Reading order · 4 books · 1978 to 2000 · Set in invented worlds
Fairy-tale retellings Books in Order
Robin McKinley’s fairy-tale retellings give old stories new heroines.
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Series facts
- Books
- 4
- Published
- 1978 to 2000
- First book
- Beauty
- Latest
- Spindle's End (2000)
- Setting
- Set in invented worlds
The reading order
Every Fairy-tale retellings book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
4 books · Set in invented worlds
- 1Beauty1978With BeautyBeauty, plain and bookish, goes to live with the Beast in his enchanted castle in place of her father.Buy on Amazon
- 2Deerskin1993With LissarLissar, a princess, flees a terrible betrayal by her father, the king, and finds refuge in the mountains with her dog, Ash.Buy on Amazon
- 3Rose Daughter1997With BeautyA second retelling of Beauty and the Beast, full of roses.Buy on Amazon
- 4Spindle's End2000With RosieRosie, a princess cursed at her christening, is raised in a small village by a young fairy, unaware of who she is.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Each stands alone.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Beauty | Lissar | Rosie |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Beauty | LLead | ||
| 2 Deerskin | LLead | ||
| 3 Rose Daughter | LLead | ||
| 4 Spindle's End | LLead |
Characters in the Fairy-tale retellings books
3 characters from Robin McKinley’s chart, with the number of Fairy-tale retellings books each appears in.