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title: "Fairytale Fantasy Books"
description: "Browse award-recognized fairytale fantasy books with examples, counts, and a filtered app link."
canonical: "https://sffawards.com/subgenres/fairytale-fantasy/"
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# Fairytale Fantasy Books

Fantasy drawing on fairy-tale structures, motifs, curses, enchantments, bargains, transformations, or retellings.

- **matching books:** 57
- **recognitions:** 85
- **winner records:** 13
- **award years:** 1981-2026
- **updated:** Aug 28, 2026

[Open Fairytale Fantasy in the interactive browser](/?subgenres=fairytale-fantasy)

## Representative Books

- **Stardust** by Neil Gaiman - 4.09 average rating, 485,436 ratings, 1 recognitions, 0 wins, published 1999
- **Uprooted** by Naomi Novik - 4.02 average rating, 269,401 ratings, 5 recognitions, 3 wins, published 2015

## Related Links

- [Browse all subgenre pages](/subgenres/)
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- [Browse award pages](/awards/)

## Goodreads Genre Reference

[View Fairy Tales on Goodreads](https://www.goodreads.com/genres/fairy-tales)

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