Alternative Fairytales

Do you like your fairytales a bit darker, or a bit twisted? Try these recommendations!

Updated December 11, 2024
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The girl who speaks bear
Anderson, Sophie; Honesta, Kathrin
Ebook
Cinderella is dead
Bayron, Kalynn
Ebook
Ironside : a modern faerie tale
Black, Holly
Audiobook
The little match girl strikes back
Carroll, Emma
Ebook
It only takes one strike! A powerful feminist reworking of the Hans Christian Andersen classic, from bestselling and award-winning creators Emma Carroll and Lauren Child. Bridie works hard to feed her family, selling matches on the streets of Victorian London. After an incident...
Sleeper And The Spindle, The
Gaiman, Neil
Paper Book
WINNER of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2016A thrillingly reimagined fairy tale from the truly magical combination of author Neil Gaiman and illustrator Chris Riddell - weaving together a sort-of Snow White and an almost Sleeping Beauty with a thread of dark magic, which will hold readers...
A vow so bold and deadly
Kemmerer, Brigid
Ebook
Cinder
Meyer, Marissa
Ebook
Heartless
Meyer, Marissa
Ebook
Scarlet
Meyer, Marissa
Paper Book
The second book in the #1New York Times-andUSA Today- Bestselling Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer! Our cyborg heroine teams up with two new characters, Scarlet and Wolf, to defend Earth against a wicked space queen. "An interesting mash up of fairy...

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