Step into a world where, enchanted forests whisper, ancient magic weaves your destiny and mythical creatures lurk in the shadows.
Most of us grew up on fairy tales, passed down through the generations, from the eerie fairy tales of the Brother’s Grimm to the timeless mythology of ancient worlds. But what if the stories you thought you knew had more to tell?
We’ve pulled together a must-read list of gorgeous Fairy Tales, Myths and Folklore retellings, get ready to discover magic in ways you could never have imagined.
Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim
A beautiful and immersive YA fantasy retelling of the Brothers Grimm, The Six Swans fairytale.
Princess Shiori’anma has magic, but magic is forbidden in Kiata. When she accidentally loses control and ruins her wedding, she is secretly glad she doesn’t have to go through with it. Her stepmother Raikama – also magical – banishes Shiori and curses her: Shiori’s beloved brothers have been turned into cranes, and if Shiori ever speaks again, her brothers will die. As Shiori tries to undo the spell that traps her and her brothers, she uncovers a dark plot to seize the throne of Kiata. To defeat the evil in the land, she must trust the boy she didn’t want to marry and embrace the strength of her magic.
Set in an East-Asian inspired world, Six Crimson Cranes is a twisty tale of magic and romance.
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Little Thieves by Margaret Owen
Little Thieves thrilling reimagining of the Goose Girl with lashings of plotting and scamming.
Vanja Schmidt – adopted goddaughter of Death and Fortune – spent her life as the servant of Princess Gisele. When her adopted mothers demand repayment for their care, Vanja uses an enchanted set of pearls and plots a way to transform her life… and herself, into Gisele. As she pretends she is the Princess, she moonlights as a jewel thief, saving to finally escape. Trailed by enemies, including Gisele’s sinister fiancé, Vanja has only two weeks to commit her greatest heist, or lose everything.
Little Thieves is a swashbuckling and unputdownable fairytale retelling that you’ll race through, so thankfully book two, Painted Devils, is ready and waiting for you.
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The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh
A beautifully captivating story of love and family, and how much we are willing to sacrifice. The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea is a gorgeous feminist retelling of an ancient Korean legend.
Mina’s homeland is cursed by a Sea God who was once their protector. To appease him, someone is thrown in the ocean each year hoping that the Sea God will choose a bride and cease his violence. When Mina’s brother’s beloved is chosen, Mina goes in her place. Instead of certain death she finds the Spirit Realm where the Sea God is in an enchanted sleep. Working with a group of demons, gods, and spirits – and the mysterious and charming Shin – Mina attempts to free the Sea God from his slumber before it is too late, before those who are keeping the Sea God in his sleep find her.
Twisty and charming, and with a quirky cast of characters The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea is a must-read.
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These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
These Violent Delights is a gripping Romeo and Juliet retelling that we have just reissued in a limited Vault Edition.
The Scarlets and the White Flowers are two rival gangs who run 1920s Shanghai. Juliette Cai is about to fulfil her role as the heir of the Scarlet Gang, opposing her counterpart Roma Montagov, the heir to the White Flowers – and her first love who broke her heart.
A fever-inducing contagion is sweeping the streets of Shanghai, disrupting both gangs. Rumours are rife of a monster in the shadows. The gangs, and Shanghai itself, are threatened, and Juliette must learn to trust Roma again in order to save everyone.
Chloe Gong is an absolute staple in the YA space.
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The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi
A haunting, atmospheric gothic page-turner, The Last Tale of the Flower Bride is a sumptuous story about an obsessive female friendship cursed to end in tragedy, a marriage unraveled by dark secrets, and the danger of believing in fairy tales.
A fairytale scholar named only the Bridegroom marries his unfathomably rich wife Indigo under her one condition – that he never enquire about her past. When a family matter brings Indigo and the Bridegroom to Indigo’s childhood home, he learns of Azure, Indigo’s childhood friend who disappeared in youth. As the magnificent house breathes, the truth – and their marriage – starts to unravel.
Taking great inspiration from fairytales, this twisting and intoxicating standalone fantasy feels like a fever dream.
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The Beast’s Heart by Leife Shallcross
This brand-new take on a tale as old as time is truly beautiful.
We all know the story, an arrogant young prince and his castle's servants fall under the spell of a wicked enchantress, who turns him into the hideous Beast until he learns to love and be loved in return. But in this gorgeous re-telling we read the Beast's side of the story at long last.
I am neither monster nor man - yet I am both. I am the Beast.
Lose yourself in this gorgeously rich and magical retelling of The Beauty and the Beast that finally lays bare the beast's heart.
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The House of Frost and Feathers by Lauren Wiesebron
The House of Frost and Feathers is an utterly enchanting standalone fantasy, reimaging the legend of Baba Yaga.
Marisha's time is running out. She's already lost her family to the sleeping plague, and she fears she'll be next. Penniless and desperate for protection, Marisha is forced to accept a job as apprentice to the notorious koldunya, Baba Zima. Thrust into looking for a cure to the plague, the search grows increasingly dangerous and seemingly impossible. Uncovering connections between her own family history, the plague and her dreams, if Marisha can find the cure, she will finally be free.
With achingly beautiful writing doors to other worlds, powerful folkloric magic, enchanted masked balls and magical bonfire gatherings, The House of Frost and Feathers is the perfect book to cosy up with.
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Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil by Oliver Darkshire
Cosy, full of wit and Pratchett-ian footnotes, Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil is an adult fantasy which plunges readers into a delightfully deranged world full of enchantment and folklore.
In a tiny, miserable farm on the edge of the tiny, miserable village of East Grasby, Isabella Nagg is trying to get on with her equally tiny and miserable existence. Dividing her time between enduring her feckless husband, inadequately caring for the farm's strange collection of animals, cooking up 'scrunge', and crooning over her treasured pot of basil, Isabella can't help but think that there might be something more to life. So, while she's initially aghast when Mr. Nagg comes home with a spell book purloined from the local wizard, she soon starts to think: what harm could a little magic do?
A story about claiming a new life and finding oneself - and also goblins, capitalism, and sorcery.
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Reawakened by Coleen Houck
Book one in the Reawakened series, two star-crossed teens must battle mythical forces and ancient curses on a journey with more twists and turns than the Nile itself . . .
When seventeen-year-old Lilliana Young enters the Metropolitan Museum of Art one morning during spring break, the last thing she expects to find is a live Egyptian prince with godlike powers, who has been reawakened after a thousand years of mummification. Fate has taken hold of Lily, and she, along with her sun prince, Amon, must now travel to the Valley of the Kings, raise his brothers, and stop an evil, shape-shifting god named Seth from taking over the world.
Full to the brim with adventure, romance and Egyptian mythology, Reawakened is a roller-coaster of an adventure that will keep you guessing until the last page.