Folklore

Des récits anciens et une sagesse intemporelle résonnent à travers ces pages, où les dieux marchent parmi les mortels, les farceurs déjouent les puissants, et les créatures magiques révèlent des vérités cachées sur la nature humaine. Ces livres explorent les mythes, légendes et histoires traditionnelles qui ont façonné les cultures du monde entier, accompagnés d’interprétations savantes qui dévoilent les significations symboliques tissées dans les contes de fées, les poèmes épiques et les croyances surnaturelles transmises de génération en génération.

Folklore Résumés de livres

Tales from the Perilous Realm

par J.R.R. Tolkien • 1997

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

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🎪 Whimsical Fantasy 🏰 Medieval England 🤷 Reluctant Hero 🧚 Fairy Realm 😄 Comic Fantasy

Tales from the Perilous Realm

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

par J.R.R. Tolkien 1997 178 pages

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12 000+ évaluations

🎪 Whimsical Fantasy 🏰 Medieval England 🤷 Reluctant Hero 🧚 Fairy Realm 😄 Comic Fantasy

The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Mysteries

par Colin Wilson • 1984

Three lighthouse keepers vanish into thin air. A medieval map plots Antarctica's ice-free coast.

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🔍 Unsolved Mysteries 👻 Paranormal Studies 🏛️ Historical Anomalies 🧐 Skepticism Critique 🧠 Psychic Research

The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Mysteries

Three lighthouse keepers vanish into thin air. A medieval map plots Antarctica's ice-free coast.

par Colin Wilson 1984 320 pages

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257 évaluations

🔍 Unsolved Mysteries 👻 Paranormal Studies 🏛️ Historical Anomalies 🧐 Skepticism Critique 🧠 Psychic Research

The Old Norse Spell Book

par Alda Dagny • 2021

A beginner's guide to Norse runes: carving talismans, casting for answers, and working old magic.

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🌲 Norse Paganism 🐺 Norse Mythology ᚱ Rune Magic 🪨 Runic Divination 🧿 Talisman Creation

The Old Norse Spell Book

A beginner's guide to Norse runes: carving talismans, casting for answers, and working old magic.

par Alda Dagny 2021 125 pages

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223 évaluations

🌲 Norse Paganism 🐺 Norse Mythology ᚱ Rune Magic 🪨 Runic Divination 🧿 Talisman Creation

The Mythic Journey

par Liz Greene • 1999

Ancient myths are psychological roadmaps for every family drama, love triangle, and midlife crisis.

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🧠 Depth Psychology 🎭 Mythic Archetypes 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Of Origin 💔 Love And Betrayal 🕊️ Grief And Loss

The Mythic Journey

Ancient myths are psychological roadmaps for every family drama, love triangle, and midlife crisis.

par Liz Greene 1999 240 pages

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🧠 Depth Psychology 🎭 Mythic Archetypes 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Of Origin 💔 Love And Betrayal 🕊️ Grief And Loss

The Bog Wife

par Kay Chronister • 2024

When their father dies, five siblings must revive an ancient bargain with a sickening bog.

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🪵 Folk Horror 🕸️ Gothic Decay 🍄 Eco Horror 🌿 Haunted Land 🩸 Family Curse

The Bog Wife

When their father dies, five siblings must revive an ancient bargain with a sickening bog.

par Kay Chronister 2024 336 pages

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🪵 Folk Horror 🕸️ Gothic Decay 🍄 Eco Horror 🌿 Haunted Land 🩸 Family Curse

Rootwork

par Tayannah Lee McQuillar • 2003

The real Hoodoo: practical spells, mojo bags, and ancestor work for love, money, and daily success.

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🪢 Folk Magic 🕯️ Hoodoo Practice 🪦 Ancestor Work 🌿 Herbal Magic 🌍 African Diasporic Traditions

Rootwork

The real Hoodoo: practical spells, mojo bags, and ancestor work for love, money, and daily success.

par Tayannah Lee McQuillar 2003 160 pages

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270 évaluations

🪢 Folk Magic 🕯️ Hoodoo Practice 🪦 Ancestor Work 🌿 Herbal Magic 🌍 African Diasporic Traditions

The Hero's Journey

par Joseph Campbell

Ancient myths are maps of the psyche. Reading them reveals a compass you already possess.

🌍 Comparative Mythology 🧠 Depth Psychology 🧭 Inner Guidance 🌲 Sacred Landscape 🎨 Art And Transcendence

The Hero's Journey

Ancient myths are maps of the psyche. Reading them reveals a compass you already possess.

par Joseph Campbell

🌍 Comparative Mythology 🧠 Depth Psychology 🧭 Inner Guidance 🌲 Sacred Landscape 🎨 Art And Transcendence

Winter Rose

par Patricia A. McKillip • 1996

To free the cursed heir she loves, she must follow him into the fae winter woods.

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🌹 Tam Lin Retelling ✨ Lyrical Fantasy 🏚️ Gothic Manor 🥀 Melancholic Romance 🩸 Cursed Bloodline

Winter Rose

To free the cursed heir she loves, she must follow him into the fae winter woods.

par Patricia A. McKillip 1996 262 pages

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7 000+ évaluations

🌹 Tam Lin Retelling ✨ Lyrical Fantasy 🏚️ Gothic Manor 🥀 Melancholic Romance 🩸 Cursed Bloodline

Ghostland

par Colin Dickey • 2016

America's ghost stories are a map of its hidden anxieties, buried crimes, and abandoned dreams.

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🐴 American Folklore 👁️ Freudian Uncanny 🎟️ Dark Tourism 🧠 Collective Memory 🗺️ Psychogeography

Ghostland

America's ghost stories are a map of its hidden anxieties, buried crimes, and abandoned dreams.

par Colin Dickey 2016 320 pages

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🐴 American Folklore 👁️ Freudian Uncanny 🎟️ Dark Tourism 🧠 Collective Memory 🗺️ Psychogeography

The Fox Wife

par Yangsze Choo • 2024

A fox spirit stalks her child's killer across 1908 Manchuria, trailed by a detective who hears lies.

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🦊 Fox Spirit Folklore 🏮 East Asian Mythology 🔥 Revenge Quest 🔍 Supernatural Detective 💕 Found Family

The Fox Wife

A fox spirit stalks her child's killer across 1908 Manchuria, trailed by a detective who hears lies.

par Yangsze Choo 2024 390 pages

3.98

31 000+ évaluations

🦊 Fox Spirit Folklore 🏮 East Asian Mythology 🔥 Revenge Quest 🔍 Supernatural Detective 💕 Found Family

A River Enchanted

par Rebecca Ross • 2022

A bard's homecoming: an enchanted isle, missing girls, and spirits who will only speak through song.

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🍀 Celtic Fantasy 🌿 Folk Magic 🩸 Hidden Parentage ⚔️ Enemies-To-Lovers 🏰 Clan Rivalry

A River Enchanted

A bard's homecoming: an enchanted isle, missing girls, and spirits who will only speak through song.

par Rebecca Ross 2022 467 pages

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93 000+ évaluations

🍀 Celtic Fantasy 🌿 Folk Magic 🩸 Hidden Parentage ⚔️ Enemies-To-Lovers 🏰 Clan Rivalry

The Complete World of Greek Mythology

par Richard Buxton • 2004

No fixed canon: Greek myths formed a fluid system of gods, heroes, and rituals, endlessly reshaped.

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🏛️ Greek Mythology 🔮 Myth And Ritual 📜 Classical Studies 🕯️ Ancient Religion 🗣️ Oral Tradition

The Complete World of Greek Mythology

No fixed canon: Greek myths formed a fluid system of gods, heroes, and rituals, endlessly reshaped.

par Richard Buxton 2004 256 pages

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2 000+ évaluations

🏛️ Greek Mythology 🔮 Myth And Ritual 📜 Classical Studies 🕯️ Ancient Religion 🗣️ Oral Tradition

Monster Manual

par Wizards of the Coast • 2014

The bestiary your campaign needs: monster tactics, lore, and stats, ready to drop into any session.

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📖 Monster Compendiums 🎲 Tabletop Rpgs 🧰 Game Master Tools ⚔️ Encounter Design 🕳️ Dungeon Crawling

Monster Manual

The bestiary your campaign needs: monster tactics, lore, and stats, ready to drop into any session.

par Wizards of the Coast 2014 352 pages

4.56

6 000+ évaluations

📖 Monster Compendiums 🎲 Tabletop Rpgs 🧰 Game Master Tools ⚔️ Encounter Design 🕳️ Dungeon Crawling

The Wolf and the Woodsman

par Ava Reid • 2021

A magicless woman betrayed by her village allies with the scarred prince sent to capture her.

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🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏕️ Forced Proximity 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 👑 Political Intrigue

The Wolf and the Woodsman

A magicless woman betrayed by her village allies with the scarred prince sent to capture her.

par Ava Reid 2021 448 pages

3.50

32 000+ évaluations

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🏕️ Forced Proximity 🌫️ Gothic Atmosphere 👑 Political Intrigue

Hera

par Jennifer Saint • 2024

When Zeus makes Hera his queen, she wages a secret war from the shadows of Olympus.

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🏹 Feminist Mythology 🏺 Ancient Greece 🖤 Feminine Rage 🥀 Twilight Of The Gods 🌆 Gods Among Mortals

Hera

When Zeus makes Hera his queen, she wages a secret war from the shadows of Olympus.

par Jennifer Saint 2024 389 pages

3.55

21 000+ évaluations

🏹 Feminist Mythology 🏺 Ancient Greece 🖤 Feminine Rage 🥀 Twilight Of The Gods 🌆 Gods Among Mortals

Dimensions

par Jacques F. Vallée • 1988

UFOs are not spaceships but a belief-shaping mechanism; the contradictions are the message.

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🛸 Ufology 📖 Fortean 👽 Alien Contact 📚 Comparative Mythology 🕰️ Historical Anomalies

Dimensions

UFOs are not spaceships but a belief-shaping mechanism; the contradictions are the message.

par Jacques F. Vallée 1988 311 pages

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🛸 Ufology 📖 Fortean 👽 Alien Contact 📚 Comparative Mythology 🕰️ Historical Anomalies

The Wild Huntress

par Emily Lloyd-Jones • 2024

A huntress joins a trickster prince in a deadly fae tournament to save her mother.

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🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 🏰 Welsh Mythology ⚔️ Deadly Competition 🦊 Trickster Love Interest 🤝 Reluctant Allies

The Wild Huntress

A huntress joins a trickster prince in a deadly fae tournament to save her mother.

par Emily Lloyd-Jones 2024 421 pages

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9 000+ évaluations

🏛️ Mythic Fantasy 🏰 Welsh Mythology ⚔️ Deadly Competition 🦊 Trickster Love Interest 🤝 Reluctant Allies

A House Between Sea and Sky

par Beth Cato • 2025

A grieving screenwriter's magical bread awakens a sentient house that opens doors for the hungry.

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🏠 Sentient House 🍞 Magical Baking 🪶 Baba Yaga Retelling 🤝 Found Family 🚪 Portal Fantasy

A House Between Sea and Sky

A grieving screenwriter's magical bread awakens a sentient house that opens doors for the hungry.

par Beth Cato 2025 301 pages

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6 000+ évaluations

🏠 Sentient House 🍞 Magical Baking 🪶 Baba Yaga Retelling 🤝 Found Family 🚪 Portal Fantasy

The Lightning Tree

par Patrick Rothfuss • 2014

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

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🧚 Fae Trickster 🍂 Slice Of Life Fantasy 🤝 Bargains And Secrets 🫂 Found Family 🌿 Hidden Fae World

The Lightning Tree

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

par Patrick Rothfuss 2014 93 pages

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5 000+ évaluations

🧚 Fae Trickster 🍂 Slice Of Life Fantasy 🤝 Bargains And Secrets 🫂 Found Family 🌿 Hidden Fae World

The Woodsmoke Women’s Book of Spells

par Rachel Greenlaw • 2024

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

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🔮 Generational Magic 🌲 Small Town Folklore 🏡 Homecoming And Healing 🤝 Mended Friendship ❄️ Otherworldly Lover

The Woodsmoke Women’s Book of Spells

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

par Rachel Greenlaw 2024 311 pages

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3 000+ évaluations

🔮 Generational Magic 🌲 Small Town Folklore 🏡 Homecoming And Healing 🤝 Mended Friendship ❄️ Otherworldly Lover

Recognition

par Susan Greenwood • 2022

A cunning woman dies in 1725. Her visions and her enemies will reach across three centuries.

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🔮 Cunning Folk Tradition 🌳 Generational Saga 🏠 Found Family 👭 Female Friendship 🌿 Healer Protagonist

Recognition

A cunning woman dies in 1725. Her visions and her enemies will reach across three centuries.

par Susan Greenwood 2022 292 pages

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1 000+ évaluations

🔮 Cunning Folk Tradition 🌳 Generational Saga 🏠 Found Family 👭 Female Friendship 🌿 Healer Protagonist

Treasury of Greek Mythology

par Donna Jo Napoli • 2011

Greek myths retold by what they explain: seasons, stars, earthquakes, and why power never stays put.

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3 000+

🌿 Greek Mythology 📖 Mythological Retellings 🏛️ Ancient Greece ⚔️ Heroic Quests 👸 Women In Mythology

Treasury of Greek Mythology

Greek myths retold by what they explain: seasons, stars, earthquakes, and why power never stays put.

par Donna Jo Napoli 2011 192 pages

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3 000+ évaluations

🌿 Greek Mythology 📖 Mythological Retellings 🏛️ Ancient Greece ⚔️ Heroic Quests 👸 Women In Mythology

The Girl in the Tower

par Katherine Arden • 2017

A witch-girl in boy's disguise rides into the Russian winter and a sorcerer's deadly game.

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🐻 Russian Folklore 🗡️ Girl Disguised As Boy 💀 Immortal Love Interest 🔥 Witch Hunt 👻 Old Gods And Spirits

The Girl in the Tower

A witch-girl in boy's disguise rides into the Russian winter and a sorcerer's deadly game.

par Katherine Arden 2017 360 pages

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100 000+ évaluations

🐻 Russian Folklore 🗡️ Girl Disguised As Boy 💀 Immortal Love Interest 🔥 Witch Hunt 👻 Old Gods And Spirits

Hanul Ancuței

par Mihail Sadoveanu • 1928

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

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5 000+

🏚️ Frame Narrative 🌾 Pastoral Fiction ⚖️ Woman Seeks Justice 💔 Tragic Brotherhood 🔮 Folk Superstition

Hanul Ancuței

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

par Mihail Sadoveanu 1928 142 pages

3.01

5 000+ évaluations

🏚️ Frame Narrative 🌾 Pastoral Fiction ⚖️ Woman Seeks Justice 💔 Tragic Brotherhood 🔮 Folk Superstition

Withered Hill

par David Barnett • 2024

A London woman wakes trapped in a village of masks, old rites, and no way back.

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4 000+

🐗 Folk Horror 🪞 DoppelgäNger 🌿 Nature's Revenge 🖤 Sapphic Horror 😰 Slow Dread

Withered Hill

A London woman wakes trapped in a village of masks, old rites, and no way back.

par David Barnett 2024 337 pages

4.04

4 000+ évaluations

🐗 Folk Horror 🪞 DoppelgäNger 🌿 Nature's Revenge 🖤 Sapphic Horror 😰 Slow Dread

The Stardust Thief

par Chelsea Abdullah • 2022

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

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29 000+

🌙 Arabian Nights Fantasy 🏜️ Epic Desert Quest ✨ Magical Relic Trade 👥 Found Family ⚖️ Morally Gray Characters

The Stardust Thief

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

par Chelsea Abdullah 2022 468 pages

3.98

29 000+ évaluations

🌙 Arabian Nights Fantasy 🏜️ Epic Desert Quest ✨ Magical Relic Trade 👥 Found Family ⚖️ Morally Gray Characters

Nine Tailed

par Jayci Lee • 2024

A gumiho and her lost love track a killer, but the prophecy binding them demands her death.

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5 000+

🏮 Korean Mythology 🦊 Gumiho Protagonist 💫 Fated Mates 🔮 Prophecy-Driven Quest 🤝 Found Family

Nine Tailed

A gumiho and her lost love track a killer, but the prophecy binding them demands her death.

par Jayci Lee 2024 346 pages

3.82

5 000+ évaluations

🏮 Korean Mythology 🦊 Gumiho Protagonist 💫 Fated Mates 🔮 Prophecy-Driven Quest 🤝 Found Family

Six-Gun Snow White

par Catherynne M. Valente • 2013

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

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4 000+

🏜️ Weird Western 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 👯‍♀️ Outlaw Sisterhood 🔫 Girl Gunslinger 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Western

Six-Gun Snow White

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

par Catherynne M. Valente 2013 168 pages

3.63

4 000+ évaluations

🏜️ Weird Western 🌑 Dark Fairy Tale 👯‍♀️ Outlaw Sisterhood 🔫 Girl Gunslinger 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Western

Unexplained

par Richard MacLean Smith • 2018

What UFOs, ghosts, and past lives reveal about the living, not the dead.

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1 000+

🔍 Unsolved Mysteries 👻 Paranormal Cases 💀 Fear Of Death 🧠 Psychology Of Belief 💻 Digital Folklore

Unexplained

What UFOs, ghosts, and past lives reveal about the living, not the dead.

par Richard MacLean Smith 2018 352 pages

3.58

1 000+ évaluations

🔍 Unsolved Mysteries 👻 Paranormal Cases 💀 Fear Of Death 🧠 Psychology Of Belief 💻 Digital Folklore

The West Wind

par Alexandria Warwick • 2023

A devout bladesmith rescues a cursed god, follows him into Under where debts are carved in blood.

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5 000+

🧚 Fae Bargain ⛓️ Cursed Immortal 💫 God And Mortal Romance 🤝 Rivals To Friends 🔥 Death And Resurrection

The West Wind

A devout bladesmith rescues a cursed god, follows him into Under where debts are carved in blood.

par Alexandria Warwick 2023 461 pages

3.57

5 000+ évaluations

🧚 Fae Bargain ⛓️ Cursed Immortal 💫 God And Mortal Romance 🤝 Rivals To Friends 🔥 Death And Resurrection

Hero at the Fall

par Alwyn Hamilton • 2017

A sharpshooter trapped in a fire-domed city must rescue her rebels from a sultan's daily ultimatum.

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🕌 Middle Eastern Fantasy 🔫 Flintlock Fantasy 🧞 Djinn Mythology 🤐 Truth-Bound Magic 👥 Found Family

Hero at the Fall

A sharpshooter trapped in a fire-domed city must rescue her rebels from a sultan's daily ultimatum.

par Alwyn Hamilton 2017 463 pages

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20 000+ évaluations

🕌 Middle Eastern Fantasy 🔫 Flintlock Fantasy 🧞 Djinn Mythology 🤐 Truth-Bound Magic 👥 Found Family

The Lost Realms

par Zecharia Sitchin • 1990

The same ancient astronauts who mined Sumer also raised the lost cities of the Americas.

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👽 Ancient Astronaut Theory 🏛️ Pseudoarchaeology 🗿 Lost Civilizations 🌍 Comparative Mythology 🌌 Archaeoastronomy

The Lost Realms

The same ancient astronauts who mined Sumer also raised the lost cities of the Americas.

par Zecharia Sitchin 1990 298 pages

4.15

500+ évaluations

👽 Ancient Astronaut Theory 🏛️ Pseudoarchaeology 🗿 Lost Civilizations 🌍 Comparative Mythology 🌌 Archaeoastronomy

The Nesting

par C.J. Cooke • 2020

Desperate, she steals a nanny's identity and flees to Norway, to a house already haunted.

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7 000+

🌲 Ecological Horror 📖 Dead Wife's Secrets 🚪 Nanny In Peril 🎭 Impostor Protagonist 🧌 Scandinavian Folklore

The Nesting

Desperate, she steals a nanny's identity and flees to Norway, to a house already haunted.

par C.J. Cooke 2020 416 pages

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7 000+ évaluations

🌲 Ecological Horror 📖 Dead Wife's Secrets 🚪 Nanny In Peril 🎭 Impostor Protagonist 🧌 Scandinavian Folklore

The Greek Myths

par Robin Waterfield • 2011

All of Greek myth, from creation to homecoming, told as one continuous and vivid story.

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1 000+

🏛️ Greek Mythology ⚡ Olympian Gods 🛡️ Heroic Mythology 📖 Classical Retellings 🗂️ Mythic Compendiums

The Greek Myths

All of Greek myth, from creation to homecoming, told as one continuous and vivid story.

par Robin Waterfield 2011 320 pages

3.73

1 000+ évaluations

🏛️ Greek Mythology ⚡ Olympian Gods 🛡️ Heroic Mythology 📖 Classical Retellings 🗂️ Mythic Compendiums

The Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft

par Rosemary Ellen Guiley • 1989

It took centuries of persecution before witchcraft became a religion. Here is everything in between.

4.03

500+

🍃 Modern Paganism 🔥 Witch Hunts 🧿 Folk Magic ✨ Ritual Practice 🌙 Divine Feminine

The Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft

It took centuries of persecution before witchcraft became a religion. Here is everything in between.

par Rosemary Ellen Guiley 1989 417 pages

4.03

500+ évaluations

🍃 Modern Paganism 🔥 Witch Hunts 🧿 Folk Magic ✨ Ritual Practice 🌙 Divine Feminine

Bride of the Sea

par Emma Hamm • 2018

A merrow dreaming of land saves a sailor. Their faerie bond ties two souls, two worlds.

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🦭 Selkie Retelling ☘️ Celtic Folklore 💫 Soul Bond 🤝 Faerie Bargain 🐚 Cross-World Romance

Bride of the Sea

A merrow dreaming of land saves a sailor. Their faerie bond ties two souls, two worlds.

par Emma Hamm 2018 326 pages

3.68

1 000+ évaluations

🦭 Selkie Retelling ☘️ Celtic Folklore 💫 Soul Bond 🤝 Faerie Bargain 🐚 Cross-World Romance

Scatterlings

par Martin Shaw • 2019

Myths were never metaphors. They are the earth's living speech, and they have not fallen silent.

4.63

106

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Folklore 🗣️ Oral Tradition 🌿 Animism 🔥 Mythopoetic 🌍 Deep Ecology

Scatterlings

Myths were never metaphors. They are the earth's living speech, and they have not fallen silent.

par Martin Shaw 2019

4.63

106 évaluations

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Folklore 🗣️ Oral Tradition 🌿 Animism 🔥 Mythopoetic 🌍 Deep Ecology

Painted Devils

par Margaret Owen • 2023

A thief's lie spawns a cult, and her fake god returns to claim her ex-lover's life.

4.19

9 000+

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🕯️ Cult Fantasy 💔 Exes To Lovers 👪 Found Family 💀 Dark Humor

Painted Devils

A thief's lie spawns a cult, and her fake god returns to claim her ex-lover's life.

par Margaret Owen 2023 512 pages

4.19

9 000+ évaluations

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🕯️ Cult Fantasy 💔 Exes To Lovers 👪 Found Family 💀 Dark Humor

Melody of Flame

par Tricia O'Malley • 2022

A night with a Fae left her with fire magic. Claiming him means war.

4.51

5 000+

💞 Fated Mates 👑 Hidden Princess 🌑 Dark Fae 🔥 Fire Wielder 🏰 Fae Court Intrigue

Melody of Flame

A night with a Fae left her with fire magic. Claiming him means war.

par Tricia O'Malley 2022 260 pages

4.51

5 000+ évaluations

💞 Fated Mates 👑 Hidden Princess 🌑 Dark Fae 🔥 Fire Wielder 🏰 Fae Court Intrigue

Historias de fantasmas de Japón

par Lafcadio Hearn • 2011

A collection of Japanese ghost stories: love, vengeance, and the dead who refuse to stay buried.

4.20

2 000+

🦊 Japanese Folklore 👻 Asian Ghost Stories 💔 Self-Sacrifice 🕊️ Love Beyond Death 👹 Vengeful Spirits

Historias de fantasmas de Japón

A collection of Japanese ghost stories: love, vengeance, and the dead who refuse to stay buried.

par Lafcadio Hearn 2011 192 pages

4.20

2 000+ évaluations

🦊 Japanese Folklore 👻 Asian Ghost Stories 💔 Self-Sacrifice 🕊️ Love Beyond Death 👹 Vengeful Spirits

Whichwood

par Tahereh Mafi • 2017

Shunned and slowly dying, a thirteen-year-old death-tender meets two strangers who refuse to leave.

3.93

6 000+

🕌 Persian Fantasy 💀 Death Magic 🕯️ Gothic Fairytale 🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Whichwood

Shunned and slowly dying, a thirteen-year-old death-tender meets two strangers who refuse to leave.

par Tahereh Mafi 2017 368 pages

3.93

6 000+ évaluations

🕌 Persian Fantasy 💀 Death Magic 🕯️ Gothic Fairytale 🫂 Found Family ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Two Old Women

par Velma Wallis • 1993

Abandoned in the Alaskan winter, two old women draw on forgotten skills to survive.

4.09

19 000+

❄️ Arctic Survival 👵 Elderly Protagonists 🫂 Found Family 💚 Community Healing 🔗 Intergenerational Bonds

Two Old Women

Abandoned in the Alaskan winter, two old women draw on forgotten skills to survive.

par Velma Wallis 1993 140 pages

4.09

19 000+ évaluations

❄️ Arctic Survival 👵 Elderly Protagonists 🫂 Found Family 💚 Community Healing 🔗 Intergenerational Bonds

Land

par Maggie O'Farrell • 2026

An Irish cartographer secretly records the dead while mapping the colonizers' version of the land.

4.29

10 000+

🥔 Famine Survival 🕯️ Gothic Ireland 🧳 Family Diaspora 💔 Generational Trauma 🍀 Irish Folklore

Land

An Irish cartographer secretly records the dead while mapping the colonizers' version of the land.

par Maggie O'Farrell 2026 400 pages

4.29

10 000+ évaluations

🥔 Famine Survival 🕯️ Gothic Ireland 🧳 Family Diaspora 💔 Generational Trauma 🍀 Irish Folklore

Crow Winter

par Karen McBride • 2019

A grieving daughter, a trickster crow, and a quarry that is the dead's only road home.

3.81

1 000+

🪶 Indigenous Storytelling 🐦‍⬛ Trickster Guide 🖤 Grieving A Parent 🌿 Land As Character ⚖️ Colonial Land Rights

Crow Winter

A grieving daughter, a trickster crow, and a quarry that is the dead's only road home.

par Karen McBride 2019 352 pages

3.81

1 000+ évaluations

🪶 Indigenous Storytelling 🐦‍⬛ Trickster Guide 🖤 Grieving A Parent 🌿 Land As Character ⚖️ Colonial Land Rights

To Those Willing to Drown

par Mark Matthews • 2025

A missing camper sends a counselor to an ancient well that grants miracles for blood.

4.08

108

🏕️ Folk Horror 📜 Faustian Bargain 🩸 Generational Curse 💔 Grieving Parent 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

To Those Willing to Drown

A missing camper sends a counselor to an ancient well that grants miracles for blood.

par Mark Matthews 2025 209 pages

4.08

108 évaluations

🏕️ Folk Horror 📜 Faustian Bargain 🩸 Generational Curse 💔 Grieving Parent 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Black Culture & Blk Conscious -30th Anniv (07) by Levine, the late Lawrence W [Paperback (2007)]

par Lawrence W. Levine • 1977

White listeners heard contentment in the spirituals. They missed the coded defiance entirely.

4.21

470

🧵 African American Folklore 🎶 Spirituals And Gospel 🎸 Blues History 🦊 Trickster Traditions 🛡️ Folk Resistance

Black Culture & Blk Conscious -30th Anniv (07) by Levine, the late Lawrence W [Paperback (2007)]

White listeners heard contentment in the spirituals. They missed the coded defiance entirely.

par Lawrence W. Levine 1977

4.21

470 évaluations

🧵 African American Folklore 🎶 Spirituals And Gospel 🎸 Blues History 🦊 Trickster Traditions 🛡️ Folk Resistance

Grace

par A.M. Shine • 2026

Grace inherits a house on an Irish island whose children vanished decades ago. Now she hears them.

3.74

1 000+

🏚️ Folk Horror 🍀 Irish Gothic 🏝️ Haunted Island 🕯️ Trapped Spirits 🩸 Generational Guilt

Grace

Grace inherits a house on an Irish island whose children vanished decades ago. Now she hears them.

par A.M. Shine 2026 304 pages

3.74

1 000+ évaluations

🏚️ Folk Horror 🍀 Irish Gothic 🏝️ Haunted Island 🕯️ Trapped Spirits 🩸 Generational Guilt

Shadow Forest

par Matt Haig • 2007

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

3.97

1 000+

✨ Modern Fairy Tale 🌲 Norse Folklore Fantasy 👫 Orphaned Siblings 🏠 Found Family 🎭 Tragic Villain

Shadow Forest

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

par Matt Haig 2007 416 pages

3.97

1 000+ évaluations

✨ Modern Fairy Tale 🌲 Norse Folklore Fantasy 👫 Orphaned Siblings 🏠 Found Family 🎭 Tragic Villain

The Uses of Greek Mythology

par Ken Dowden • 1992

Greek myth founded cities, structured initiations, and drew the line between human and monster.

3.62

🏛️ Ancient Greek Religion 📜 Classical Mythology 🔮 Myth And Ritual 🌿 Rites Of Passage 👥 Myth And Society

The Uses of Greek Mythology

Greek myth founded cities, structured initiations, and drew the line between human and monster.

par Ken Dowden 1992 204 pages

3.62

34 évaluations

🏛️ Ancient Greek Religion 📜 Classical Mythology 🔮 Myth And Ritual 🌿 Rites Of Passage 👥 Myth And Society

Helm

par Sarah Hall • 2025

A sentient Pennine wind watches ten thousand years of human worship, blame, and longing.

3.80

2 000+

🏔️ Personified Landscape 🧵 Braided Timelines 🔬 Scientific Hubris 🌾 Rural Northern England 🍃 Meditative Pacing

Helm

A sentient Pennine wind watches ten thousand years of human worship, blame, and longing.

par Sarah Hall 2025 368 pages

3.80

2 000+ évaluations

🏔️ Personified Landscape 🧵 Braided Timelines 🔬 Scientific Hubris 🌾 Rural Northern England 🍃 Meditative Pacing

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