Recs if you like The Brides of High Hill...

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

Quick reads featuring LGBTQIA+ characters and themes written by BIPOC authors

A collection of sapphic fantasy books that I have seen recommended across tiktok

Novellas, shorter books, and stories 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.

Inspired by my recent love of The empress of salt and fortune I wanted an easy way to find the whole series in publication order.

The books are standalone stories connected by Cleric Chic and can be read in any order.

Retellings of the Bluebeard legend

We don't discriminate! Whether its a novella, graphic novel, collection of essays or anthology, if its fun horror, then its on here!

Books involving Fox Fairies from Asian myths: Gumiho/Kumiho from Korea, Kitsune from Japan, huli jing from China and Hồ ly tinh from Vietnam

Works published in 2024

Best Novel Nominees: 🏆🌕 The Tainted Cup • Alien Clay • 📔 The Ministry of Time • Service Model • 🌌 Someone You Can Build a Nest In • A Sorceress Comes to Call

Best Novella Nominees: 🏆 The Tusks of Extinction • The Brides of High Hill • The Butcher of the Forest • Navigational Enganglements • The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain • What Feasts at Night

Legend: 🏆 Winner • 🌌 Nebula Award Winner • 🌕 World Fantasy Award Winner • 📔 GR Choice Winner 2024

Order of release:

• the empress of salt and fortune (2020)
• when the tiger came down the mountain (2020)
• into the riverlands (2022)
• mammoths at the gates (2023)
• the bridges of high hill (2024)
• a mouthful of dust (2025)
• a long and speaking silence (2026)
• the judgement of needles (2027)

You don't have to necessarily read in order since they are all each individual stories collected by cleric Chih. It does add to the wider story if you do.

on a quest to diversify my bookshelf