# Books About Princesses **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 2, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-princesses/776183 "2017-01-02T23:08:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-princesses/776183/1 "2017-01-02T23:08:55Z")
My Stepdaughter is looking for books about princesses. I assumed there would be tons of books like that, but she said she’s not having luck finding any. I thought of Stephen King’s Eyes Of The Dragon at first, but that has Princes, not Princesses. The only other book involving a Princess that I can think of is Tom Robbins’ Still Life With Woodpecker, which I’m certain aint what she’s looking for. So I ask you: What are some books featuring Princesses? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Skara\_Brae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Skara\_Brae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skara_Brae)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-princesses/776183/2 "2017-01-02T23:26:02Z")
What age group is she looking for? First that popped into my head was The Two Princesses of Barmarre by Gail Carson Levine. Jessica Day also has a whole series of books on princesses from fairy tales… ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-princesses/776183/3 "2017-01-02T23:44:58Z")
She’s 19, but she’s open to the young adult stuff as well as any standard type thing. She always dug the Harry Potter books, and was not a fan of the Twilight stuff, but I’m not sure that genuine Literature is her #1 concern with the Princess request. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-princesses/776183/4 "2017-01-02T23:47:59Z")
Mercedes Lackey has a number of princesses in her Valdemar novels, but she doesn’t do much to perpetuate the stereotype… Princess as main character: The Mage Winds trilogy (Winds of Fate, Winds of Change, Wings of Fury) Princess as notable secondary character: Exile’s Honor, Arrows of the Queen ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-princesses/776183/5 "2017-01-02T23:50:34Z")
Thank you, Skara\_Brea and Ethilrist! I will pass along those suggestions, and welcome any more. ---
**Author:** ![Tara57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@Tara57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tara57)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-princesses/776183/6 "2017-01-03T00:05:49Z")
The Royal Diaries series: [http://www.scholastic.com/tbw/quickSearch.do?N=0+$&fq=Series:^Royal+Diaries^&Ntk=TBW\_QuickSearch\_SI#cart/cleanup](http://www.scholastic.com/tbw/quickSearch.do?N=0+%24&fq=Series:%5ERoyal+Diaries%5E&Ntk=TBW_QuickSearch_SI#cart/cleanup) Books by Philippa Gregory: > **[Phillipa Gregory - All Books - Philippa Gregory](https://www.philippagregory.com/books)** > > View Phillipa Gregory - All Books ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-princesses/776183/7 "2017-01-03T00:18:34Z")
William Goldman. The Princess Bride. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-princesses/776183/8 "2017-01-03T00:49:15Z")
Robin McKinley, Newberry Award winner - The Hero and the Crown, about a dragon-fighting princess despised by her people, who continues to fight for them, anyway. Spindle’s End - a retelling of Sleeping Beauty, with a twist. Rose Daughter and Beauty - Two different stories of Beauty & the Beast. Beauty is still one of my favorite stories. StG ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-princesses/776183/9 "2017-01-03T01:17:45Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > William Goldman. The Princess Bride. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-princesses/776183/10 "2017-01-03T01:23:09Z")
And now for something completely different… [Rejected Princesses](http://www.rejectedprincesses.com/) **Ethilrist** , the Princess Bride is a fun book ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-princesses/776183/11 "2017-01-03T02:33:57Z")
> [@Cub\_Mistress](#): > > And now for something completely different… > > [Rejected Princesses](http://www.rejectedprincesses.com/) > > **Ethilrist** , the Princess Bride is a fun book That’s what I was going to suggest. We got it for our daughter (she’s way, way too young for it. We got it for ourselves) and it’s pretty interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-princesses/776183/12 "2017-01-03T03:37:10Z")
Also Robin McKinley, _The Blue Sword_, about a young woman who saves a kingdom and becomes a queen. Anne Bishop - **The Black Jewels** trilogy. Fantasy with dark edges, about a young woman who is fated to save the world, and the people in her life. Not traditionally “princess” but Anne McCaffrey’s _Dragonrider_ series involve a young woman who becomes a weyr leader, and rides a queen dragon. Grace Draven’s _Radiance_ is about a princess who must marry outside of her people to cement a peace treaty. Sophie Page, _To Marry a Prince_, a contemporary Young Adult story, about a young British woman who becomes involved with a British prince (note - different timeline - not Charles or William). Charming and well done. Nichole Chase, _Suddenly Royal_, also a contemporary Young Adult story, about an American college student who discovers that she is the long lost heiress to a title in a (non-existent) European country. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-princesses/776183/13 "2017-01-03T03:44:57Z")
C.L. Wilson, The Winter King, a fantasy about a princess married off to an invading king. Similar story line to another I mentioned, very different book. The same author also wrote an entire fantasy series about a young woman who discovers that she is the fated bride of a fae king. They are called either the Tairen Soul series or the Fading Land series and start with _Lord of the Fading Land_. I recommend the first two highly. The rest are “meh”. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-princesses/776183/14 "2017-01-03T05:06:39Z")
> [@Cub\_Mistress](#): > > And now for something completely different… > > [Rejected Princesses](http://www.rejectedprincesses.com/) > > **Ethilrist** , the Princess Bride is a fun book She’s not a princess… ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-princesses/776183/15 "2017-01-03T05:09:47Z")
Well, she was gonna be! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-princesses/776183/16 "2017-01-03T05:19:05Z")
Jim Hines wrote [a series of adventure novels](http://www.jimchines.com/project/princesses/) about fairy tale princesses: The Stepsister Scheme The Mermaid’s Madness Red Hood’s Revenge The Snow Queen’s Shadow ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-princesses/776183/17 "2017-01-03T07:40:40Z")
A few of the Xanth books have a princess as the lead or, at least, switch to their view regularly through the book. Night Mare - Mare Imbrium (a horse) temporarily becomes Queen of Xanth (doesn’t really fit, but it’s my favorite of the series) Dragon on a Pedestal - Princess Ivy tracks down her lost pet dragon Man from Mundania - Princess Ivy meets a Mundane ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-princesses/776183/18 "2017-01-03T12:00:37Z")
Thank you, everyone, for the suggestions! (Oh yeah, I forgot about the Xanth stuff.) I haven’t heard of most of the others but will pass them along for sure! ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-princesses/776183/19 "2017-01-03T12:15:15Z")
A little younger, but one of my long time favorites, [The Ordinary Princess](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/674749.The_Ordinary_Princess?ac=1&from_search=true). ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-princesses/776183/20 "2017-01-03T12:20:28Z")
There’s quite a few books about Sissi. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-about-princesses/776183.md?page=2)