Fairy Book Recommendations 🧚

[@natalielauren2866]

I am glad to finally see some Juliet Marillier represented on booktube! Wildwood Dancing is one of my favorite books of all time, and I also love her Blackthorn and Grim series! I haven't read Daughter of the Forest yet but I own the first one and I can't wait to get into the series!

[@stephanievianelli2542]

Seanan McGuire the author of Every Heart a Door also has the October Daye series all about the Fae living in modern day San Fransisco. It is really enjoyable.

[@hopeb2]

I have recently gotten VERY into faeries and I feel like it's such a niche category of books to find so this video is so great and helpful. Thank you so much!!

[@GypsieRhythms]

All of these are first books in a series...A Kingdom of Exiles by S.B. Nova, Rosemary & Rue by Seanan McGuire, Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning, Fighting Destiny by Amelia Hutchins, Bless Your Heart by Kimbra Swain, The Silver Stag and Witchling by Yasmine Galenorn, A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K. Hamilton, Willa of the Wood by Robert Beatty

[@tkucey8689]

2 years ago now and yet here I am 4: 30 into the video and jumping for joy that there are two authors in a row I've never heard of. Thank you hope you keep making these!

[@CarInTheGarage78]

I LOVED Every Heart A Doorway. They way they categorized and talked about the different types of worlds was sooo fascinating to me. I can't wait to pick up the other in the series. This was a great video, I also loved fairies as a child. Very excited about these recommendations!

[@danielleoliver1734]

If you get into the genre of paranormal urban fantasy you get quite a lot of Fae as both characters and love interests. I really like the Alex Craft series and the Hollows series. The MC is Fae in the first one.

[@tiborkovacs5317]

You described some FAIRLY good books there...haha

[@JeansThoughts]

😂

[@tkucey8689]

Don't you mean faeirily 🧚‍♀️😘

[@chipmunkwarcry]

If you are looking for a thriller, dystopian version of the fey I recommend The Call by Peder O’Guilian. It is about an Ireland that has been cut off from the world and the fair folk are menacing the remaining humans. Within a certain age range every teenager is in danger of being randomly teleported to the fairy land and being hunted by them and if they’re lucky they survive. The main characters are human, but the fey have such an underlying presence that it makes for an excellent read.

[@jaedyn225]

the cover for wildwood dancing has me in tears

[@JeansThoughts]

It’s so beautiful isn’t it!

[@andrasim5265]

I never thought I would hear the name of my country in your video haha but I'm so happy I did. I'm Romanian and I'm intrigued by Wildwood Dancing now. Not only is it set in my native country but based on your description it appears to be inspired by real Romanian folklore and tales. The 'dancing gentle fairies' or 'sânziene', I find, are very important in our folklore and used to be often referenced in culture, books, festivals, etc. Thank you for your recommandations! Really appreciate the diversity of book recommended in your videos. ^^ Also, I read Every Heart a Doorway and the next couple of books in the series just yesterday and they were really good! (Last one disappointed me a bit though)

[@pastorytime2683]

Love this video as I love fairy books. Really enjoyed Wildwood Dancing, Ash and the Cruel Prince. Will try the others too!

[@sarahzawada555]

Laurell K. Hamilton's Merdith Gentry series has a fae protagonist. I think the first book is A Kiss of Shadows.

[@JeansThoughts]

Ooh cool thank you!

[@JasmineReads]

Ohhhh lovely. I haven’t read many fairy books at all, now I think about it. So thank you for this list!😊

[@JeansThoughts]

Now is the time aha!

[@minstrelcat1951]

So many new books I can't wait to get stuck into being recommended here. Thanks guys! Id recommend the Faery Chronicles by Helen Sutton. Book 1 is Fated. They're old fashioned otherworldly British folklore fae, loads of humour and violence and an epic love story. Huh. May have to reread those too actually. Its been ages and I'm a sucker for the Unseelie, darker stuff. Lol

[@lucindajennings148]

Fairy Books you might like The Replacement - Brenna Yovanoff Moor Child - Eloise Jarvis McGraw Tithe - Holly Black Valiant - Holly Black Iron Side - Holly Black Lament - Maggie Stiefvater Ballad - Maggie Stiefvater Fablehaven - Brandon Mull The Ordinary Princess The Iron King - Julie Kagawa Willa of the Wood (fairy/woodsprites) The School for Good and Evil The Good Neighbors - (graphic novel trilogy) Tamsin (a whole host of spooky things) Flower Fables Charles de Lint - a lot of his newford books have fairies The Runaway Fairy (this is a children's book but the art is stunning)

[@JeansThoughts]

Ooh amazing what a long list, I’ll definitely check some of these out, thanks so much!

[@lucindajennings148]

You're welcome! ^_^

[@rhiannonmt]

OMG Ash! I was thinking about this book earlier on in the week but couldn’t remember the name! I read it years ago and loved it, and I need to re-find it now and have a re-read. Some great recommendations here... my book wish list is growing...

[@JeansThoughts]

Aha so in synch ;).

[@nikkihall7994]

Holly Black's Modern Fearie series starts with the book TITHE and precedes both The Darkest Part of the Forest and The Cruel Prince. It' actually my favorite, plus characters from Tithe and TDPOTF appear in The Cruel Prince and it's sequels.

[@WilliamMay]

Recently found your channel and have been enjoying the videos. I have three book recommendations that I think are in the spirit of this topic, but each offer, I think, a slightly different take on the concept. Two are well known, but I am not sure that the third is as widely read. First would be Neil Gaiman's Stardust, a fairly simple tale, but one that is well told. The book does not have many character's that are "fairies" per se, but does take place in and around Faerie, and the magical elements are clearly in the vein of fairy-tales. It is a fun, light novel written by one of the great contemporary voices of fantasy. Second, Susanna Clarke's novel Jonathan Strange And Mr, Norrell, a tome that combines English history with magic. Much of the plot involves deals made with fairies, in a way that is reminiscent of many classic fairy stories. In addition, Clarke's short story collection, The Ladies of Grace Adieu contains many more fine examples of work along this line, as well as a short story that connects directly to the world and plot of the, already expansive, novel. This one looks like a huge task, but it read rather briskly for me, personally, though some might find the use of footnotes an impediment to full immersion. Third, and sadly the least well read (I expect), is Martin Millar's The Good Fairies of New York: Scottish fairies come to New York City, largely out of a love for punk rock. What follows is a story about friendship, medieval flower alphabets, bagpipes, and I can't even name what else. Millar's imagination is only outdone by his ability to ground the story in a way that makes these elements seem utterly at home in the grungy downtown Manhattan setting. Anyhow, I don't know if any of these are books that you have already read, but they were the one's that immediately jumped to mind for me.

[@ScruffyStorms]

Seconding Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell! One of my favourite books of all time. The audiobook is particularly brilliant, I've lost count of the amount of times I've listened to it!

[@vamps_rock]

Seanan Maguire's October Daye - the MC is a halfling. The Sisters of the Moon (aka Otherworld) by Yasmine Galenorn, the three sister mc's are halflings too. In both of these UF series the MC's spend time in both "our world" and also in the Faerie World.

[@AdrianasWonderland]

great video

[@lookatthesparks]

I would highly recommend the Night and Nothing trilogy by Katherine Harbour. The series is a modern retelling of the Scottish ballad Tam Lin and is so beautifully written with wonderful, quirky characters and a whole host of fae characters and 'mythology.' I picked up the first novel 'Thorn Jack' on a whim purely because the cover was so stunning and ended up reading the entire trilogy in under a week.

[@FloraNB]

The Lorwyn/Shadowmoor cycle by Cory J. Herndon & Scott McGough comes to mind: There are no humans, but it's set in a fantasy world of eternal midsummer based on (supposedly) Welsh folklore and features elves, merfolk, kithkin (hobbits, sort of), treefolk and faeries (and some other races). It follows several different characters, some of them faeries. There are four books, Lorwyn, Morningtide, Shadowmoor and Eventide, although Shadowmoor is an anthology of short stories, at least one of which ties into the greater narrative that continues from Morningtide to Eventide. It has been about 10 years since I read them, so I don't remember them too clearly. They're companion novels to the Magic: The Gathering card sets of the same names, but I don't think you need to know anything about it to follow the story of the novels (although the illustrations of the cards do compliment the story).

[@charityslibrary]

The author of The Heart of the Fae (Emma Hamm) also released some companion novels and one of them is called The Faceless Woman and the protagonist is a fae/changeling!

[@pinkoii7579]

Great recommendations! Also, I’ve been trying to find this book for years now but I can’t remember the title or the name of the author. But, I do remember some parts of the book: -The cover of the book was like a blue sky with fairies flying around in the middle -There was once scene where water pond/ lake fairies made you answer riddles to pass the lake -There was a scene were you walked into a shy weeping fairy in an icy cave -There was a scene in the dark, where the pond/ lake morphed into a face of person.... That’s really all I remember, also the book was more a chapter thick book, rather than a thin book If anyone knows the name of the book or the author pls tell me, thank you 🙏🏻🤍🤍

[@tamarawallis6082]

Great video as always. I hope to get to Juliet Marillier sometime in the future, I've had Daughter of the Forest on my to read list since you first mentioned it.

[@JeansThoughts]

It's so so good!

[@laurencreates]

Some kind of fairytale by graham Joyce is really good. It is magical realism and is about a man whose younger sister went missing as a teen. She suddenly turns up many years later looking hardly changed and claiming to have lived in the fairy realm.

[@BookishWitch777]

Have you tried the Dresden files series at all? I'm almost positive that each book has some fae contact and some are heavily involved with them starting past the first several books.

[@kris-ish600]

I would highly recommend Between the Shade and the Shadow by Coleman Alexander. It's about sprites/fae like characters (the main character is one!) and very original! It's a self-published book and though I struggled with the first third, I ended up absolutely loving it! Such a creative world!

[@caitlinmccurdy4035]

I was hoping you were going to make a recommendation of fairy books. I found Juliet Marillier through your videos and love her writing so much. Thank you!

[@JeansThoughts]

Yay glad to be of service and I'm so pleased I could help you discover the joy of Juliet Marillier ^_^

[@Liz86000]

Yeah, I've found the video on Fairy Books ! Though this was in 2018 and now we have the next two books in The Folk of the Air series, and I know you loved them Jean, I did too.

[@Jessticulates]

I need to give Juliet Marillier a try, her books sound amazing! I recommend checking out Seanan McGuire's October Daye series. :) The main character is a changeling who straddles the mortal and fae worlds.

[@aliciacampos5789]

Jean, Holly Black wrote an article for Tor.com called ''Five Faerie Books for People Who Hate Faeries'' with her recommendations. There are actually more than five suggestions. They sound really interesting, especially if you're a fan of Holly Black (and even if you're not, I suppose). The Folk Keeper from that list sounds right up my alley. I have been meaning to read that, as well your suggestion The Heart of the Fae and watching this video has inspired me to get on it! So, thanks.

[@morgangeddes-ward4578]

These books sound great! I would recommend Knife by J.R. Anderson (this might be a children's novel - it's been a while since I've read it; but the protagonist is a fairy). The Wicked Lovely series by Melissa Marr is also one of my favourite young adult series. And finally, my Mum Alicen Geddes is the author of a non-fiction book called Faeriecraft.

[@lanitalynnjohnston5607]

I highly recommend Need by Carrie Jones, Wings by Aprilynn Pike, and even though this is Mermaid not fairies Of Posiden by Anna Banks. Edit: in all of these the protagonist is fae (or mer) and I truly cannot recommend Need enough I LOVE it.

[@famke5917]

I love your accent

[@janedunster5156]

Great ideas! I am just finishing the first of Mike Sheldon's Court of the Feyre quartet (sixty one nails) fairly dark and excellent.

[@DeeDeeCatMom]

I have a show recommendation! Do you watch or have you read The Magicians? It's a really dark, angsty, adult group of magicians going through uni and then their magical lives, while travelling through a portal to 'Fillory', which is very similar to Narnia. I don't remember much about the fae in the books, but in the TV show season 2 and especially season 3 is very fairy centric! The 3rd season is also some of the best TV I've ever seen, so I highly recommend checking it out :) Candis Cayne plays the Fairy Queen!

[@JeansThoughts]

I haven't seen or read it but I'm actually on the look out for a new show, plus it's hard to find good fantasy ones so I'll definitly give this one a watch! Thanks a lot ^_^

[@elenapaints972]

I read Knife when I was younger and thought that was pretty good... Its a ya series and I haven't read them all, but would recommend :)

[@teribakerreads]

Check out Seanan McGuire's October Day series and Kelley Armstrong's Cainsville series.

[@slavizan1]

Have you ever read Genevieve Cogman's series featuring a librarian with extraordinary powers and her dragon assistant?

[@johnsmith-yp3sf]

A kiss of shadows by laurel k Hamilton has fae as protagonist. It was my my first fae book and it’s a great series. Also wicked lovely by Melissa marr

[@isobelduncan]

When it comes to the Fair Folk I personally prefer authors like Susanna Clarke and Neil Gaiman as they're portrayal is more accurate to traditional Fairies. Although I do enjoy Juliet Marillier who is also a good friend of mine.

[@PunkyDory80]

Okay, I was way too excited when I saw the title of this video 😂 I started reading Juliet Marillier this year also, and have since been searching for more fairy books. I would recommend An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson. It seems to have mixed reviews, but I really enjoyed it.

[@JeansThoughts]

Aha I channel your excitement! I'm so glad you like Marillier as well ^_^ I'm enjoying being surrounded by new fans like me aha. I will definitely look up An Enchantment of Ravens, thanks!

[@PunkyDory80]

You're welcome! I hope you enjoy An Enchantment of Ravens if you read it :)

[@defiancemanon7285]

For a book recommendation The hunters moon by O.R. Melling was a great fae book. It is a young adult book.

[@MJBoshers]

Love the fairy recommendations. You should try The Faewitch Series by MJ Boshers. It brings wizards, faeries, giants, and elves together.

[@JeansThoughts]

Ugh yes that sounds amazing!

[@wieauchimmer1]

I recommend Melissa marr's wicked lovely series to you, if you are looking for books where at least some of the main characters are fairies

[@JeansThoughts]

Cool! I hadn’t heard of that, I’ll look it up ☺️.

[@JacquieMolloy]

The Wicked Lovely series is excellent - I was surprised it wasn't in this vid as I felt sure it would be!

[@lenamagnussen7452]

Now added a lot of new books with fairies to my TBR :-) Thank you! I really recommend the "A Court of Thorns and Roses" series by Sarah J. Maas. Each book is loosely a fairy tale retelling with fairies (at least the first two). The magical system are really interesting. The second book seems to be the favorite of most of the people I know, including mine. But the first one is also well worth it to get to know the fairy world and the magical system. If you do continue to the second book however, you might find a book with a fae protagonist ;-)

[@hannahbuckner8924]

Heart of the Fae is so good!

[@annalisaslibrary]

Um, I kind of wrote a book where there are three main characters who take turns being the perspective character and two of them are fairies. It's just a short story but it's the start of a series where the rest are going to be novella-type length, and I'm getting beta-reads back now for the second installation so hopefully it will be available soon. The short story is on Amazon. :D www.amazon.com/dp/B077LBFSYX/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_yzPNBbFY7YPRV On another note, have you ever read the Fairyland series by Catherynne M. Valente? It's about a girl who gets whisked off to fairyland for adventures there, and it's so creative and gorgeously written I just want the whole world to read it. The first one is called The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, which is one of my favorite titles for a book ever, too!

[@MaryAmongStories]

amazing video, thank you so much for the recommendations! 💚

[@bookswithrowanundertherowa3348]

My favourite YA fairy book is I Coriander by Sally Gardner. The main character is half-fae. Goodreads makes it sound awful and I have a much more attractive cover, but I would recommend. Its historical/fantasy and is somewhat dark. There also isn't really a romance, which is rare. I also never hear about it on booktube. The setting and political intrigue was good in my opinion.

[@avrydekazan6016]

Hi Jean loved this as I'm looking exactly for that kind of books right now. I haven't personally read those books but I have heard good things about them and they have fairy protagonists: knife by r J anderson; the good fairies of new York by Martin Millar. I would also recommend a French translated book called the book of perle by thimothée de Fombelle the English cover is absolutely gorgeous I cannot get over it! Happy reading xx

[@megshay7844]

The Moorchild by Eloise McGraw is great

[@deeeebbbbbbbbb]

Did anyone else ever make fairy houses? I was always trying to find a way into the fairy realm as a kid. And bought broken down dollhouses and decorated them in the backyard for the fae. Sadly never found a door ☹️

[@acrimsondaisy5513]

what a wonderful bunch of recs

[@JeansThoughts]

So glad you think so 😊

[@phillipedwin2833]

..Wow - hope '..The Darkest Part of the Forest's!' at my library!! Many thanks for the recommendation!!

[@JeansThoughts]

No problem :D glad you enjoyed the video!

[@mariajesustovardedios4064]

Hi! I don’t know any book where the fairy is the protagonist, However I’m reading just these days a fairy book, The book of lost things by John Connolly.

[@StonedNana]

I'd like to recommend a fairy book to you that you probably haven't heard of before (even though this vid is 4 days old, but I am only getting to it now :( ). It's a book that originally came out in Germany quite a few years ago and only recently has been translated and published by Amazon: The Elven by Bernhard Hennen. If you like books about fairies/fae/elfs, than you will probably like this one, I enjoyed it a lot :) However, unfortunately I cannot recommend the second book to you, as for whatever reason, it has only been partailly translated and published, without disclosing that fact whatsoever (the german original has 870~ pages and the translation only 320). That's pretty upsetting to me, but the first book is a wrapped up story that can be read on its own as a single book, albeit being part of a series.

[@adamturnbull9008]

the hidden people is a good fairy book.

[@miranda8598]

The Sylph

[@saltimbanquette1680]

I love those videos ! They're perfect for me right now as I'm in a fantasy phase haha Have you heard of/read the Fablehaven books (Brandon Mull) ? The first book is heavily reliant on fairies, but towards the end dragons get really really important. Honestly, it's my favourite fantasy series, and since you've expressed your love for dragons AND fairies, I think you'd like them too :)

[@JeansThoughts]

I’ve never heard of it but if it has fae and dragons I’m definitely going to look it up aha, thanks!

[@TheAutumnElf]

💖my debut poetry book BLOOMING IN THE SNOW is releasing on 21st September, 2018💖 i would love to see you holding it ❤😊 lot's of love❤❤

[@rhiannonh3815]

It’s so nice to be acquainted with another twenty-something faerie lover! Ever since I was a kid I’ve just found them so intriguing. Ps your videos give me life, sending love from Australia! x

[@JeansThoughts]

Here's to being adults who are obsessed with fairies! And thank you so much xx

[@Xenu]

This is not fairy related but may I say that I absolutely love your name! :-D

[@rhiannonh3815]

Xenu oh gosh, mine?! Why thank you so much! I’ve always thought it too long haha you’ve made my day!

[@Xenu]

Ha ha. I think my name may have exactly the same number of syllables, so I relate. :-)

[@jimkaragkounis4750]

Fairies are the new vampires

[@tatireadsbooks8115]

Great video !! I'm always looking for more fairy books... Also to anyone that likes fairies I highly recommend A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas and the Throne of Glass series by her as well !! ❤️

[@hanazonolyllian7189]

if you know spanish i would recommend todas las hadas del reino by laura gallego