Books like Fairy Tale by Stephen King
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What it is about
- Heroes
- Teenage boys
- Older men
- Multiverse
- Good and evil
- Imaginary places
Where it happens
- Illinois
When it happens
- 2013
- 2014
Kind of book
- Novel
Ages
- Adult
About this book
Its Library of Congress subjects: Heroes, Teenage boys, Older men, Multiverse. It is set in Illinois and listed for an audience of adults.
Where this comes from: Library of Congress · Wikidata
Books like this one
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Why: Both are fantasy books.
What both books share
- fantasy
Fairy Tale: "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy fiction" (LoC 655)
Fool's Assassin: "Fiction, fantasy, epic" (OL subject); "FICTION / Fantasy / Epic" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject)
- fantasy
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Why: Both are fantasy books.
What both books share
- fantasy
Fairy Tale: "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy fiction" (LoC 655)
Shaman's Crossing: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, epic" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject)
- fantasy
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Why: Both are fantasy books.
What both books share
- fantasy
Fairy Tale: "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy fiction" (LoC 655)
Fool's Errand: "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
- fantasy
What they share, at a glance
Fairy Tale next to each book above. A dot means both books' records carry that fact.
| Book | Fantasy | Good and evil |
|---|---|---|
| Fool's Assassin | shared | not shared |
| Shaman's Crossing | shared | not shared |
| Fool's Errand | shared | not shared |
| Wizard's First Rule | shared | not shared |
| Magician | shared | not shared |
| Honored Enemy | shared | not shared |
| The Alloy of Law | shared | not shared |
| Flight of the Nighthawks | shared | not shared |
| Rides a Dread Legion | shared | not shared |
| A Kingdom Besieged | shared | not shared |
| River Marked | shared | shared |
| Shadow of Night | shared | not shared |
Tap a dot to open the record the match comes from.
How Fairy Tale came to be
- King started it early in the pandemic, after asking himself what he could write that would make him happy. Source: stephenking.com, checked November 6, 2026.
- The story began with a picture in his head of a huge, empty city that was still alive. Source: stephenking.com, checked November 6, 2026.
I saw a vast deserted city ... deserted but alive
- He has said that images like that one released the story he wanted to tell. Source: stephenking.com, checked November 6, 2026.
Those images released the story I wanted to tell.
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