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The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 338 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.23 — 220,155 ratings — published 1812
The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 337 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.09 — 227,579 ratings — published 2017
Aesop’s Fables (Paperback)
by (shelved 196 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.05 — 129,099 ratings — published -560
Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 189 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.10 — 340,618 ratings — published 2017
The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 161 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.35 — 109,625 ratings — published 2017
The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 138 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.49 — 87,327 ratings — published 2019
Uprooted (Hardcover)
by (shelved 138 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.02 — 260,040 ratings — published 2015
Irish Fairy and Folk Tales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 137 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.04 — 5,890 ratings — published 1888
American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 131 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.10 — 984,639 ratings — published 2001
Men and Monsters (Nightfall, #2)
by (shelved 122 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.40 — 556 ratings — published 2018
Spinning Silver (ebook)
by (shelved 112 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.18 — 148,380 ratings — published 2018
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
by (shelved 111 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.97 — 196,840 ratings — published 2023
Thistlefoot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 107 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.94 — 23,810 ratings — published 2022
The Arabian Nights (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 105 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.03 — 80,808 ratings — published 800
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (Paperback)
by (shelved 105 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.04 — 26,327 ratings — published 1975
The Complete Fairy Tales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 104 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.29 — 108,349 ratings — published 1850
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 102 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,312,037 ratings — published 2018
Beowulf (Paperback)
by (shelved 100 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.50 — 344,342 ratings — published 1000
Italian Folktales (Paperback)
by (shelved 99 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.18 — 4,697 ratings — published 1956
Deathless (Hardcover)
by (shelved 98 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.93 — 22,683 ratings — published 2011
Russian Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 94 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.19 — 4,670 ratings — published 1855
The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)
by (shelved 90 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.13 — 130,377 ratings — published 2013
The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore (Paperback)
by (shelved 90 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.02 — 3,327 ratings — published 1893
The Mabinogion (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.93 — 8,520 ratings — published 1400
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 87 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.32 — 53,662 ratings — published 2009
Gods of Jade and Shadow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 82 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.88 — 76,163 ratings — published 2019
The Mitten (Hardcover)
by (shelved 82 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.28 — 94,198 ratings — published 1989
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.06 — 18,507 ratings — published 1989
Women Who Run With the Wolves (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.11 — 93,094 ratings — published 1992
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,310 ratings — published 1973
The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,592 ratings — published 1911
The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures (The World of Lore, #1)
by (shelved 74 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,687 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 72 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.13 — 44,572 ratings — published 1949
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.35 — 20,974 ratings — published 1987
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.83 — 5,998 ratings — published 1904
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 71 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.09 — 92,174 ratings — published 2022
Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 71 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.78 — 3,261 ratings — published 2018
The Skull (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 70 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.16 — 13,975 ratings — published 2023
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.90 — 64,175 ratings — published 1979
The Kalevala (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.05 — 6,002 ratings — published 1835
The Golden Bough (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.02 — 8,654 ratings — published 1890
The Power of Myth (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.26 — 53,418 ratings — published 1988
The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.98 — 1,801 ratings — published 2014
Perrault's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.10 — 15,155 ratings — published 1697
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.06 — 72,177 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 — 2,418 ratings — published 2016
The Lion and the Mouse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.23 — 24,395 ratings — published 2009
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 62 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.83 — 6,251 ratings — published 1975
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 60 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,920,566 ratings — published 2011
“An old man plays the bagpipes
In a gold and silver wood;
Queens, their eyes blue like the ice,
Are dancing in a crowd.”
― When You Are Old: Early Poems and Fairy Tales
In a gold and silver wood;
Queens, their eyes blue like the ice,
Are dancing in a crowd.”
― When You Are Old: Early Poems and Fairy Tales
“Behind her gentle character, the strength of armor was found.”
― Fire & Ice: The Kindred Woods
― Fire & Ice: The Kindred Woods












