What is the best T. Kingfisher book?

From cozy folklore-tinged romances to genuinely unsettling horror, this catalog swings between whimsical sourdough magic and things that should not be in the walls. Recent gothic reads sit alongside beloved fairy-tale retellings — cast your vote!

1. 1
   Nettle & Bone

   Hugo Award-winning dark fairy tale about a princess who assembles unlikely allies and forbidden magic to kill a prince.
   1000pts
2. 2
   What Moves the Dead

   Gothic horror retelling of Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher' narrated by a visiting soldier.
   689pts
3. 3
   The Hollow Places

   Horror novel in which a woman discovers a hole in her uncle's museum wall leading to a disturbing alternate world.
   597pts
4. 4
   A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking

   Hugo and Mythopoeic Award-winning YA fantasy about a young baker whose magic lets her fight with sourdough and pastry.
   597pts
5. 5
   Bryony and Roses

   Beauty and the Beast retelling about a gardener who trades her freedom to a cursed, monstrous host for stealing a rose.
   596pts
6. 6
   A House with Good Bones

   Horror novel about a woman who returns to her mother's house and finds it haunted by unsettling changes.
   517pts
7. 7
   Illuminations

   Middle-grade fantasy adventure about a girl who accidentally frees a mischievous ink-born creature from an old spellbook.
   517pts
8. 8
   Clockwork Boys

   Fantasy adventure sending a forger, an assassin, a scholar, and a soldier on a desperate mission to stop a war.
   423pts
9. 9
   The Seventh Bride

   Dark fairy tale following a miller's daughter forced into marriage with a sinister sorcerer with several previous wives.
   310pts
10. 10
    Paladin's Grace

    Romantic fantasy opening the Saint of Steel series, pairing a disgraced paladin with a perfumer entangled in murder.
    310pts
11. 11
    The Twisted Ones

    Folk horror novel in which a woman clearing her grandmother's house uncovers a nightmarish presence in the woods.
    310pts
12. 12
    Thornhedge

    Hugo Award-winning novella reimagining Sleeping Beauty from the perspective of the guardian meant to keep the princess asleep.
    310pts
13. 13
    Swordheart

    Fantasy romance about a woman who inherits a magic sword containing an ancient, honor-bound swordsman.
    0pts

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