Mermaid, Siren & Selkie Books
Mermaids, sirens and selkies: from Andersen's original Little Mermaid (free to read) to dark sea romances and folk tales of seal-wives and drowned kingdoms.
This list collects 670 books tagged Mermaids & Sea Creatures by 456 authors, published between 1782 and 2025. 12 are free to read and 7 have a free audiobook. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
Common tropes in Mermaids & Sea Creatures
From Wikipedia
In folklore, a mermaid is an aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa.
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The Sea Fairies
L. Frank Baum
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The Scarecrow of Oz
L. Frank Baum
Goosebumps - Deep Trouble
Robert Lawrence Stine
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Wet Magic
Edith Nesbit
Daughter of the Pirate King
Tricia Levenseller
To Kill a Kingdom
Alexandra Christo
The Siren
Kiera Cass
La Petite Sirene (French Well Loved Tales)
Hans Christian Andersen, Yayoi Kusama
Undine, eine Erzählung
Friedrich de la Motte-Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Kar La Motte-Fouqué
The Girl from the Sea
Lee Knox Ostertag
The Curse of Camp Cold Lake
Robert Lawrence Stine
The Tail of Emily Windsnap (Emily Windsnap #1)
Liz Kessler
The Deep
Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs
The Blob That Ate Everyone
Robert Lawrence Stine
Disney's the Little Mermaid
Irene Trimble, RH Disney
Father Bear comes home
Else Holmelund Minarik
Deep Blue
Jennifer Donnelly, Bea Miller
Into the Drowning Deep
Mira Grant
Poor Unfortunate Soul
Serena Valentino
Julian Is a Mermaid
Jessica Love, Avi Roque
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The Sea Lady
H. G. Wells
Mermaid Wife
Rebecca Winters
Emily Windsnap and the Monster from the Deep (Emily Windsnap #2)
Liz Kessler
The Animal Family
Randall Jarrell
The Pisces
Melissa Broder
Mermaid Tales from Around the World
Mary Pope Osborne, Troy Howell
Sea Spell
Jennifer Donnelly
Aquamarine
Alice Hoffman
Summer of the Sea Serpent
Mary Pope Osborne
Die Fließende Königin
Kai Meyer
Rogue Wave (Waterfire Saga #2)
Jennifer Donnelly
The Shape of Water
Guillermo del Toro, Daniel Kraus
Sirena
Donna Jo Napoli
A Book of Mermaids
Ruth Manning-Sanders
Mermaid Wishes
Carol Barton
Emily Windsnap and the Siren's Secret (Emily Windsnap #4)
Liz Kessler
Goosebumps Graphix - Terror Trips
Robert Lawrence Stine
Singing Mermaid
Julia Donaldson
Mermaids
Patty Dann
Water
Robin McKinley, Peter Dickinson
The Lady From the Sea
Henrik Ibsen
Mermaids Don't Run Track (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids #26)
Debbie Dadey
Goddess of the Sea
P. C. Cast
Emily Windsnap and the Castle in the Mist (Emily Windsnap)
Liz Kessler
Dark Tide
Jennifer Donnelly
Rani in the Mermaid Lagoon
Lisa Papademetriou
Teenage Mermaid
Ellen Schreiber
Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand
Gail Carson Levine, David Christiana
Top Mermaids & Sea Creatures authors
- Debbie Dadey37 books
- Liz Kessler14 books
- Gillian Shields9 books
- Sue Mongredien10 books
- Michael Teitelbaum9 books
- M. C. Varley6 books
- Creative Spark (Firm)6 books
- Hans Christian Andersen24 books
- Helen Dunmore6 books
- Mary Man-Kong6 books
- Linda Chapman6 books
- Mary Tillworth5 books
- Robert Lawrence Stine307 books
- Jennifer Donnelly7 books
- Kathryn Lasky8 books
- MaryJanice Davidson34 books
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Frequently asked questions
What are the most popular Mermaids & Sea Creatures books?
By reader shelving on Open Library and downloads, the most popular include The Sea Fairies (1911), The Scarecrow of Oz (1915), Goosebumps - Deep Trouble (1994), Wet Magic (1937) and Daughter of the Pirate King (2017).
Are there free Mermaids & Sea Creatures books?
Yes — 12 mermaids & sea creatures titles are in the public domain and free to read, including The Sea Fairies (1911), The Scarecrow of Oz (1915) and Wet Magic (1937).