Shapechanger Fiction
Explore the best shapechanger fiction books with our curated list. Discover thrilling tales of transformation, mythical creatures, and supernatural adventures in top-rated shape-shifting novels.
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Changing Fate
by Elisabeth Waters
From a long-time contributor to the Darkover anthologies comes a magical debut novel. Lady Acila remains in the secluded safety of her home, for she harbors a dark secret. Acila is a shapechanger--a being feared and despised by the people of her world. But tragedy forces her to flee with her twin brother, thus beginning a fateful journey of enlightenment.
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The Folk Keeper
by Franny Billingsley
She doesn't really know who she is or what she wants... Corinna is a Folk Keeper. Her job is to keep the mysterious Folk who live beneath the ground at bay. But Corinna has a secret that even she doesn't fully comprehend, until she agrees to serve as Folk Keeper at Marblehaugh Park, a wealthy family's seaside manor. There her hidden powers burst into full force, and Corinna's life changes forever...
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Dragon's Bait
by Vivian Vande Velde
A fantasy about a young girl who is unjustly condemned as a witch.
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The Shining Falcon
by Josepha Sherman
Ljuba, the evil sorceress, plots to unleash dark forces over the world, while the exiled Maria, daughter of a betrayed lord, nurses the dying Prince of Kirtesk, formerly the shining falcon, back to health
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The Shape-changer's Wife
by Sharon Shinn
The novel that launched Shinn's stunning career--named Best First Fantasy Novel of the Year by "Locus"--is available once again. Reissue.
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The Woman who Loved Reindeer
by Meredith Ann Pierce
When her sister-in-law brings her a strange golden baby to care for, a young girl, living in the cold lands far to the north, is unaware that this unusual child will help her fulfill her destiny as leader of her people.
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The Changeling Sea
by Patricia A. McKillip
World Fantasy Award winner Patricia A. McKillip tells "an enchanting fantasy that is tinged with realism and romance." (School Library Journal) Since the day her father's fishing boat returned without him, Peri and her mother have mourned his loss. Her mother sinks into a deep depression and spends her days gazing out at the sea. Unable to control her anger and sadness any longer, Peri uses the small magic she knows to hex the sea. And suddenly into her drab life come the King's sons—changelings with strange ties to the underwater kingdom—a young magician, and, finally, love. "McKillip is a master storyteller; her tale rings true as if it were being told from memory."—Kirkus Reviews, pointer review
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The Book of Atrix Wolfe
by Patricia A. McKillip
In wolf shape, among the wolves, he had sensed danger sweepingtoward the mountains he loved. So begins The Book of Atrix Wolfe, the story of a man who lived amongwolves, hiding from the mistakes of his past -- and the woman who offered him one lastchance for redemption.
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The Changeling Prince
by Vivian Vande Velde
The sorceress Daria's brutal tyranny over her collection of changeling predators is about to be challenged. Weiland, her werewolf bodyguard, can no longer endure being forced to hunt and kill for the demon queen. Nor can he endure another of her mad charades, in which he and other changeling slaves must pretend they are human while she plays the part of a lady. With the help of the thief Shile, Weiland intends to steal back his own soul. But can he escape Daria's vengeful wrath?
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War for the Oaks
by Emma Bull
Eddi McCandry, an unemployed Minneapolis rock singer, finds herself drafted into an invisible war between the faerie filk.
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An Exchange of Gifts
by Anne McCaffrey
A runaway princess and a poor young boy try to make a new life for themselves without revealing their pasts or the magical powers they possess.