Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snow White Blood Red | 2012 | Cameron Jace | Buy |
| 2 | Ashes to Ashes and Cinder to Cinder | 2012 | Cameron Jace | N/A |
| 3 | Beauty Never Dies | 2012 | Cameron Jace | N/A |
| 4 | Ladle Rat Rotten Hut | 2012 | Cameron Jace | N/A |
| 5 | Mary Mary Quite Contrary | 2012 | Cameron Jace | N/A |
| 6 | Blood Apples | 2012 | Cameron Jace | N/A |
| 7 | Once Beauty Twice Beast | 2013 | Cameron Jace | N/A |
| 8 | The Grimm Diaries Prequels 7- 10 | 2013 | Cameron Jace | N/A |
| 9 | Moon and Madly | 2013 | Cameron Jace | N/A |
| 10 | Rumpelstein | 2013 | Cameron Jace | N/A |
| 11 | Happy Valentine's Slay | 2013 | Cameron Jace | N/A |
| 12 | Jawigi | 2013 | Cameron Jace | N/A |
| 13 | The Grimm Diaries Prequels volume 11- 14: Children of Hamlin, Jar of Hearts, Tooth & Nail & Fairy Tale, Ember in the Wind, Welcome to Sorrow, and Happy … | 2013 | Cameron Jace | N/A |
| 14 | Tooth & Nail & Fairy Tale | 2013 | Cameron Jace | N/A |
| 15 | Ember in the Wind | 2013 | Cameron Jace | N/A |
| 16 | Jar of Hearts | 2013 | Cameron Jace | N/A |
| 17 | Snow White Black Swan | 2013 | Cameron Jace | N/A |
| 18 | The Pumpkin Piper | 2013 | Cameron Jace | N/A |
| 19 | Prince of Puppets | 2013 | Cameron Jace | N/A |
| 20 | The Sleeping Swan | 2013 | Cameron Jace | N/A |
| 21 | Friday the 13th | 2013 | Cameron Jace | N/A |
| 22 | The Fisherman's Son | 2013 | Cameron Jace | N/A |
| 23 | Lady Bluebeard | 2013 | Cameron Jace | N/A |
| 24 | Thirteen Years of Snow | 2013 | Cameron Jace | N/A |
| 25 | Sun, Moon & Sorrow | 2013 | Cameron Jace | N/A |
| 26 | Spindle Spindle Little Star | 2013 | Cameron Jace | N/A |
The Grimm Diaries Prequels is Cameron Jace’s most prolific output — twenty-six entries published almost entirely in 2012 and 2013. Each prequel focuses on a different fairy tale character, from Snow White Blood Red and Beauty Never Dies to Lady Bluebeard and The Fisherman’s Son. The entries range from short stories to novella-length pieces, and together they build the world that the main Grimm Diaries series inhabits.
The sheer volume means that almost every major fairy tale character gets a reimagined backstory. Rumpelstein, The Sleeping Swan, Prince of Puppets, Friday the 13th — Jace works through the Brothers Grimm catalog and beyond, twisting each story into something darker. Some prequels were also collected into omnibus volumes. The result is a sprawling foundation for readers who want to understand every corner of Jace’s fairy tale universe before reading the main series.