Contemporary Fairy-Tale & Folklore Novels/Novelizations in Adult Literature

Reviews are in the process of being added; book titles are hyperlinked to an outside reviewer or other source and my own reviews are linked as indicated. 

  • The Alehouse at the End of the World by Stevan Allred (2018)
  • All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders (2016)
  • All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella's Stepmother by Danielle Teller (2018)
  • Apothecary Melchoir by Indrek Hargla (2017)
  • The Barefoot Woman by Scholastique Mukasonga (2020)
  • The Bear by Andrew Krivak (2020)
  • The Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy #1) by Katherine Arden (2017) | My review: https://feliciareviewsbooks.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-bear-and-nightingale-winternight.html
  • The Beast's Heart by Leif Shallcross (2019)
  • Beauty is a Wound by Eka Kurniawan (2002)
  • The Bird King: A Novel by G.Willow Wilson (2019)
  • Bird Summons by Leila Aboula (2020)
  • The Blue Fox by Sjon (2003)
  • The Boatman's Daughter by Andy Davidson (2020)
  • Bohemian Gospel (Bohemian Trilogy #1) by Dana Chamblee Carpenter (2018)
  • Bones of the Moon by Johnathan Carroll (1987)
  • Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi (2013)
  • The Border Keeper by Kersten Hall (2013)
  • Briar Rose by Robert Coover (1997)
  • The Changeling by Victor LaValle (2017)
  • The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty (2017)
  • The City of Lost Fortunes by Bryan Camp (2018)
  • The Complete Tales of Ketzia Gold by Kate Bernheimer (2002)
  • Conjure Women by Afia Atakora (2020)
  • The Crane Wife by Patrick Ness (2014)
  • Creatures of Want & Ruin by Molly Tanzer (2018)
  • Creatures of Will and Terror by Molly Tanzer (2017)
  • Cursed Edited by Mary O'Regan and Paul Kane (2020)
  • Daughter from the Dark by Marina & Sergey Dyachenko (2020) | My review: http://feliciareviewsbooks.blogspot.com/2020/05/daughter-from-dark-by-marina-sergey.html
  • Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters #1) by Juliet Marillier (1999)
  • Deerskin by Robin McKinley (1993)
  • Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories by Kelly Barnhill (2018)
  • Dreamer's Pool (Blackthorn and Grim #1) by Juliet Marillier (2004) | My review: https://feliciareviewsbooks.blogspot.com/2019/03/dreamers-pool-blackthorn-grim-novel-by.html
  • Daughter from the Dark by Marina & Sergey Dyachenko (2020)
  • Fair Peril by Nancy Springer (1996)
  • The Familiars by Stacey Halls (2019)
  • Fitcher's Brides by Gregory Frost (2002) | My review: https://feliciareviewsbooks.blogspot.com/2018/11/fitchers-brides-by-gregory-frost.html
  • The Folk of the Fringe by Orson Scott Card (1989)
  • Follow Me To Ground by Sue Rainsford (2020) 
  • The Fox and Dr. Shimamura by Christine Wunnicke (2015 - translation 2019)
  • The Fox Woman by Kji Johnson (2000)
  • Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi (2019)
  • The Girl Who Trod On A Loaf by Kathryn Davis (1993)
  • Godmother Night by Beth Overmyer (2020)
  • Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (2019)
  • The Golden Key by Marion Womack (2020)
  • The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker (2013)
  • Hazel & Holly by Sara C. Snider (2020)
  • The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert (2018)
  • Hex by Rebecca Dinerstein Knight (2020)
  • Hiddensee by Gregory Maguire (2017)
  • Ill Will: The Untold Story of Heathcliff by Michael Stewart (2019)
  • In Calabria by Peter S. Beagle (2017)
  • In the Night Wood by Dale Bailey (2018)
  • In Veritas by C.J. Lavigne (2020)
  • Jack of Kinrowan by Charles de Lint (1995)
  • Jack of Thorns by A.K. Faulkner (2020)
  • Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (2004)
  • The Juniper Tree by Barbara Comyns (2018)
  • The Kappa Child by Hiromi Goto (2001)
  • The Killing Fog by Jeff Wheeler (2020)
  • The Killing Moon by N.K. Jemisin (2012)
  • Letters to Zell by Camille Griep (2015)
  • The Library of Legends by Janie Chang (2020)
  • The Lost Future of Pepperharrow by Natasha Pulley (2020)
  • The Map Across Time by C.S. Lankin (2011)
  • The Marriage of Sticks by Jonathan Carroll (1999)
  • Master of Sorrows by Justin T. Call (2020)
  • Melmoth by Sarah Perry (2018)
  • Mermaid: A Twist on the Classic Tale by Carolyn Turgen (2010)
  • Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber (2019)
  • Moth and Spark by Anne Leonard (2014) | My review: https://feliciareviewsbooks.blogspot.com/2020/04/moth-and-spark-by-anne-leonard.html
  • The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (2011)
  • Once Upon A Winter's Night by Dennis L. McKiernan (2001)
  • A Pocketful of Crows by Joanne M. Harris (2018)
  • Poet, Prophet, Fox: The Tale of Sinnach the Seer (Book One: How the Fox Gained His Sight) by M.Z. McDonnell (2020)
  • The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang (2018)
  • The Porcelain Dove by Delia Sherman (1993)
  • The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon (2019)
  • Reading in the Dark by Seamus Deane (1996)
  • The Scribbly Man (Children of D'Hara #1) by Terry Goodkind (2019)
  • Sister of my Heart by Chitra Bannerjee Divakruni (1999)
  • The Sisters Grimm by Manna van Praag (2020)
  • Sleeping Beauties by Susanna Moore (1993)
  • Slender Man by Mythology Entertainment, LLC (2018)
  • The Snow Child by Eovyn Ivey (2012)
  • Sometimes the Soul by Gioia Timpanelli (1998)
  • Starlings by Jo Walton (2018)
  • The Stolen Child by Keith Donohue (2016)
  • Taboo by Kim Scott (2019)
  • Tam Lin by Pamela Dean (1991)
  • Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan (2008)
  • The Truth About Celia by Kevin Brockmeier (2003)
  • The True Story of Hansel & Gretel by Louise Murphy (2003)
  • Tyll by Daniel Kehlman (2020)
  • The Unwilling by Kelly Braffet (2020)
  • Upon a Burning Throne by Ashkok K. Banker (2019)
  • The Vinegar Jar by Berlie Doherty (1996)
  • Vita Nostra by Marina & Sergey Dyachenko (2007)
  • The Waking Land by Callie Bates (2017)
  • The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley (2015)
  • What Should Be Wild by Julia Fine (2018) 
  • White As Snow by Tanith Lee (2000) | My review: https://feliciareviewsbooks.blogspot.com/2018/11/white-as-snow-by-tanith-lee-published.html
  • Winter Tide by Ruthanna Emrys (2018)
For a helpful lib-guide on fairy-tales, check out this fantastic list of resources from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: https://guides.library.illinois.edu/c.php?g=347617&p=2344426


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