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A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. SeussThe Polar Express by Chris Van AllsburgLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Best Reads of the Holiday Season
5,474 books — 1,472 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Magical Creatures
1,574 books — 852 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George Orwell
Works of Pure Genius
727 books — 576 voters
Cinder by Marissa MeyerElla Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineCress by Marissa MeyerScarlet by Marissa MeyerWinter by Marissa Meyer
Fairy tales & Retellings
636 books — 490 voters

Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. WredeSir Princess Petra's Talent by Diane Mae RobinsonThe Paper Bag Princess by Robert MunschElla Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineSir Princess Petra by Diane Mae Robinson
Girl Power Princesses
191 books — 74 voters
Deliverance by James DickeyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsThe Foxfire Book by Eliot WiggintonOld Yeller by Fred Gipson
Hillbilly Heaven
175 books — 50 voters

The Art of Startup Fundraising by Alejandro CremadesThe Go-Giver by Bob BurgThe Richest Man in Babylon by George S. ClasonStop Drifting by David R. IbarraNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb Tsipursky
Top Business Parables
23 books — 42 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Complete Harry Potter Collection Box Set by J.K. RowlingThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Books referred to in The Inkworld Series
116 books — 40 voters

Grimms' Fairy Tales by Jacob GrimmLittle Red Riding Hood by Trina Schart HymanSaint George and the Dragon by Margaret HodgesThe Three Billy Goats Gruff by Paul GaldoneThe Jack Tales by Richard Thomas Chase
Best Classic Folk Tales
196 books — 25 voters
Every Tongue Got to Confess by Zora Neale HurstonHer Stories by Virginia HamiltonThe Book of Negro Folklore by Langston HughesThe People Could Fly by Virginia HamiltonMules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston
Myths, Legends, and Folklore of African-Americans
102 books — 12 voters

Serendipity by Stephen CosgroveFlutterby by Stephen CosgroveLeo the Lop Tail Two by Stephen CosgroveLeo the Lop Tail Three by Stephen CosgroveLeo the Lop Tail Four by Stephen Cosgrove
Serendipity Series
71 books — 7 voters
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. MaasLongbourn by Jo BakerLore Olympus by Rachel SmytheCirce by Madeline MillerA Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow
Worst Retellings and Reimaginings
16 books — 7 voters

Aesop’s Fables by AesopJust So Stories by Rudyard KiplingChinese Fables by Shiho S. NunesFables by Jean de la FontaineSelected Fables by Jean de la Fontaine
Fables
8 books — 5 voters
Chicken Little by Steven KelloggThe Little Red Hen by Barry DownardThe Three Wishes by Margot ZemachThere Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms TabackStrega Nona by Tomie dePaola
Miss Kinders Favorite Folktales
24 books — 4 voters

The Walking Dead, Vol. 1 by Robert KirkmanThe Walking Dead, Vol. 2 by Robert KirkmanThe Walking Dead, Vol. 3 by Robert KirkmanThe Walking Dead, Vol. 4 by Robert KirkmanThe Walking Dead, Vol. 5 by Robert Kirkman
Walking Dead and Fables
45 books — 3 voters
Fables, Vol. 1 by Bill WillinghamFables, Vol. 2 by Bill WillinghamFables, Vol. 3 by Bill WillinghamFables by Bill WillinghamFables, Vol. 4 by Bill Willingham
Fables Reading Order (w Spinoffs)
49 books — 3 voters

Aesop's Fables by AesopFrederick by Leo LionniThe Wind and the Sun by Bernadette WattsAesop in California by Doug HansenThe Tortoise and the Hare by Bernadette Watts
Aesop, Aesop's Fables and Retellings
59 books — 3 voters
Fables, Vol. 4 by Bill WillinghamFables, Vol. 10 by Bill WillinghamFables, Vol. 18 by Bill WillinghamFables, Vol. 1 by Bill WillinghamFables, Vol. 2 by Bill Willingham
Fables - Trade Paperbacks
22 books — 2 voters

Harry's Beast by Kat BaxterStranded in the Satyr’s Garden by Cia PetrichorThe Scoundrel and the Satyr King by Clio EvansEnticed by the Satyr by Evangeline AndersonFighting Monsters by Sam Hall
Satyr Romances
8 books — 2 voters
Frederick by Leo LionniWho's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper? by Toni MorrisonThe Ant and the Grasshopper by Rebecca EmberleyThe Grasshopper's Song by Nikki GiovanniThe Grasshopper and the Ant at the End of the World by Benjamin Harper
The Ant and the Grasshopper retold
6 books — 2 voters

The Boy and the North Wind by Suzanne I. BarchersThe Shipwrecked Sailor by Suzanne I. BarchersThe Brothers and the Star Fruit Tree by Suzanne I. BarchersThe Wounded Lion by Suzanne I. BarchersThe Princess and the Giant by Suzanne I. Barchers
Tales of Honor
12 books — 1 voter
Brother Lorenzo's Pretzels by Cornellia Mary BilinskyBrigid and the Butter by Pamela LovePatrick and the Fire by Cornelia Mary BilinskyThe 3 Trees by Gabriel RingletThe Little Lost Lamb by Geri Berger Haines
Tales and Legends series
11 books — 1 voter

The Bat-Poet by Randall JarrellThe Light Princess by George MacDonaldCoppelia by Margot FonteynThe Magic of the Ballet by Adèle GerasThe Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde
OBSCURE FAIRY TALES THAT SHOULD BE FUTURE DISNEY MOVIES
12 books — 1 voter

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