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The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
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The Seventh Swan
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3.74 avg rating — 157 ratings
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Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
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4.05 avg rating — 83,902 ratings
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Sharp Teeth
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3.87 avg rating — 4,915 ratings
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The Dreaming Place (Newford, #14)
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3.93 avg rating — 2,058 ratings
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Blood Trail (Vicki Nelson #2)
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3.82 avg rating — 6,973 ratings
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Dogsbody
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4.10 avg rating — 7,473 ratings
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Blood and Chocolate
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3.80 avg rating — 44,388 ratings
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The Grey Horse
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3.99 avg rating — 898 ratings
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Deerskin
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3.94 avg rating — 24,824 ratings
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The Book of Atrix Wolfe
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3.99 avg rating — 4,223 ratings
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The Shape-Changer's Wife
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3.69 avg rating — 2,949 ratings
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Swim the Moon
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3.47 avg rating — 62 ratings
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The Silent Strength of Stones (Chapel Hollow #2)
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4.08 avg rating — 799 ratings
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The Fox Woman (Love/War/Death, #1)
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3.88 avg rating — 1,776 ratings
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The Antelope Wife
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3.81 avg rating — 5,534 ratings
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Owl in Love
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3.71 avg rating — 1,434 ratings
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The Earthsea Quartet (Earthsea Cycle, #1-4)
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4.30 avg rating — 13,481 ratings
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Something Rich and Strange
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3.83 avg rating — 875 ratings
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Rose Daughter
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3.79 avg rating — 22,046 ratings
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The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1–5)
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4.06 avg rating — 121,311 ratings
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A Rumor of Gems
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3.81 avg rating — 90 ratings
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Snow White and Rose Red
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3.76 avg rating — 8,600 ratings
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Lives of the Monster Dogs
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3.73 avg rating — 3,619 ratings
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Daughter of the Bear King
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3.29 avg rating — 56 ratings
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The Innkeeper's Song
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3.88 avg rating — 2,792 ratings
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The Jaguar Princess
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3.93 avg rating — 298 ratings
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Saint Peter's Wolf
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3.71 avg rating — 143 ratings
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In a Dark Wood
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3.43 avg rating — 404 ratings
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Wilderness
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3.36 avg rating — 220 ratings
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Forests of the Heart (Newford, #7)
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4.21 avg rating — 4,100 ratings
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Greenmantle
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4.01 avg rating — 3,472 ratings
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Medicine Road (Newford, #20)
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4.22 avg rating — 998 ratings
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Someplace to Be Flying (Newford, #5)
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Bad Blood
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3.89 avg rating — 47 ratings
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Murkmere
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3.55 avg rating — 557 ratings
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Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow
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3.99 avg rating — 22,788 ratings
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Bearskin: A Grimm Tale
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3.62 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Second Nature
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3.86 avg rating — 6,911 ratings
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The Limits of Enchantment
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3.89 avg rating — 1,200 ratings
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The Fall of the Kings (Riverside, #3)
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3.66 avg rating — 2,359 ratings
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When Fox is a Thousand
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3.74 avg rating — 609 ratings
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The Wandering Unicorn
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3.73 avg rating — 339 ratings
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The Claidi Collection
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4.05 avg rating — 730 ratings
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The Dragon Hoard
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3.88 avg rating — 245 ratings
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Brother to Dragons, Companion to Owls
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4.02 avg rating — 875 ratings
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Through Wolf's Eyes (Firekeeper Saga, #1)
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3.99 avg rating — 7,235 ratings
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Once Upon a Winter's Night (Faery, #1)
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3.79 avg rating — 2,251 ratings
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Riddle-Master (Riddle-Master, #1-3)
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4.22 avg rating — 11,422 ratings
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Stepping from the Shadows
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3.52 avg rating — 170 ratings
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Coyote Blue
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3.79 avg rating — 28,080 ratings
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Nadya
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3.57 avg rating — 184 ratings
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Beast
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3.47 avg rating — 7,068 ratings
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Fur Magic (The Magic Series, #3)
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3.79 avg rating — 303 ratings
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East (East, #1)
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4.14 avg rating — 47,260 ratings
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Through a Brazen Mirror
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3.41 avg rating — 153 ratings
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The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break
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3.72 avg rating — 5,968 ratings
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Hannah's Garden
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3.91 avg rating — 276 ratings
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Soulstring
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3.72 avg rating — 85 ratings
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A Walk in Wolf Wood
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3.83 avg rating — 1,457 ratings
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Swan's Wing
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3.76 avg rating — 34 ratings
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The Baker's Daughter
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liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Wilding
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3.47 avg rating — 133 ratings
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The Chronicles of Mavin Manyshaped (The Chronicles of Mavin Manyshaped, #1-3)
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4.28 avg rating — 366 ratings
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The Animal Wife (Reindeer Moon #2)
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3.87 avg rating — 514 ratings
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The Swan Maiden
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3.66 avg rating — 2,160 ratings
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Benighted
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The Wood Wife
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4.20 avg rating — 3,623 ratings
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Half-Human
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Through the Eye of the Deer
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The Sandman: The Dream Hunters (2008-2009) #1 (of 4) (The Sandman Presents)
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Blue
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This is a finite list of metamorphosis and animal-focused stories which appeared as a recommended reading list in Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling's anthology of such stories, The Beastly Bride. As such, it would be unhelpful to add stories to this list. However, if you know of good stories that could or should have been included here, please note them in the comments!
