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This is a list of novels based on or around fairytales. This page last updated on Mar 27th, 2006.

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• Promise Me Magic (Puss In Boots) by Patricia Camden (1995)
  
• Capture the Night (Beauty and the Beast) by Geralyn Dawson (1993)
  
• Before I Wake (Sleeping Beauty) by Terry Lawrence (1995)
  

• The Glass Shoe (Cinderella) by Kay Hooper (1989)
  
• Golden Threads (Rapunzel) by Kay Hooper (1989)
  
• The Lady and The Lion (The Lion's Castle) by Kay Hooper (1990)
  
• Through the Looking Glass (Alice in Wonderland) by Kay Hooper (1990)
  
• What Dreams May Come (Sleeping Beauty) by Kay Hooper (1990)
  

• Treasured Tales I
  
  • Princess and the Pea by Fayrene Preston
    
  • Fairest of Them All (Snow White and the Seven Dwarves) by Leanne Banks
    
• Treasured Tales II
  
  • He's So Shy (Ugly Duckling) by Linda Cajio
    
• Treasured Tales III
  
  • Hot Southern Nights (Little Red Riding Hood) by Patt Bucheister
    
  • Stalking the Giant (Jack and the Beanstalk) by Victoria Leigh
    
• Treasured Tales IV
  
  • Bad To The Bone (Goldilocks) by Debra Dixon
    
• Treasured Tales VI
  
  • Your Wish Is My Command (Aladdin) by Stephanie Bancroft
    

• The Sun, the Moon and the Stars by Steven Brust (1987)
  
• The Nightingale (The Nightingale) by Kara Dalkey (1988)
  
• Tam Lin (Tam Lin) by Pamela Dean (1990)
  
• Jack the Giant-Killer (Jack the Giant-Killer) by Charles de Lint (1987)
  
• Snow White and Rose Red (Snow White and Rose Red) by Patricia Wrede (1989)
  
• Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty) by Jane Yolen (1992)
  
• White as Snow by Tanith Lee (2000)
  
• Fitcher's Brides (Bluebeard) by Gregory Frost (2002)
  

• Wake Me With A Kiss (Sleeping Beauty) by Emily Dalton (1997)
  
• The Princess and the Frog (The Frog Prince) by Lisa Bingham (1997)
  
• The Prince, The Lady and The Tower (Rapunzel) by Muriel Jensen (1997)
  
• Eight Men and a Lady (Snow White and the Seven Dwarves) by Elizabeth Sinclair (1997)
  
• In Papa Bear's Bed (Goldilocks) by Judy Christenberry (1997)
  
• Catching a Daddy (Little Mermaid) by Charlotte Maclay (1998)
  

• The Perfect Husband (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) by Kristine Rolofson (1993)
  
• Wilde at Heart (Beauty and the Beast) by Janice Kaiser (1993)
  
• The Missing Heir (Rumpelstiltskin) by Leandra Logan (1993)
  
• Dr. Hunk (The Frog Prince) by Glenda Sanders (1993)
  
• The Virgin and the Unicorn (unicorns) by Kelly Street (1993)
  
• When It's Right (Princess and the Pea) Gina Wilkins (1993)
  
• Second Sight (Ugly Duckling) by Lynn Michaels (1993)
  
• The Prince and The Showgirl (Cinderella) by JoAnn Ross (1993)
  
• You Go To My Head (Bacchus) by Bobby Hutchinson (1993)
  
• Night Watch (Rapunzel) by Carla Neggers (1993)
  
• Naughty Talk (Gawain) by Tiffany White (1993)
  
• I'll Be Seeing You (Christmas) by Kristine Rolofson (1993)
  

• Goldilocks by Ed McBain (1976)
  
• Rumpelstiltskin by Ed McBain (1981)
  
• Beauty and the Beast by Ed McBain (1982)
  
• Jack and the Beanstalk by Ed McBain (1984)
  
• Snow White and Rose Red by Ed McBain (1985)
  
• Cinderella by Ed McBain (1986)
  
• Puss In Boots by Ed McBain (1987)
  

• The Emperor's New Clothes by Victoria Alexander (1997)
  
• The Night Before Christmas by Victoria Alexander, Sandra Hill, Dara Joy, Nelle McFather (1996)
  
• The Princess and the Pea by Victoria Alexander (1996)
  
• The Snow Queen by Anne Avery (1996)
  
• Cooking Up Trouble (Rumpelstiltskin) by Emma Craig (2000)
  
• The Wild Swans (Seven Swans) by Kate Holmes (2000)
  
• The Glass Slipper (Cinderella) by Linda O. Johnston (1996)
  
• Big Bad Wolf (Little Red Riding Hood) by Linda Jones (1997)
  
• Cinderfella (Cinderella) by Linda Jones (1998)
  
• DeButy and The Beast (Beauty and The Beast) by Linda Jones (Oct 2001)
  
• Into The Woods (Hansel and Gretel) by Linda Jones (2001)
  
• Jackie and the Giant (Jack and the Beanstalk) by Linda Jones (1999)
  
• Let Down Your Hair (Rapunzel) by Linda Jones (Spring 2002)
  
• Let Me Come In (Three Little Pigs) by Linda Jones (1997)
  
• One Day, My Prince (Snow White and the Seven Dwarves) by Linda Jones (2000)
  
• Someone's Been Sleeping In My Bed (Goldilocks) by Linda Jones (1996)
  
• Strands of Gold (Rumpelstiltskin) by Kathleen Morgan (1997)
  
• The Mirror and The Magic (Snow White) by Coral Smith Saxe (1996)
  
• The Gentle Beast (Beauty and the Beast) by Colleen Shannon (1996)
  
• Prince of Kisses (The Frog Prince) by Colleen Shannon (1997)
  
• The Steadfast Heart (Tin Soldier) by Colleen Shannon (1998)
  
• Rose Red (Snow White and Rose Red) by Flora Speer (1996)
  
• Once Upon a Tangled Tale (Fairy Tale collection) by Bronwyn Wolfe (1996)
  

• Almost Paradise (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) by Debbie Macomber
  
• Cindy And The Prince (Cinderella) by Debbie Macomber
  
• Some Kind Of Wonderful (Beauty and the Beast) by Debbie Macomber
  

• A Rose for Beauty by Irene B. Brand
  
• The Shoemaker's Daughter by Lynn A. Coleman
  
• Lily's Plight by Yvonne Lehman
  
• Better to See You by Gail Gaymer Martin
  

• The Storyteller's Daughter (1001 Nights) by Cameron Dokey (2002)
  
• Beauty Sleep (Sleeping Beauty) by Cameron Dokey (2002)
  
• Snow (Snow White and the Seven Dwarves) by Tracy Lynn (2003)
  
• Midnight Pearls (The Little Mermaid) by Debbie Viguie (2003)
  
• Scarlet Moon (Little Red Riding Hood) by Debbie Viguie (2004)
  
• Related: Sunlight and Shadow (The Magic Flute [Mozart]) by Cameron Dokey (2004)
  
• Spirited (Beauty and the Beast) by Nancy Holder (2004)
  
• The Night Dance (Twelve Dancing Princesses) by Suzanne Weyn (2005)
  
• Golden (Rapunzel) by Cameron Dokey (2006)
  

• Suisan (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) by Phyllis Carol Agins
  
• The Wonderful Misadventures of Sebastian (Pied Piper) by Lloyd Alexander
  
• Night Magic (Beauty and the Beast) by Charlotte Vale Allen (1989)
  
• Glass-Slipper-dot.com (Cinderella) by Rebecca Anderson (2000)
  
• Hasan (Hasan and the Bird Maiden) by Piers Anthony (1977)
  
• Little Red Riding Hood In The Red Light District by Manlio Argueta (1996)
  
• Whittington (Dick Whittington and his cat) by Alan Armstrong (2005)
  
• The Quantum Rose (Beauty and the Beast) by Catherine Asaro (2000)
  
• The Penny Princess (Cinderella) by Anne Austin (1929)
  
• The Frog Princess (Frog Prince) by E.D. Baker (2002)
  
• At Midnight: A Novel Based On Cinderella by Jennifer Baker (1996)
  
• The Rose: A Novel Based On Beauty And The Beast by Jennifer Baker (1996)
  
• A Terrible Beauty (Beauty and the Beast) by Nancy Baker (1996)
  
• Snow White (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) by Donald Barthelme (1967)
  
• Glass Slippers (Cinderella) by Nancy Berland (1996)
  
• Almost Snow White (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) by Jeffrey Blount (1992)
  
• The Forest Family (Snow White and Rose Red) by Joan Bodger (1999)
  
• Kate Crackernuts by K. M. Briggs(1963)
  
• Possession (Beauty and the Beast) by A.S. Byatt (1990)
  
• The Phoenix Dance (Twelve Dancing Princesses) by Dia Calhoun (2005)
  
• Enchantment (Sleeping Beauty) by Orson Scott Card (1999)
  
• Sleeping in Flame (Rumpelstiltskin) by Jonathan Carroll (1989)
  
• The Bride Finder (Beauty and the Beast) by Susan Carroll (1998)
  
• The Thief and the Beanstalk (Jack and the Beanstalk) by P. W. Catanese (2005)
  
• The Brave Apprentice (The Brave Little Tailor) by P. W. Catanese (2005)
  
• The Eye of the Warlock (Hansel and Gretel) by P. W. Catanese (2005)
  
• The Mirror's Tale (Snow White and the Seven Dwarves) by P. W. Catanese (2006)
  
• The Fairy of Ku-She (The Cowherd and the Weaving Maid) by M. Lucie Chin
  
• How Like A God (Three Billy Goats Gruff) by Brenda W. Clough (1997)
  
• Roses (Beauty and the Beast) by Barbara Cohen (1984)
  
• The Girl Who Sat By The Ashes (Cinderella) by Padraic Colum (1919)
  
• The Children Who Followed The Piper (Pied Piper) by Padraic Colum (1921)
  
• Seven Daughters and Seven Sons (Iraqi tale) by Barbara Cohen and Bahija Lovejoy (1982)
  
• The Frog Princess of Pelham (Frog Prince) by Ellen Conford (1997)
  
• Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty) by Robert Coover (1996)
  
• Sleeping Boy (Sleeping Beauty) by Sonia Craddock (1999)
  
• Once Upon A Kiss (Sleeping Beauty) by Claire Cross (1998)
  
• Wolf (Little Red Riding Hood) by Gillian Cross (1990)
  
• The Frog King: A Love Story (Frog Prince) by Adam Davies (2002)
  
• Marco Polo and the Sleeping Beauty (Sleeping Beauty) by Avram Davidson and Grania Davis
  
• Once Upon A Crime Syndicate : a mafia fairy tale (Pinocchio) by Chad Descoteaux (2006)
  
• Jack's Dad and the Beanstalk by Donald B. Dewar (2005)
  
• Snow White and Rose Red: A Modern Fairy Tale by Regina Doman (1997) also known as The Shadow of the Bear: Snow White and Rose Red Retold (2002)
  
• Cinderella by C.S. Evans (1919)
  
• The Sleeping Beauty by C.S. Evans (1920)
  
• Sleeping Prince (Sleeping Beauty) by Knut Faldbakken (1988)
  
• The Glass Slipper (Cinderella) by Eleanor Farjeon (1946)
  
• The Silver Curlew (Rumpelstiltskin) by Eleanor Farjeon (1953)
  
• The Silver Rose (Beauty and the Beast) by Jane Feather (1997)
  
• The Fourth Bear : A Nursery Crime (Goldilocks) by Jasper Fforde (2006)
  
• Shadow Spinner (1001 nights) Susan Fletcher (1999)
  
• Dragon (The Cowherd and the Weaving Maid) by Nigel Frith
  
• Red Shift (Thomas the Rhymer) by Alan Garner (1973)
  
• The Tower Room (Rapunzel) by Adele Geras (1992)
  
• Watching the Roses (Sleeping Beauty) by Adele Geras (1992)
  
• Pictures of the Night (Snow White and the Seven Dwarves) by Adele Geras (1993)
  
• Cinders (Cinderella) by Katharine Gibson (1939)
  
• The Cinderella Search (Cinderella) by Judy Griffith Gill (1998)
  
• Thorn: An Immortal Tale (Sleeping Beauty) by Frances Gordon (1997)
  
• Changeling: An Immortal Tale (Rumpelstiltskin) by Frances Gordon (1998)
  
• Wildwood (Little Red Riding Hood) by Frances Gordon (1999)
  
• The Further Adventures of Puss In Boots by Nicholas Stuart Gray
  
• The Seventh Swan (The Seven Swans) by Nicholas Stuart Gray (1962)
  
• The Stone Cage (Rapunzel) by Nicholas Stuart Gray (1963)
  
• Utterly Charming (Sleeping Beauty) by Kristine Grayson (2000)
  
• Thoroughly Kissed (Sleeping Beauty) by Kristine Grayson (2001)
  
• Kiss Your Prince Charming (Frog Prince) by Jennifer Greene (1999)
  
• Just Ella (Cinderella) by Margaret Peterson Haddix (1999)
  
• The Goose Girl (Goose Girl) by Shannon Hale (2003)
  
• The Faery Braid (Rapunzel) by Karen Harbaugh appears in the 4-novel anthology Faery Magic by Jo Beverly, Karen Harbaugh, Mary Jo Putney, and Barbara Samuel (1998)
  
• Mira, Mirror (Snow White) by Mette Ivie Harrison (2004)
  
• All That Glitters (Cinderella) by Barbara Jean Hicks (1999)
  
• An Unlikely Prince (Snow White and the Seven Dwarves) by Barbara Jean Hicks
  
• Loves Me, Loves Me Not (Beauty and The Beast) by Barbara Jean Hicks (2000)
  
• Love Me Tender (Cinderella) by Sandra Hill (1998)
  
• Snow White and the Seven Samurai (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) by Tom Holt (1999)
  
• Bridge of Birds (The Cowherd and the Weaving Maid) by Barry Hughart
  
• Which Witch? (Cinderella) by Eva Ibbotson
  
• Beast (Beauty and the Beast) by Judith Ivory (1997)
  
• Sleeping Beauty by Judith Ivory (1998)
  
• Witherwing (The Seven Swans) by David Jarrett
  
• The Fox Woman (Japanese fairytale) by Kij Johnson (2000)
  
• Fire and Hemlock (Tam Lin) by Diana Wynne Jones
  
• Howl's Moving Castle (Cinderella) by Diana Wynne Jones
  
• Cinderella 2000 by Mavis Jukes
  
• If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince? (Cinderella) by Melissa Kantor (2005)
  
• The Analyst (Rumpelstiltskin) by John Katzenbach (2002)
  
• With This Ring (Cinderella) by Carla Kelly (1997)
  
• Bluebeard's Castle (Bluebeard) by Gene Kemp (2000)
  
• The Snow Queen by Eileen Kernaghan (2000)
  
• The Wild Swans (The Seven Swans) by Peg Kerr
  
• Goose Chase (misc, The Goose Girl) by Patrice Kindl (2001)
  
• Once Upon A Dream (Cinderella) by Katherine Kingsley
  
• Cinderella at the Firecracker Ball by Julie Kistler (1993)
  
• Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner
  
• Black Swan (The Swan Princess (Swan Lake)) by Mercedes Lackey (1999)
  
• The Eagle and the Nightingales (The Nightingale) by Mercedes Lackey
  
• Firebird (russian fairytale) by Mercedes Lackey
  
• The Fire Rose (Beauty and the Beast) by Mercedes Lackey
  
• Gates of Sleep (Sleeping Beauty) by Mercedes Lackey (2002)
  
• Phoenix and Ashes (Cinderella) by Mercedes Lackey (2004)
  
• The Serpent's Shadow (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) by Mercedes Lackey (2001)
  
• The Fairy Godmother (Beauty and the Beast) by Mercedes Lackey (2004)
  
• Bleeding Through Kingdoms: Cinderella's Rebellion by Riley Lashea (2005)
  
• No Slipper for Cinderella (Cinderella) by Mildred Lawrence (1965)
  
• Cinderellis and the Glass Hill (Cinderella) by Gail Carson Levine (2000)
  
• Ella Enchanted (Cinderella) by Gail Carson Levine
  
• The Fairy's Mistake (Toads and Diamonds) by Gail Carson Levine
  
• The Princess Test (Princess and the Pea) by Gail Carson Levine
  
• Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep (Sleeping Beauty) by Gail Carson Levine
  
• Cinderella and the Texas Prince by Linda Lewis (1998)
  
• Never After (Sleeping Beauty and misc) by Rebecca Lickiss (2002)
  
• Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister (Cinderella) by Gregory Maguire
  
• The Dream Stealer (Russian fairytale) by Gregory Maguire (1983, 2002)
  
• Mirror,Mirror (Snow White) by Gregory Maguire (2003)
  
• Chinese Cinderella: The True Story Of An Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah (1999)
  
• Daughter of the Forest (The Seven Swans) by Juliet Marillier (2000)
  
• The Enchanted Prince (King Thrushbeard/King Roughbeard) by Ellen Tanner Marsh
  
• Birdwing (The Seven Swans) by Rafe Martin (2005)
  
• Rapunzel: The One With All The Hair by Wendy Mass (2006)
  
• Sleeping Beauty: The One Who Took the Really Long Nap by Wendy Mass (2006)
  
• Carabas (Puss In Boots) by Sophie Masson (1996) published in US as Serafin
  
• Clementine (Sleeping Beauty) by Sophie Masson (1999)
  
• Cold Iron (Cinderella(Tattercoats)) by Sophie Masson (1998)
  
• My Prince Charming (Cinderella) by Molly McGuire (1993)
  
• Once Upon A Winter's Night (East of the Sun, West of the Moon) by Dennis McKiernan
  
• Beauty (Beauty and the Beast) by Robin McKinley
  
• Deerskin (Donkeyskin) by Robin McKinley
  
• Rose Daughter (Beauty and the Beast) by Robin McKinley
  
• Spindle's End (Sleeping Beauty) by Robin McKinley (2000)
  
• The Bride and The Beast (Beauty and the Beast) by Teresa Medeiros (2000)
  
• A Kiss to Remember (Sleeping Beauty) by Teresa Medeiros (2001)
  
• Grimm's Last Fairytale: A Novel (Sleeping Beauty) by Haydn Middleton (2001)
  
• King Rat (Pied Piper of Hamelin) by China Mieville (1999)
  
• Once on a Time (Frog Prince) by A.A. Milne
  
• Embrace the Night (Cinderella) by Elda Minger
  
• The Frog Prince: A Fairytale for Consenting Adults by Stephen Mitchell (1999)
  
• A Voice for Princess (Frog Prince) by John Morressy (1986)
  
• The Questing of Kedrigern (Frog Prince) by John Morressy (1987)
  
• The True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphy (2003)
  
• Silver Woven in My Hair (Cinderella) by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
  
• Silverlock (Tam Lin) by John Myers Myers
  
• Beast (Beauty and the Beast) by Donna Jo Napoli (2000)
  
• Bound (Cinderella) by Donna Jo Napoli (2004)
  
• Breath (Pied Piper) by Donna Jo Napoli (2003)
  
• Crazy Jack (Jack and the Beanstalk) by Donna Jo Napoli (1999)
  
• Jimmy, Pickpocket of the Palace (Frog Prince) by Donna Jo Napoli (1995)
  
• The Magic Circle (Hansel and Gretel) by Donna Jo Napoli
  
• Prince of the Pond (the Frog Prince) by Donna Jo Napoli
  
• Spinners (Rumpelstiltskin) by Donna Jo Napoli
  
• Zel (Rapunzel) by Donna Jo Napoli
  
• Bound (Cinderella) by Donna Jo Napoli (2004)
  
• East (East of the Sun, West of the Moon) by Edith Pattou
  
• Godmother Night (Godfather Death) by Rachel Pollack (1996)
  
• Perilous Gard (Tam Lin/Thomas Rhymer) by Elizabeth Marie Pope
  
• The Frog Price by Jane Porter (2005)
  
• The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Pied Piper) by Terry Pratchett (2001)
  
• The Wee Free Men (Tam Lin/Thomas Rhymer and Snow Queen) by Terry Pratchett (2003)
  
• Clockwork (partially based on Nightingale) by Philip Pullman
  
• I Was A Rat! (Cinderella) by Philip Pullman (1999)
  
• Ravished (Beauty and the Beast) by Amanda Quick (1992)
  
• An Offer From A Gentleman (Cinderella) by Julia Quinn
  
• Beanstalk (Jack and the Beanstalk) by John Rackham
  
• After Hamelin (Pied Piper of Hamelin) by Bill Richardson (2000)
  
• Cinderella's Big Sky Groom by Christine Rimmer (1999)
  
• Once Upon A Time (Sleeping Beauty/Cinderella) by Lynn Roberts (2000)
  
• Kindergarten (Hansel and Gretel) by Peter Rushforth
  
• Her Own Prince (Cinderella) by Eva Rutland (1999)
  
• The Godmother (Fairytale collection) by Elizabeth Scarborough
  
• Straw Into Gold (Rumpelstiltskin) by Gary D. Schmidt (2001)
  
• Southern Charms (Cinderella) by Trana Mae Simmons (1999)
  
• Fair Peril (Frog Prince) by Nancy Springer (1997)
  
• Bella at Midnight (Cinderella) by Diane Stanley (2006)
  
• Thursday (Tam Lin) by Catherine Storr
  
• The Night Of The Phantom (Beauty and the Beast) by Anne Stuart (1991)
  
• A Cruise For Cinderella (Cinderella) by Alex Stuart (1956)
  
• Swan's Wing (The Seven Swans) by Ursula Synge
  
• Sleeping Beauty by Elizabeth Taylor (1953)
  
• Beauty (Sleeping Beauty) by Sheri S. Tepper
  
• When The Nightingale Sings (Cinderella) by Joyce Carol Thomas (1992)
  
• Sometimes the Soul (Beauty and the Beast) by Gioia Timpanel (1998)
  
• The Faery Bride by Lisa Ann Verge (1996)
  
• The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge
  
• The Coachman Rat (Cinderella) by David Henry Wilson
  
• Beauty (Beauty and the Beast) by Susan Wilson (1996)
  
• Moon Wife (Beauty and the Beast) by Terri Windling (upcoming?)
  
• Bitter Thorns (Beauty and the Beast) by Chris Anne Wolfe (1990)
  
• Ma Cinderella by Harold Bell Wright (1932)
  
• Pay the Piper : A Rock 'n' Roll Fairy Tale (Pied Piper of Hamelin) by Jane Yolen and Adam Stemple (2006)
  
• Troll Bridge : A Rock'n' Roll Fairy Tale (mixed) by Jane Yolen (2006)
  
• The Vizier's Second Daughter by Robert F. Young
  
• Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming (Sleeping Beauty) by Roger Zelazny