18 books like Tales of old Japan

What to read after Tales of old Japan — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Dornröschen Gebrüder Grimm [Brothers Grimm] · 1959 · 29p · ≈ 58m · Moderate Enraged at not being invited to the princess's christening, a wicked fairy casts a spell that dooms the princess to sleep for one hundred years. Shares Tales, Folklore, Fairy Tales

Volksmärchen der Deutschen Johann Karl August Musäus · 1815 · 507p · ≈ 16h · Challenging Shares Tales, Folklore, Fairy Tales with this book.

Japanese Fairy Tales Yei Theodora Ozaki · 1905 · 196p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares Legends, Folklore, Fairy Tales with this book.

Ancient tales and folklore of Japan Richard Gordon Smith · 1908 · 360p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares Tales, Legends, Folklore with this book.

Tales of Ancient Egypt Roger Lancelyn Green · 1967 · ★ 3.8 · 215p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Selected tales evoke the mystery, superstitions, and myths of Egypt under the pharaohs. Shares Tales, Folklore, Fairy Tales

Japanese fairy tales Yei Theodora Ozaki · 2002 · 186p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Japanese folktales are somewhat of a loaded term. In commonplace usage, it signifies a certain set of well-known classic tales, with a vague distinction of whether they fit the rigorous definition of folktale or not. The admixed imposters are literate written pieces, dating back to the Muromachi period (14th-16th centuries) or even earlier times in the Middle Ages. These would not normally… Shares Folklore, Fairy Tales

Малахитовая шкатулка Pavel Bazhov · 1944 · 411p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Tales from the Ural Mountains. Shares Tales, Fairy Tales

The bee-man of Orn Frank R. Stockton · 1964 · ★ 4.0 · 44p · ≈ 1h · Moderate When a Sorcerer tells him that he has been transformed from another sort of being, the Bee-man sets out to discover what he was in his earlier incarnation. Story is accompanied by a DVD which provides a behind-the-scenes look at the illustrator at work. Shares Tales, Fairy Tales

The Green Fairy Book Andrew Lang · 1892 · ★ 4.2 · 120p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Fairy tales gathered from the folklore of Russia, Germany, Italy, France, China, Scotland, and England. Shares Folklore, Fairy Tales

The Sleeping Beauty Arthur Quiller-Couch · 1910 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Shares Folklore, Fairy Tales with this book.

The Brown Fairy Book Andrew Lang · 1904 · 215p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Thirty-two fairy tales from the folklore of Africa, Australia, Brazil, India, New Caledonia, and Persia. Shares Folklore, Fairy Tales

Deutsche Sagen Gebrüder Grimm [Brothers Grimm] · 1816 · 648p · ≈ 21h · Demanding Shares Tales, Legends, Fairy Tales with this book.

The Pink Fairy Book Andrew Lang · 1897 · ★ 4.1 · 110p · ≈ 3h · Challenging A collection of more than thirty fairy tales gathered from all over the world. Shares Tales, Folklore, Fairy Tales

The Crimson Fairy Book Andrew Lang · 1903 · 338p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Twenty four fairy tales from the folklore of Hungary, Russia, Rumania, Serbia, Tunis, Finland, Iceland, Japan, and Sicily. Shares Tales, Folklore, Fairy Tales

Fairy tales Gebrüder Grimm [Brothers Grimm] · 1800 · 137p · ≈ 4h · Challenging A collection of fifty tales collected by the German folklorists, including some little-known or previously unpublished. Shares Tales, Folklore, Fairy Tales

The Alhambra Washington Irving · 1800 · ★ 3.6 · 104p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Verhalen over het gebouwencomplex in Granada, dat eigendom was van de laatste islamitische vorsten in Spanje. Shares Tales, Legends, Folklore, Social life and customs

The Grey Fairy Book Andrew Lang · 1900 · ★ 4.0 · 178p · ≈ 5h · Moderate A collection of thirty-five fairy tales from the folklore of Lithuania, Africa, Germany, Greece, and France, and other parts of the world. Shares Folklore, Fairy Tales

The Orange Fairy Book Andrew Lang · 1906 · 254p · ≈ 8h · Moderate A collection of fairy tales brought and translated from Rhodesia, Uganda, and Punjaub. Shares Folklore, Fairy Tales

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