5 Top nonfiction books like Fairies: A Dangerous History by Richard Sugg

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Fairies: A Dangerous History

By: Richard Sugg

3.78

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

Don’t be fooled by Tinkerbell and her pixie dust—the real fairies were dangerous. In the late seven…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Fairies: A Dangerous History by Richard Sugg , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Chocolat (Chocolat, #1) by Joanne Harris

1. Chocolat (Chocolat, #1)

By: Joanne Harris

3.96

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

A timeless novel of a straitlaced village's awakening to joy and sensuality - every page offers a d… read more

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"Knowledge is currency here...."

-Joanne Harris, Chocolat (Chocolat, #1)

"un'alchimista casalinga, che fa magie caserecce"

-Joanne Harris, Chocolat (Chocolat, #1)

"Life is what you celebrate. All of it. Even its end."

-Joanne Harris, Chocolat (Chocolat, #1)

"Sometimes survival is the worst alternative there is"

-Joanne Harris, Chocolat (Chocolat, #1)

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2. Good Faeries/Bad Faeries

By: Brian Froud , None

3.23

Format: 403 pages,

Since he illustrated the Faeries in 1978, Brian Froud has been fascinated by faery lore. Now, 20 ye… read more

Similar categories in Brian Froud's Good Faeries/Bad Faeries book and Richard Sugg's Fairies: A Dangerous History

  • folklore
  • fae
  • mythology
  • fairies
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3. Wicked Lovely (Wicked Lovely, #1)

By: Melissa Marr

2.90

Format: 96 pages,

Rule #3: Don't stare at invisible faeries. Aislinn has always seen faeries. Powerful and dangerous,… read more

Similar categories in Melissa Marr's Wicked Lovely (Wicked Lovely, #1) book and Richard Sugg's Fairies: A Dangerous History

  • fae
  • fairies

4. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries

By: W.Y. Evans-Wentz

3.86

Format: 256 pages,

 This collection of reports of elfin creatures in Wales, Ireland, Scotland, and Brittany ranks amo… read more

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5. Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire

By: Amanda Foreman

4.18

Format: 342 pages, Paperback

The winner of Britain's prestigious Whitbread Prize and a bestseller there for months, this wonderf… read more

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6. Pornography: Men Possessing Women

By: Andrea Dworkin

3.00

Format: 108 pages, Paperback

This volume presents a study of the damaging effect of pornography and its ramifications on society. read more

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7. The Wolf Gift (The Wolf Gift Chronicles, #1)

By: Anne Rice

3.57

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

The time is the present. The place, the rugged coast of northern California. A bluff high above … read more

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"Who could trust language?"

-Anne Rice, The Wolf Gift (The Wolf Gift Chronicles, #1)

"The horror was this: the others."

-Anne Rice, The Wolf Gift (The Wolf Gift Chronicles, #1)

"There are times when one simply cannot say no."

-Anne Rice, The Wolf Gift (The Wolf Gift Chronicles, #1)

"You’re a mystery the way a sacrament is a mystery."

-Anne Rice, The Wolf Gift (The Wolf Gift Chronicles, #1)

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8. Moi les hommes, je les déteste

By: Pauline Harmange

3.82

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

" Je vois dans la misandrie une porte de sortie. Une manière d'exister en dehors du passage clouté,… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Les modèles qu’on inculque sont nocifs dans les deux cas : ni la violence qu’on encourage chez les garçons ni la passivité qu’on impose aux filles ne sont des réponses appropriées, pour soi comme pou…"

-Pauline Harmange, Moi les hommes, je les déteste

"Ce n'est pas pour cracher dans la soupe, mais il faut être honnête: non, mon amoureux n'est pas parfait. Il ne me viole pas et ne me frappe pas, il fait la vaisselle, passe l'aspirateur et me traite …"

-Pauline Harmange, Moi les hommes, je les déteste

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9. The Crane Husband

By: Kelly Barnhill

3.88

Format: 118 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Kelly Barnhill brings her singular talents to The Crane Husband, a raw, powerf… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Barnhill's The Crane Husband book and Richard Sugg's Fairies: A Dangerous History

  • fairy tales
"Your mother doesn't know these things,"

-Kelly Barnhill, The Crane Husband

"But Michael was only six. He should be worrying about learning how to tie his shoes, not about our mother’s checking account."

-Kelly Barnhill, The Crane Husband

"I was, as I said, only nine. But my mother often spoke to me as though I were a peer rather than a child and expected me to understand things for which I did not yet have context. I didn’t know then …"

-Kelly Barnhill, The Crane Husband

"My dad told me stories of weavers who stitched the world and spun fortunes and pulled on strings to change someone's fate. Was there a string I could pull to stop my father from dying? Was there a pa…"

-Kelly Barnhill, The Crane Husband

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10. Paladin’s Grace (The Saint of Steel, #1)

By: T. Kingfisher

4.12

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

Stephen's god died on the longest day of the year… Three years later, Stephen is a broken paladi… read more

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"I fear that I am not the best possible person for this, but I am the best possible person available at this time, which is much the same thing."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin’s Grace (The Saint of Steel, #1)

"There was something about poverty that was a little like war. Either you had been there or you hadn't, and it wasn't really possible to explain it to anyone who hadn't."

-T. Kingfisher, Paladin’s Grace (The Saint of Steel, #1)

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11. Fruit of the Dead

By: Rachel Lyon

3.54

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An electric contemporary reimagining of the myth of Persephone and Demeter set over the course of o… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Lyon's Fruit of the Dead book and Richard Sugg's Fairies: A Dangerous History

  • mythology
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12. The Liar's Dictionary

By: Eley Williams

3.36

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

An exhilarating and laugh-out-loud debut novel from a prize-winning new talent which chronicles the… read more

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"Too precise a meaning erases the mystery of your literature."

-Eley Williams, The Liar's Dictionary

"He was a sweet man who loved words, and played chess with ghosts."

-Eley Williams, The Liar's Dictionary

"Onomatopoeia is onomatopoeia for mashing your hands unthinkingly but hopefully onto a keyboard."

-Eley Williams, The Liar's Dictionary

"All words are made up," I said. "That is true," David Swansby replied, "and also not a useful contribution."

-Eley Williams, The Liar's Dictionary

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13. The Witches of Bellinas

By: J. Nicole Jones

3.08

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A dreamy California Gothic about a woman who moves to the mysterious town of Bellinas to save her m… read more

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Cover of The Faerie Handbook: An Enchanting Compendium of Literature, Lore, Art, Recipes, and Projects by Carolyn Turgeon

14. The Faerie Handbook: An Enchanting Compendium of Literature, Lore, Art, Recipes, and Projects

By: Carolyn Turgeon

4.42

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In this exquisite anthology, Editor in Chief Carolyn Turgeon and the editors of Faerie Magazine wel… read more

Similar categories in Carolyn Turgeon's The Faerie Handbook: An Enchanting Compendium of Literature, Lore, Art, Recipes, and Projects book and Richard Sugg's Fairies: A Dangerous History

  • fairy tales
  • fae
  • research
  • fairies
  • folklore
  • mythology
  • witchcraft
Cover of Ashes and Stones: A Scottish Journey in Search of Witches and Witness by Allyson Shaw

15. Ashes and Stones: A Scottish Journey in Search of Witches and Witness

By: Allyson Shaw

3.77

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Ashes & Stones is a moving and personal journey, along rugged coasts and through remote villages an… read more

Similar categories in Allyson Shaw's Ashes and Stones: A Scottish Journey in Search of Witches and Witness book and Richard Sugg's Fairies: A Dangerous History

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • witchcraft
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16. The Coffin Roads: Journeys to the West

By: Ian Bradley

3.78

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

'Coffin roads' along which bodies were carried for burial are a marked feature of the landscape of … read more

Similar categories in Ian Bradley's The Coffin Roads: Journeys to the West book and Richard Sugg's Fairies: A Dangerous History

  • history
  • nonfiction
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17. Lady Macbeth

By: Ava Reid

3.61

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ava Reid comes a reimagining of Lady Macbeth, Shakespeare… read more

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"Nakedness, even among women in private, is still uncommon, uncouth. Bodies are meant to be guarded like gold. The flash of a bare ankle is like dropping a pendant, so that everyone can see it clatter…"

-Ava Reid, Lady Macbeth

Cover of Fairies: A Dangerous History by Richard Sugg

18. Fairies: A Dangerous History

By: Richard Sugg

3.78

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

Don’t be fooled by Tinkerbell and her pixie dust—the real fairies were dangerous. In the late seven… read more

Similar categories in Richard Sugg's Fairies: A Dangerous History book and Richard Sugg's Fairies: A Dangerous History

  • fairy tales
  • history
  • fae
  • research
  • fairies
  • folklore
  • nonfiction
  • ireland
  • mythology
  • witchcraft
Cover of Kötülük Miti by Phillip Cole

19. Kötülük Miti

By: Phillip Cole

3.92

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Kötülük fikrinin insan davranışını anlama, eleştirme veya ıslah etmedeki yararına kuşkuyla yaklaşan… read more

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  • nonfiction

8 best-selling womens books like Moi les hommes, je les déteste by Pauline Harmange

Transform Your Habits

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Rebecca Solnit

3.83

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Virginie Despentes

4.01

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Les grandes oubliées : Pourquoi l’histoire a effacé les femmes

Titiou Lecoq

4.67

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Pauline Harmange

3.82

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