193 books
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The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 341 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.23 — 220,230 ratings — published 1812
The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 337 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.09 — 227,876 ratings — published 2017
Aesop’s Fables (Paperback)
by (shelved 197 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.05 — 129,141 ratings — published -560
Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 190 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.10 — 340,854 ratings — published 2017
The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 163 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.35 — 109,764 ratings — published 2017
The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 140 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.49 — 87,440 ratings — published 2019
Irish Fairy and Folk Tales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 139 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.04 — 5,891 ratings — published 1888
Uprooted (Hardcover)
by (shelved 138 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.02 — 260,365 ratings — published 2015
American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 131 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.10 — 985,098 ratings — published 2001
Men and Monsters (Nightfall, #2)
by (shelved 122 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.40 — 556 ratings — published 2018
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
by (shelved 112 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.97 — 198,304 ratings — published 2023
Spinning Silver (ebook)
by (shelved 112 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.18 — 148,590 ratings — published 2018
Thistlefoot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 108 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.94 — 23,887 ratings — published 2022
The Arabian Nights (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 106 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.03 — 80,852 ratings — published 800
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (Paperback)
by (shelved 105 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.04 — 26,328 ratings — published 1975
The Complete Fairy Tales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 104 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.29 — 108,358 ratings — published 1850
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 102 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,315,042 ratings — published 2018
Italian Folktales (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.18 — 4,702 ratings — published 1956
Beowulf (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.50 — 342,484 ratings — published 1000
Deathless (Hardcover)
by (shelved 98 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.93 — 22,696 ratings — published 2011
Russian Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 95 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.19 — 4,671 ratings — published 1855
The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)
by (shelved 91 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.13 — 130,461 ratings — published 2013
The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore (Paperback)
by (shelved 90 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.02 — 3,329 ratings — published 1893
The Mabinogion (Paperback)
by (shelved 89 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.93 — 8,531 ratings — published 1400
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.32 — 53,725 ratings — published 2009
Gods of Jade and Shadow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 82 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.88 — 76,315 ratings — published 2019
The Mitten (Hardcover)
by (shelved 82 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.28 — 94,227 ratings — published 1989
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.06 — 18,506 ratings — published 1989
Women Who Run With the Wolves (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.11 — 93,312 ratings — published 1992
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,312 ratings — published 1973
The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,591 ratings — published 1911
The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures (The World of Lore, #1)
by (shelved 74 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,693 ratings — published 2017
American Indian Myths and Legends (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.08 — 5,392 ratings — published 1984
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.13 — 44,616 ratings — published 1949
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.35 — 20,965 ratings — published 1987
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.83 — 6,022 ratings — published 1904
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 71 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.09 — 92,464 ratings — published 2022
Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 71 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.78 — 3,269 ratings — published 2018
The Skull (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 70 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.17 — 13,958 ratings — published 2023
The Kalevala (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.05 — 6,015 ratings — published 1835
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.90 — 64,303 ratings — published 1979
Perrault's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.10 — 15,163 ratings — published 1697
The Golden Bough (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.02 — 8,660 ratings — published 1890
The Power of Myth (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.26 — 53,457 ratings — published 1988
The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.98 — 1,809 ratings — published 2014
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.06 — 72,368 ratings — published 1981
Celtic Tales: Fairy Tales and Stories of Enchantment from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,422 ratings — published 2016
The Lion and the Mouse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.23 — 24,405 ratings — published 2009
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.83 — 6,255 ratings — published 1975
The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.15 — 15,553 ratings — published 1220
“Round these men stories tended to group themselves, sometimes deserting more ancient heroes for the purpose. Round poets have they gathered especially, for poetry in Ireland has always been mysteriously connected with magic.”
― Irish Fairy and Folk Tales
― Irish Fairy and Folk Tales
“I'm Liam of Erinthia. I'm here to rescue you ... And You are not Cinderella. You are a tree branch wrapped in a sheet”
― The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom
― The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom












