Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott

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

The Palm-wine Drinkard ; And, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts — Amos Tutuola

The Palm-wine Drinkard ; And, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

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

Bulfinch’s Mythology — Thomas Bulfinch

Bulfinch’s Mythology

Thomas Bulfinch

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

Jonathan Livingston Seagull The Complete Edition — Richard Bach

Jonathan Livingston Seagull The Complete Edition

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

The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly A Novel — Sun-mi Hwang

The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly A Novel

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 History of Middle-Earth Box Set #3 The Return of the Shadow / The Treason of Isengard / The War of the Ring / Sauron Defeated — Christopher Tolkien

The History of Middle-Earth Box Set #3 The Return of the Shadow / The Treason of Isengard / The War of the Ring / Sauron Defeated

Christopher Tolkien

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

Fabulous Stories — Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Fabulous Stories

Lucy Hughes-Hallett

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

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