Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Healer’s Apprentice | 2010 | Melanie Dickerson | Buy |
| 2 | The Merchant’s Daughter | 2011 | Melanie Dickerson | Buy |
| 3 | The Fairest Beauty | 2012 | Melanie Dickerson | Buy |
| 4 | The Captive Maiden | 2013 | Melanie Dickerson | Buy |
| 5 | The Princess Spy | 2014 | Melanie Dickerson | Buy |
| 6 | The Golden Braid | 2015 | Melanie Dickerson | Buy |
| 7 | The Silent Songbird | 2016 | Melanie Dickerson | Buy |
| 8 | The Orphan’s Wish | 2018 | Melanie Dickerson | Buy |
| 9 | The Warrior Maiden | 2019 | Melanie Dickerson | Buy |
| 10 | The Piper’s Pursuit | 2019 | Melanie Dickerson | Buy |
| 11 | The Peasant’s Dream | 2020 | Melanie Dickerson | Buy |
The Healer’s Apprentice series by Melanie Dickerson is a collection of fairy tale retellings set in medieval Europe. Each book takes a classic story and reimagines it with new characters, historical settings, and themes of faith and courage. The series began in 2010 with The Healer’s Apprentice, a retelling of Sleeping Beauty, and grew to eleven books over a decade.
The books are loosely connected through their shared medieval setting but can mostly be read as standalones. Characters and locations occasionally overlap between installments. The series covers fairy tales ranging from Beauty and the Beast and Cinderella to Rapunzel, Robin Hood, and the Pied Piper.