Myth and Fantasy Studies
3. 
From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers
by:
Marina Warner
4.12 avg rating β 1,464 ratings 
10. 
Tree and Leaf: Includes Mythopoeia and The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth
by:
J.R.R. Tolkien
4.12 avg rating β 3,307 ratings 11. 
The Owl, The Raven, and the Dove: The Religious Meaning of the Grimms' Magic Fairy Tales
by:
G. Ronald Murphy
4.29 avg rating β 87 ratings 12. 
Spinning Straw into Gold: What Fairy Tales Reveal About the Transformations in a Woman's Life
by:
Joan Gould
3.80 avg rating β 526 ratings 
15. 
When Dreams Came True: Classical Fairy Tales and Their Tradition
by:
Jack D. Zipes
3.93 avg rating β 90 ratings 
19. 
The Interpretation of Fairy Tales: Revised Edition (C. G. Jung Foundation Books Series) 4.15 avg rating β 1,207 ratings
19. 
Encyclopedia of Fairies: Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies, & Other Supernatural Creatures 4.26 avg rating β 1,246 ratings
21. 
The Irresistible Fairy Tale: The Cultural and Social History of a Genre
by:
Jack D. Zipes
3.81 avg rating β 325 ratings 22. 
The Road to Middle-Earth: How J.R.R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology
by:
Tom Shippey
3.95 avg rating β 6,103 ratings 
26. 
28. 
Living the Personal Myth: Making the Magic of Faerie Real in One's Own Life
by:
The Silver Elves
4.88 avg rating β 17 ratings 29. 
The Dharma of Dragons and Daemons: Buddhist Themes in Modern Fantasy
by:
David R. Loy
3.70 avg rating β 56 ratings 30. 
T.H. White's The Once and Future King (Arthurian Studies, 30)
by:
Elisabeth Brewer
4.02 avg rating β 171 ratings 31. 
31. 
The Golden Ass of Apuleius: The Liberation of the Feminine in Man 4.38 avg rating β 130 ratings
33. 
The Moon and the Virgin: Reflections on the Archetypal Feminine
by:
Nor Hall
4.09 avg rating β 81 ratings 34. 
The Lure of the Vampire: Gender, Fiction, and Fandom from Bram Stoker to Buffy the Vampire Slayer
by:
Milly Williamson
3.55 avg rating β 78 ratings 35. 
From Girl to Goddess: The Heroine's Journey Through Myth and Legend 3.93 avg rating β 123 ratings
37. 
Goddesses of Sun and Moon (Circe/Aphrodite/Medea/Niobe) (Dunquin Series)
by:
Karl KerΓ©nyi
3.81 avg rating β 27 ratings 38. 
Personnel of Fairyland: A Short Account of the Fairy People of Great Britain for Those Who Tell Stories to Children 3.69 avg rating β 13 ratings
40. 
Writing Down the Dragon: and Other Essays on the Tolkien Method and the Craft of Fantasy
by:
Tom Simon
4.43 avg rating β 35 ratings 40. 
Seduction and the Secret Power of Women: The Lure of Sirens and Mermaids
by:
Meri Lao
3.84 avg rating β 57 ratings 
43. 
Beauty and the Beast: Visions and Revisions of an Old Tale
by:
Betsy Hearne
3.91 avg rating β 56 ratings 44. 
The Witch Must Die: The Hidden Meaning of Fairy Tales
by:
Sheldon Cashdan
3.91 avg rating β 700 ratings 
47. 
47. 
The Werewolf Book: The Encyclopedia Of Shape-Shifting Beings
by:
Brad Steiger
3.82 avg rating β 480 ratings 47. 
From the Forest: A Search for the Hidden Roots of our Fairytales
by:
Sara Maitland
3.59 avg rating β 1,045 ratings 
47. 
Green Man: The Archetype of Our Oneness with the Earth
by:
William Anderson
3.95 avg rating β 111 ratings 47. 
The Flame Imperishable: Tolkien, St. Thomas, and the Metaphysics of FaΓ«rie 4.38 avg rating β 76 ratings
58. 
The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures: The Ultimate A-Z of Fantastic Beings from Myth and Magic
by:
John Matthews
4.14 avg rating β 5,998 ratings 58. 
Science of the Magical: From the Holy Grail to Love Potions to Superpowers
by:
Matt Kaplan
3.69 avg rating β 831 ratings 
62. 
Kuan Yin: Myths and Revelations of the Chinese Goddess of Compassion: The Prophecies of the Goddess of Mercy
by:
Martin Palmer
4.13 avg rating β 141 ratings 62. 
I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H.P. Lovecraft
by:
S.T. Joshi
4.39 avg rating β 292 ratings 66. 
66. 
Majesty and Magic in Shakespeare's Last Plays: A New Approach to Cymbeline, Henry VIII and the Tempest
by:
Frances A. Yates
4.22 avg rating β 18 ratings 
70. 
72. 
The Christian Imagination: G.K. Chesterton on the Arts
by:
Thomas C. Peters
4.20 avg rating β 49 ratings 
75. 
The Goddesses' Mirror: Visions of the Divine from East and West
by:
David R. Kinsley
3.89 avg rating β 36 ratings 
79. 
The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World
by:
Jack D. Zipes
3.91 avg rating β 122 ratings 81. 
Don't Tell the Grown-Ups: The Subversive Power of Children's Literature
by:
Alison Lurie
3.71 avg rating β 361 ratings 
83. 
No Go, the Bogeyman: Scaring, Lulling, and Making Mock
by:
Marina Warner
4.03 avg rating β 257 ratings 84. 
Off with Their Heads! Fairy Tales and the Culture of Childhood
by:
Maria Tatar
3.99 avg rating β 273 ratings 85. 
Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands
by:
Michael Chabon
3.69 avg rating β 4,269 ratings 85. 
87. 
Strange and Secret Peoples: Fairies and Victorian Consciousness
by:
Carole G. Silver
3.87 avg rating β 143 ratings 88. 
Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space
by:
Amanda Leduc
4.07 avg rating β 5,717 ratings 
89. 
The Neurobiology of the Gods: How Brain Physiology Shapes the Recurrent Imagery of Myth and Dreams
by:
Erik D. Goodwyn
4.22 avg rating β 27 ratings 91. 
The Lament of Prometheus: An Examination of David Lindsay's A Voyage to Arcturus
by:
John C. Wright
3.67 avg rating β 15 ratings 92. 
From Barsoom to Malacandra: Musings on Things Past and Things to Come
by:
John C. Wright
4.03 avg rating β 32 ratings 
94. 
Transhuman and Subhuman: Essays on Science Fiction and Awful Truth
by:
John C. Wright
3.80 avg rating β 168 ratings 
96. 
The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien: The Places That Inspired Middle-earth
by:
John Garth
4.31 avg rating β 534 ratings 97. 
98. 
Legends of the Fire Spirits: Jinn and Genies from Arabia to Zanzibar 4.08 avg rating β 236 ratings