Modern Folktale Books | Summaries & Audio

The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye

by A.S. Byatt • 1994

A narratologist frees a djinn in Istanbul: three wishes, each one costing a piece of him.

3.85

5k+

🖋️ Literary Fairy Tales 🔄 Fairy Tale Subversion 📖 Nested Narratives

The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye Summary

The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye 90%

A narratologist frees a djinn in Istanbul: three wishes, each one costing a piece of him.

by A.S. Byatt 1994

3.85

5k+ ratings

🖋️ Literary Fairy Tales 🔄 Fairy Tale Subversion 📖 Nested Narratives

The Changeling

by Victor LaValle • 2017

Thinking their baby a changeling, a book dealer's wife acts terribly; he must search mythic city.

3.76

28k+

🧚 Modern Fairy Tale 🧒 Changeling Lore 👩‍🍼 Postpartum Horror

The Changeling 89%

Thinking their baby a changeling, a book dealer's wife acts terribly; he must search mythic city.

by Victor LaValle 2017

3.76

28k+ ratings

🧚 Modern Fairy Tale 🧒 Changeling Lore 👩‍🍼 Postpartum Horror

The Lightning Tree

by Patrick Rothfuss • 2014

A fae barman trades in children's secrets beneath a lightning tree. Every wish has a cost.

3.94

5k+

🧚 Fae Trickster 🍂 Slice Of Life Fantasy 🤝 Bargains And Secrets

The Lightning Tree 88%

A fae barman trades in children's secrets beneath a lightning tree. Every wish has a cost.

by Patrick Rothfuss 2014

3.94

5k+ ratings

🧚 Fae Trickster 🍂 Slice Of Life Fantasy 🤝 Bargains And Secrets

Shadow Forest

by Matt Haig • 2007

After their parents die, two siblings enter a Norwegian forest where shadows are stolen.

3.97

2k+

✨ Modern Fairy Tale 🌲 Norse Folklore Fantasy 👫 Orphaned Siblings

Shadow Forest 88%

After their parents die, two siblings enter a Norwegian forest where shadows are stolen.

by Matt Haig 2007

3.97

2k+ ratings

✨ Modern Fairy Tale 🌲 Norse Folklore Fantasy 👫 Orphaned Siblings

Magic

by Isaac Asimov • 1995

A tiny demon's wishes always backfire in this final collection of comic fantasy tales and essays.

3.65

697

📖 Comic Fantasy 🧞 Wishes Gone Wrong 😈 Trickster Demon

Magic 88%

A tiny demon's wishes always backfire in this final collection of comic fantasy tales and essays.

by Isaac Asimov 1995

3.65

697 ratings

📖 Comic Fantasy 🧞 Wishes Gone Wrong 😈 Trickster Demon

The Last Wish

by Andrzej Sapkowski • 1993

A witcher roams a dark land where every monster contract forces an impossible moral choice.

4.14

423k+

🐺 Slavic-Inspired Fantasy 📖 Subverted Fairy Tale 👑 Cursed Nobility

The Last Wish 88%

A witcher roams a dark land where every monster contract forces an impossible moral choice.

by Andrzej Sapkowski 1993

4.14

423k+ ratings

🐺 Slavic-Inspired Fantasy 📖 Subverted Fairy Tale 👑 Cursed Nobility

Cuentos

by Jacob Grimm • 1812

Witches, wolves, and wishes: the original fairy tales, as strange and dark as folklore itself.

4.23

222k+

🖤 Dark Fairy Tales 👑 Wicked Stepmother 🌲 Enchanted Forest

Cuentos 88%

Witches, wolves, and wishes: the original fairy tales, as strange and dark as folklore itself.

by Jacob Grimm 1812

4.23

222k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fairy Tales 👑 Wicked Stepmother 🌲 Enchanted Forest

The Narrow Road Between Desires

by Patrick Rothfuss • 2023

When a fae trickster helps an abused boy vanish his father, the bargain binds them both.

4.03

35k+

🪢 Fae Bargains 🦊 Trickster Mentor 🛡️ Escaping Abuse

The Narrow Road Between Desires 87%

When a fae trickster helps an abused boy vanish his father, the bargain binds them both.

by Patrick Rothfuss 2023

4.03

35k+ ratings

🪢 Fae Bargains 🦊 Trickster Mentor 🛡️ Escaping Abuse

Blue Bamboo

by Osamu Dazai • 1993

Osamu Dazai's dark Rapunzel: a lost prince, a witch mother, a daughter trading beauty for life.

3.71

3k+

📖 Fairy Tale Retelling 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 🎭 Frame Story

Blue Bamboo 87%

Osamu Dazai's dark Rapunzel: a lost prince, a witch mother, a daughter trading beauty for life.

by Osamu Dazai 1993

3.71

3k+ ratings

📖 Fairy Tale Retelling 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 🎭 Frame Story

The Tales of Beedle the Bard

by J.K. Rowling • 2008

The wizarding world's fairy tales: five stories of kindness, greed, cleverness, and cheating Death.

4.03

514k+

🧚 Fairy Tale Collection 📖 Moral Fables 💀 Death As Character

The Tales of Beedle the Bard 87%

The wizarding world's fairy tales: five stories of kindness, greed, cleverness, and cheating Death.

by J.K. Rowling 2008

4.03

514k+ ratings

🧚 Fairy Tale Collection 📖 Moral Fables 💀 Death As Character

The Slow Regard of Silent Things

by Patrick Rothfuss • 2014

Auri lives alone beneath the University, coaxing order from broken things and dreading a visitor.

3.86

162k+

🧹 Quiet Fantasy 📖 Literary Fantasy 🏚️ Hermit Protagonist

The Slow Regard of Silent Things Summary

The Slow Regard of Silent Things 87%

Auri lives alone beneath the University, coaxing order from broken things and dreading a visitor.

by Patrick Rothfuss 2014

3.86

162k+ ratings

🧹 Quiet Fantasy 📖 Literary Fantasy 🏚️ Hermit Protagonist

The Wind Through the Keyhole

by Stephen King • 2012

Trapped by a storm, Roland tells his ka-tet two stories: a shapeshifter hunt and a boy's dark quest.

4.13

95k+

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🤠 Weird West 🐺 Shapeshifter Hunt

The Wind Through the Keyhole 87%

Trapped by a storm, Roland tells his ka-tet two stories: a shapeshifter hunt and a boy's dark quest.

by Stephen King 2012

4.13

95k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🤠 Weird West 🐺 Shapeshifter Hunt

Candle & Crow

by Kevin Hearne • 2024

Two lethal curses force a Scottish sigil agent to build a god of cheese and whisky.

4.34

3k+

🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Mythological Satire 🕊️ Reformed Deity

Candle & Crow 87%

Two lethal curses force a Scottish sigil agent to build a god of cheese and whisky.

by Kevin Hearne 2024

4.34

3k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🏛️ Mythological Satire 🕊️ Reformed Deity

The Arabian Nights

by Anonymous

A bride delays her execution by spinning stories a murderous sultan cannot bear to leave unfinished.

4.01

4k+

🖋️ Frame Narrative 🌙 Middle Eastern Folklore 🧞 Genies And Magic Lamps

The Arabian Nights 87%

A bride delays her execution by spinning stories a murderous sultan cannot bear to leave unfinished.

by Anonymous

4.01

4k+ ratings

🖋️ Frame Narrative 🌙 Middle Eastern Folklore 🧞 Genies And Magic Lamps

Stone Soup

by Marcia Brown • 1947

A village hides its food from three soldiers, who then start cooking dinner from stones.

4.25

47k+

🦊 Trickster Tale 🧠 Clever Ruse 🏘️ Village Life

Stone Soup 87%

A village hides its food from three soldiers, who then start cooking dinner from stones.

by Marcia Brown 1947

4.25

47k+ ratings

🦊 Trickster Tale 🧠 Clever Ruse 🏘️ Village Life

The Bark of the Bog Owl

by Jonathan Rogers • 2004

They hunted for a warrior king. The prophecy was always about a boy who tended sheep.

4.29

6k+

📖 Biblical Retellings 🔮 Allegorical Fantasy 🐑 Unlikely Heroes

The Bark of the Bog Owl 87%

They hunted for a warrior king. The prophecy was always about a boy who tended sheep.

by Jonathan Rogers 2004

4.29

6k+ ratings

📖 Biblical Retellings 🔮 Allegorical Fantasy 🐑 Unlikely Heroes

A Magical Girl Retires

by Park Seolyeon • 2022

A twenty-nine-year-old in debt is recruited by a magical girl union, her talisman a credit card.

3.54

12k+

🪄 Magical Realism 🌟 Not The Chosen One 💫 Sapphic Slow Burn

A Magical Girl Retires 87%

A twenty-nine-year-old in debt is recruited by a magical girl union, her talisman a credit card.

by Park Seolyeon 2022

3.54

12k+ ratings

🪄 Magical Realism 🌟 Not The Chosen One 💫 Sapphic Slow Burn

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

by Roald Dahl • 2005

A starving boy tours a candy wizard's sealed factory, where spoiled children meet their match.

4.17

945k+

🎭 Whimsical Morality Tale 🏆 Virtue Rewarded 😈 Spoiled Child Downfall

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Summary

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 87%

A starving boy tours a candy wizard's sealed factory, where spoiled children meet their match.

by Roald Dahl 2005

4.17

945k+ ratings

🎭 Whimsical Morality Tale 🏆 Virtue Rewarded 😈 Spoiled Child Downfall

Hanul Ancuței

by Mihail Sadoveanu • 1928

A shepherd's wife follows omens and rumors across rural Moldova to find her missing husband.

3.01

6k+

🏚️ Frame Narrative 🌾 Pastoral Fiction ⚖️ Woman Seeks Justice

Hanul Ancuței 87%

A shepherd's wife follows omens and rumors across rural Moldova to find her missing husband.

by Mihail Sadoveanu 1928

3.01

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Frame Narrative 🌾 Pastoral Fiction ⚖️ Woman Seeks Justice

The Wood at Midwinter

by Susanna Clarke • 2024

A young woman who understands animals enters a sentient wood at midwinter to ask for a child.

3.41

26k+

🎵 Lyrical Fantasy 🌲 Sentient Forest 😇 Saintly Outsider

The Wood at Midwinter 87%

A young woman who understands animals enters a sentient wood at midwinter to ask for a child.

by Susanna Clarke 2024

3.41

26k+ ratings

🎵 Lyrical Fantasy 🌲 Sentient Forest 😇 Saintly Outsider

Six-Gun Snow White

by Catherynne M. Valente • 2013

Snow White's stepmother demands whiteness. She rides into the West with a gun.

3.63

5k+

🏜️ Weird Western 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 👯‍♀️ Outlaw Sisterhood

Six-Gun Snow White 87%

Snow White's stepmother demands whiteness. She rides into the West with a gun.

by Catherynne M. Valente 2013

3.63

5k+ ratings

🏜️ Weird Western 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 👯‍♀️ Outlaw Sisterhood

The Wishing Spell

by Chris Colfer • 2012

A magical book pulls twins into a fairy-tale world. They must find storybook relics to get home.

4.26

161k+

🌌 Portal Fantasy 🧚 Fractured Fairy Tales 👯 Twin Protagonists

The Wishing Spell 87%

A magical book pulls twins into a fairy-tale world. They must find storybook relics to get home.

by Chris Colfer 2012

4.26

161k+ ratings

🌌 Portal Fantasy 🧚 Fractured Fairy Tales 👯 Twin Protagonists

Motorcycles & Sweetgrass

by Drew Hayden Taylor • 2010

Summoned by a dying elder, a Trickster rides a vintage motorcycle into a grieving reserve.

3.64

3k+

🦊 Trickster Mythology 🪶 Indigenous Storytelling 🇨🇦 Small Town Canada

Motorcycles & Sweetgrass 87%

Summoned by a dying elder, a Trickster rides a vintage motorcycle into a grieving reserve.

by Drew Hayden Taylor 2010

3.64

3k+ ratings

🦊 Trickster Mythology 🪶 Indigenous Storytelling 🇨🇦 Small Town Canada

Tales from Watership Down

by Richard Adams • 1996

The warren's storytellers spin legends of a trickster prince and tales of courage.

3.84

10k+

🐾 Animal Fantasy 📚 Stories Within Stories 🌿 Pastoral Fantasy

Tales from Watership Down 87%

The warren's storytellers spin legends of a trickster prince and tales of courage.

by Richard Adams 1996

3.84

10k+ ratings

🐾 Animal Fantasy 📚 Stories Within Stories 🌿 Pastoral Fantasy

Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too

by Jomny Sun • 2017

A gentle alien lands on Earth to study humans and finds animals who are lonely too.

4.08

36k+

📖 Illustrated Fable 🛸 Outsider Protagonist 💛 Found Family

Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too Summary

Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too 87%

A gentle alien lands on Earth to study humans and finds animals who are lonely too.

by Jomny Sun 2017

4.08

36k+ ratings

📖 Illustrated Fable 🛸 Outsider Protagonist 💛 Found Family

The Snow Child

by Eowyn Ivey • 2012

After a childless couple builds a snow girl, a mysterious child appears at their Alaskan homestead.

4.02

178k+

👑 Fairy Tale Retelling 🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness 💔 Childless Couple

The Snow Child 87%

After a childless couple builds a snow girl, a mysterious child appears at their Alaskan homestead.

by Eowyn Ivey 2012

4.02

178k+ ratings

👑 Fairy Tale Retelling 🏔️ Alaskan Wilderness 💔 Childless Couple

A Spindle Splintered

by Alix E. Harrow • 2021

A spindle prick sends a dying girl into a fairy tale. The princess has other plans.

3.58

42k+

🧵 Fractured Fairy Tale 🚪 Portal Fantasy 💔 Terminally Ill Protagonist

A Spindle Splintered 87%

A spindle prick sends a dying girl into a fairy tale. The princess has other plans.

by Alix E. Harrow 2021

3.58

42k+ ratings

🧵 Fractured Fairy Tale 🚪 Portal Fantasy 💔 Terminally Ill Protagonist

The Missing Piece

by Shel Silverstein • 1976

A circle rolls with a gap and sings, certain the absent shape will make it whole.

4.28

32k+

🌀 Existential Allegory 🦋 Embracing Imperfection 📖 Illustrated Fable

The Missing Piece 87%

A circle rolls with a gap and sings, certain the absent shape will make it whole.

by Shel Silverstein 1976

4.28

32k+ ratings

🌀 Existential Allegory 🦋 Embracing Imperfection 📖 Illustrated Fable

The Last Unicorn

by Peter S. Beagle • 1968

The final unicorn leaves her enchanted forest to free her people from a joyless king's bull.

4.16

124k+

📖 Literary Fantasy 🦄 Search For Lost Kin 👥 Unlikely Companions

The Last Unicorn 87%

The final unicorn leaves her enchanted forest to free her people from a joyless king's bull.

by Peter S. Beagle 1968

4.16

124k+ ratings

📖 Literary Fantasy 🦄 Search For Lost Kin 👥 Unlikely Companions

Lovers at the Museum

by Isabel Allende • 2024

A detective finds two lovers inside the Guggenheim and no evidence of how they got in.

3.48

27k+

🏃‍♀️ Runaway Bride 🌙 Museum After Dark 🎭 Whimsical Mystery

Lovers at the Museum 87%

A detective finds two lovers inside the Guggenheim and no evidence of how they got in.

by Isabel Allende 2024

3.48

27k+ ratings

🏃‍♀️ Runaway Bride 🌙 Museum After Dark 🎭 Whimsical Mystery

Sleeping Beauty

by Charles Perrault • 2014

Cursed at birth, a princess sleeps a hundred years inside a castle swallowed by thorns.

3.69

203

🐸 French Folklore 👑 Cursed Princess 💤 Enchanted Sleep

Sleeping Beauty 87%

Cursed at birth, a princess sleeps a hundred years inside a castle swallowed by thorns.

by Charles Perrault 2014

3.69

203 ratings

🐸 French Folklore 👑 Cursed Princess 💤 Enchanted Sleep

The Goose Girl

by Shannon Hale • 2003

Betrayed on her wedding journey, a princess who speaks to animals hides among the palace geese.

4.15

149k+

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🦢 Animal Magic 🫥 Hidden Identity

The Goose Girl 87%

Betrayed on her wedding journey, a princess who speaks to animals hides among the palace geese.

by Shannon Hale 2003

4.15

149k+ ratings

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🦢 Animal Magic 🫥 Hidden Identity

Stardust

by Neil Gaiman • 1999

Crossing into Faerie to catch a fallen star for love, a boy finds a furious woman instead.

4.10

483k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 💘 Enemies To Lovers 🌍 Fish Out Of Water

Stardust 87%

Crossing into Faerie to catch a fallen star for love, a boy finds a furious woman instead.

by Neil Gaiman 1999

4.10

483k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 💘 Enemies To Lovers 🌍 Fish Out Of Water

Tales from the Perilous Realm

by J.R.R. Tolkien • 1997

Enchanted dogs, cunning dragons, unfinished paintings: tales where our world meets the fairy realm.

4.07

12k+

🎪 Whimsical Fantasy 🏰 Medieval England 🤷 Reluctant Hero

Tales from the Perilous Realm 87%

Enchanted dogs, cunning dragons, unfinished paintings: tales where our world meets the fairy realm.

by J.R.R. Tolkien 1997

4.07

12k+ ratings

🎪 Whimsical Fantasy 🏰 Medieval England 🤷 Reluctant Hero

Jerusalem

by Jez Butterworth • 2009

A woodland outlaw's kingdom crumbles as eviction and a missing girl turn his village against him.

4.04

3k+

🎭 Tragicomedy 🌳 Rural England 🏕️ Found Family

Jerusalem 87%

A woodland outlaw's kingdom crumbles as eviction and a missing girl turn his village against him.

by Jez Butterworth 2009

4.04

3k+ ratings

🎭 Tragicomedy 🌳 Rural England 🏕️ Found Family

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum • 1900

A Kansas girl walks a golden road, seeking the wizard who can send her home.

4.00

516k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🗺️ Quest Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 87%

A Kansas girl walks a golden road, seeking the wizard who can send her home.

by L. Frank Baum 1900

4.00

516k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🗺️ Quest Fantasy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

An Author's Odyssey

by Chris Colfer • 2016

Villains conquer the fairy-tale world; a boy's only army waits inside his own short stories.

4.41

50k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 📚 Fairy Tale Mashup 👫 Sibling Duo

An Author's Odyssey 87%

Villains conquer the fairy-tale world; a boy's only army waits inside his own short stories.

by Chris Colfer 2016

4.41

50k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 📚 Fairy Tale Mashup 👫 Sibling Duo

Return to the Isle of the Lost

by Melissa de la Cruz • 2016

Four villain kids race scheming parents to cursed talismans hidden beneath a prison island.

3.90

11k+

🏫 Magical Boarding School 🖤 Found Family 💔 Villain Redemption

Return to the Isle of the Lost 87%

Four villain kids race scheming parents to cursed talismans hidden beneath a prison island.

by Melissa de la Cruz 2016

3.90

11k+ ratings

🏫 Magical Boarding School 🖤 Found Family 💔 Villain Redemption

Farmer Giles of Ham

by J.R.R. Tolkien • 1999

A lazy farmer and a magic sword must outwit a dragon before it plunders the village.

3.9

13k+

🃏 Humorous Fantasy 🤷 Reluctant Hero ⚔️ Magical Sword

Farmer Giles of Ham 87%

A lazy farmer and a magic sword must outwit a dragon before it plunders the village.

by J.R.R. Tolkien 1999

3.9

13k+ ratings

🃏 Humorous Fantasy 🤷 Reluctant Hero ⚔️ Magical Sword

The Enchantress Returns

by Chris Colfer • 2013

Their mother taken by an enchantress, twins race across fairy-tale kingdoms for a legendary weapon.

4.43

78k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 📚 Fairy Tale Mashup 👫 Twin Protagonists

The Enchantress Returns 87%

Their mother taken by an enchantress, twins race across fairy-tale kingdoms for a legendary weapon.

by Chris Colfer 2013

4.43

78k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 📚 Fairy Tale Mashup 👫 Twin Protagonists

A Monster Calls

by Patrick Ness • 2011

A yew tree monster visits a boy at midnight, demanding the truth about his dying mother.

4.34

292k+

📖 Modern Fable 🖤 Parental Loss 💔 Terminal Illness

A Monster Calls 87%

A yew tree monster visits a boy at midnight, demanding the truth about his dying mother.

by Patrick Ness 2011

4.34

292k+ ratings

📖 Modern Fable 🖤 Parental Loss 💔 Terminal Illness

Burning Roses

by S.L. Huang • 2020

A guilt-ridden Red Riding Hood and exiled archer hunt firebirds to outrun their ruined pasts.

3.67

3k+

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🌈 Queer Fantasy 👵 Middle-Aged Heroines

Burning Roses 87%

A guilt-ridden Red Riding Hood and exiled archer hunt firebirds to outrun their ruined pasts.

by S.L. Huang 2020

3.67

3k+ ratings

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🌈 Queer Fantasy 👵 Middle-Aged Heroines

Spinning Silver

by Naomi Novik • 2018

A winter king challenges a Jewish moneylender: convert his silver to gold or freeze forever.

4.18

154k+

📖 Fairy Tale Retelling 🌲 Slavic Folklore ✡️ Jewish Fantasy

Spinning Silver 86%

A winter king challenges a Jewish moneylender: convert his silver to gold or freeze forever.

by Naomi Novik 2018

4.18

154k+ ratings

📖 Fairy Tale Retelling 🌲 Slavic Folklore ✡️ Jewish Fantasy

The Stardust Thief

by Chelsea Abdullah • 2022

A jinn-relic smuggler must find a lamp for a sultan in a desert where secrets kill.

3.98

29k+

🌙 Arabian Nights Fantasy 🏜️ Epic Desert Quest ✨ Magical Relic Trade

The Stardust Thief 86%

A jinn-relic smuggler must find a lamp for a sultan in a desert where secrets kill.

by Chelsea Abdullah 2022

3.98

29k+ ratings

🌙 Arabian Nights Fantasy 🏜️ Epic Desert Quest ✨ Magical Relic Trade

When Among Crows

by Veronica Roth • 2024

A guilt-ridden Knight and a cursed zmora hunt for Baba Jaga through Chicago's hidden monster world.

3.72

30k+

🕯️ Slavic Folklore 🌃 Hidden Monster World ⚔️ Monster Hunter Redemption

When Among Crows 86%

A guilt-ridden Knight and a cursed zmora hunt for Baba Jaga through Chicago's hidden monster world.

by Veronica Roth 2024

3.72

30k+ ratings

🕯️ Slavic Folklore 🌃 Hidden Monster World ⚔️ Monster Hunter Redemption

An Artificial Night

by Seanan McGuire • 2010

A changeling PI follows missing children into a fae nightmare where ancient games turn deadly.

4.18

21k+

🦋 Changeling Protagonist 🔍 Fae Detective 🌑 Dark Faerie Tale

An Artificial Night 86%

A changeling PI follows missing children into a fae nightmare where ancient games turn deadly.

by Seanan McGuire 2010

4.18

21k+ ratings

🦋 Changeling Protagonist 🔍 Fae Detective 🌑 Dark Faerie Tale

Princess Bari

by Hwang Sok-yong • 2007

Abandoned at birth, a seventh daughter carries a shaman's gift from famine to London's margins.

3.72

2k+

📜 Mythic Retelling 🌀 Shamanic Journey 💔 Generational Trauma

Princess Bari 86%

Abandoned at birth, a seventh daughter carries a shaman's gift from famine to London's margins.

by Hwang Sok-yong 2007

3.72

2k+ ratings

📜 Mythic Retelling 🌀 Shamanic Journey 💔 Generational Trauma

Six Crimson Cranes

by Elizabeth Lim • 2021

A princess cursed into silence must save six brothers transformed into cranes by her stepmother

4.17

106k+

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🏮 East Asian Folklore 🤫 Cursed Into Silence

Six Crimson Cranes 86%

A princess cursed into silence must save six brothers transformed into cranes by her stepmother

by Elizabeth Lim 2021

4.17

106k+ ratings

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🏮 East Asian Folklore 🤫 Cursed Into Silence

The Woodsmoke Women’s Book of Spells

by Rachel Greenlaw • 2024

Carrie Morgan inherits a spell book and mountains' bargain: a lover who vanishes with the thaw.

3.63

3k+

🔮 Generational Magic 🌲 Small Town Folklore 🏡 Homecoming And Healing

The Woodsmoke Women’s Book of Spells Summary

The Woodsmoke Women’s Book of Spells 86%

Carrie Morgan inherits a spell book and mountains' bargain: a lover who vanishes with the thaw.

by Rachel Greenlaw 2024

3.63

3k+ ratings

🔮 Generational Magic 🌲 Small Town Folklore 🏡 Homecoming And Healing

Summer of the Mariposas

by Guadalupe Garcia McCall • 2012

Five sisters smuggle a body into Mexico and stumble into a world of living folklore.

3.50

3k+

🏛️ Odyssey Retelling 🇲🇽 Mexican Folklore 👯 Sisterly Quest

Summer of the Mariposas 86%

Five sisters smuggle a body into Mexico and stumble into a world of living folklore.

by Guadalupe Garcia McCall 2012

3.50

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Odyssey Retelling 🇲🇽 Mexican Folklore 👯 Sisterly Quest

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