I love to read, my favorite kind is fiction, and I love fairy tales lol. If you've ever read any really good fairy tale books let me know! I'll give you a couple of titles to let you know what kind I like. I just recently read goose girl, enna burning, and a great and terrible beauty. I've already read the classics, like harry potter, and lord of the rings. Oh and please don't refer titles that are like 100 pages, I'm a fast reader and don't like to buy short books because I read them so fast. Thanks!
2006-10-28 04:55:53 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I love Shannon Hale! Have you read the Princess Academy? It's also by her (unconnected to the others). There is also a third book, another companion, to the Goose Girl, it's called River Secrets.
http://www.squeetus.com/stage/main.html
You should read Robin McKinley. Spindle's End is her 'retelling' of Sleeping Beauty. She has two retellings of Beauty and The Beast. One is called 'Beauty' and the other is called 'Rose Daughter.'
http://www.robinmckinley.com/RM_Work.html
Mira, Mirror by Mette Harrison is quite good.
Enchantment by Orson Scott Card.
The Confessions of An Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire.
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine.
Donna Jo Napoli is another great author. Although her books are shorter than some of the above recommended, they are very well written. (Beast, Zel, The Magic Circle, etc.)
http://www.donnajonapoli.com/ya.html
Also this is very IMPORTANT...you should check out this website:
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/
It has the traditional fairy tales and provides information on modern retellings (novelizations, short stories, etc) of classic tales! It will give you even more recommendations.
2006-10-28 05:37:03 · answer #1 · answered by laney_po 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do hope that you read Rebel Angels by Libba Bray (the second book in the trilogy) since you liked A Great and Terrible Beauty. The third book has yet to be release.
More fantasy and fairy tales you'll enjoy:
The NeverEnding Story by Michael Ende
East by Edith Pattou
Spindle's End by Robin McKinley
I Am Morgan le Fay by Nancy Springer
Goose Chase by Patricia Kindl
The Princess Academy by Shannon Hale
Modern-day twists on fairy tales, aka urban fantasy:
Innocence by Jane Mendelsohn
Straight on 'til Morning by Christopher Golden (Peter Pan - set as a coming-of-age story in 1981)
The Ferryman by Christopher Golden
The Fallen by Thomas E. Sniegoski
The Blue Girl by Charles deLint
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Enjoy the books! :)
2006-10-28 07:16:22 · answer #2 · answered by Willow_Whedon 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I loved goose girl enna bruning and a great and terrible beauty. I agree that you should read Rebel angels-just as good as the first! I love fairy tales too, and I read fast so here are my suggestions:
East-Edith Pattou, The Two Princesses of Bamarre-Gail Carson Levine, Just Ella-Margaret Peterson Haddix, *Beauty-Robin McKinley, Spindles End-Robin McKinley, The Hero and the Crown-Robin McKinley, *Snow-Tracy Lynn, *The Blue Sword-Robin McKinley, *The Outlaws of Sherwood-Robin McKinley, Hero's Song-Edith Pattou, Fire Arrow (sequal to hero's song)-Edith Pattou, Princess Acadamy-Shannon Hale, The Night Dance-Suzanne Weyn, Avalon High-Meg Cabot
Those are just the ones I can think of, hope they help. The ones with * are ones that are really good. Hope this helps!
2006-10-28 06:24:24 · answer #3 · answered by NYC_grl_2004 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Emily Drake if you like Harry Potter. For the rest, just buy books or read books in the library by adult authors. Try Dennis McKiernan, Jane Lindskold, H. Beam Piper. David Weber, Mercedes Lackey, James Clemens, Andre Norton, etc. Go to Baen's Books on the web. Sign in on that site. After getting approval you can check out authors, titles, go to the chat room or to the Bar and question and answer other people and real authors too, they often frequent these sites for feedback. And, if you so choose you can read and download free ebooks. Have fun, happy reading.
2006-10-28 13:22:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard Gregory Maguire's stuff is really good -- he takes fairy tales and retells them. "Wicked" is probably the best known, but I haven't read them. I just know what other people have said.
I loved, Loved, LOVED "Fly By Night" by Francis Hardinge and Lloyd Alexander's Westmark trilogy. Both have fairy tale elements and are set in fantastical realms but do not contain wizardry, dragons, et cetera. But they're really, really good.
Have to recommend "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle, along with its sequels. My favorite was "A Swiftly Tilting Planet," but they're all good.
Also, Diana Wynne-Jones' books are very good and often contain fairytale elements. The Dalemark quartet has an especially fairy-like feel to it, as to the Chrestomanci books.
Enjoy your reading, and I hope this is helpful!
2006-10-28 05:18:22 · answer #5 · answered by Theo D 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
-Noughts and Crosses - severe yet very solid reads. - Discworld - they make me snort so frustrating. That guy has such an outstanding mind's eye. - The Northern lighting fixtures furniture trilogy with the help of Philip Pullman - truly solid fable sequence. and you sound such as you will definitly like the sting Chronicles. they're set in a fable international stated as part and that they are jsut incredible - a lot of categories of creatures. The maps they draw are fanstastic and each factor of their international, top right down to the geography and the marketplace are so properly concept out. there is happiness, there is unhappy bits, there is each thing: cliched yet authentic, in spite of if there is not any sappy stuff in any respect. i decide for to advise analyzing them so as of the Twig Saga, the Quint Saga and then the Rook Saga, via fact they only pass properly. chuffed analyzing!
2016-10-03 01:26:40 · answer #6 · answered by esannason 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh I loved A Great and Terrible Beauty!!
You should read Rebel Angels,
it's kind of like the ''sequel'', dang I hope she comes out
with a third book following it.
2006-10-28 05:03:21 · answer #7 · answered by Sasha 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
King Fortis the Brave, Harry Potter and Eragon are all great!
2006-10-28 09:24:22 · answer #8 · answered by Caveman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try the Phillip Pullman trilogy if you haven't already...'His Dark Materials' they're amazing and maybe a slight step up from what you've been reading, adding a little more of a challenge into the bargain!
2006-10-28 05:10:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Noughts and Crosses by Mallory Blackman is definitely worth reading. There is a sequel too if you enjoy it. Nice and thick but has that unputdownable quality!
2006-10-28 06:58:18 · answer #10 · answered by bellydancer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋