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The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 342 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.23 — 220,789 ratings — published 1812
The Bear and the Nightingale (The Winternight Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 338 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.09 — 230,630 ratings — published 2017
Aesop’s Fables (Paperback)
by (shelved 195 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.05 — 129,421 ratings — published -560
Norse Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 191 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.10 — 341,985 ratings — published 2017
The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 162 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.35 — 110,739 ratings — published 2017
Irish Fairy and Folk Tales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 143 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.04 — 5,928 ratings — published 1888
The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 139 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.49 — 88,204 ratings — published 2019
Uprooted (Hardcover)
by (shelved 139 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.02 — 262,081 ratings — published 2015
American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1)
by (shelved 131 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.10 — 987,769 ratings — published 2001
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde, #1)
by (shelved 122 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.96 — 205,058 ratings — published 2023
Men and Monsters (Nightfall, #2)
by (shelved 122 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.40 — 556 ratings — published 2018
Spinning Silver (ebook)
by (shelved 114 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.18 — 149,982 ratings — published 2018
Thistlefoot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 108 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.94 — 24,196 ratings — published 2022
The Complete Fairy Tales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 105 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.29 — 108,443 ratings — published 1850
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (Paperback)
by (shelved 105 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.04 — 26,326 ratings — published 1975
The Arabian Nights (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 102 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.03 — 81,068 ratings — published 800
Circe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 102 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,330,271 ratings — published 2018
Italian Folktales (Paperback)
by (shelved 101 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.18 — 4,720 ratings — published 1956
Beowulf (Paperback)
by (shelved 99 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.50 — 344,485 ratings — published 1000
Deathless (Hardcover)
by (shelved 98 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.93 — 22,805 ratings — published 2011
Russian Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 97 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.19 — 4,680 ratings — published 1855
The Mabinogion (Paperback)
by (shelved 92 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.93 — 8,587 ratings — published 1400
The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)
by (shelved 90 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.13 — 130,879 ratings — published 2013
The Celtic Twilight: Faerie and Folklore (Paperback)
by (shelved 90 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.02 — 3,348 ratings — published 1893
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 86 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.32 — 53,979 ratings — published 2009
Women Who Run With the Wolves (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.11 — 94,606 ratings — published 1992
The Mitten (Hardcover)
by (shelved 82 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.28 — 94,417 ratings — published 1989
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.06 — 18,545 ratings — published 1989
Gods of Jade and Shadow (Hardcover)
by (shelved 81 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.88 — 76,953 ratings — published 2019
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti (Paperback)
by (shelved 78 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,323 ratings — published 1973
The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,599 ratings — published 1911
The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures (The World of Lore, #1)
by (shelved 74 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,729 ratings — published 2017
American Indian Myths and Legends (Paperback)
by (shelved 74 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.08 — 5,398 ratings — published 1984
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.82 — 6,086 ratings — published 1904
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.09 — 93,934 ratings — published 2022
Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 72 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.78 — 3,292 ratings — published 2018
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.13 — 44,830 ratings — published 1949
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.35 — 21,006 ratings — published 1987
The Skull (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 71 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.16 — 14,445 ratings — published 2023
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.90 — 64,845 ratings — published 1979
The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,820 ratings — published 2014
The Kalevala (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.05 — 6,057 ratings — published 1835
Perrault's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.10 — 15,099 ratings — published 1697
Celtic Tales: Fairy Tales and Stories of Enchantment from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 67 times as folklore)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,436 ratings — published 2016
The Golden Bough (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.02 — 8,687 ratings — published 1890
The Power of Myth (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.26 — 53,611 ratings — published 1988
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.05 — 72,668 ratings — published 1981
Where the Dark Stands Still (ebook)
by (shelved 63 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.05 — 28,463 ratings — published 2024
The Lion and the Mouse (Hardcover)
by (shelved 63 times as folklore)
avg rating 4.23 — 24,425 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 — 6,291 ratings — published 1975
“Finally, I’d say to anyone who wants to tell these tales, don’t be afraid to be superstitious. If you have a lucky pen, use it. If you speak with more force and wit when wearing one red sock and one blue one, dress like that. When I’m at work I’m highly superstitious. My own superstition has to do with the voice in which the story comes out. I believe that every story is attended by its own sprite, whose voice we embody when we tell the tale, and that we tell it more successfully if we approach the sprite with a certain degree of respect and courtesy. These sprites are both old and young, male and female, sentimental and cynical, sceptical and credulous, and so on, and what’s more, they’re completely amoral: like the air-spirits who helped Strong Hans escape from the cave, the story-sprites are willing to serve whoever has the ring, whoever is telling the tale. To the accusation that this is nonsense, that all you need to tell a story is a human imagination, I reply, ‘Of course, and this is the way my imagination works.”
― Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version
― Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm: A New English Version
“Every ancient tale has truth at its heart," I said. "That's what I've always believed, anyway. But after years and years of retelling, the shape of those old stories changes. What may once have been simple and easily recognized becomes strange, wondrous and magical. Those are only the trappings of the story. The truth lies beneath those fantastic garments.”
― Tower of Thorns
― Tower of Thorns
