Books like “The King of Elfland's Daughter”

What to read after “The King of Elfland's Daughter” by Lord Dunsany: a list matched by tropes, mood and atmosphere. Under each book you will see what it has in common.

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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston · 1937
Similar atmosphere: “Melancholic”
- Melancholic
- Star-Crossed Lovers
Janie Crawford tells her friend the story of her life: three marriages, a long search for love and independence, and the storm that changes everything. Set in the Black towns and farms of Florida, the novel follows her from a silent girl to a woman who speaks for herself.
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An Enchantment of Ravens
Margaret Rogerson · 2017
From the same world: “Fae”
Isobel paints portraits for the fae, whose kind cannot create art themselves. When she paints mortal sorrow into the face of the autumn prince, she commits a crime that could cost her life. He carries her to his court for judgment, and their mutual distrust slowly turns into something forbidden.
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The Iron King
Julie Kagawa · 2010
From the same world: “Fae”
On her sixteenth birthday Meghan learns that her little brother has been swapped for a changeling and that the fey are real. To get him back she enters the Nevernever, a dangerous world divided between Summer and Winter courts, where she is drawn to a prince she was raised to fear.
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Stardust
Neil Gaiman · 1999
From the same world: “Fae”
A young man promises to retrieve a fallen star for the girl he loves and crosses a wall into the land of Faerie. There he finds the star is a woman pursued by witches and princes, and his errand becomes a journey of its own.
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The Wicked King
Holly Black · 2019
From the same world: “Fae”
- Fae
Jude now controls the throne from behind the scenes, holding Prince Cardan bound to her for a year and a day. Court politics, undersea enemies and her own divided heart threaten the plan. She must keep her grip on power while denying the feelings growing between her and the wicked king she came to despise.
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The Cruel Prince
Holly Black · 2018
From the same world: “Fae”
- Fae
Jude was born mortal but was raised in the High Court of Faerie after her parents were killed. Mocked by the fae and drawn to the cruel prince Cardan, she schemes her way into the court's politics, trading secrets and taking dangerous risks to win a place among those who despise her.
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Rhapsodic
Laura Thalassa · 2016
From the same world: “Fae”
- Fae
Years ago, Callie, a siren, made a bargain with the King of the Night and racked up hundreds of favours she has never repaid. Now he has returned to collect, and he needs her help to find fae warriors who are disappearing from the Otherworld. Their old bargain binds them together, and the feelings Callie buried long ago refuse to stay hidden.
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Wicked Lovely
Melissa Marr · 2007
From the same world: “Fae”
- Fae
Aislinn has always followed the rules for surviving the hidden world of faeries: never draw their attention, never let them know she can see them. Then the Summer King begins to court her, sure she is the queen he has been searching for, while her human friend Seth refuses to let her face the fae alone.
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A Deal with the Elf King
Elise Kova · 2020
From the same world: “Fae”
- Fae
Luella was raised to be an ordinary healer, not the human bride the Elf King demands. When he comes to claim her, she is taken to Midscape, where her touch can wake the sleeping land. Trapped with a cold, distant husband, she must find a way home or accept a destiny she never wanted.
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A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas · 2015
From the same world: “Fae”
- Fae
Feyre kills a wolf in the winter woods and is taken to a magical realm as payment. In the Spring Court she learns the land is cursed, and her loathing for its high lord slowly turns into something she never expects.
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Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Thomas Hardy · 1891
Similar atmosphere: “Melancholic”
- Melancholic
- Star-Crossed Lovers
Tess Durbeyfield, a poor country girl, is sent to wealthy relatives who share her family name. There she is wronged by a young man and later falls in love with Angel Clare, who knows nothing of her past. Society's judgement of her becomes the story's central cruelty.
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Spinning Silver
Naomi Novik · 2018
From the same world: “Fae”
- Fae
Miryem restores her family's moneylending business with a clever tongue, and her boast that she can spin silver into gold reaches the frozen Staryk king. Bound to his winter court, she must use her wits to protect both kingdoms from a bargain that could destroy them.