Faerie Tale
#5923.88 adjusted 3.89 for sample size in the official ranking · full ranking
Books 1 book Status Complete 1988 Reading commitment Low Raymond E. Feist Last reviewed 2026-10-14
Overview
Faerie Tale is a standalone contemporary horror/dark fantasy novel by Raymond E. Feist, already credited in this canon for the secondary-world Riftwar Cycle. Screenwriter Phil Hastings moves his family from Hollywood to a rural dream house in his old upstate New York hometown, seeking a quieter life -- only for the house's proximity to an ancient site tied to the Faerie world to break a centuries-old truce between humanity and the fae, as sinister forces begin to intrude on the family's lives.
Dark fantasy, Urban fantasy · For Adult
Core Canon: Reading Order (1 work) counts toward ranking
Faerie Tale (1988) core · 3.88 (11,742 ratings); Standalone novel; no sequel. No award history could be confirmed.
Quick answers
- How many books are in Faerie Tale? Faerie Tale's Core Canon is 1 book.
- Is Faerie Tale finished? Complete (1988).
- How much reading does Faerie Tale take? Low reading commitment (estimated from 1 Core Canon book · ~490 pages).
- How is Faerie Tale ranked? #592 in this site's official ranking, based on 11,742 reader ratings across 1 Core Canon book. See the full ranking for how this is calculated.
Why is it ranked #592?
Ranked #592 in the official ranking.
- Average reader rating of 3.88 across 1 core book.
- A smaller readership (11,742 ratings), so the score carries less weight of numbers.
- 0.01 behind #591, Godkiller (The Fallen Gods Trilogy).
- Below the top-10 average of 4.45.
- A single standalone novel: ranked on that one book alone.
Why explore this universe?
Rated · 1 book · Complete · 12k ratings · Ranks #592 overall
Good choice if you want a quick, low-commitment dark fantasy universe that's already finished, so there's no wait for the next book.
Reading order
A single Core Canon work: no sequencing question to resolve.
Awards (verified)
- No awards found for this universe.
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Official resources
Research details
Ranking metrics: weighted average 3.88 across 11,742 ratings on 1 Core Canon book. See Why is it ranked here? above for the full breakdown, or the full ranking.
How do we know this?
Admission: Faerie Tale admitted accepted 2026-09-21
Sources: (see source tier definitions)
Last reviewed: 2026-09-21
Rule: Core Canon is the single standalone novel, Faerie Tale (1988).