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A deceptively adorable descent into the darkest, most ruthless corners of human nature. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Beautiful darkness.
- macabre
- dread-soaked
- eerie
- deceptively whimsical
- 01
Fables
Bill Willingham
A gritty, hardboiled reimagining of childhood legends forced to navigate the shadows of modern-day New York.
- 02
Pretty Deadly Volume 1 TP
Kelly Sue DeConnick
A brutal, beautiful western fairy tale where death is a woman with a sword and the desert bleeds magic.
- 03
The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains
Neil Gaiman
A dark, mist-shrouded fable about the heavy price of gold and the heavier price of revenge.
- 04
Cruel beauty
Rosamund Hodge
A dark, labyrinthine fairy tale where the heroine's sharpest weapon is her own wicked heart.
- 05
Through the Woods
Emily Carroll
A beautifully illustrated descent into the darkest, most unsettling corners of folklore where the monsters always win.
- 06
Tomie
Junji Ito
A hypnotic, grotesque descent into the madness of obsession, where beauty and monstrosity are indistinguishable.
- 07
Beauty sleep
Cameron Dokey · 2002
A warm, spirited reimagining of a classic fairy tale where a cursed princess takes her destiny into her own hands.
- 08
Beauty and the Beast
Jan Brett
A timeless tale of magic and compassion where true love breaks the darkest of spells.
- 09
Once upon a time
Marina Warner
An elegant, erudite journey through the dark woods and enchanted castles of our collective cultural imagination.
- 10
Three Shadows
Cyril Pedrosa
A haunting, desperate flight to the ends of the earth to protect a child from the inevitable.
- 11
A Tale Dark & Grimm (A Tale Dark & Grimm, #1)
Adam Gidwitz
A delightfully gruesome, fourth-wall-breaking romp through the original, blood-soaked fairy tales where happily ever after must be earned with a sword.
- 12
The Beast Within
Serena Valentino
A dark, gothic descent into the vanity and cruelty that forged a classic fairy-tale monster.
