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Folk Lore Books
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The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 4.08 — 241,007 ratings — published 2017
The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 4.35 — 115,094 ratings — published 2017
Gods of Jade and Shadow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 3.88 — 79,414 ratings — published 2019
Spinning Silver (ebook)
by (shelved 5 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 4.17 — 155,490 ratings — published 2018
Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 4.10 — 345,932 ratings — published 2017
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 4.23 — 222,523 ratings — published 1812
The Skull (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 4 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 4.15 — 17,120 ratings — published 2023
The Graveyard Book (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 4.15 — 568,735 ratings — published 2008
The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 4.48 — 91,935 ratings — published 2019
Uprooted (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 4.02 — 268,818 ratings — published 2015
Irish Fairy and Folk Tales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 4.04 — 6,059 ratings — published 1888
What Feasts at Night (Sworn Soldier, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 3.79 — 48,244 ratings — published 2024
When Among Crows (Curse Bearer, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 3.72 — 29,326 ratings — published 2024
Thornhedge (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 3.91 — 65,744 ratings — published 2023
Aesop’s Fables (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 4.05 — 130,425 ratings — published -560
Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 3.79 — 3,358 ratings — published 2018
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,400,112 ratings — published 2018
Red Rose Paranormal - Everyday paranormal tales and classic cases from Lancashire - Halls and Manors (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 3.25 — 4 ratings — published 2012
American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 4.10 — 997,427 ratings — published 2001
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 4.15 — 4,393,250 ratings — published 2015
The Mitten (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 4.28 — 95,017 ratings — published 1989
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 3.76 — 80,556 ratings — published 1375
The Bog Wife (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 3.57 — 15,066 ratings — published 2024
The Once and Future Witches (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 4.02 — 109,835 ratings — published 2020
The Midnight Feast (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 3.57 — 290,103 ratings — published 2024
Japanese Fairy Tales (Tuttle Classics)
by (shelved 2 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 3.68 — 5,624 ratings — published 1903
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 3.85 — 32,680 ratings — published 2023
The Changeling (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 3.76 — 28,733 ratings — published 2017
Dead Heat (Alpha & Omega, #4)
by (shelved 2 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 4.32 — 41,818 ratings — published 2015
Starling House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 3.78 — 172,025 ratings — published 2023
Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 4.20 — 115,183 ratings — published 2021
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 4.50 — 181,111 ratings — published 2013
The Salt Grows Heavy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 3.53 — 31,119 ratings — published 2023
A River Enchanted (Elements of Cadence, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 4.06 — 95,196 ratings — published 2022
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 3.96 — 225,340 ratings — published 2023
The Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 4.23 — 244,148 ratings — published 2015
The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 3.53 — 4,532 ratings — published 2022
Spells for Forgetting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 3.85 — 73,575 ratings — published 2022
Hester (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 3.96 — 47,604 ratings — published 2022
The Complete Fairy Tales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 4.29 — 108,768 ratings — published 1850
The Burning Girls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 4.00 — 53,938 ratings — published 2021
Practical Magic (Practical Magic, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 3.71 — 169,302 ratings — published 1995
Celtic Tales: Fairy Tales and Stories of Enchantment from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,524 ratings — published 2016
The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic (Grishaverse, #0.5, 2.5, 2.6)
by (shelved 2 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 4.27 — 64,303 ratings — published 2017
American Tall Tales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 4.02 — 913 ratings — published 1991
Once Upon a River (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 3.94 — 102,123 ratings — published 2018
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 3.87 — 258,894 ratings — published 2004
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,797,339 ratings — published 2018
The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures (The World of Lore, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,817 ratings — published 2017
La Belle Sauvage (The Book of Dust, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as folk-lore)
avg rating 4.15 — 114,407 ratings — published 2017
“There are a number of good books that draw upon fox legends -- foremost among them, Kij Johnson's exquisite novel The Fox Woman. I also recommend Neil Gaiman's The Dream Hunters (with the Japanese artist Yoshitaka Amano); Larissa Lai's unusual novel, When Fox Is a Thousand; Helen Oyeyemi's recent novel, Mr. Fox; and Ellen Steiber's gorgeous urban fantasy novel, A Rumor of Gems, as well as her heart-breaking novella "The Fox Wife" (published in Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears). For younger readers, try the "Legend of Little Fur" series by Isobelle Carmody. You can also support a fine mythic writer by subscribing to Sylvia Linsteadt's The Gray Fox Epistles: Wild Tales By Mail.
For the fox in myth, legend, and lore, try: Fox by Martin Wallen; Reynard the Fox, edited by Kenneth Varty; Kitsune: Japan's Fox of Mystery, Romance, and Humour by Kiyoshi Nozaki;Alien Kind: Foxes and Late Imperial Chinese Narrative by Raina Huntington; The Discourse on Foxes and Ghosts: Ji Yun and Eighteenth-Century Literati Storytelling by Leo Tak-hung Chan; and The Fox and the Jewel: Shared and Private Meanings in Contemporary Japanese Inari Worship, by Karen Smythers.”
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For the fox in myth, legend, and lore, try: Fox by Martin Wallen; Reynard the Fox, edited by Kenneth Varty; Kitsune: Japan's Fox of Mystery, Romance, and Humour by Kiyoshi Nozaki;Alien Kind: Foxes and Late Imperial Chinese Narrative by Raina Huntington; The Discourse on Foxes and Ghosts: Ji Yun and Eighteenth-Century Literati Storytelling by Leo Tak-hung Chan; and The Fox and the Jewel: Shared and Private Meanings in Contemporary Japanese Inari Worship, by Karen Smythers.”
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“The big knight fell heavily to the ground, and lay there, as nearly dead as possible. His servants came running from the castle and took him in. He got better in the end, but nobody cared much about that.”
― King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
― King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table












