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 Washwoman at the River's End (The Curse of the Fates, #1)
The Sweetest Fiend (Played by the Piper, #1)
Big Bad Wolf (Maple Hollow, #1)
Mestra
Reign
The Pumpkin Bride
Our Strange Duet
A Thousand Monstrous Forms
Styx - The River (Goddesses of the Underworld, #2)
The Weight of Angels
Incarnate
Witch Daughter
Galinda: A Charmed Childhood
Alice of Oz: A Novel (The Oz Multiverse)
The Housekeeper
The Washwoman at the River's End (The Curse of the Fates, #1)
Demon Copperhead
Big Bad Wolf (Maple Hollow, #1)
Mestra
Lady Tremaine
James
The Sweetest Fiend (Played by the Piper, #1)
What Moves the Dead (Sworn Soldier, #1)
Bonds of Hercules (Villains of Lore, #2)
Blood of Hercules (Villains of Lore, #1)
I, Medusa
Lore Olympus: Volume Eleven (Lore Olympus, #11)
Lore Olympus: Volume Ten (Lore Olympus, #10)
H of H Playbook
Hemlock & Silver
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineCinder by Marissa MeyerBeastly by Alex FlinnPrincess Academy by Shannon HaleThe Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
YA Modern Retellings
434 books — 825 voters
From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. ArmentroutFourth Wing by Rebecca YarrosGild by Raven KennedyThe Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa BroadbentA Shadow in the Ember by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Sarah J. Maas Clones
107 books — 436 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
2,841 books — 9,244 voters

Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
Circe
Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2)
The Song of Achilles
Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)
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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On the one hand, the literary category known as the “retelling” is pretty straightforward. It’s a new version of an older story, usually a...
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“ One of us will just have to stay at the cottage to keep an eye on her.' [...] Let's see if Widow Hazel wouldn't take her in during the day, maybe teach her something useful -' No, remember when she learned how to knit? Now we're stuck wearing these dreadful hats.' Not so loud! She'll hear you.' In a lower voice one of the dwarfs said, 'H.A.T.S.' Apparently Snow White didn't know how to knit or to spell. ...more ”
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