There are a lot of unicorn books out there! Here’s a list of the ones I’ve reviewed so far. Click on the title and dive into the good, the bad, and the offbeat!
If there’s a unicorn book you think I should review, let me know!
Children’s Books
The Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling.
If I Had a Gryphon by Vikki Vansickle, illus. Cale Atknson. Tundra Books, 2018.
Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea. A Narwhal and Jelly Book. By Ben Clanton. Tundra, 2016.
Not Quite Narwhal by Jessie Sima. Simon and Schuster, 2017.
The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis, illus. Pauline Baynes. 1956. HarperCollins, 2002.
The Secret Lives of Unicorns by Dr. Temisa Seraphini and Sophie Robin. New York: Flying Eye Books, 2019.
Young Adult Books
A Swiftly Tilting Planet, by Madeleine L’Engle. New York: Farrar Strauss Giroux, 1978.
Black Unicorn by Tanith Lee. New York, Atheneum, 1991.
Zombies vs. Unicorns, edited by Justine Larbalestier and Holly Black. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2010.
Adult Books
Ariel by Steven R. Boyett. Ace Books, 1983. Second Edition, 2009.
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel by Haruki Murakami. Vintage International, 1993.
Space Unicorn Blues by T.J. Berry. Nottingham, U.K.: Angry Robot, 2018.
The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier. New York: Dutton, 2004.
The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish. New York: Gallery Books, 2017.
Not Wanted on the Voyage by Timothy Findley. 1984. Toronto: Penguin Canada, 2006.
The Unicorn Anthology, edited by Peter S. Beagle and Jacob Weisman. San Francisco: Tachyon Books, 2019.
Not about Unicorns, but Still Recommended!
His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik. New York: Del Rey, 2006.
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline. Toronto: Cormorant, 2017.
Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman. New York: Random House, 2018.