36 Books like The Goose Girl

Uprooted

by Naomi Novik

The Dragon chose the wrong girl, and her wild magic is what the Wood fears most.

4.02

267k+

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🌿 Slavic Folklore 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🌱 Nature Magic 🐉 Grumpy Mentor

Uprooted 93%

The Dragon chose the wrong girl, and her wild magic is what the Wood fears most.

by Naomi Novik 2015

4.02

267k+ ratings

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🌿 Slavic Folklore 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🌱 Nature Magic 🐉 Grumpy Mentor

So This is Love

by Elizabeth Lim • 2020

Working in the palace to escape her stepmother, Cinderella uncovers a plot to kill the king.

4.06

20k+

🩰 Cinderella Retelling 📖 Disney Retelling 🎭 Hidden Identity 👑 Palace Intrigue 🔮 Banned Magic

So This is Love 95%

Working in the palace to escape her stepmother, Cinderella uncovers a plot to kill the king.

by Elizabeth Lim 2020

4.06

20k+ ratings

🩰 Cinderella Retelling 📖 Disney Retelling 🎭 Hidden Identity 👑 Palace Intrigue 🔮 Banned Magic

Fairest

by Gail Carson Levine • 2006

Blackmailed by the envious queen, a girl with a magic voice must deceive a kingdom of singers.

3.89

69k+

👸 Snow White Retelling 🦢 Ugly Duckling 🎤 Magic Voice 👤 Secret Heritage 🪞 Mirror Magic

Fairest 94%

Blackmailed by the envious queen, a girl with a magic voice must deceive a kingdom of singers.

by Gail Carson Levine 2006

3.89

69k+ ratings

👸 Snow White Retelling 🦢 Ugly Duckling 🎤 Magic Voice 👤 Secret Heritage 🪞 Mirror Magic

The Gingerbread Queen

by Carrie Anne Noble • 2024

Gretel, branded a witch, flees to the gingerbread cottage, where dark magic awaits its new queen.

4.13

243

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🌲 Enchanted Forest 🏠 Found Family 🔮 Reluctant Witch 🦢 Cursed Animal Form

The Gingerbread Queen 93%

Gretel, branded a witch, flees to the gingerbread cottage, where dark magic awaits its new queen.

by Carrie Anne Noble 2024

4.13

243 ratings

🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🌲 Enchanted Forest 🏠 Found Family 🔮 Reluctant Witch 🦢 Cursed Animal Form

Queen of Snow

by Laura Burton • 2021

An orphan falls through a mirror into broken fairy tales and a princess made of winter.

3.59

3k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🧚 Fairy Tale Mashup 👑 Reluctant Princess ❤️ Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Secret Identity

Queen of Snow 93%

An orphan falls through a mirror into broken fairy tales and a princess made of winter.

by Laura Burton 2021

3.59

3k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy 🧚 Fairy Tale Mashup 👑 Reluctant Princess ❤️ Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Secret Identity

When the Moon Was Ours

by Anna-Marie McLemore • 2016

Her skin blooms roses. He paints moons. Four sisters know his secret and want her magic.

3.87

11k+

✨ Lyrical Magical Realism 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Coming Of Age 🎭 Secret Identity 💕 Chosen Family 💭 Dreamlike

When the Moon Was Ours 93%

Her skin blooms roses. He paints moons. Four sisters know his secret and want her magic.

by Anna-Marie McLemore 2016

3.87

11k+ ratings

✨ Lyrical Magical Realism 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Coming Of Age 🎭 Secret Identity 💕 Chosen Family 💭 Dreamlike

Hunted

by Meagan Spooner • 2017

To save her father, a hunter enters a magical forest and becomes the beast's captive.

3.87

33k+

🥀 Beauty And The Beast Retelling 🪆 Russian Folklore 🏹 Hunter Heroine ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance

Hunted 93%

To save her father, a hunter enters a magical forest and becomes the beast's captive.

by Meagan Spooner 2017

3.87

33k+ ratings

🥀 Beauty And The Beast Retelling 🪆 Russian Folklore 🏹 Hunter Heroine ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance

The Wishing Spell

by Chris Colfer • 2012

A magical book pulls twins into a fairy-tale world. They must find storybook relics to get home.

4.26

161k+

🌌 Portal Fantasy 🧚 Fractured Fairy Tales 👯 Twin Protagonists 🗝️ Magical Scavenger Hunt 🔍 Hidden Lineage

The Wishing Spell 93%

A magical book pulls twins into a fairy-tale world. They must find storybook relics to get home.

by Chris Colfer 2012

4.26

161k+ ratings

🌌 Portal Fantasy 🧚 Fractured Fairy Tales 👯 Twin Protagonists 🗝️ Magical Scavenger Hunt 🔍 Hidden Lineage

Her Radiant Curse

by Elizabeth Lim • 2023

Her sister is beautiful. Her face is a curse. The witch who marked her is back.

4.17

11k+

📖 Fairy Tale Retelling 🏮 East Asian Fantasy 👹 Heroine As Monster ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🛡️ Protective Sister

Her Radiant Curse 93%

Her sister is beautiful. Her face is a curse. The witch who marked her is back.

by Elizabeth Lim 2023

4.17

11k+ ratings

📖 Fairy Tale Retelling 🏮 East Asian Fantasy 👹 Heroine As Monster ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🛡️ Protective Sister

What Once Was Mine

by Liz Braswell • 2021

Her silver hair kills. Locked away, she must flee before her guardian sells her magic.

3.9

19k+

🌙 Moon Magic 🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🤝 Found Family ☠️ Deadly Touch 😔 Abusive Guardian

What Once Was Mine 94%

Her silver hair kills. Locked away, she must flee before her guardian sells her magic.

by Liz Braswell 2021

3.9

19k+ ratings

🌙 Moon Magic 🖤 Dark Fairy Tale 🤝 Found Family ☠️ Deadly Touch 😔 Abusive Guardian

Kingdom of Ash and Briars

by Hannah West • 2016

An immortal shapeshifter hides a cursed princess from the dark sorceress who mentored her.

3.63

3k+

🧚 Fairy Tale Mashup 🌹 Sleeping Beauty Curse 👑 Rags To Power 🖤 Dark Mentor Figure 💕 Hidden Identity Romance

Kingdom of Ash and Briars 94%

An immortal shapeshifter hides a cursed princess from the dark sorceress who mentored her.

by Hannah West 2016

3.63

3k+ ratings

🧚 Fairy Tale Mashup 🌹 Sleeping Beauty Curse 👑 Rags To Power 🖤 Dark Mentor Figure 💕 Hidden Identity Romance

These Hollow Vows

by Lexi Ryan

A thief steals fae relics posing as the golden prince's bride to save her sister.

3.94

125k+

👑 Fae Court Politics 🖤 Dark Fantasy Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity Romance 🤝 Faerie Bargains 👭 Sibling Rescue

These Hollow Vows 93%

A thief steals fae relics posing as the golden prince's bride to save her sister.

by Lexi Ryan 2021

3.94

125k+ ratings

👑 Fae Court Politics 🖤 Dark Fantasy Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity Romance 🤝 Faerie Bargains 👭 Sibling Rescue

Howl’s Moving Castle

by Diana Wynne Jones • 1986

Cursed into a crone, Sophie bargains with a fire demon inside the wizard Howl's wandering castle.

4.28

455k+

🧚 Fairy Tale Subversion 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏰 Found Family 🧙 Cursed By A Witch 🔥 Deal With A Demon

Howl’s Moving Castle 93%

Cursed into a crone, Sophie bargains with a fire demon inside the wizard Howl's wandering castle.

by Diana Wynne Jones 1986

4.28

455k+ ratings

🧚 Fairy Tale Subversion 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏰 Found Family 🧙 Cursed By A Witch 🔥 Deal With A Demon

The Guinevere Deception

by Kiersten White • 2019

To protect King Arthur, a girl with forbidden magic marries him under a dead princess's name.

3.75

23k+

🏰 Arthurian Retelling 🎭 Secret Identity 🔮 Forbidden Magic ⚔️ Gender Bent Knight 👑 Magical Court Intrigue

The Guinevere Deception 93%

To protect King Arthur, a girl with forbidden magic marries him under a dead princess's name.

by Kiersten White 2019

3.75

23k+ ratings

🏰 Arthurian Retelling 🎭 Secret Identity 🔮 Forbidden Magic ⚔️ Gender Bent Knight 👑 Magical Court Intrigue

The Isle of the Lost

by Melissa de la Cruz • 2015

Four villain kids hunt a cursed scepter across a prison island to win their parents' respect.

3.80

28k+

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🦹 Villain Perspective 💚 Found Family 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🗺️ Quest Adventure

The Isle of the Lost 93%

Four villain kids hunt a cursed scepter across a prison island to win their parents' respect.

by Melissa de la Cruz 2015

3.80

28k+ ratings

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🦹 Villain Perspective 💚 Found Family 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🗺️ Quest Adventure

A Harvest of Hearts

by Andrea Eames • 2025

Ensnared by a sorcerer's gaze, a butcher's daughter enters his shifting house to reclaim her heart.

3.57

9k+

🌑 Dark Fairytale 💔 Costly Magic 💪 Plain Heroine 🏚️ Magical House 🐈‍⬛ Talking Cat

A Harvest of Hearts 92%

Ensnared by a sorcerer's gaze, a butcher's daughter enters his shifting house to reclaim her heart.

by Andrea Eames 2025

3.57

9k+ ratings

🌑 Dark Fairytale 💔 Costly Magic 💪 Plain Heroine 🏚️ Magical House 🐈‍⬛ Talking Cat

Enchanting the Elven Mage

by Alisha Klapheke • 2021

A cursed princess hidden among the fae enters the Mage Trials to escape her elven betrothal.

3.68

3k+

🐉 Sleeping Beauty Retelling 💍 Arranged Marriage 👑 Cursed Princess 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 📚 Mage Academy

Enchanting the Elven Mage 92%

A cursed princess hidden among the fae enters the Mage Trials to escape her elven betrothal.

by Alisha Klapheke 2021

3.68

3k+ ratings

🐉 Sleeping Beauty Retelling 💍 Arranged Marriage 👑 Cursed Princess 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 📚 Mage Academy

Poor Unfortunate Soul

by Serena Valentino • 2016

A sea witch, three grieving sisters, and a pact of hate that will drown them all.

3.57

30k+

🦑 Villain Origin Story 💔 Sibling Betrayal 🌊 Magical Bargains 🧙‍♀️ Witch Sisterhood 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere

Poor Unfortunate Soul 92%

A sea witch, three grieving sisters, and a pact of hate that will drown them all.

by Serena Valentino 2016

3.57

30k+ ratings

🦑 Villain Origin Story 💔 Sibling Betrayal 🌊 Magical Bargains 🧙‍♀️ Witch Sisterhood 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere

Evergreen Academy

by Heather Schneider

Under her microscope, plant cells pulse with hidden life. A secret academy opens its gate.

4.14

3k+

🌿 Botanical Magic 🏫 Magical Academy ⚡ Zero To Powerful 📜 Hidden Lineage 💕 Slow-Burn Romance

Evergreen Academy 92%

Under her microscope, plant cells pulse with hidden life. A secret academy opens its gate.

by Heather Schneider 2024

4.14

3k+ ratings

🌿 Botanical Magic 🏫 Magical Academy ⚡ Zero To Powerful 📜 Hidden Lineage 💕 Slow-Burn Romance

Bride of the Midnight Prince

by Anastasis Blythe • 2025

A fae prince hunts a masked liberator but falls for the servant hiding behind the mask.

4.40

2k+

👠 Cinderella Retelling 🧚 Forbidden Fae Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Bride of the Midnight Prince 93%

A fae prince hunts a masked liberator but falls for the servant hiding behind the mask.

by Anastasis Blythe 2025

4.40

2k+ ratings

👠 Cinderella Retelling 🧚 Forbidden Fae Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Wonderland Trials

by Sara Ella • 2022

An unmagical orphan is chosen for a deadly competition in a hidden Wonderland ruled by fear.

4.11

2k+

🎩 Wonderland Retelling 🏙️ Dystopian Fantasy 💛 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity 💕 Slow Burn Romance

The Wonderland Trials 93%

An unmagical orphan is chosen for a deadly competition in a hidden Wonderland ruled by fear.

by Sara Ella 2022

4.11

2k+ ratings

🎩 Wonderland Retelling 🏙️ Dystopian Fantasy 💛 Found Family 🎭 Hidden Identity 💕 Slow Burn Romance

Burning Roses

by S.L. Huang • 2020

A guilt-ridden Red Riding Hood and exiled archer hunt firebirds to outrun their ruined pasts.

3.67

3k+

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🌈 Queer Fantasy 👵 Middle-Aged Heroines 🫂 Found Family 💔 Redemption Arc

Burning Roses 92%

A guilt-ridden Red Riding Hood and exiled archer hunt firebirds to outrun their ruined pasts.

by S.L. Huang 2020

3.67

3k+ ratings

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🌈 Queer Fantasy 👵 Middle-Aged Heroines 🫂 Found Family 💔 Redemption Arc

The Crowns of Croswald

by D.E. Night • 2017

An orphaned maid's forgotten past is the only weapon against a queen who feeds on forgetting.

3.79

4k+

🏰 Magical Boarding School 👑 Hidden Royal Heir 🔮 Memory Magic 💕 Found Family ✨ Whimsical Magic

The Crowns of Croswald 92%

An orphaned maid's forgotten past is the only weapon against a queen who feeds on forgetting.

by D.E. Night 2017

3.79

4k+ ratings

🏰 Magical Boarding School 👑 Hidden Royal Heir 🔮 Memory Magic 💕 Found Family ✨ Whimsical Magic

Golden Curse

by M. Lynn • 2018

Cursed to protect the prince who destroyed her family, she enters his tournament to win her place.

3.68

5k+

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity ✨ Forbidden Magic

Golden Curse 92%

Cursed to protect the prince who destroyed her family, she enters his tournament to win her place.

by M. Lynn 2018

3.68

5k+ ratings

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 🩸 Cursed Bloodline 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity ✨ Forbidden Magic

The Queen's Rising

by Rebecca Ross • 2018

An orphan failing her passion school discovers her blood holds the key to a queen's crown.

3.95

28k+

🏫 Finishing School 💕 Teacher Student Romance 🫂 Found Family 🩸 Bloodline Magic ⚔️ Overthrow The Tyrant

The Queen's Rising 92%

An orphan failing her passion school discovers her blood holds the key to a queen's crown.

by Rebecca Ross 2018

3.95

28k+ ratings

🏫 Finishing School 💕 Teacher Student Romance 🫂 Found Family 🩸 Bloodline Magic ⚔️ Overthrow The Tyrant

Beastly

by Alex Flinn • 2007

A teen cursed into a beast must earn a girl's love before two years are up.

3.82

179k+

🌹 Beauty And The Beast 🏙️ Modern Fairytale 🕰️ Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🎭 Hidden Identity

Beastly 92%

A teen cursed into a beast must earn a girl's love before two years are up.

by Alex Flinn 2007

3.82

179k+ ratings

🌹 Beauty And The Beast 🏙️ Modern Fairytale 🕰️ Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🎭 Hidden Identity

Cinderella Is Dead

by Kalynn Bayron • 2020

Two centuries after Cinderella, a closeted girl dreads the ball where men choose their brides.

3.66

88k+

📖 Fairy Tale Retelling 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance 🕯️ Dystopian Patriarchy 💀 Necromancy 🌲 Forest Witch

Cinderella Is Dead 92%

Two centuries after Cinderella, a closeted girl dreads the ball where men choose their brides.

by Kalynn Bayron 2020

3.66

88k+ ratings

📖 Fairy Tale Retelling 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance 🕯️ Dystopian Patriarchy 💀 Necromancy 🌲 Forest Witch

The Tangleroot Palace

by Marjorie M. Liu • 2021

A princess flees a warlord into a cursed forest where a sleeping queen deals in dreams.

3.96

2k+

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 👑 Reluctant Princess 🎭 Disguised Identity 🌳 Enchanted Forest 🫂 Found Family

The Tangleroot Palace 93%

A princess flees a warlord into a cursed forest where a sleeping queen deals in dreams.

by Marjorie M. Liu 2021

3.96

2k+ ratings

🏰 Fairy Tale Retelling 👑 Reluctant Princess 🎭 Disguised Identity 🌳 Enchanted Forest 🫂 Found Family

Sleep Like Death

by Kalynn Bayron • 2024

Her mother's cursed bargain is coming due, and the huntress princess is the payment.

3.44

4k+

🍎 Snow White Retelling 🌙 Dark Fairy Tale ⚔️ Cursed Bargains 🦊 Animal Companion 🏰 Hidden Princess

Sleep Like Death 93%

Her mother's cursed bargain is coming due, and the huntress princess is the payment.

by Kalynn Bayron 2024

3.44

4k+ ratings

🍎 Snow White Retelling 🌙 Dark Fairy Tale ⚔️ Cursed Bargains 🦊 Animal Companion 🏰 Hidden Princess

A Court of Thorns and Roses

by Sarah J. Maas

A huntress kills a fae wolf. Her masked captor needs her love to break his curse.

4.15

4.3M+

🥀 Fairy Tale Retelling 🧚 Fae Romance ⛓️ Captive To Lovers 👑 Faerie Courts 🔮 Curse Breaking

A Court of Thorns and Roses 92%

A huntress kills a fae wolf. Her masked captor needs her love to break his curse.

by Sarah J. Maas 2015

4.15

4.3M+ ratings

🥀 Fairy Tale Retelling 🧚 Fae Romance ⛓️ Captive To Lovers 👑 Faerie Courts 🔮 Curse Breaking

The School for Good and Evil

by Soman Chainani • 2013

Best friends Sophie and Agatha are snatched to a fairy-tale school and placed in opposite worlds.

3.98

137k+

🏰 Fairy Tale School ✨ Fairy Tale Subversion 💔 Friendship And Betrayal 🎭 Beauty And Ugliness 💋 True Love's Kiss

The School for Good and Evil 92%

Best friends Sophie and Agatha are snatched to a fairy-tale school and placed in opposite worlds.

by Soman Chainani 2013

3.98

137k+ ratings

🏰 Fairy Tale School ✨ Fairy Tale Subversion 💔 Friendship And Betrayal 🎭 Beauty And Ugliness 💋 True Love's Kiss

Spinning Silver

by Naomi Novik • 2018

A winter king challenges a Jewish moneylender: convert his silver to gold or freeze forever.

4.18

154k+

📖 Fairy Tale Retelling 🌲 Slavic Folklore ✡️ Jewish Fantasy 💕 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Arranged Marriage

Spinning Silver 92%

A winter king challenges a Jewish moneylender: convert his silver to gold or freeze forever.

by Naomi Novik 2018

4.18

154k+ ratings

📖 Fairy Tale Retelling 🌲 Slavic Folklore ✡️ Jewish Fantasy 💕 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Arranged Marriage

Eyes Like Stars

by Lisa Mantchev • 2009

An orphan in a magical theater must become its first director or lose her home forever.

3.72

13k+

🎭 Magical Theater 📜 Shakespeare Reimagining 💔 Love Triangle 🫂 Found Family 🧚 Mischievous Sidekicks

Eyes Like Stars 92%

An orphan in a magical theater must become its first director or lose her home forever.

by Lisa Mantchev 2009

3.72

13k+ ratings

🎭 Magical Theater 📜 Shakespeare Reimagining 💔 Love Triangle 🫂 Found Family 🧚 Mischievous Sidekicks

Wild Magic

by Tamora Pierce • 1992

An animal-speaking orphan must defend her new home from immortal monsters without losing herself.

4.31

83k+

🦊 Animal Magic 🐕 Animal Companions 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Healing From Trauma 👧 Orphan Protagonist

Wild Magic 92%

An animal-speaking orphan must defend her new home from immortal monsters without losing herself.

by Tamora Pierce 1992

4.31

83k+ ratings

🦊 Animal Magic 🐕 Animal Companions 🏠 Found Family 🩹 Healing From Trauma 👧 Orphan Protagonist

The Floating World

by Axie Oh • 2025

A masked acrobat with forbidden light allies with the demon-touched mercenary sent to capture her.

3.76

10k+

🏮 Korean Mythology 🎭 Hidden Identity ⚔️ Reluctant Allies 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 💀 Cursed Hero

The Floating World 92%

A masked acrobat with forbidden light allies with the demon-touched mercenary sent to capture her.

by Axie Oh 2025

3.76

10k+ ratings

🏮 Korean Mythology 🎭 Hidden Identity ⚔️ Reluctant Allies 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 💀 Cursed Hero

Stolen Enchantress

by Amber Argyle • 2016

A village girl enters a dark forest to save her sister, bound by a piper's song.

3.96

1k+

⚔️💖 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 🔺 Love Triangle 🌑📖 Dark Fairy Tale 🌲✨ Enchanted Forest

Stolen Enchantress 92%

A village girl enters a dark forest to save her sister, bound by a piper's song.

by Amber Argyle 2016

3.96

1k+ ratings

⚔️💖 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Forced Marriage 🔺 Love Triangle 🌑📖 Dark Fairy Tale 🌲✨ Enchanted Forest

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