Folklore genre books (30)


1.
Aesop's Fables

Aesop's Fables by Aesop EN

0 Ratings
Country: Europe / Greece flag Greece
Description:
A collection of familiar short moral tales.
Recommended: 03 Dec 2022

2.

Baba Yaga Laid an Egg by Dubravka Ugrešić EN

Rating: 3.6     9 Votes
Country: Europe / Croatia flag Croatia
Description:
"Baba Yaga Laid an Egg takes a traditional myth and spins it afresh. The result is an extraordinary meditation on femininity, aging, identity, secrets and love." -- taken from jacket front flap.
Recommended: 27 Sep 2022

3.

Beowulf by Unknown EN

Rating: 3.3     3 Votes
Country: Europe / Sweden flag Sweden
Description:
Beowulf, by Anonymous, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences?biographical, historical, and literary?to enrich each reader's understanding of thes... continue
Recommended: 16 Sep 2022

4.

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James EN

Rating: 3     21 Votes
Description:
One of TIME’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time Winner of the L.A. Times Ray Bradbury Prize Finalist for the 2019 National Book Award The New York Times Bestseller Named a Best Book of 2019 by The Wall Street Journal, TIME, NPR, GQ, Vogue, and The Washington Post "A fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made." --Neil Gaiman "Gripping, action-packed....The literary equivalent of a Marvel Comics universe." --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times The epic novel from the Man Booker Prize-winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings In the stunning first novel in Marlon James's ... continue
Recommended: 27 Sep 2022

5.
Black Water Sister

Black Water Sister by Zen Cho EN

Rating: 4     6 Votes
Country: Asia / Malaysia flag Malaysia
Description:
A finalist for the 2022 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel One of BookPage's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2021 One of Tor.com Reviewers' Choice Best Books of 2021 One of Book Riot's Best SFF Standalones of 2021 “Ghosts. Gods. Gangsters. Black Water Sister has it all…a wildly entertaining coming-of-age story for the twentysomething set, with a protagonist who is almost painfully relatable at times.”—Vulture "A twisty, feminist, and enthralling page-turner."—BuzzFeed "A sharp and bittersweet story of past and future, ghosts and gods and family."—Naomi Novik, New York Times bestselli... continue
Recommended: 11 May 2023

6.
Consolata

Consolata by Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse EN

Rating: 3     1 Vote
Country: Africa / Rwanda flag Rwanda

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DAURA : A Novel

DAURA : A Novel by ANUKRTI. UPADHYAY EN

Rating: 5     1 Vote
Country: Asia / India flag India
Description:
A young District Collector is posted to one of the furthest outposts of rural Rajasthan. As he becomes more and more involved with the lives and troubles of the common people in his district, he finds himself sucked deeper and deeper into the dark heart of the desert.


9.
The Fisherman King

Folktales Of Bhutan by Kunzang Choden EN

0 Ratings
Country: Asia / Bhutan flag Bhutan
Description:
[Finalist for the 2020 Epigram Books Fiction Prize] Eight years ago, Lisan the fisherman, who has always believed he was descended from royalty, left his wife and the Water Village. Now he’s back, and he says he can prove it. Six hundred years ago, a forbidden relationship between the royal children of Brunei set into motion a chain of events that will end with the death of a king...or the death of a god. As the story of Lisan’s true intentions – and what he was really doing in those years away – unravels, the story of those doomed royal children also spins to its inevitable conclusion.... continue
Recommended: 18 Jan 2023

10.
Hungry Ghosts

Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared Hosein EN

Rating: 3     1 Vote
Description:
_____________________________ * A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK FOR 2023 * 'This shimmering slice of Trinidadian gothic deserves to be a Booker contender . . . [A] sumptuous, brilliantly written novel' THE TIMES 'An astonishing novel – linguistically gorgeous, narratively propulsive and psychologically profound' BERNARDINE EVARISTO 'Deeply impressive . . . Energy and inventiveness distinguish every page' HILARY MANTEL 'The biggest, most frightening, beautiful and alive novel I've read in as long as I can remember' EVIE WYLD _____________________________ A 2023 highlight for: Financ... continue


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