Fable

A fable is a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse, that features animals, mythical creatures, plants, inanimate objects or forces of nature which are anthropomorphized (given human qualities such as verbal communication), and that illustrates or leads to an interpretation of a moral lesson (a "moral"), which may at the end be added explicitly in a pithy maxim. ...more

Animal Farm
The Alchemist
The Little Prince
The Lion and the Mouse
Fable (The World of the Narrows, #1)
Namesake (The World of the Narrows, #2)
Aesop’s Fables
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Fables
The Tortoise & the Hare
The Giving Tree
The Last Legacy (The World of the Narrows, #3)
The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly
Lousy Rotten Stinkin' Grapes
The Grasshopper & the Ants
Frederick by Leo LionniThe Ant and the Grasshopper by Rebecca EmberleyWho's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper? by Toni MorrisonThe Grasshopper's Song by Nikki GiovanniThe Grasshopper and the Ant at the End of the World by Benjamin Harper
The Ant and the Grasshopper retold
6 books — 3 voters
Voyager by Nona Fernández
Letradas & Rebeldes Book Club
1 book — 1 voter

Practical Magic by Alice HoffmanA Monster Calls by Patrick NessThe Monsters We Deserve by Marcus SedgwickTrust by Hernan DiazStarling House by Alix E. Harrow
Mildly Horrific for Spooky Reading
44 books — 8 voters
Aesop's Fables by AesopThe Tree and the Mountain by Jonathan CaveThe Wind and the Sun by Bernadette WattsFrederick by Leo LionniThe Tortoise and the Hare by Bernadette Watts
Aesop, Aesop's Fables and Retellings
60 books — 4 voters

The Princess Bride by William GoldmanStardust by Neil GaimanLife of Pi by Yann MartelCinder by Marissa MeyerThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Modern-Day Fairy Tales
304 books — 331 voters
Halo by Eric S. NylundRenaissance by Oliver BowdenBioShock by John ShirleyThe Secret Crusade by Oliver BowdenHalo by Eric S. Nylund
Video Game Tie-In Novels & Comics
374 books — 329 voters

Glenn Dixon
There was a time, not so long ago, when refrigerators could not dream and vacuum cleaners could not weep.
Glenn Dixon, The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances

Sharon Salzberg
Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what’s happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what’s happening, stories that get in the way of direct experience. Often such stories treat a fleeting state of mind as if it were our entire and permanent self.
Sharon Salzberg, Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation

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