You can pick up the first major story arc of Fables in two compendiums:
I do not recommend reading past issue #75 of the original series, as I feel that Willingham jumped the shark after he resolved the adversary storyline, though the art by Mark Buckingham continued to improve with age.
My two kids are so different in tastes that it's hard to believe they are brothers. Bowen, for instance, doesn't like reading fiction. But Boen actually enjoys fantasy stories, so once I started reading Fables to him he was hooked. Since Fables is essentially the ultimate fairy tale crossover, by the time we got to the Vorpal sword I was digging up my copy of The Annotated Alice in order to read him the Jabberwocky poem.
I have to admit it, re-reading Fables was really enjoyable. The uncovering of Bigby Wolf's background, the big reveal of Gepetto as the adversary, and the fun use of Cinderella as a superspy was as much fun to re-read as the first time. You don't have to buy the books if you have access to Hoopla through a library, as they're always available as a download.
I stopped reading Fables to Boen at issue #75, and then went on to reading him one Neil Gaiman book after another. Maybe we'll get around to watching the Netflix version of Sandman at some point.
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