Fae Bargain Fairy Tale Retellings Books
54 fairy tale retellings books that use the fae bargain trope — a deal with the fair folk — binding, literal and dangerous. Top picks: Cinder (2011), Black Beauty (1877) and Heartless (2000).
Cinder
Marissa Meyer
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Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
Heartless
Marissa Meyer
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
Anne Rice
Cinderella Is Dead
Kalynn Bayron
This Woven Kingdom
Tahereh Mafi
When Beauty Tamed the Beast
Eloisa James
Ash
Malinda Lo
Rose Daughter
Robin McKinley
The Beast Within
Serena Valentino
Blood & Honey
Shelby Mahurin
Ensnared
A. G. Howard
Just Ella
Margaret Peterson Haddix
Gilded
Marissa Meyer
Cursed
Marissa Meyer
Black Thorn White Rose
Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling
Untamed
A. G. Howard
The Silent Songbird
Melanie Dickerson
Enchanted
Nancy Madore
Enchanted
Alethea Kontis
Hero
Alethea Kontis
Enchanted Again
Nancy Madore
Crave
Cathy Yardley
Princess and the Fangirl
Ashley Poston
Wendy Darling
Colleen Oakes
Mountains Made of Glass
Scarlett St. Clair
At Midnight
Dahlia Adler, Melissa Albert
Calamity Jack
Shannon Hale
Sea Witch Rising
Sarah Henning
The Mermaid
Christina Henry
Awakened by a Kiss
Lila DiPasqua
Briar Rose
Robert Coover
A Question of Magic
Elizabeth Dawson Baker
Once More Upon a Time
Roshani Chokshi
Beast
Lisa Jensen
A Captive of Wing and Feather
Melanie Cellier
The Secret Princess
Melanie Cellier
Stain
A. G. Howard
Apples Dipped in Gold
Scarlett St. Clair
Iron Raven
Julie Kagawa
What Makes You Beautiful
Bridget Liang
Prom Kings
Tony Correia
We Three
Markus Harwood-Jones
Demon Lover
Bonnie Dee
Rogue Princess
B. R. Myers
Iron Queen Special Edition
Julie Kagawa
Iron Daughter Special Edition
Julie Kagawa
Iron Knight Special Edition
Julie Kagawa
Ellie and the Prince
J.M. Stengl
Shadow's Legacy
Julie Kagawa
Opacity in the writings of Robbe-Grillet, Pinter, and Zach
Yoseph Milman
Fairy tale and romance in works of Ford Madox Ford
Timothy Weiss
Iron King Special Edition
Julie Kagawa
Rowan : Faery Realms Series
Bex Hogan