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Fairy Tales

Magic shimmers beneath the surface of our familiar world, where ancient stories take on bold new forms and timeless themes of love, courage, and transformation unfold. Here you'll find enchanted castles and cursed princes alongside modern teens grappling with age-old spells, as classic fairy tales are reimagined for contemporary readers.

Fairy Tales Book Summaries

The School for Good and Evil Summary
The School for Good and Evil
by Soman Chainani 2013 488 pages
3.99
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Middle Grade
Young Adult
The Interpretation of Fairy Tales Summary
The Interpretation of Fairy Tales
Revised Edition
by Marie-Louise von Franz 1970 224 pages
4.15
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Fairy Tales
Mythology
Beastly Summary
Beastly
by Alex Flinn 2007 336 pages
3.82
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Fairest Summary
Fairest
by Gail Carson Levine 2006 326 pages
3.89
68k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Fairy Tales
Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales Summary
Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales
by Marie-Louise von Franz 1974 352 pages
4.32
500+ ratings
Psychology
Mythology
Philosophy
The Goose Girl Summary
The Goose Girl
by Shannon Hale 2003 383 pages
4.14
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Princess Academy Summary
Princess Academy
by Shannon Hale 2005 314 pages
4.04
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Middle Grade
So This is Love Summary
So This is Love
by Elizabeth Lim 2020 416 pages
4.07
18k+ ratings
Fantasy
Retellings
Young Adult
Sleeping Beauty Summary
Sleeping Beauty
by Jacob Grimm 1697 32 pages
3.80
2k+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Fairy Tales
The Snow Child Summary
The Snow Child
by Eowyn Ivey 2012 386 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Fantasy
Book Club
Enna Burning Summary
Enna Burning
by Shannon Hale 2004 317 pages
4.00
44k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Sisters Red Summary
Sisters Red
by Jackson Pearce 2010 328 pages
3.64
20k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Retellings
The Isle of the Lost Summary
The Isle of the Lost
by Melissa de la Cruz 2015 320 pages
3.80
27k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Enchanted Summary
Enchanted
Erotic Bedtime Stories For Women
by Nancy Madore 2004 256 pages
3.31
2k+ ratings
Erotica
Romance
Fantasy
Winter Rose Summary
Winter Rose
by Patricia A. McKillip 1996 262 pages
3.86
7k+ ratings
Fantasy
Fairy Tales
Romance
Hunted Summary
Hunted
by Meagan Spooner 2017 384 pages
3.88
32k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Retellings
The Wishing Spell Summary
The Wishing Spell
by Chris Colfer 2012 438 pages
4.25
100k+ ratings
Fantasy
Middle Grade
Childrens
Mother Knows Best Summary
Mother Knows Best
by Serena Valentino 2018 400 pages
3.98
16k+ ratings
Fantasy
Retellings
Young Adult
The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye Summary
The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye
Five Fairy Stories
by A.S. Byatt 1994 274 pages
3.85
4k+ ratings
Short Stories
Fantasy
Fairy Tales
Return to the Isle of the Lost Summary
Return to the Isle of the Lost
by Melissa de la Cruz 2016 309 pages
3.90
10k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Middle Grade
Thornhedge Summary
Thornhedge
by T. Kingfisher 2023 116 pages
3.95
47k+ ratings
Fantasy
Novella
Retellings
Red Riding Hood Summary
Red Riding Hood
by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright 2011 352 pages
3.47
20k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
Stone Soup Summary
Stone Soup
by Marcia Brown 1947 48 pages
4.25
46k+ ratings
Picture Books
Childrens
Classics
The Golden Braid Summary
The Golden Braid
by Melanie Dickerson 2015 308 pages
4.08
9k+ ratings
Romance
Historical Fiction
Young Adult
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales Summary
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
by Jacob Grimm 1812 880 pages
4.23
200k+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Short Stories
What Once Was Mine Summary
What Once Was Mine
by Liz Braswell 2021 496 pages
3.91
16k+ ratings
Fantasy
Retellings
Young Adult
The Hazel Wood Summary
The Hazel Wood
by Melissa Albert 2018 359 pages
3.56
99k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Young Adult Fantasy
Fairest of All Summary
Fairest of All
by Serena Valentino 2009 256 pages
3.82
50k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Retellings
Tales From the Hinterland Summary
Tales From the Hinterland
by Melissa Albert 2021 240 pages
4.01
7k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Short Stories
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