"The Great Encyclopedia of Faeries" "The Tough Guide to Fantasyland"

1. RHETORICS OF FANTASY - Farah Mendlesohn 2. TOUGH GUIDE TO FANTASYLAND - Diana Wynne Jones 3. THE HARD FACTS OF THE GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES - Mary Tatar 4. WRITING FOR COMICS - Alan Moore (Including this because it's more about being a creative storyteller) I'm not even sure there are 10 "how to" fantasy non-fiction books, but ones I haven't read are Orson Scott Card's HOW TO WRITE SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY, THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO WRITING FANTASY VOLS 1–3, and Writer's Digest's THE WRITER'S COMPLETE FANTASY REFERENCE. For historical research, A DISTANT MIRROR by Barbara Tuchman, LIFE IN A MEDIEVAL CITY by Joseph and Francis Gies are good. There are actually a whole series of the Gies books for villages, castles, etc. There's also A TIME TRAVELER'S GUIDE TO MEDIEVAL ENGLAND, but of course research on fantasy can extend pretty much any direction depending on what you're writing.

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin The Passage by Justin Cronin The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling Coraline by Neil Gaiman The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll Through a Glass, Darkly by Jostein Gaarder The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder Perrault's Fairy Tales by Charles Perrault, Gustave Doré The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder I was going to recommend the books of Licia Troisi, she is an Italian author, but I couldn't find it in English. It is a shame because she is very good. I think these are the languages that you can find her books: Italian, German, French, Dutch, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese. If you want to know more about her: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licia_Troisi Dylan Dog by Tiziano Sclavi is another one that is very good.

So sorry, I didn't see it was non-fiction :(

"The Uses of Enchantment: The meaning and importance of fairy tales" by Bruno Bettelheim "The Power of Myth" by Joseph Campbell (also a PBS series)

Another suggestion from swinefever: > I might as well mention, while I’m at it, that there is a book – Writing The Fantasy Film by Sable Jak – I have it and it’s very good.

No problem, Marina. I'm copying your recommendations to the non-fiction list so they don't get overlooked.

A provisional tally of the suggestions in this category--one of the best non-fiction lists compiled in this series to date! Writing Fantasy Writing The Fantasy Film by Sable Jak How To Write Science Fiction & Fantasy by Orson Scott Card The Complete Guide To Writing Fantasy Vols 1–3, by Tom Dullemond and Darin Park (vol 1), Tee Morris and Valerie Griswold Ford (vol 2), & Valerie Griswold-Ford (vol 3) The Writer’s Complete Fantasy Reference by Writer’s Digest Writing For Comics by Alan Moore (Including this because it’s more about being a creative storyteller) Understanding Fantasy Rhetorics Of Fantasy by Farah Mendlesohn The Great Encyclopedia of Faeries by Pierre Dubois (Author), Claudine Sabatier (Illustrator), Roland Sabatier (Illustrator) The Hard Facts Of The Grimm’s Fairy Tales by Mary Tatar The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell (also a PBS series) The Uses of Enchantment: The meaning and importance of fairy tales by Bruno Bettelheim Tough Guide To Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones Related Research A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman A Time Traveler’s Guide To Medieval England by Ian Mortimer Life In A Medieval City by Joseph and Francis Gies (There are actually a whole series of the Gies books for villages, castles, etc.)

Thanks Shaula :)