Recs if you like Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower...

No Hans Christian Andersen on this list. Retellings based on...Twelve Dancing Princesses, Cinderella, The Goose Girl, Snow White, Snow White + Rose Red, Rapunzel, Hansel + Gretel, Rumplestiltskin, Bluebeard, Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, The Frog Prince, King Thrushbeard, The Pied Piper, The Six Swans, The Brave Little Tailor, Bearskin, Puss in Boots, Allerleirauh, The Wolf + the Fox, The Pink, Maid Maleen, Brother + Sister, The Golden Goose, The Six Swans, etc. As always… no Gaiman

your favorite stories growing up, with a queer twist! anywhere from the most popular fairytales to the more obscure ones, recs always welcome!

Speculative (sci-fi, fantasy, horror etc.) novellas less than 200 pages long that are either standalone or read like a standalone story

This list is perfect for a quick magical escape. 😊

Perfect for fantasy lovers with not enough hours in the day!

Feel free to mention any I missed in the comments 😊

Novellas that are a decent bite of literature and a full meal despite being compact. Like a burrito on a commute to work. AKA my full novella master list

Hii, everyone ♡ I am a very big fan of the booktuber @caricanread so I thought I would make a list of all the books she has read this year! ✰

Qwordy's Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do 3.0 Numerical Titles Prompt You must find titles with the words one through ten, plus one more of a random number 11 books total This is an on going list and always open for recommendations

Sapphic books I don’t see people talking about as much. Mileage may vary!

Fans of Gideon the Ninth, this is for you 🧡

Fairy tale and folklore-inspired narratives as well as atmospheric/quiet/light fantasy with canon aspec characters, aspec-readable themes such as rejection of relationship hierarchy and meaningful companionships, or simply excluding elements of either sexuality or romance. Limiting these to books aimed at adults but will include kidlit that may resonate with older audiences too, such as classics or kidlit with older protagonists.

books so magical, you forget you're reading

so you want to get into novellas/short stories but don’t know where to start? Short and sweet and perfect to kill a few hours (and emotionally devastate you in new and unique ways as it’s such a short insight into a world) (Please for the love of all things holy borrow them from the library these are expensive)

feminine old-timey fairytail-esque feelgood fantasy/historical fiction that defined girlhood

List of books with numbers in the title.

something quick easy and fun and not stressful

Books that have dragons

Books with princesses, list idea based on a lyric from the 2025 Snow White

Monster does not equal bad or evil. Monster is different, monster is outside of normality, monster is freedom from constraints. Here are books that I feel or have heard embody that feeling.