Retellings

A new version of an older story. Sometimes, a fairy tale or myth may be reimagined with a modernized setting or retold from a minor character's perspective.
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The Wolf and the Crown of Blood (The Broken Accords, #1)
The Swan's Daughter
Beth Is Dead
King of Ravens (Upon a Broken Throne, #1)
Silver & Blood (Silver & Blood, #1)
Anne of a Different Island
The Scent of Oranges
The Younger Gods (The Younger Gods, #1)
The Great Disillusionment of Nick and Jay
To Love a Lady (Dollar Princess #1)
Winter White: A Modern Retelling of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale
A Heart So Green (Fair Folk, #3)
Brigid
Children of the Night (When Monsters Wake, #1)
Fallen Gods (Fallen Gods, #1)
James
Demon Copperhead
Blood of Hercules (Villains of Lore, #1)
I, Medusa
Lore Olympus: Volume One (Lore Olympus, #1)
What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
The Wife Upstairs
Hemlock & Silver
Wonka
Beth Is Dead
A Sorceress Comes to Call
Bloody Black
The Comeback (Houston Pumas, #1)
Wings of Starlight (Wings of Pixie Hollow, #1)
Finding Her Edge
Beauty by Robin McKinleyLord of Scoundrels by Loretta ChaseBeastly by Alex FlinnWhen Beauty Tamed the Beast by Eloisa JamesLover Awakened by J.R. Ward
Beauty and the Beast
711 books — 1,950 voters
American Gods by Neil GaimanDaughter of the Forest by Juliet MarillierGood Omens by Terry PratchettThe Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteElla Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Myth and Folktale Retellings
629 books — 584 voters

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. MaasCruel Beauty by Rosamund HodgeBeauty by Robin McKinleyUprooted by Naomi NovikBeastly by Alex Flinn
Best retellings of Beauty and the Beast
340 books — 1,126 voters

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineThe Goose Girl by Shannon HaleThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanBeauty by Robin McKinleyCinder by Marissa Meyer
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,808 books — 9,151 voters
Uprooted by Naomi NovikDaughter of the Forest by Juliet MarillierSpinning Silver by Naomi NovikDeathless by Catherynne M. ValenteThe Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
Best Adult Fairytale Fantasy
187 books — 347 voters

Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
Circe
Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2)
Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)
The Song of Achilles
Heartless
A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
Winter (The Lunar Chronicles, #4)
The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1)
A Curse So Dark and Lonely (Cursebreakers, #1)
Cruel Beauty
To Kill a Kingdom (Hundred Kingdoms, #1)

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