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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 40 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book Treasury of Folklore: Stars and Skies by Willow Winsham, illustrated by Joe McLaren
    Treasury of Folklore: Stars and Skies - by Willow Winsham, illustrated by Joe McLaren

    £14.99   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781849947749 | ISBN 10: 1849947740

    Following on from the hugely popular Treasury of Folklore: Seas and Rivers and Woodlands and Forests comes Treasury of Folklore: Stars and Skies, an exploration of the mysteries of the stars, skies and heavens above.  People have gazed up at ... more

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  • Cover image of book Queer Heroes of Myth and Legend: A Celebration of Gay Gods, Sapphic Saints, and Queerness... by Dan Jones
    Queer Heroes of Myth and Legend: A Celebration of Gay Gods, Sapphic Saints, and Queerness... - by Dan Jones

    £16.99   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781804190463 | ISBN 10: 1804190462

    Hidden in the margins of history books, classical literature, and thousands of years of stories, myths and legends, through to contemporary literature, TV and film, there is a diverse and other-worldly super community of queer heroes to discover, lea ... more

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  • Cover image of book Mischief Acts by Zoe Gilbert
    Mischief Acts - by Zoe Gilbert

    £9.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781526628794 | ISBN 10: 1526628791

    A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR   'A work of extraordinary ambition, brilliantly realised' OBSERVER 'A mesmerising journey down the byways of English folklore' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Verbally dextrous, inventive, and hugely entertaining' THE TIME ... more

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  • Cover image of book Elektra by Jennifer Saint
    Elektra - by Jennifer Saint

    £8.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781472273956 | ISBN 10: 1472273958

    **The spellbinding new retelling of the Trojan War drawn from the perspective of the fearless women at the heart of it all.**  ‘The story and its characters swept me up and engulfed me, I could not put this one down’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ R ... more

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  • Cover image of book Medusa by Jessie Burton
    Medusa - by Jessie Burton

    £8.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781526662408 | ISBN 10: 152666240x

    'A beautiful and profound retelling' - Madeline Miller, author of The Song of Achilles and Circe 'Gives the serpent-headed monster of myth a powerful and haunting humanity' - Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne and Elektra   If I told you tha ... more

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  • Cover image of book Celtic Weird: Tales of Wicked Folklore and Dark Mythology by Johnny Mains (Editor)
    Celtic Weird: Tales of Wicked Folklore and Dark Mythology - by Johnny Mains (Editor)

    £14.99   hardback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780712354325 | ISBN 10: 0712354328

    Once I thought I glimpsed her high up in a bush, like dirty rags in a gale. Not that so far there has been any gale, or even any wind. The total silent stillness is one of the worst things.   Yes, it is a battle with strong and unknown forces ... more

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  • Cover image of book Night Train to the Stars: Beloved, Enigmatic Japanese Folk Tales by Kenji Miyazawa
    Night Train to the Stars: Beloved, Enigmatic Japanese Folk Tales - by Kenji Miyazawa

    £14.99   hardback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781784877767 | ISBN 10: 178487776x

    Japanese fairy tales - enchanting, enigmatic stories of animals, human beings and the great natural world.  Dark and innocent, sublime and whimsical, Miyazawa's stories have the ageless feel of the best fairy tales. There are animal allegorie ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers: And Other Gruesome Tales by Jen Campbell, illustrated by Adam de Souza
    The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers: And Other Gruesome Tales - by Jen Campbell, illustrated by Adam de Souza

    £14.99   hardback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9780500652589 | ISBN 10: 0500652589

    'Guaranteed to raise the hairs on the back of your neck' Neil Gaiman   Jen Campbell's collection of terrifyingly gruesome tales lends a modern edge to fairy tale collections for young readers. Drawing on her extensive knowledge of fairy tale histo ... more

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  • Cover image of book Daughters of Sparta by Claire Heywood
    Daughters of Sparta - by Claire Heywood

    £8.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781529333695 | ISBN 10: 1529333695

    ‘Required reading for fans of Circe... a remarkable, thrilling debut‘ – Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue   Two sisters parted. Two women blamed. Two stories reclaimed.   For millennia, ... more

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  • Cover image of book Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology by Jess Zimmerman
    Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology - by Jess Zimmerman

    £13.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780807055540 | ISBN 10: 0807055549

    A fresh cultural analysis of female monsters from Greek mythology, and an invitation for all women to reclaim these stories as inspiration for a more wild, more “monstrous” version of feminism.  The folklore that has shaped our dominant c ... more

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  • Cover image of book Buddhist Folk Tales by Kevin Walker
    Buddhist Folk Tales - by Kevin Walker

    £12.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780750998659 | ISBN 10: 0750998652

    Buddhist Folk Tales is a wonderful collection of ancient and modern stories from the Buddhist tradition.  From short, snappy tales to longer narratives, they will entertain and tantalise the emotions. Laugh, sigh and cry at stories about pre ... more

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  • Cover image of book Treasury of Folklore: Woodlands and Forests - Wild Gods, World Trees and Werewolves by Dee Dee Chainey and Willow Winsham
    Treasury of Folklore: Woodlands and Forests - Wild Gods, World Trees and Werewolves - by Dee Dee Chainey and Willow Winsham

    £12.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781849946872 | ISBN 10: 1849946876

    An entertaining and enthralling collection of myths, tales and traditions surrounding our trees, woodlands and forests from around the world.   From the dark, gnarled woodlands of the north, to the humid jungles of the southern lands, trees have ... more

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  • Cover image of book Treasury of Folklore: Seas and Rivers - Sirens, Selkies and Ghost Ships by Dee Dee Chainey and Willow Winsham
    Treasury of Folklore: Seas and Rivers - Sirens, Selkies and Ghost Ships - by Dee Dee Chainey and Willow Winsham

    £12.99   hardback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781849946599 | ISBN 10: 1849946590

    Enthralling tales of the sea, rivers and lakes from around the globe.   Folklore of the seas and rivers has a resonance in cultures all over the world. Watery hopes, fears and dreams are shared by all peoples where rivers flow and waves crash ... more

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  • Cover image of book An Illustrated Kalevala: Myths and Legends from Finland by Kirsti Makinen
    An Illustrated Kalevala: Myths and Legends from Finland - by Kirsti Makinen

    £20.00   hardback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781782506430 | ISBN 10: 1782506438

    Encounter magical shamans, mighty eagles and terrifying beasts in this lavishly illustrated, adaptation of the classic Finnish epic.   This superb prose retelling of Finland's national folk saga is brought to life with exquisitely detailed artwork ... more

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  • Cover image of book Asexual Myths & Tales by Elizabeth Hopkinson, illustrated by Anna Hopkinson
    Asexual Myths & Tales - by Elizabeth Hopkinson, illustrated by Anna Hopkinson

    £9.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781800420236 | ISBN 10: 1800420234

    Once upon a time, our ancestors told tales of asexuality, symbolic stories that hint at other identities: a princess who grows a beard to escape marriage, a knight who forsakes his wife's bed to become a werewolf, a goddess with detachable parts, a p ... more

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  • Cover image of book Gender Swapped Fairy Tales by Karrie Fransman and Jonathan Plackett
    Gender Swapped Fairy Tales - by Karrie Fransman and Jonathan Plackett

    £20.00   hardback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9780571360185 | ISBN 10: 0571360181

    Discover a collection of fairy tales unlike the ones you've read before...  Once upon a time, in the middle of winter, a King sat at a window and sewed. As he sewed and gazed out onto the landscape, he pricked his finger with the needle, and ... more

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  • Cover image of book Folk Tales of Rock and Stone by Jenny Moon
    Folk Tales of Rock and Stone - by Jenny Moon

    £12.99   hardback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9780750990929 | ISBN 10: 0750990929

    From caverns deep underground to sky-high mountains, the rocks and stones all around us are ancient. Greedy oni lurk in a cave in Japan; a stonecutter becomes a mountain; and a story of romance, revenge and tragedy plays out on the face of a plate. & ... more

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  • Cover image of book Between Worlds: Folktales of Britain & Ireland by Kevin Crossley-Holland (Author)
    Between Worlds: Folktales of Britain & Ireland - by Kevin Crossley-Holland (Author)

    £8.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781406383096 | ISBN 10: 1406383090

    The definitive collection of British and Irish folktales from master storyteller and poet Kevin Crossley-Holland.  Rich and strange, these eerie and magical folktales from across Britain and Ireland have been passed down from generation to gener ... more

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  • Cover image of book Chinese Fairy Tales and Legends by Richard Wilhelm (Editor)
    Chinese Fairy Tales and Legends - by Richard Wilhelm (Editor)

    £12.99   hardback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781912392155 | ISBN 10: 1912392151

    Fearless heroes, feisty princesses, sly magicians, terrifying dragons, talking foxes and miniature dogs. They all feature in this enthralling compendium of Chinese fairy tales and legends, along with an array of equally colourful characters and capti ... more

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  • Cover image of book The People Of The Sea: Celtic Tales of the Seal-Folk by David Thomson
    The People Of The Sea: Celtic Tales of the Seal-Folk - by David Thomson

    £9.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781786892461 | ISBN 10: 1786892464

    Introduced by Seamus Heaney, The People of the Sea brings to life the legend of the mythical selchies, in beautiful, poetic prose.   When David Thomson took a journey to the sea coasts of Scotland and Ireland to seek out the legend of the selchies ... more

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  • Cover image of book Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry
    Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold - by Stephen Fry

    £8.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781405934138 | ISBN 10: 1405934131

    The Greek Myths retold...   No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly or brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses.   In Stephen Fry's vivid retelling we gaze in wonder as wise Athena is born from the cracking open of the ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
    The Penelopiad - by Margaret Atwood

    £8.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781786892485 | ISBN 10: 1786892480

    For Penelope, wife of Odysseus, maintaining a kingdom while her husband was off fighting the Trojan war was not a simple business. Already aggrieved that he had been lured away due to the shocking behaviour of her beautiful cousin Helen, Penelope mus ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Mythology Book by Various authors
    The Mythology Book - by Various authors

    £17.99   hardback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9780241301913 | ISBN 10: 0241301912

    More than 80 classic myths retold and explained, from early creation beliefs to classical hero narratives and the recurring theme of the afterlife.   The latest title in the bestselling Big Ideas series, The Mythology Book explores the compell ... more

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  • Cover image of book Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
    Norse Mythology - by Neil Gaiman

    £8.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781408891957 | ISBN 10: 1408891956

    The great Norse myths are woven into the fabric of our storytelling – from Tolkien, Alan Garner and Rosemary Sutcliff to Game of Thrones and Marvel Comics. They are also an inspiration for Neil Gaiman's own award-bedecked, bestselling fiction. Now ... more

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  • Cover image of book The World
    The World's Wife - by Carol Ann Duffy

    £10.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781509852666 | ISBN 10: 1509852662

    This unique collection of poems from the Poet Laureate, filled with her characteristic wit, is a feminist classic and a modern take on age-old mythology.   Who? Him. The Husband. Hero. Hunk. The Boy Next Door. The Paramour. The Je t'adore. ... more

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  • Cover image of book Aurelia: Art and Literature Through the Mouth of the Fairy Tale by Carol Mavor
    Aurelia: Art and Literature Through the Mouth of the Fairy Tale - by Carol Mavor

    £25.00   hardback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781780237176 | ISBN 10: 1780237170

    In the eighteenth century the members of London’s Society of Aurelians were butterfly collectors. The term ‘Aurelian’ relates to the chrysalis, and the golden colour it can display before the butterfly emerges. As a twenty-first-century Aurelia ... more

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  • Cover image of book Welsh Folk Tales by Peter Stevenson
    Welsh Folk Tales - by Peter Stevenson

    £12.99   hardback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780750966047 | ISBN 10: 0750966041

    This book, a selection of folk tales, true tales, tall tales, myths, gossip, legends and memories, celebrates and honours unique Welsh stories.  Some are well known, others from forgotten manuscripts or out-of-print volumes, and some are contemp ... more

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  • Cover image of book Celtic Tales: Fairy Tales and Stories of Enchantment from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales by Kate Forrester
    Celtic Tales: Fairy Tales and Stories of Enchantment from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales - by Kate Forrester

    £14.99   hardback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781452151755 | ISBN 10: 145215175x

    The traditional stories of Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales transport us to the fantastical world of Celtic folklore.  Translated and transcribed by folklorists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the 16 stories in this compilation ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-Tongue by Anon
    The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-Tongue - by Anon

    £0.80   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780141397863 | ISBN 10: 0141397861

    'In two I'll slice the hair-seat / of Helga's kiss-gulper' In this epic tale from the Viking Age that ranges across Scandinavia and Viking Britain, two poets compete for the love of Helga the Fair - with fatal consequences.  Introducing ... more

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  • Cover image of book Mothers Grimm by Danielle Wood
    Mothers Grimm - by Danielle Wood

    £8.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781741756746 | ISBN 10: 174175674x

    A sly, cheeky and blackly comic novel about mothering, heartache, heartbreak, desire, love and death, bringing the mothers of the Brothers Grimm into the here and now.  You make deals with God. You make deals with the Devil. You're not fussy. But a ... more

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  • Cover image of book Hansel and Gretel by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by  Lorenzo Mattotti
    Hansel and Gretel - by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Lorenzo Mattotti

    £14.99   hardback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781408861981 | ISBN 10: 1408861984

    The enduring story of the children, the breadcrumb trail and the gingerbread house is brought to life by master storyteller, Neil Gaiman. Who better to retell the Brothers Grimm's greatest, and perhaps darkest, fairy tale, Hansel and Gretel?   ... more

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  • Cover image of book Gossip from the Forest: The Tangled Roots of Our Forests and Fairytales by Sara Maitland
    Gossip from the Forest: The Tangled Roots of Our Forests and Fairytales - by Sara Maitland

    £9.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781847084309 | ISBN 10: 1847084303

    Fairytales are one of our earliest and most vital cultural forms, and forests one of our most ancient landscapes. Both evoke a similar sensation in us - we find them beautiful and magical, but also spooky, sometimes horrifying.   In this fasci ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Brief Guide to Native American Myths and Legends by Lewis Spence
    A Brief Guide to Native American Myths and Legends - by Lewis Spence

    £8.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781780337876 | ISBN 10: 1780337876

    In this brilliant reworking of Lewis Spence's seminal Myths and Legends of the North American Indians, Jon E. Lewis puts the work in context with an extensive new introductory essay and additional commentary throughout the book on the history of Nati ... more

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  • Cover image of book Sita: Daughter of the Earth by Saraswati Nagpal, illustrated by R. Manikandan
    Sita: Daughter of the Earth - by Saraswati Nagpal, illustrated by R. Manikandan

    £0.00   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9789380741253 | ISBN 10: 9380741251

    In an ancient age, when gods and goddesses walked with mortals...   ...Sita is the kind-hearted and intelligent princess of the kingdom of Videha. Married to Rama, prince of Ayodhya, her journey in life takes her from exhilaration to an ... more

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  • Cover image of book Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion by Jack Zipes
    Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion - by Jack Zipes

    £18.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780415610254 | ISBN 10: 0415610257

    The fairy tale is arguably one of the most important cultural and social influences on children's lives. But until the first publication of Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion, little attention had been paid to the ways in which the writers and col ... more

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  • Cover image of book Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
    Anansi Boys - by Neil Gaiman

    £9.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9780755305094 | ISBN 10: 0755305094

    Fat Charlie Nancy is not having a good week. His estranged father recently dropped dead on a karaoke stage and has left Fat Charlie with much more than embarrassment.  Because, you see, Charlie has discovered that his dad wasn't just any dad. He ... more

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  • Cover image of book Angela Carter
    Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales - by Angela Carter

    £12.99   hardback   (2005) - ISBN 13: 9781844081738 | ISBN 10: 1844081737

    Once upon a time fairy tales weren't meant just for children, and neither is Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales. This stunning collection contains lyrical tales, bloody tales and hilariously funny and ripely bawdy stories from countries all around t ... more

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  • Cover image of book American Gods by Neil Gaiman
    American Gods - by Neil Gaiman

    £8.99   paperback   (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780755322817 | ISBN 10: 0755322819

    This is the book that broke the mould, won the Hugo, Nebula, Bram Stoker, SFX and Locus awards and showed the world that Gaiman is a storytelling genius.Days before his release from prison, Shadow's wife, Laura, dies in a mysterious car crash. Numbl ... more

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  • Cover image of book African Myths of Origin by Stephen Belcher
    African Myths of Origin - by Stephen Belcher

    £12.99   paperback   (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780140449457 | ISBN 10: 0140449450

    Gathering a wide range of traditional African myths, this landmark new collection offers tales of heroes battling mighty serpents and monstrous birds, brutal family conflicts and vengeance, and desperate migrations across vast and alien lands. From a ... more

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  • Cover image of book Bamba Suso and Banna Kanute by Sunjata
    Bamba Suso and Banna Kanute - by Sunjata

    £9.99   paperback   (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780140447361 | ISBN 10: 0140447369

    Sunjata Keita was the founder of one of the greatest empires of Western Africa. These two epic accounts of his life portray a greedy, slow-witted child - said to have crawled till the age of seven - who grew up as prophecy foretold to become a mighty ... more

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