I want to read some more Faerie Books!?

Question

I have read everything by Holly Black. I look forward to get her newest book. And everything by Darren Shan. I am so tired of vampires.. LOL I plan to read Twilight with my husband. But I want more magic. Not harry potter magic. I want more Faerie books. Does anyone know of any Faerie Books??

Answer 1

Well......

The Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs has faeries in it but is more of a paranormal fiction/shapeshifters kind of book.

One of the main characters in "Dead Witch Walking" by Kim Harrison is a pixie.

"City of Bones" by Cassandra Clare is a kind of young adult urban fantasy book (part of a series).

You could try "The Blue Girl" by Charles De Lint--it's kind of in the same genre as Holly Black books, but I found it to be quite weak & lifeless in comparison.

"The Wee Free Men" by Terry Pratchett is a humorous fantasy book featuring a witch, fairies, and little blue men in kilts:)



"The Goblin Wood" by: Hilari Bell is a rather good fantasy.

Sorry if these aren't what you're looking for---I haven't been able to find another author quite like Holly Black (she's one of my favorites).

Answer 2

If you can find any, try one of the books illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, an Australian illustrator who wrote wonderfu fairy books with her sister and then, later, her husband.She wrote about characters like Fairy Beauty and The Waterfall Fairy

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN...

"The Stolen Child" by Keith Donohue is about a group of changeling children - a wonderful book that I couldn't put down.

http://www.amazon.com/Stolen-Child-Keith...

"Folk legends of the changeling serve as a touchstone for Donohue's haunting debut, set vaguely in the American northeast, about the maturation of a young man troubled by questions of identity. At age seven, Henry Day is kidnapped by hobgoblins and replaced by a look-alike impostor. In alternating chapters, each Henry relates the tale of how he adjusts to his new situation. Human Henry learns to run with his hobgoblin pack, who never age but rarely seem more fey than a gang of runaway teens. Hobgoblin Henry develops his uncanny talent for mimicry into a music career and settles into an otherwise unremarkable human life. Neither Henry feels entirely comfortable with his existence, and the pathos of their losses influences all of their relationships and experiences. Inevitably, their struggles to retrieve their increasingly forgotten pasts put them on paths that intersect decades later. Donohue keeps the fantasy as understated as the emotions of his characters, while they work through their respective growing pains. The result is an impressive novel of outsiders whose feelings of alienation are more natural than supernatural."

Answer 3

I'm not quite sure what a faerie book is, but I enjoyed Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by r Susanna Clarke- a wierd enjoyable book about hard magic in the late 18th and early 19th century. It's got fairys  and magic in it.

Answer 4

Mercedes Lackey has a couple of series, that has Elf's in them

books like, Born to Run, Wheels of Fire, When the Bough breaks, or the bedlam bard series.

also you might try

Dennis Mckiernan, writing style is better (to me ) than Tolkien but stories are similar to like the lord of the rings with Elves, warrows, fox riders, trolls orges.

also

Mark Shepard has a couple of books that are in the same world with the Mercedes Lackey books i mentioned earlier

or

Josepha Sherman has some good one.

if you are looking for wizard type books that are Not like Harry Potter  i would suggest the Harry Dresden files by Jim Butcher (the sci fi channel actually did a short lived series based on these books)

i hope you find some good books to read good luck